The archPbMoO4 scintillating crystal has been produced from archaeological lead for the first time. The advanced technique for deep purification of lead against chemical impurities was used resulting in 99.9995% purity level of final material. The archPbMoO4 crystal was characterized by means of cryogenics bolometric measurements and demonstrates excellent performances as a scintillating bolometer. The energy resolution (0.3% at 1462 keV of 40K), the high light yield (5.2 keV/MeV for γs, and 1.2 keV/MeV for α particles) and the highly efficient particle identification achieved with this detector, representing the high quality of the crystal. As a final proof for the feasibility of the archPbMoO4 crystal as a promising detector to search for the neutrinoless double β-decay of 100Mo, the crystal should be produced using the LTG Czochralski technique to prevent the possible contamination during the crystal growth and to increase the production yield.

Nagorny, S., Pattavina, L., Kosmyna, M., Nazarenko, B., Nisi, S., Pagnanini, L., et al. (2017). ArchPbMoO4 scintillating bolometer as detector to searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 100Mo. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 841(1) [10.1088/1742-6596/841/1/012025].

ArchPbMoO4 scintillating bolometer as detector to searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 100Mo

Pattavina L;Pagnanini L;
2017

Abstract

The archPbMoO4 scintillating crystal has been produced from archaeological lead for the first time. The advanced technique for deep purification of lead against chemical impurities was used resulting in 99.9995% purity level of final material. The archPbMoO4 crystal was characterized by means of cryogenics bolometric measurements and demonstrates excellent performances as a scintillating bolometer. The energy resolution (0.3% at 1462 keV of 40K), the high light yield (5.2 keV/MeV for γs, and 1.2 keV/MeV for α particles) and the highly efficient particle identification achieved with this detector, representing the high quality of the crystal. As a final proof for the feasibility of the archPbMoO4 crystal as a promising detector to search for the neutrinoless double β-decay of 100Mo, the crystal should be produced using the LTG Czochralski technique to prevent the possible contamination during the crystal growth and to increase the production yield.
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Physics and Astronomy (all)
English
2017
841
1
012025
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Nagorny, S., Pattavina, L., Kosmyna, M., Nazarenko, B., Nisi, S., Pagnanini, L., et al. (2017). ArchPbMoO4 scintillating bolometer as detector to searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 100Mo. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 841(1) [10.1088/1742-6596/841/1/012025].
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