Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: Procedures and initial measurements

V. Álvarez; I. Bandac; A. Bettini; F. I.G.M. Borges; S. Cárcel; J. Castel; S. Cebrián; A. Cervera; C. A.N. Conde; T. Dafni; T. H.V.T. Dias; J. Díaz; M. Egorov; R. Esteve; P. Evtoukhovitch; L. M.P. Fernandes; P. Ferrario; A. L. Ferreira; E. D.C. Freitas; V. M. Gehman; A. Gil; A. Goldschmidt; H. Gómez; J. J. Gómez-Cadenas; D. González-Díaz; R. M. Gutiérrez; J. Hauptman; J. A. Hernando Morata; D. C. Herrera; F. J. Iguaz; I. G. Irastorza; M. A. Jinete; L. Labarga; A. Laing; I. Liubarsky; J. A.M. Lopes; D. Lorca; M. Losada; G. Luzón; A. Marí; J. Martín-Albo; A. Martínez; T. Miller; A. Moiseenko; F. Monrabal; C. M.B. Monteiro; F. J. Mora; L. M. Moutinho; J. Muñoz Vidal; H. Natal Da Luz; G. Navarro; M. Nebot-Guinot; D. Nygren; C. A.B. Oliveira; A. Ortiz De Solórzano; R. Palma; J. Pérez; J. L. Pérez Aparicio; J. Renner; L. Ripoll; A. Rodríguez; J. Rodríguez; F. P. Santos; J. M.F. Dos Santos; L. Segui; L. Serra; D. Shuman; A. Simón; C. Sofka; M. Sorel; J. F. Toledo; A. Tomás; J. Torrent; Z. Tsamalaidze; D. Vázquez; J. F.C.A. Veloso; J. A. Villar; R. C. Webb; J. T. White; N. Yahlali

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002

Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: Procedures and initial measurements

V. Álvarez, I. Bandac, A. Bettini, F. I.G.M. Borges, S. Cárcel, J. Castel, S. Cebrián, A. Cervera, C. A.N. Conde, T. Dafni, T. H.V.T. Dias, J. Díaz, M. Egorov, R. Esteve, P. Evtoukhovitch, L. M.P. Fernandes, P. Ferrario, A. L. Ferreira, E. D.C. Freitas, V. M. GehmanA. Gil, A. Goldschmidt, H. Gómez, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, D. González-Díaz, R. M. Gutiérrez, J. Hauptman, J. A. Hernando Morata, D. C. Herrera, F. J. Iguaz, I. G. Irastorza, M. A. Jinete, L. Labarga, A. Laing, I. Liubarsky, J. A.M. Lopes, D. Lorca, M. Losada, G. Luzón, A. Marí, J. Martín-Albo, A. Martínez, T. Miller, A. Moiseenko, F. Monrabal, C. M.B. Monteiro, F. J. Mora, L. M. Moutinho, J. Muñoz Vidal, H. Natal Da Luz, G. Navarro, M. Nebot-Guinot, D. Nygren, C. A.B. Oliveira, A. Ortiz De Solórzano, R. Palma, J. Pérez, J. L. Pérez Aparicio, J. Renner, L. Ripoll, A. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez, F. P. Santos, J. M.F. Dos Santos, L. Segui, L. Serra, D. Shuman, A. Simón, C. Sofka, M. Sorel, J. F. Toledo, A. Tomás, J. Torrent, Z. Tsamalaidze, D. Vázquez, J. F.C.A. Veloso, J. A. Villar, R. C. Webb, J. T. White, N. Yahlali

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The "Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon Time-Projection Chamber" (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of ¹³⁶Xe, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds. An extensive screening and material selection process is underway for NEXT since the control of the radiopurity levels of the materials to be used in the experimental set-up is a must for rare event searches. First measurements based on Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry and gamma-ray spectroscopy using ultra-low background germanium detectors at the Laboratorio Subterr'aneo de Canfranc (Spain) are described here. Activity results for natural radioactive chains and other common radionuclides are summarized, being the values obtained for some materials like copper and stainless steel very competitive. The implications of these results for the NEXT experiment are also discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	T01002
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002
State	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc)
Radiation calculations
Time projection Chambers (TPC)

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Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics

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Álvarez, V., Bandac, I., Bettini, A., Borges, F. I. G. M., Cárcel, S., Castel, J., Cebrián, S., Cervera, A., Conde, C. A. N., Dafni, T., Dias, T. H. V. T., Díaz, J., Egorov, M., Esteve, R., Evtoukhovitch, P., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., ... Yahlali, N. (2013). Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: Procedures and initial measurements. Journal of Instrumentation, 8(1), Article T01002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002

Álvarez, V, Bandac, I, Bettini, A, Borges, FIGM, Cárcel, S, Castel, J, Cebrián, S, Cervera, A, Conde, CAN, Dafni, T, Dias, THVT, Díaz, J, Egorov, M, Esteve, R, Evtoukhovitch, P, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Freitas, EDC, Gehman, VM, Gil, A, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez, H, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González-Díaz, D, Gutiérrez, RM, Hauptman, J, Hernando Morata, JA, Herrera, DC, Iguaz, FJ, Irastorza, IG, Jinete, MA, Labarga, L, Laing, A, Liubarsky, I, Lopes, JAM, Lorca, D, Losada, M, Luzón, G, Marí, A, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez, A, Miller, T, Moiseenko, A, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Moutinho, LM, Muñoz Vidal, J, Natal Da Luz, H, Navarro, G, Nebot-Guinot, M, Nygren, D, Oliveira, CAB, Ortiz De Solórzano, A, Palma, R, Pérez, J, Pérez Aparicio, JL, Renner, J, Ripoll, L, Rodríguez, A, Rodríguez, J, Santos, FP, Dos Santos, JMF, Segui, L, Serra, L, Shuman, D, Simón, A, Sofka, C, Sorel, M, Toledo, JF, Tomás, A, Torrent, J, Tsamalaidze, Z, Vázquez, D, Veloso, JFCA, Villar, JA, Webb, RC, White, JT & Yahlali, N 2013, 'Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: Procedures and initial measurements', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 8, no. 1, T01002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002

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