MAJORANA Collaboration's Experience with Germanium Detectors
Abstract
The goal of the \textsc{Majorana} \textsc{Demonstrator} project is to search for 0 decay in . Of all candidate isotopes for 0, has some of the most favorable characteristics. Germanium detectors are a well established technology, and in searches for 0, the high purity germanium crystal acts simultaneously as source and detector. Furthermore, p-type germanium detectors provide excellent energy resolution and a specially designed point contact geometry allows for sensitive pulse shape discrimination. This paper will summarize the experiences the \textsc{Majorana} collaboration made with enriched germanium detectors manufactured by ORTEC. The process from production, to characterization and integration in \textsc{Majorana} mounting structure will be described. A summary of the performance of all enriched germanium detectors will be given.
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@article{arxiv.1502.01742,
title = {MAJORANA Collaboration's Experience with Germanium Detectors},
author = {S. Mertens and N. Abgrall and F. T. Avignone and A. S. Barabash and F. E. Bertrand and V. Brudanin and M. Busch and M. Buuck and D. Byram and A. S. Caldwell and Y-D. Chan and C. D. Christofferson and C. Cuesta and J. A. Detwiler and Yu. Efremenko and H. Ejiri and S. R. Elliott and A. Galindo-Uribarri and G. K. Giovanetti and J. Goett and M. P. Green and J. Gruszko and I. Guinn and V. E. Guiseppe and R. Henning and E. W. Hoppe and S. Howard and M. A. Howe and B. R. Jasinski and K. J. Keeter and M. F. Kidd and S. I. Konovalov and R. T. Kouzes and B. D. LaFerriere and J. Leon and J. MacMullin and R. D. Martin and S. J. Meijer and J. L. Orrell and C. O'Shaughnessy and N. R. Overman and A. W. P. Poon and D. C. Radford and J. Rager and K. Rielage and R. G. H. Robertson and E. Romero-Romero and M. C. Ronquest and B. Shanks and M. Shirchenko and N. Snyder and A. M. Suriano and D. Tedeschi and J. E. Trimble and R. L. Varner and S. Vasilyev and K. Vetter and K. Vorren and B. R. White and J. F. Wilkerson and C. Wiseman and W. Xu and E. Yakushev and C-H. Yu and V. Yumatov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.01742},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 8 figures