Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2006-09-08
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
8 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Nucl.Instrum.Meth
Scientific paper
An ensemble of multi-layer scintillators is discussed as an option of the high-sensitivity detector Mo Observatory Of Neutrinos (MOON) for spectroscopic measurements of neutrino-less double beta decays. A prototype detector MOON-1, which consists of 6 layer plastic-scintillator plates, was built to study the sensitivity of the MOON-type detector. The scintillation photon collection and the energy resolution, which are key elements for the high-sensitivity experiments, are found to be 1835+/-30 photo-electrons for 976 keV electrons and sigma = 2.9+/-0.1% (dE/E = 6.8+/-0.3 % in FWHM) at the Qbb ~ 3 MeV region, respectively. The multi-layer plastic-scintillator structure with good energy resolution as well as good background suppression of beta-gamma rays is crucial for the MOON-type detector to achieve the inverted hierarchy neutrino mass sensitivity.
Finger. M. jr.
Doe Peter
Ejiri Hiro
Elliott Steven R.
Engel Johannes
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