Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics

Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in the LEGEND experiment

NázevTitle
Usage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in the LEGEND experimentUsage of PEN as self-vetoing structural material in the LEGEND experiment
Druh výsledkuResult type
Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
AutořiAuthors
L. Manzanillas, Y. Efremenko, R. Hodák, E. Medunová, I. Štekl
DOIDOI
10.22323/1.398.0738
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
In: The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics. Trieste: Proceedings of Science, 2022. p. 1-4. vol. 398. ISSN 1824-8039.
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
001527471100352
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85129428336
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/22:00356483!RIV23-MPO-21670___
ProjektProject
Materiálový a technologický výzkum scintilačních detektorůMaterial and technological research of scintillation detectors

AbstraktAbstract

PEN is an industrial polyester plastic interesting for the physics community as a new type of wavelength shifting plastic scintillator. Recently, PEN structures with good radio-purity and attenuation length have been successfully produced using the injection molding technology. This opens the possibility for usage of PEN as optically active structural components in low-background experiments such as the LEGEND-200 experiment. In this contribution the ongoing R&D on PEN is outlined with focus on the evaluation of the optical properties of PEN.

PEN is an industrial polyester plastic interesting for the physics community as a new type of wavelength shifting plastic scintillator. Recently, PEN structures with good radio-purity and attenuation length have been successfully produced using the injection molding technology. This opens the possibility for usage of PEN as optically active structural components in low-background experiments such as the LEGEND-200 experiment. In this contribution the ongoing R&D on PEN is outlined with focus on the evaluation of the optical properties of PEN.