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Prototyping a High Purity Germanium cryogenic veto system for a bolometric detection experiment.

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Title: Prototyping a High Purity Germanium cryogenic veto system for a bolometric detection experiment.
Authors: Goupy, C.1 (AUTHOR) chloe.goupy@cea.fr, Marnieros, S.2 (AUTHOR), Mauri, B.1 (AUTHOR), Nones, C.1 (AUTHOR), Vivier, M.1 (AUTHOR)
Source: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A. Jul2024, Vol. 1064, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
Subjects: Neutrinoless double beta decay, Muons, Germanium detectors, Germanium, Veto, Monte Carlo method, Threshold energy
Abstract: The use of High Purity Germanium detectors operated in ionization mode at cryogenic temperatures is investigated as an external background mitigation solution for bolometers used in rare-event search experiments. A simple experimental setup, running a 52-g Li 2 WO 4 bolometer sandwiched in-between two 2-cm thick High Purity Germanium cylindrical detectors in a dry cryostat, shows promising rejection to environmental gammas and atmospheric muons backgrounds. The acquired data are used together with a Monte Carlo simulation of the setup to extract the main contributions to the external backgrounds expected in an above ground experiment, such as e.g. current and future experimental efforts targeting the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at reactor facilities. Based on all these results, a 4 π coverage similar veto system achieving a O (10 keV) energy threshold is expected to achieve a ≳ 73% and a ≳ 92% rejection power for gamma-like and muon-like events, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The use of High Purity Germanium detectors operated in ionization mode at cryogenic temperatures is investigated as an external background mitigation solution for bolometers used in rare-event search experiments. A simple experimental setup, running a 52-g Li 2 WO 4 bolometer sandwiched in-between two 2-cm thick High Purity Germanium cylindrical detectors in a dry cryostat, shows promising rejection to environmental gammas and atmospheric muons backgrounds. The acquired data are used together with a Monte Carlo simulation of the setup to extract the main contributions to the external backgrounds expected in an above ground experiment, such as e.g. current and future experimental efforts targeting the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at reactor facilities. Based on all these results, a 4 π coverage similar veto system achieving a O (10 keV) energy threshold is expected to achieve a ≳ 73% and a ≳ 92% rejection power for gamma-like and muon-like events, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:01689002
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2024.169383