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小读出电极高纯Ge探测器的信号模拟及其在Ge-76双β衰变探测中的应用

Signal modeling of high-purity Ge detectors with a small read-out electrode and application to neutrinoless double beta decay search in Ge-76

M. Agostini, C. A. Ur, D. Budjáš, E. Bellotti, R. Brugnera, C. M. Cattadori, A. di Vacri, A. Garfagnini, L. Pandola, S. Schönert

摘要:

GERDA实验使用富含Ge-76的高纯度锗探测器寻找Ge-76的无中微子双β衰变。信号时间结构的分析为鉴别无中微子双β衰变事件和区分γ射线诱发的本底事件提供了有力的工具。最近报道了具有小读出电极的“宽能锗”探测器的增强的脉冲形状辨别能力。本文介绍了这样的探测器的响应的完整模拟,包括辐射相互作用的蒙特卡罗建模和随后的信号形状计算。基于最大电流信号幅度和施加到模拟数据的事件能量之间的比率的脉冲形状判别方法显示出与校准源获得的实验数据的定量一致性。模拟已被用来研究的检测器体积内发生的衰变,很难评估实验的生存概率。宇宙成因放射性同位素Ge-68和Co-60以及Ge-76的无中微子双β衰变产生了这种内部衰变事件。当2.614 MeV光子双逃逸峰的实验接受度为90%时,在Qbb = 2.039 MeV处,Ge-76无中子双β衰变的存活几率为(86 ± 3)%,Ge-68子体Ga-68的存活几率为(4.5 ± 0.3)%,Co-60的存活几率为(0.9 ± 0.4-0.2)%.

英文摘要:

The GERDA experiment searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge-76 using high-purity germanium detectors enriched in Ge-76. The analysis of the signal time structure provides a powerful tool to identify neutrinoless double beta decay events and to discriminate them from gamma-ray induced backgrounds. Enhanced pulse shape discrimination capabilities of "Broad Energy Germanium" detectors with a small read-out electrode have been recently reported. This paper describes the full simulation of the response of such a detector, including the Monte Carlo modeling of radiation interaction and subsequent signal shape calculation. A pulse shape discrimination method based on the ratio between the maximum current signal amplitude and the event energy applied to the simulated data shows quantitative agreement with the experimental data acquired with calibration sources. The simulation has been used to study the survival probabilities of the decays which occur inside the detector volume and are difficult to assess experimentally. Such internal decay events are produced by the cosmogenic radio-isotopes Ge-68 and Co-60 and the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge-76. Fixing the experimental acceptance of the double escape peak of the 2.614 MeV photon to 90%, the estimated survival probabilities at Qbb = 2.039 MeV are (86+-3)% for Ge-76 neutrinoless double beta decays, (4.5+-0.3)% for the Ge-68 daughter Ga-68, and (0.9+0.4-0.2)% for Co-60 decays.

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