Characterization of BEGe detectors in the HADES underground laboratory
2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 718; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.053
ISSN1872-9576
Autores Tópico(s)Nuclear Physics and Applications
ResumoThis paper describes the characterization of newly produced Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detectors, enriched in the isotope 76Ge. These detectors have been produced in the frame of the GERDA experiment. The aim of the characterization campaign consists in the determination of all the important operational parameters (active volume, dead layer thickness and uniformity, energy resolution, detector stability in time, quality of pulse shape discrimination). A protocol test procedure and devoted set-ups, partially automated, have been developed in view of the large number (∼25) of BEGe's detectors to be tested. The characterization is carried out in the HADES underground laboratory, located 225 m below ground (∼500m water equivalent) in Mol, Belgium.
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