Astroparticle physics with a customized low-background broad energy Germanium detector

C. E. Aalseth; M. Amman; F. T. Avignone; H. O. Back; A. S. Barabash; P. S. Barbeau; M. Bergevin; F. E. Bertrand; M. Boswell; V. Brudanin; W. Bugg; T. H. Burritt; M. Busch; G. Capps; Y. D. Chan; J. I. Collar; R. J. Cooper; R. Creswick; J. A. Detwiler; J. Diaz; P. J. Doe; Yu Efremenko; V. Egorov; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; J. Ely; J. Esterline; H. Farach; J. E. Fast; N. Fields; P. Finnerty; B. Fujikawa; E. Fuller; V. M. Gehman; G. K. Giovanetti; V. E. Guiseppe; K. Gusey; A. L. Hallin; G. C. Harper; R. Hazama; R. Henning; A. Hime; E. W. Hoppe; T. W. Hossbach; M. A. Howe; R. A. Johnson; K. J. Keeter; M. Keillor; C. Keller; J. D. Kephart; M. F. Kidd; A. Knecht; O. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; L. Leviner; J. C. Loach; P. N. Luke; S. MacMullin; M. G. Marino; R. D. Martin; D. M. Mei; H. S. Miley; M. L. Miller; L. Mizouni; A. W. Meyers; M. Nomachi; J. L. Orrell; D. Peterson; D. G. Phillips; A. W.P. Poon; G. Prior; J. Qian; D. C. Radford; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; L. Rodriguez; K. P. Rykaczewski; H. Salazar; A. G. Schubert; T. Shima; M. Shirchenko; D. Steele; J. Strain; G. Swift; K. Thomas; V. Timkin; W. Tornow; T. D. Van Wechel; I. Vanyushin; R. L. Varner; K. Vetter; J. F. Wilkerson; B. A. Wolfe; W. Xiang; E. Yakushev; H. Yaver; A. R. Young; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov; C. Zhang; S. Zimmerman

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.100

Astroparticle physics with a customized low-background broad energy Germanium detector

C. E. Aalseth, M. Amman, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, P. S. Barbeau, M. Bergevin, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, W. Bugg, T. H. Burritt, M. Busch, G. Capps, Y. D. Chan, J. I. Collar, R. J. Cooper, R. Creswick, J. A. Detwiler, J. DiazP. J. Doe, Yu Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Ely, J. Esterline, H. Farach, J. E. Fast, N. Fields, P. Finnerty, B. Fujikawa, E. Fuller, V. M. Gehman, G. K. Giovanetti, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusey, A. L. Hallin, G. C. Harper, R. Hazama, R. Henning, A. Hime, E. W. Hoppe, T. W. Hossbach, M. A. Howe, R. A. Johnson, K. J. Keeter, M. Keillor, C. Keller, J. D. Kephart, M. F. Kidd, A. Knecht, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, L. Leviner, J. C. Loach, P. N. Luke, S. MacMullin, M. G. Marino, R. D. Martin, D. M. Mei, H. S. Miley, M. L. Miller, L. Mizouni, A. W. Meyers, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, D. Peterson, D. G. Phillips, A. W.P. Poon, G. Prior, J. Qian, D. C. Radford, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, L. Rodriguez, K. P. Rykaczewski, H. Salazar, A. G. Schubert, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, D. Steele, J. Strain, G. Swift, K. Thomas, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, T. D. Van Wechel, I. Vanyushin, R. L. Varner, K. Vetter, J. F. Wilkerson, B. A. Wolfe, W. Xiang, E. Yakushev, H. Yaver, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, C. Zhang, S. Zimmerman

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The Majorana Collaboration is building the Majorana Demonstrator, a 60 kg array of high purity germanium detectors housed in an ultra-low background shield at the Sanford Underground Laboratory in Lead, SD. The Majorana Demonstrator will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of ⁷⁶Ge while demonstrating the feasibility of a tonne-scale experiment. It may also carry out a dark matter search in the 110 GeV/c² mass range. We have found that customized Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detectors produced by Canberra have several desirable features for a neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment, including low electronic noise, excellent pulse shape analysis capabilities, and simple fabrication. We have deployed a customized BEGe, the Majorana Low-Background BEGe at Kimballton (MALBEK), in a low-background cryostat and shield at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility in Virginia. This paper will focus on the detector characteristics and measurements that can be performed with such a radiation detector in a low-background environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	692-695
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	652
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.100
State	Published - Oct 1 2011

Keywords

Dark matter
Germanium detector
Low-background
Neutrino experiments
Neutrino properties

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Aalseth, C. E., Amman, M., Avignone, F. T., Back, H. O., Barabash, A. S., Barbeau, P. S., Bergevin, M., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Bugg, W., Burritt, T. H., Busch, M., Capps, G., Chan, Y. D., Collar, J. I., Cooper, R. J., Creswick, R., Detwiler, J. A., ... Zimmerman, S. (2011). Astroparticle physics with a customized low-background broad energy Germanium detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 652(1), 692-695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.100

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Astroparticle physics with a customized low-background broad energy Germanium detector. / Aalseth, C. E.; Amman, M.; Avignone, F. T. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 652, No. 1, 01.10.2011, p. 692-695.

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AU - Back, H. O.

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AU - Barbeau, P. S.

AU - Bergevin, M.

AU - Bertrand, F. E.

AU - Boswell, M.

AU - Brudanin, V.

AU - Bugg, W.

AU - Burritt, T. H.

AU - Busch, M.

AU - Capps, G.

AU - Chan, Y. D.

AU - Collar, J. I.

AU - Cooper, R. J.

AU - Creswick, R.

AU - Detwiler, J. A.

AU - Diaz, J.

AU - Doe, P. J.

AU - Efremenko, Yu

AU - Egorov, V.

AU - Ejiri, H.

AU - Elliott, S. R.

AU - Ely, J.

AU - Esterline, J.

AU - Farach, H.

AU - Fast, J. E.

AU - Fields, N.

AU - Finnerty, P.

AU - Fujikawa, B.

AU - Fuller, E.

AU - Gehman, V. M.

AU - Giovanetti, G. K.

AU - Guiseppe, V. E.

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