Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in low background experiments

I. Abt; Y. Efremenko; M. Febbraro; F. Fischer; M. Guitart; K. Gusev; B. Hackett; C. Hayward; R. Hodák; P. Krause; B. Majorovits; L. Manzanillas; D. Muenstermann; R. Pjatkan; M. Pohl; R. Rouhana; D. Radford; E. Rukhadze; N. Rumyantseva; I. Schilling; S. Schoenert; O. Schulz; M. Schwarz; M. Stommel; J. Weingarten

Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in low background experiments

I. Abt, Y. Efremenko, M. Febbraro, F. Fischer, M. Guitart, K. Gusev, B. Hackett, C. Hayward, R. Hodák, P. Krause, B. Majorovits, L. Manzanillas, D. Muenstermann, R. Pjatkan, M. Pohl, R. Rouhana, D. Radford, E. Rukhadze, N. Rumyantseva, I. SchillingS. Schoenert, O. Schulz, M. Schwarz, M. Stommel, J. Weingarten

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Abstract

PEN is an industrial polyester plastic which has become interesting for the physics community as a new type of plastic scintillator. PEN scintillates in the blue regime, which is ideal for most photosensor devices. In addition, PEN has excellent mechanical properties and very good radiopurity has been achieved. Thus, it is an ideal candidate for active structural components in low-background experiments. One possible application are holders for germanium detectors operating in cryogenic liquids (LAr, LN2). Such structures can help to reject surface and external backgrounds, boosting the sensitivity of experiments. In this contribution, the R&D on PEN is outlined and an evaluation of the first production of PEN structures for the LEGEND-200 experiment is reported.

Original language	English
Article number	163
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	390
State	Published - Apr 15 2021
Event	40th International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP 2020 - Virtual, Prague, Czech Republic Duration: Jul 28 2020 → Aug 6 2020

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Abt, I., Efremenko, Y., Febbraro, M., Fischer, F., Guitart, M., Gusev, K., Hackett, B., Hayward, C., Hodák, R., Krause, P., Majorovits, B., Manzanillas, L., Muenstermann, D., Pjatkan, R., Pohl, M., Rouhana, R., Radford, D., Rukhadze, E., Rumyantseva, N., ... Weingarten, J. (2021). Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in low background experiments. Proceedings of Science, 390, Article 163.

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