Conveners
Session 7: Fabrication methods and surface contamination control
- Vitaly Kudryavtsev (University of Sheffield)
Session 7: Fabrication methods and surface contamination control
- Vitaly Kudryavtsev (University of Sheffield)
Mr
takashi Hashimoto
(Kobe Univ.)
26/05/2017, 10:20
Oral
The NEWAGE detector is a gaseous micro-TPC using μ-PIC. We found the main background sources are alpha rays from the radioactive contaminations in the μ-PIC. So, low alpha emitting μ-PICs have been developed. The performance of these μ-PICs will be presented.
We set up a surface alpha ray counter using micro TPC in Kamioka mine. We measured surface alpha ray emission rate of the μ-PIC. The...
Mr
Matthew Busch
(Duke University / TUNL)
26/05/2017, 10:40
Oral
The Majorana Collaboration is searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the nucleus 76Ge. The Majorana Demonstrator is an array of germanium detectors deployed with the aim of implementing background reduction techniques suitable for a 1-tonne 76Ge-based search (LEGEND). These germanium detectors operate in an ultra-pure vacuum cryostat at 80K. One special challenge of an ultra-pure...
Matthew Stein
(Southern Methodist University)
26/05/2017, 11:00
Oral
Neutrons are a challenging background for dark matter direct detection experiments such as the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS), and can come from contamination within common shielding materials such as polyethylene and copper. We present measurements of the alpha-activity accumulation on surfaces due to exposure to the elevated level of radon present deep underground at SNOLAB....
Vincente Guiseppe
(Univ. of South Carolina)
26/05/2017, 13:30
Oral
The next generation low-background detectors operating deep underground aim for unprecedented low levels of radioactive backgrounds.
The deposition and presence of radon progeny on detector surfaces is an added source of energetic background events.
In addition to limiting the detector material's radon exposure in order to reduce potential surface backgrounds, it is just as important to...
Dr
Krzysztof Pelczar
(Jagiellonian University)
26/05/2017, 13:50
Oral
Surface contamination with long-lived daughters of Rn-222 is of great interest for experiments looking for rare events. These include the detection of low energy solar neutrinos, searches for neutrino-less double beta decay or searches or dark matter. Decays of Pb-210, Bi-210 and finally Po-210 may contribute significantly to the experiments’ background, especially when they appear close or...
Mr
Pietro Giampa
(Queen's University)
26/05/2017, 14:10
Oral
The DEAP-3600 experiment is a single-phase detector that uses 3600 Kg of liquid argon to search for Dark Matter at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada, 6800 ft. underground. The
projected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-section is 10$^{−46}$ cm$^{2}$ for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV.
One of the primary sources backgrounds to the WIMP search are alpha decays occurring on the surface of...
