A CaMoO4 crystal low temperature detector for the AMoRE neutrinoless double beta decay search

  • G. B. Kim
  • , S. Choi
  • , F. A. Danevich
  • , A. Fleischmann
  • , C. S. Kang
  • , H. J. Kim
  • , S. R. Kim
  • , Y. D. Kim
  • , Y. H. Kim
  • , V. A. Kornoukhov
  • , H. J. Lee
  • , J. H. Lee
  • , M. K. Lee
  • , S. J. Lee
  • , J. H. So
  • , W. S. Yoon

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Abstract

We report the development of a CaMoO4 crystal low temperature detector for the AMoRE neutrinoless double beta decay (0 β β) search experiment. The prototype detector cell was composed of a 216 g CaMoO4 crystal and a metallic magnetic calorimeter. An overground measurement demonstrated FWHM resolution of 6-11 keV for full absorption gamma peaks. Pulse shape discrimination was clearly demonstrated in the phonon signals, and 7.6 σ of discrimination power was found for the α and β/γ separation. The phonon signals showed rise-times of about 1 ms. It is expected that the relatively fast rise-time will increase the rejection efficiency of two-neutrino double beta decay pile-up events which can be one of the major background sources in 0 β β searches.

Original languageEnglish
Article number817530
JournalAdvances in High Energy Physics
Volume2015
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

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