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

Luis Manzanillas; Y. Efremenko; M. Febbraro; F. Fischer; M. Guitart 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

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

Luis Manzanillas
, Y. Efremenko
, M. Febbraro
, F. Fischer
, M. Guitart 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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Abstract

PEN is an industrial polyester plastic interesting for the physics community as a new type of wavelength shifting plastic scintillator. Recently, PEN structures with good radio-purity and attenuation length have been successfully produced using the injection molding technology. This opens the possibility for usage of PEN as optically active structural components in low-background experiments such as the LEGEND-200 experiment. In this contribution the ongoing R&D on PEN is outlined with focus on the evaluation of the optical properties of PEN.

Original language	English
Article number	738
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	398
State	Published - 2021
Event	2021 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, EPS-HEP 2021 - Virtual, Online, Germany Duration: Jul 26 2021 → Jul 30 2021

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Manzanillas, L., Efremenko, Y., Febbraro, M., Fischer, F., Guitart Corominas, M., 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. (2021). Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in the LEGEND experiment. Proceedings of Science, 398, Article 738.

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

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