Open AccessLow-level techniques applied in BOREXINO and GERDA
Author(s) -
G. Heusser,
H. Simgen,
G. Zuzel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/39/1/095
Subject(s) - borexino , nuclear physics , environmental science , physics , solar neutrino , neutrino , neutrino oscillation
BOREXINO and GERDA are experiments which require an ultra-low background. The first one is a large scale, real-time liquid scintillation detector for low energy solar neutrinos, where only a few tens of events per day are expected. GERDA will look for the neutrinoless double decay of 76Ge. To minimize the background bare germanium crystals (enriched up to 86% in 76Ge) will be operated in ultra-pure liquid nitrogen or liquid argon