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
- Článek v časopiseJournal article
- AutořiAuthors
- L. Manzanillas, Y. Efremenko, R. Hodák, E. Rukhadze, I. Štekl
- Klíčová slovaKeywords
- scintillator, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators), Double-beta decay detectors, Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPGe, HgI etc.)
- KonferenceConference
- LIght Detection In Noble Elements (San Diego, United States, 2021-09-15)
- DOIDOI
- 10.1088/1748-0221/17/03/C03031
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- Journal of Instrumentation 17(03), C03031 (2022) · ISSN 1748-0221
- RokYear
- 2022
- JazykLanguage
- eng
- ZáznamyRecords
- ProjektProject
- Materiálový a technologický výzkum scintilačních detektorůMaterial and technological research of scintillation detectors
- CitovánoCited by
- 4 (INSPIRE-HEP)
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AbstraktAbstract
Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) is an industrial plastic which is interesting to the physics community as a wavelength-shifting scintillator. Recently, PEN structures with excellent radiopurity have been successfully produced using injection compression molding technology. This opens the possibility for the usage of optically active structural components with wavelength shifting capabilities in low-background experiments. Thus, PEN holders will be used to mount the germanium detectors in the LEGEND-200 experiment. In this contribution the ongoing R&D on PEN is outlined with a focus on the evaluation of its optical properties. In addition, the ongoing efforts for further application of PEN in the LEGEND-1000 experiment are presented.
Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) is an industrial plastic which is interesting to the physics community as a wavelength-shifting scintillator. Recently, PEN structures with excellent radiopurity have been successfully produced using injection compression molding technology. This opens the possibility for the usage of optically active structural components with wavelength shifting capabilities in low-background experiments. Thus, PEN holders will be used to mount the germanium detectors in the LEGEND-200 experiment. In this contribution the ongoing R&D on PEN is outlined with a focus on the evaluation of its optical properties. In addition, the ongoing efforts for further application of PEN in the LEGEND-1000 experiment are presented.