Testing the Ge Detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

W. Xu; N. Abgrall; E. Aguayo; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; M. Boswell; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; D. Byram; A. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; D. C. Combs; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; P. J. Doe; Yu Efremenko; V. Egorov; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; J. E. Fast; P. Finnerty; F. M. Fraenkle; A. Galindo-Uribarri; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; V. E. Guiseppe; K. Gusev; A. L. Hallin; R. Hazama; A. Hegai; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; O. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. Laferriere; J. Leon; L. E. Leviner; J. C. Loach; J. MacMullin; S. MacMullin; R. D. Martin; S. Meijer; S. Mertens; M. Nomachi; J. L. Orrell; C. O'Shaughnessy; N. R. Overman; D. G. Phillips; A. W.P. Poon; K. Pushkin; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; E. Romero-Romero; M. C. Ronquest; A. G. Schubert; B. Shanks; T. Shima; M. Shirchenko; K. J. Snavely; N. Snyder; A. M. Suriano; J. Thompson; V. Timkin; W. Tornow; J. E. Trimble; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; B. R. White; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; E. Yakushev; A. R. Young; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104

Testing the Ge Detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

W. Xu, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, D. Byram, A. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, D. C. Combs, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. Doe, Yu Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. EjiriS. R. Elliott, J. E. Fast, P. Finnerty, F. M. Fraenkle, A. Galindo-Uribarri, G. K. Giovanetti, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusev, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, A. Hegai, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. Laferriere, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, J. MacMullin, S. MacMullin, R. D. Martin, S. Meijer, S. Mertens, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, N. R. Overman, D. G. Phillips, A. W.P. Poon, K. Pushkin, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, E. Romero-Romero, M. C. Ronquest, A. G. Schubert, B. Shanks, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, K. J. Snavely, N. Snyder, A. M. Suriano, J. Thompson, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, J. E. Trimble, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, E. Yakushev, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov

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Abstract

High purity germanium (HPGe) crystals will be used for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, where they serve as both the source and the detector for neutrinoless double beta decay. It is crucial for the experiment to understand the performance of the HPGe crystals. A variety of crystal properties are being investigated, including basic properties such as energy resolution, efficiency, uniformity, capacitance, leakage current and crystal axis orientation, as well as more sophisticated properties, e.g. pulse shapes and dead layer and transition layer distributions. In this talk, we will present our measurements that characterize the HPGe crystals. We will also discuss the our simulation package for the detector characterization setup, and show that additional information can be extracted from data-simulation comparisons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	807-815
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Procedia
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104
State	Published - 2015
Event	13th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2013 - , United States Duration: Sep 8 2013 → Sep 13 2013

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We acknowledge support from the Office of Nuclear Physics in the DOE Office of Science, the Particle Astrophysics Program of the National Science Foundation, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. We acknowledge the support of the Sanford Underground Research Facility administration and staff.

Keywords

germanium detector
majorana
neutrinoless double beta decay

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Xu, W., Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Y., Egorov, V., ... Yumatov, V. (2015). Testing the Ge Detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. Physics Procedia, 61, 807-815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104

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