Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in the LEGEND experiment

L. Manzanillas; Y. Efremenko; M. Febbraro; F. Fischer; M. G. Corominas; B. Hackett; C. Hayward; R. Hodák; B. Majorovits; D. Muenstermann; M. Pohl; R. Rouhana; D. Radford; E. Rukhadze; I. Schilling; O. Schulz; I. Štekl; M. Stommel; J. Weingarten

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Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in the LEGEND experiment

L. Manzanillas, Y. Efremenko, M. Febbraro, F. Fischer, M. G. Corominas, B. Hackett, C. Hayward, R. Hodák, B. Majorovits, D. Muenstermann, M. Pohl, R. Rouhana, D. Radford, E. Rukhadze, I. Schilling, O. Schulz, I. Štekl, M. Stommel, J. Weingarten

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Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) is an industrial plastic which is interesting to the physics community as a wavelength-shifting scintillator. Recently, PEN structures with excellent radiopurity have been successfully produced using injection compression molding technology. This opens the possibility for the usage of optically active structural components with wavelength shifting capabilities in low-background experiments. Thus, PEN holders will be used to mount the germanium detectors in the LEGEND-200 experiment. In this contribution the ongoing R&D on PEN is outlined with a focus on the evaluation of its optical properties. In addition, the ongoing efforts for further application of PEN in the LEGEND-1000 experiment are presented.

Original language	English
Article number	C03031
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/03/C03031
State	Published - Mar 1 2022

Keywords

Double-beta decay detectors
Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPGe, HgI etc.)
Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)

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Manzanillas, L., Efremenko, Y., Febbraro, M., Fischer, F., Corominas, M. G., Hackett, B., Hayward, C., Hodák, R., Majorovits, B., Muenstermann, D., Pohl, M., Rouhana, R., Radford, D., Rukhadze, E., Schilling, I., Schulz, O., Štekl, I., Stommel, M., & Weingarten, J. (2022). Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in the LEGEND experiment. Journal of Instrumentation, 17(3), Article C03031. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/03/C03031

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