Calibration of the Gerda experiment
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Beitragende
- Professur für Kernphysik
- University College London
- Technische Universität München
- Universität Zürich
- Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics
- RAS - Institute for Nuclear Research
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
- Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
- Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
- Università degli studi di Padova
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- University of L'Aquila
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- European Commission
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung
- Technische Universität Dresden
Abstract
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double-β decay in 76Ge with an array of about 40 high-purity isotopically-enriched germanium detectors. The experimental signature of the decay is a monoenergetic signal at Qββ= 2039.061 (7) keV in the measured summed energy spectrum of the two emitted electrons. Both the energy reconstruction and resolution of the germanium detectors are crucial to separate a potential signal from various backgrounds, such as neutrino-accompanied double-β decays allowed by the Standard Model. The energy resolution and stability were determined and monitored as a function of time using data from regular 228Th calibrations. In this work, we describe the calibration process and associated data analysis of the full Gerda dataset, tailored to preserve the excellent resolution of the individual germanium detectors when combining data over several years.
Details
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Aufsatznummer | 682 |
| Fachzeitschrift | European Physical Journal C |
| Jahrgang | 81 |
| Ausgabenummer | 8 |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - Aug. 2021 |
| Peer-Review-Status | Ja |