scholarly journals Scintillation in Low-Temperature Particle Detectors

Physics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-534
Author(s):  
Denys Poda
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Rare Event ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Particle Identification ◽  
High Energy Resolution ◽  
Particle Detection ◽  
Particle Detectors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wide Energy

Inorganic crystal scintillators play a crucial role in particle detection for various applications in fundamental physics and applied science. The use of such materials as scintillating bolometers, which operate at temperatures as low as 10 mK and detect both heat (phonon) and scintillation signals, significantly extends detectors performance compared to the conventional scintillation counters. In particular, such low-temperature devices offer a high energy resolution in a wide energy interval thanks to a phonon signal detection, while a simultaneous registration of scintillation emitted provides an efficient particle identification tool. This feature is of great importance for a background identification and rejection. Combined with a large variety of elements of interest, which can be embedded in crystal scintillators, scintillating bolometers represent powerful particle detectors for rare-event searches (e.g., rare alpha and beta decays, double-beta decay, dark matter particles, neutrino detection). Here, we review the features and results of low-temperature scintillation detection achieved over a 30-year history of developments of scintillating bolometers and their use in rare-event search experiments.

scholarly journals Low background techniques in bolometers for double-beta decay search

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (30) ◽  
pp. 1743012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denys Poda ◽  
Andrea Giuliani
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Detection Efficiency ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Particle Identification ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
High Energy Resolution ◽  
Particle Detectors ◽  
Low Background ◽  
Bolometric Detectors

Bolometers are low temperature particle detectors with high energy resolution and detection efficiency. Some types of bolometric detectors are also able to perform an efficient particle identification. A wide variety of radiopure dielectric and diamagnetic materials makes the bolometric technique favorable for applications in astroparticle physics. In particular, thanks to their superior performance, bolometers play an important role in the worldwide efforts on searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Such experiments strongly require an extremely low level of the backgrounds that can easily mimic the process searched for. Here, we overview recent progress in the development of low background techniques for bolometric double-beta decay searches.

scholarly journals Bolometric Double Beta Decay Experiments: Review and Prospects

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 2255
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Zolotarova
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
High Energy ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Particle Identification ◽  
High Energy Resolution ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Inverted Hierarchy ◽  
Essential Information

This review aims to cover the history and recent developments on cryogenic bolometers for neutrinoless double beta decay (0ν2β) searches. A 0ν2β decay observation would confirm the total lepton charge non-conservation, which is related to a global U(1)LC symmetry. This discovery would also provide essential information on neutrino masses and nature, opening the door to new physics beyond the Standard Model. The bolometric technology shows good prospects for future ton-scale experiments that aim to fully investigate the inverted ordering region of neutrino masses. The big advantage of bolometers is the high energy resolution and the possibility of particle identification, as well as various methods of additional background rejection. The CUORE experiment has proved the feasibility of ton-scale cryogenic experiments, setting the most stringent limit on 130Te 0ν2β decay. Two CUPID demonstrators (CUPID-0 and CUPID-Mo) have set the most stringent limits on 82Se and 100Mo isotopes, respectively, with compatibly low exposures. Several experiments are developing new methods to improve the background in the region of interest with bolometric detectors. CUPID and AMoRE experiments aim to cover the inverted hierarchy region, using scintillating bolometers with hundreds of kg of 100Mo. We review all of these efforts here, with a focus on the different types of radioactive background and the measures put in place to mitigate them.

scholarly journals The Use of Low Temperature Detectors for Direct Measurements of the Mass of the Electron Neutrino

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nucciotti
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Physics ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Electron Neutrino ◽  
High Energy Resolution ◽  
Low Temperature Detectors ◽  
Absolute Mass ◽  
Direct Measurements

Recent years have witnessed many exciting breakthroughs in neutrino physics. The detection of neutrino oscillations has proved that neutrinos are massive particles, but the assessment of their absolute mass scale is still an outstanding challenge in today particle physics and cosmology. Since low temperature detectors were first proposed for neutrino physics experiments in 1984, there has been tremendous technical progress: today this technique offers the high energy resolution and scalability required to perform competitive experiments challenging the lowest electron neutrino masses. This paper reviews the thirty-year effort aimed at realizing calorimetric measurements with sub-eV neutrino mass sensitivity using low temperature detectors.

Low-temperature high-Z gamma-detectors with very high energy resolution

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Pobes ◽  
Chiara Brofferio ◽  
Carlo Bucci ◽  
Oliviero Cremonesi ◽  
Ettore Fiorini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Energy Resolution ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Resolution ◽  
Very High Energy ◽  
Very High ◽  
Gamma Detectors

scholarly journals The History of Astrophysics in Antarctica

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balthasar T. Indermuehle ◽  
Michael G. Burton ◽  
Sarah T. Maddison
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Particle Detectors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Optical Wavelengths ◽  
Infrared Telescopes ◽  
History Of Astrophysics

AbstractWe examine the historical development of astrophysical science in Antarctica from the early 20th century until today. We find three temporally overlapping eras, each having a rather distinct beginning. These are the astrogeological era of meteorite discovery, the high energy era of particle detectors, and the photon astronomy era of microwave, submillimetre, and infrared telescopes, sidelined by a few niche experiments at optical wavelengths. The favourable atmospheric and geophysical conditions are briefly examined, followed by an account of the major experiments and a summary of their results.

scholarly journals Scintillation light increase of carbontetrafluoride gas at low temperature

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. P12033
Author(s):  
K. Mizukoshi ◽  
T. Maeda ◽  
Y. Nakano ◽  
S. Higashino ◽  
K. Miuchi
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Spin Structure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Light Yield ◽  
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽  
Particle Detection ◽  
Scintillation Light ◽  
Dark Matter Search ◽  
Particle Detectors

Abstract Scintillation detector is widely used for the particle detection in the field of particle physics. Particle detectors containing fluorine-19 (19F) are known to have advantages for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) dark matter search, especially for spin-dependent interactions with WIMPs due to its spin structure. In this study, the scintillation properties of carbontetrafluoride (CF4) gas at low temperature were evaluated because its temperature dependence of light yield has not been measured. We evaluated the light yield by cooling the gas from room temperature (300 K) to 263 K. As a result, the light yield of CF4 was found to increase by (41.0 ± 4.0stat. ± 6.6syst.)% and the energy resolution was also found to improve at low temperature.

The E-ring: interactions with plasma and implications for its evolution

1984 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 599-602
Author(s):  
T.V. Johnson ◽  
G.E. Morfill ◽  
E. Grun
Keyword(s):  
Time Scale ◽  
Particle Density ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Particle Removal ◽  
Density Region ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Orbit Evolution ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ring Particle ◽  
Ring Material

A number of lines of evidence suggest that the particles making up the E-ring are small, on the order of a few microns or less in size (Terrile and Tokunaga, 1980, BAAS; Pang et al., 1982 Saturn meeting; Tucson, AZ). This suggests that a variety of electromagnetic and plasma affects may be important in considering the history of such particles. We have shown (Morfill et al., 1982, J. Geophys. Res., in press) that plasma drags forces from the corotating plasma will rapidly evolve E-ring particle orbits to increasing distance from Saturn until a point is reached where radiation drag forces acting to decrease orbital radius balance this outward acceleration. This occurs at approximately Rhea's orbit, although the exact value is subject to many uncertainties. The time scale for plasma drag to move particles from Enceladus' orbit to the outer E-ring is ~104yr. A variety of effects also act to remove particles, primarily sputtering by both high energy charged particles (Cheng et al., 1982, J. Geophys. Res., in press) and corotating plasma (Morfill et al., 1982). The time scale for sputtering away one micron particles is also short, 102 - 10 yrs. Thus the detailed particle density profile in the E-ring is set by a competition between orbit evolution and particle removal. The high density region near Enceladus' orbit may result from the sputtering yeild of corotating ions being less than unity at this radius (e.g. Eviatar et al., 1982, Saturn meeting). In any case, an active source of E-ring material is required if the feature is not very ephemeral - Enceladus itself, with its geologically recent surface, appears still to be the best candidate for the ultimate source of E-ring material.

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