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MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR的富集锗处理及未来可能的吨级Ge-76双β衰变实验的研究与发展

The Processing of Enriched Germanium for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and R&D for a Possible Future Ton-Scale Ge-76 Double-Beta Decay Experiment

N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, A. W. Bradley, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, M. Buuck, J. Caja, M. Caja, T. S. Caldwell, C.… 展开作者

N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, A. W. Bradley, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, M. Buuck, J. Caja, M. Caja, T. S. Caldwell, C. D. Christofferson, P. -H. Chu, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, C. Dunagan, D. T. Dunstan, Yu. Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, T. Gilliss, G. K. Giovanetti, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, V. E. Guiseppe, C. R. S. Haufe, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, B. R. Jasinski, M. F. Kidd, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, A. M. Lopez, J. MacMullin, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. H. Meyer, J. Myslik, C. O'Shaughnessy, A. W. P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, A. L. Reine, J. A. Reising, K. Rielage, R. G. H. Robertson, B. Shanks, M. Shirchenko, A. M. Suriano, D. Tedeschi, L. M. Toth, J. E. Trimble, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, C. -H. Yu, V. Yumatov, I. Zhitnikov, B. X. Zhu

摘要:

MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR是一个点接触式Ge探测器阵列,由Ge-76中同位素富集到88%的Ge制成,用于寻找无中微子双β衰变。用于锗探测器的Ge的处理是众所周知的技术。然而,由于Ge-76中富集的Ge成本很高,因此需要采取特殊的程序,以最大限度地提高探测器的质量,并最大限度地减少对宇宙射线的照射。这些程序包括对材料进行仔细清点;对其进行屏蔽以减少宇宙生成的放射性同位素;以及对探测器制造过程中产生的受污染的固体锗、碎屑、研磨物、酸蚀刻剂和切削液开发特殊的后处理技术。处理程序的开发,导致在70%的检测器质量的总收率。然而,没有酸蚀刻溶液和只有50%的探测器制造的切削液进行了再处理。如果对它们进行处理,预计回收率将在80 - 85%之间。最大限度地提高产量对于证明未来可能进行的吨级实验的合理性至关重要。提出了一种从酸蚀液中回收锗的工艺,锗的回收率约为90%。所有材料尽可能地屏蔽或储存在地下,以尽量减少宇宙射线形成Ge-68,其在双β衰变感兴趣区域中提供背景,并且不能通过区域细化和晶体生长去除。Ge-68的形成比没有受到宇宙射线保护的天然丰度探测器减少了一个重要因素。

英文摘要:

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of point-contact Ge detectors fabricated from Ge isotopically enriched to 88% in Ge-76 to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. The processing of Ge for germanium detectors is a well-known technology. However, because of the high cost of Ge enriched in Ge-76, special procedures were required to maximize the yield of detector mass and to minimize exposure to cosmic rays. These procedures include careful accounting for the material; shielding it to reduce cosmogenic generation of radioactive isotopes; and development of special reprocessing techniques for contaminated solid germanium, shavings, grindings, acid etchant and cutting fluids from detector fabrication. Processing procedures were developed that resulted in a total yield in detector mass of 70%. However, none of the acid-etch solution and only 50% of the cutting fluids from detector fabrication were reprocessed. Had they been processed, the projections for the recovery yield would be between 80 -- 85%. Maximizing yield is critical to justify a possible future ton-scale experiment. A process for recovery of germanium from the acid-etch solution was developed with yield of about 90%. All material was shielded or stored underground whenever possible to minimize the formation of Ge-68 by cosmic rays, which contributes background in the double-beta decay region of interest and cannot be removed by zone refinement and crystal growth. Formation of Ge-68 was reduced by a significant factor over that in natural abundance detectors not protected from cosmic rays.

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