Pulse Shape Analysis with a Broad-Energy Germanium Detector for the GERDA experiment

Details Pulse Shape Analysis with a Broad-Energy Germanium Detector for the GERDA experiment Pulse Shape Analysis with a Broad-Energy Germanium Detector for the GERDA experiment

2008-12-09

arxiv.org/abs/0812.1735v1

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Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

Presented at IEEE Conference 2008 Nuclear Science Symposium, 19 - 25 October 2008, Dresden, Germany. 3 pages, 4 figures

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To reduce background in experiments looking for rare events, such as the GERDA double beta decay experiment, it is necessary to employ active background-suppression techniques. One of such techniques is the pulse shape analysis of signals induced by the interaction of radiation with the detector. Analysis of the time-development of the impulses can distinguish between an interaction of an electron and an interaction of a multiple-scattered photon inside the detector. This information can be used to eliminate background events from the recorded data. Results of pulse-shape analysis of signals from a commercially available broad-energy germanium detector are presented and the pulse-shape discrimination capability of such detector configuration for use in low-background experiments is discussed.

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