Development of CaMoO4 crystal scintillators for a double beta decay experiment with 100Mo

被引:104
作者
Annenkov, A. N. [2 ]
Buzanov, O. A. [2 ]
Danevich, F. A. [1 ]
Georgadze, A. Sh. [1 ]
Kim, S. K. [3 ,4 ]
Kim, H. J. [5 ]
Kim, Y. D. [6 ]
Kobychev, V. V. [1 ]
Kornoukhov, V. N. [7 ]
Korzhik, M. [8 ]
Lee, J. J. [6 ]
Missevitch, O. [8 ]
Mokina, V. M. [1 ]
Nagorny, S. S. [1 ]
Nikolaiko, A. S. [1 ]
Poda, D. V. [1 ]
Podviyanuk, R. B. [1 ]
Sedlak, D. J. [1 ]
Shkulkova, O. G. [1 ]
So, J. H. [5 ]
Solsky, I. M. [9 ]
Tretyak, V. I. [1 ]
Yurchenko, S. S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Nucl Res, MSP, UA-03680 Kiev, Ukraine
[2] Moscow Steel & Alloys Inst, Moscow 119049, Russia
[3] Seoul Natl Univ, DMRC, Seoul 151742, South Korea
[4] Seoul Natl Univ, Sch Phys, Seoul 151742, South Korea
[5] Kyungpook Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Taegu 702701, South Korea
[6] Sejong Univ, Seoul, South Korea
[7] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117218, Russia
[8] Inst Nucl Problems, Minsk 220030, BELARUS
[9] Inst Mat, UA-79031 Lvov, Ukraine
关键词
double beta decay; scintillation detector; CaMoO4; crystals; pulse-shape discrimination; radiopurity;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2007.10.038
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We have studied the energy resolution, alpha/beta ratio, temperature dependence of the scintillation properties, and the radioactive contamination of CaMoO4 crystal scintillators. We have also examined the use of pulse-shape discrimination to distinguish gamma rays and alpha particles. A high sensitivity experiment to search for the 0 nu 2 beta decay of Mo-100 using CaMoO4 scintillators is discussed. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:12
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