A large HPGe detector for the non-destructive radioassay of an ultra-low-background counting facility

Details A large HPGe detector for the non-destructive radioassay of an ultra-low-background counting facility A large HPGe detector for the non-destructive radioassay of an ultra-low-background counting facility

2011-01-20

arxiv.org/abs/1101.4000v1

Physics

Instrumentation and Detectors

15 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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We present the use of a low background counting facility, equipped with a p-type 80% relative efficiency HPGe detector, protected by active and passive shielding, and large enough to count a 10" photo-multiplier tube (PMT). A GEANT4 Monte-Carlo of this detector was developed and tuned to 3% accuracy. We report the U, Th, and K contents in three different types of PMTs used in current neutrino experiments, with accuracies of $\sim 10$ ppb for U and Th and of $\sim 15$ ppm for K.

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