European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Nov 2019)
Characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II
- M. Agostini,
- A. M. Bakalyarov,
- E. Andreotti,
- M. Balata,
- I. Barabanov,
- L. Baudis,
- N. Barros,
- C. Bauer,
- E. Bellotti,
- S. Belogurov,
- G. Benato,
- A. Bettini,
- L. Bezrukov,
- T. Bode,
- D. Borowicz,
- V. Brudanin,
- R. Brugnera,
- D. Budjáš,
- A. Caldwell,
- C. Cattadori,
- A. Chernogorov,
- V. D’Andrea,
- E. V. Demidova,
- N. Di Marco,
- A. Domula,
- E. Doroshkevich,
- V. Egorov,
- R. Falkenstein,
- K. Freund,
- A. Gangapshev,
- A. Garfagnini,
- C. Gooch,
- P. Grabmayr,
- V. Gurentsov,
- K. Gusev,
- J. Hakenmüller,
- A. Hegai,
- M. Heisel,
- S. Hemmer,
- R. Hiller,
- W. Hofmann,
- M. Hult,
- L. V. Inzhechik,
- J. Janicskó Csáthy,
- J. Jochum,
- M. Junker,
- V. Kazalov,
- Y. Kermaïdic,
- T. Kihm,
- I. V. Kirpichnikov,
- A. Kirsch,
- A. Kish,
- A. Klimenko,
- R. Kneißl,
- K. T. Knöpfle,
- O. Kochetov,
- V. N. Kornoukhov,
- V. V. Kuzminov,
- M. Laubenstein,
- A. Lazzaro,
- B. Lehnert,
- Y. Liao,
- M. Lindner,
- I. Lippi,
- A. Lubashevskiy,
- B. Lubsandorzhiev,
- G. Lutter,
- C. Macolino,
- B. Majorovits,
- W. Maneschg,
- G. Marissens,
- M. Miloradovic,
- R. Mingazheva,
- M. Misiaszek,
- P. Moseev,
- I. Nemchenok,
- K. Panas,
- L. Pandola,
- K. Pelczar,
- A. Pullia,
- C. Ransom,
- S. Riboldi,
- N. Rumyantseva,
- C. Sada,
- F. Salamida,
- M. Salathe,
- C. Schmitt,
- B. Schneider,
- S. Schönert,
- A.-K. Schütz,
- O. Schulz,
- B. Schwingenheuer,
- O. Selivanenko,
- E. Shevchik,
- M. Shirchenko,
- H. Simgen,
- A. Smolnikov,
- L. Stanco,
- L. Vanhoefer,
- A. A. Vasenko,
- A. Veresnikova,
- K. von Sturm,
- V. Wagner,
- A. Wegmann,
- T. Wester,
- C. Wiesinger,
- M. Wojcik,
- E. Yanovich,
- I. Zhitnikov,
- S. V. Zhukov,
- D. Zinatulina,
- A. J. Zsigmond,
- K. Zuber,
- G. Zuzel,
- GERDA Collaboration
Affiliations
- M. Agostini
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- A. M. Bakalyarov
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
- E. Andreotti
- European Commission, JRC-Geel
- M. Balata
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS
- I. Barabanov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- L. Baudis
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- N. Barros
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- C. Bauer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- E. Bellotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca
- S. Belogurov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- G. Benato
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- A. Bettini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova
- L. Bezrukov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- T. Bode
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- D. Borowicz
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- V. Brudanin
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- R. Brugnera
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova
- D. Budjáš
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- A. Caldwell
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- C. Cattadori
- INFN Milano Bicocca
- A. Chernogorov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- V. D’Andrea
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila
- E. V. Demidova
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- N. Di Marco
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS
- A. Domula
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- E. Doroshkevich
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- V. Egorov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- R. Falkenstein
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- K. Freund
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- A. Gangapshev
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Garfagnini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova
- C. Gooch
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- P. Grabmayr
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- V. Gurentsov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- K. Gusev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- J. Hakenmüller
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Hegai
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- M. Heisel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- S. Hemmer
- INFN Padova
- R. Hiller
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- W. Hofmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- M. Hult
- European Commission, JRC-Geel
- L. V. Inzhechik
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- J. Janicskó Csáthy
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- J. Jochum
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- M. Junker
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS
- V. Kazalov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Y. Kermaïdic
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- T. Kihm
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- I. V. Kirpichnikov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- A. Kirsch
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Kish
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- A. Klimenko
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- R. Kneißl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- K. T. Knöpfle
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- O. Kochetov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- V. N. Kornoukhov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- V. V. Kuzminov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- M. Laubenstein
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS
- A. Lazzaro
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- B. Lehnert
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- Y. Liao
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- M. Lindner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- I. Lippi
- INFN Padova
- A. Lubashevskiy
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- B. Lubsandorzhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- G. Lutter
- European Commission, JRC-Geel
- C. Macolino
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS
- B. Majorovits
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- W. Maneschg
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- G. Marissens
- European Commission, JRC-Geel
- M. Miloradovic
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- R. Mingazheva
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- M. Misiaszek
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- P. Moseev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- I. Nemchenok
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- K. Panas
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- L. Pandola
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
- K. Pelczar
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS
- A. Pullia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano
- C. Ransom
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- S. Riboldi
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano
- N. Rumyantseva
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- C. Sada
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova
- F. Salamida
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila
- M. Salathe
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- C. Schmitt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- B. Schneider
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- S. Schönert
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- A.-K. Schütz
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- O. Schulz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- B. Schwingenheuer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- O. Selivanenko
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- E. Shevchik
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- M. Shirchenko
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- H. Simgen
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Smolnikov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- L. Stanco
- INFN Padova
- L. Vanhoefer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- A. A. Vasenko
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- A. Veresnikova
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- K. von Sturm
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova
- V. Wagner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Wegmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- T. Wester
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- C. Wiesinger
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- M. Wojcik
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- E. Yanovich
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- I. Zhitnikov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- S. V. Zhukov
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
- D. Zinatulina
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- A. J. Zsigmond
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- K. Zuber
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- G. Zuzel
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- GERDA Collaboration
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7353-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 79,
no. 11
pp. 1 – 24
Abstract
Abstract The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge into $$^{76}$$ 76 Se+2e$$^-$$ - . Gerda has been conceived in two phases. Phase II, which started in December 2015, features several novelties including 30 new 76Ge enriched detectors. These were manufactured according to the Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detector design that has a better background discrimination capability and energy resolution compared to formerly widely-used types. Prior to their installation, the new BEGe detectors were mounted in vacuum cryostats and characterized in detail in the Hades underground laboratory in Belgium. This paper describes the properties and the overall performance of these detectors during operation in vacuum. The characterization campaign provided not only direct input for Gerda Phase II data collection and analyses, but also allowed to study detector phenomena, detector correlations as well as to test the accuracy of pulse shape simulation codes.
