Growth and characterization of a Li2Mg2(MoO4)3 scintillating bolometer

F. A. Danevich; V. Ya. Degoda; L. L. Dulger; L. Dumoulin; A. Giuliani; P. de Marcillac; S. Marnieros; C. Nones; V. Novati; E. Olivieri; A. A. Pavlyuk; D. V. Poda; V. A. Trifonov; I. V. Yushina; A. S. Zolotarova

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.101

Growth and characterization of a Li2Mg2(MoO4)3 scintillating bolometer

Instrumentation and Detectors 2018-02-07 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Authors: F. A. Danevich , V. Ya. Degoda , L. L. Dulger , L. Dumoulin , A. Giuliani , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Nones , V. Novati , E. Olivieri , A. A. Pavlyuk , D. V. Poda , V. A. Trifonov , I. V. Yushina , A. S. Zolotarova

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Abstract

Lithium magnesium molybdate (Li $_2$ Mg $_2$ (MoO $_4$ ) $_3$ ) crystals were grown by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski method. Luminescence properties of the material (emission spectra, thermally stimulated luminescence, dependence of intensity on temperature, phosphorescence) have been studied under X-Ray excitation in the temperature interval from 8 K to 400 K, while at the same being operated as a scintillating bolometer at 20 mK for the first time. We demonstrated that Li $_2$ Mg $_2$ (MoO $_4)_3$ crystals are a potentially promising detector material to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{100}$ Mo.

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lithium magnesium molybdate scintillating bolometer crystal growth luminescence neutrinoless double beta decay czochralski method

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@article{arxiv.1802.01888,
  title  = {Growth and characterization of a Li2Mg2(MoO4)3 scintillating bolometer},
  author = {F. A. Danevich and V. Ya. Degoda and L. L. Dulger and L. Dumoulin and A. Giuliani and P. de Marcillac and S. Marnieros and C. Nones and V. Novati and E. Olivieri and A. A. Pavlyuk and D. V. Poda and V. A. Trifonov and I. V. Yushina and A. S. Zolotarova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.01888},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Growth and characterization of a Li2Mg2(MoO4)3 scintillating bolometer

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