A Pulse Shape Analysis technique for the MAJORANA experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 629, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 303-310

  Cooper, R J ^a   Radford, D C ^b   Lagergren, K ^a   Colaresi, James F ^c   Darken, Larry ^d   Henning, R ^e   Marino, M G ^f   Michael Yocum, K ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Canberra Industries Inc   (United States)

^d Canberra Industries Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Background rejection; HPGe detector; Neutrinoless double beta decay; Pulse Shape Analysis

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND REJECTION; BACKGROUND SUPPRESSION; BETA DECAY; BROAD ENERGY GERMANIUM DETECTORS; COUNT RATES; DATA SETS; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; DOUBLE ESCAPE PEAKS; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; HPGE DETECTOR; MAJORANA; MULTI-SITE; PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS; PULSE SHAPES; RARE EVENT; SIMULATION STUDIES; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES;

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; GERMANIUM;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

EID: 79251626317     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.029     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. S.R. Elliott Journal of Physics Conference Series 39 2006 341
2. B. Majorovits, and H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus Eur. Phys. J. A 6 1999 463
3. C.E. Aalseth, Ph.D. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 2001.
4. P.S. Barbeau, and J.I. Collar J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 09 2007 009
5. D. Budjas IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Rec. 2008
6. G. King Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 595 2008 599
7. I. Abt Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 577 2007 574
8. P.N. Luke IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-36 1 1989 926
9. W. Schockley J. Appl. Phys. 10 1938 635
10. H.L. Malm Appl. Phys. Lett. 26 1975 344
11. S. Agostinelli Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 506 2003 250
12. m3dcr and siggen software, source code available at: 〈 http://radware.phy.ornl.gov/MJ 〉 and 〈 http://radware.phy.ornl.gov/ gretina/siggen 〉.
13. J. Simpson J. Phys. G 31 2005 S1801
14. I.Y. Lee Nucl. Phys. A 746 2004 255
15. BEGe detector from Canberra Industries Inc.: 〈 www.canberra.com/ products/485.asp 〉.
16. M. Cromaz Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 597 2008 233
17. IEEE Std. 325-1986.
18. S. Schonert Nucl. Phys. B 145 2005 242
19. V.M. Gehman Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 615 2010 83
20. K. Vetter Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 452 2000 223
21. L. Milechina Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 550 2005 278
22. M.R. Dimmock IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-56 4 2009 2415