Simultaneous scintillation light and charge readout of a pure argon filled Spherical Proportional Counter
CECCHINI, V.
Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées [SUBATECH]
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Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées [SUBATECH]
CECCHINI, V.
Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées [SUBATECH]
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Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées [SUBATECH]
Language
en
Article de revue
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2022, vol. 1028, p. 166382
Elsevier
English Abstract
The possible use of a Spherical Proportional Counter for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay is investigated in the R2D2 R&D project. Dual charge and scintillation light readout may improve the detector performance. ...Read more >
The possible use of a Spherical Proportional Counter for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay is investigated in the R2D2 R&D project. Dual charge and scintillation light readout may improve the detector performance. Tests were carried out with pure argon at 1.1 bar using a 6 × 6 mm<math display="inline" id="d1e522" altimg="si1.svg"><msup><mrow/><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></math> silicon photomultiplier. Scintillation light was used for the first time to trigger in a spherical proportional counter. The measured drift time is in excellent agreement with the expectations from simulations. Furthermore the light signal emitted during the avalanche development exhibits features that could be exploited for event characterization.Read less <
English Keywords
Spherical TPC
Neutrino
Neutrinoless double beta decay
Scintillation
double-beta decay: (0neutrino)
performance
photomultiplier: silicon
charge: readout
scintillation counter
argon
time projection chamber
numerical calculations
Origin
Hal imported