Abstract
The Majorana Demonstrator is a planned 40 kg array of Germanium detectors intended to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing a tonne-scale experiment that will seek neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) in 76Ge. Such an experiment would require backgrounds of less than 1 count/tonne-year in the 4 keV region of interest around the 2039 keV Q-value of the ββ decay. Designing low-noise electronics, which must be placed in close proximity to the detectors, presents a challenge to reaching this background target. This paper will discuss the Majorana collaboration's solutions to some of these challenges.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 012009 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 606 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2015 |
Event | 2nd Workshop on Germanium Detectors and Technologies - Vermillion, United States Duration: Sep 14 2014 → Sep 17 2014 |