Progress in the use of pixel detectors in double beta decay experiment TGV
- NázevTitle
- Progress in the use of pixel detectors in double beta decay experiment TGVProgress in the use of pixel detectors in double beta decay experiment TGV
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
- AutořiAuthors
- J. Madathiparambil Jose
- Klíčová slovaKeywords
- double beta decay, pixel detector, 106Cd, background measurements
- KonferenceConference
- Matrix Elements for the Double-beta-decay EXperiments (Prague, Czechia, 2013-06-11)
- ExperimentCollaboration
- TGV
- DOIDOI
- 10.1063/1.4856553
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- In: AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP Publishing LLC, 2013, pp. 77-80 · ISSN 0094-243X
- RokYear
- 2013
- JazykLanguage
- eng
- ZáznamyRecords
- ProjektProject
- Příspěvek k rozšíření velké výzkumné infrastruktury evropského významuContribution of the Czech Republic to the extension of the large research infrastructure of European importance
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AbstraktAbstract
The TGV collaboration has been investigating two neutrino double electron capture (2νEC/EC) in Cd 106 since 2000. The double beta experiments would answer some of the puzzling problems about neutrinos (eg. nature and mass) but one of the main challenges is the background events. The collaboration is investigating the use of pixel detectors in such rare decay experiments. Pixel detector gives spatial information along with energy of the particle, thus provides useful information to reduce the background. The collaboration has proposed a Silicon Pixel Telescope (SPT) for the next generation experiment; where a pair of Si pixel detectors with enriched Cd foil in the middle forms the detection unit. A prototype unit of SPT has been constructed and results of preliminary background measurements performed on the surface and in the underground laboratories are presented.
The TGV collaboration has been investigating two neutrino double electron capture (2νEC/EC) in Cd 106 since 2000. The double beta experiments would answer some of the puzzling problems about neutrinos (eg. nature and mass) but one of the main challenges is the background events. The collaboration is investigating the use of pixel detectors in such rare decay experiments. Pixel detector gives spatial information along with energy of the particle, thus provides useful information to reduce the background. The collaboration has proposed a Silicon Pixel Telescope (SPT) for the next generation experiment; where a pair of Si pixel detectors with enriched Cd foil in the middle forms the detection unit. A prototype unit of SPT has been constructed and results of preliminary background measurements performed on the surface and in the underground laboratories are presented.