Poda, D.V., Armengaud, E., Arnaud, Q. et al. (93 more authors) (2016) Scintillating bolometers based on ZnMoO4 and Zn100MoO4 crystals to search for 0ν2β decay of 100Mo (LUMINEU project): first tests at the Modane Underground Laboratory. Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, 273-5. pp. 1801-1806. ISSN 2405-6014
Abstract
The technology of scintillating bolometers based on zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) crystals is under development within the LUMINEU project to search for decay of 100Mo with the goal to set the basis for large scale experiments capable to explore the inverted hierarchy region of the neutrino mass pattern. Advanced ZnMoO4 crystal scintillators with mass of ∼0.3 kg were developed and Zn100MoO4 crystal from enriched 100Mo was produced for the first time by using the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique. One ZnMoO4 scintillator and two samples (59 g and 63 g) cut from the enriched boule were tested aboveground at milli-Kelvin temperature as scintillating bolometers showing a high detection performance. The first results of the low background measurements with three ZnMoO4 and two enriched detectors installed in the EDELWEISS set-up at the Modane Underground Laboratory (France) are presented.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Double beta decay; Scintillating bolometer; ZnMoO4 crystal scintillator; Low counting experiment |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2017 15:26 |
Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2017 15:34 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.09.290 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.09.290 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115216 |