First array of enriched Zn $$^{82}$$ 82 Se bolometers to search for double beta decay

Artusa, D. R.; Balzoni, A.; Beeman, J. W.; Bellini, F.; Biassoni, M.; Brofferio, C.; Camacho, A.; Capelli, S.; Cardani, L.; Carniti, P.; Casali, N.; Cassina, L.; Clemenza, M.; Cremonesi, O.; Cruciani, A.; D’Addabbo, A.; Dafinei, I.; Domizio, S. Di; Vacri, M. L. Di; Ferroni, F.; Gironi, L.; Giuliani, A.; Gotti, C.; Keppel, G.; Maino, M.; Mancuso, M.; Martinez, M.; Morganti, S.; Nagorny, S.; Nastasi, M.; Nisi, S.; Nones, C.; Orio, F.; Orlandi, D.; Pagnanini, L.; Pallavicini, M.; Palmieri, V.; Pattavina, L.; Pavan, M.; Pessina, G.; Pettinacci, V.; Pirro, S.; Pozzi, S.; Previtali, E.; Puiu, A.; Rusconi, C.; Schäffner, K.; Tomei, C.; Vignati, M.; Zolotarova, A.

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“…9 Thanks to the high sensitivity and to the multiplexed read-out, KIDs have been proposed in several physics sectors, such as photon detection, astronomy, [9][10][11] search for dark matter interactions, 12,13 and for the read-out of transition-edge sensors arrays. 14,15 KIDs show all the desirable features for an innovative light detector with the exception of a wide active surface: macro-bolometers used by experiments such as CUORE 16 and CUPID-0 17,18 are characterized by surfaces of several cm 2 , while typical KIDs sizes barely reach few mm 2 . This limit can be overcome by following the phonon mediated approach: 13,19 photons are coupled to the KIDs through a large insulating substrate, which converts them into phonons.…”

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High sensitivity phonon-mediated kinetic inductance detector with combined amplitude and phase read-out

Cardani

Casali

Colantoni

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Applied Physics Letters

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Developing wide-area cryogenic light detectors with baseline resolution better than 20 eV is one of the priorities of next generation bolometric experiments searching for rare interactions, as the simultaneous read-out of the light and heat signals enables background suppression through particle identification. Among the proposed technological approaches for the phonon sensor, the naturally-multiplexed Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) stand out for their excellent intrinsic energy resolution and reproducibility. The potential of this technique was proved by the CALDER project, that reached a baseline resolution of 154 ± 7 eV RMS by sampling a 2×2 cm 2 Silicon substrate with 4 Aluminum KIDs. In this paper we present a prototype of Aluminum KID with improved geometry and quality factor. The design improvement, as well as the combined analysis of amplitude and phase signals, allowed to reach a baseline resolution of 82 ± 4 eV by sampling the same substrate with a single Aluminum KID.

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High sensitivity phonon-mediated kinetic inductance detector with combined amplitude and phase read-out

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Colantoni

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Applied Physics Letters

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“…The temperature variations induced by particle interactions were read-out by means of a Ge Neutron Transmutation Doped thermistor (Ge-NTD). Details on the experimental set-up can be found in [30,10].…”

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Production and characterisation of a $$\hbox {PbMoO}_4$$ cryogenic detector from archaeological Pb

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In this work we operated a massive PbMoO 4 scintillating cryogenic detector of 570 g, produced with archeological Pb. This compound features excellent characteristics in terms of light yield and energy resolution at cryogenic temperatures. The implementation of innovative techniques and procedures for the purification of raw materials used for the crystal growth, and the highly-pure archeological Pb, allowed the production of a massive high quality crystal. We present a full characterization of a PbMoO 4 scintillating crystal at mil-liKelvin temperatures as cryogenic particle detector. a Corresponding authors: luca.pattavina@lngs.infn.it and

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“…The NTD thermistor, with dimension of (2.85 × 2 × 0.5) mm 3 , is glued through six small glue dots (∼ 0.5 mm diameter, 0.05 mm height) made with Araldit R Rapid glue. The performance of six of these detectors was evaluated in a dedicated test run [31] and the results are summarized in Tab. 1.…”

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Cryogenic light detectors with enhanced performance for rare event physics

Barucci

Beeman

Caracciolo

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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We have developed and tested a new way of coupling bolometric light detectors to scintillating crystal bolometers based upon simply resting the light detector on the crystal surface, held in position only by gravity. This straightforward mounting results in three important improvements: (1) it decreases the amount of non-active materials needed to assemble the detector, (2) it substantially increases the light collection efficiency by minimizing the light losses induced by the mounting structure, and (3) it enhances the thermal signal induced in the light detector thanks to the extremely weak thermal link to the thermal bath.We tested this new technique with a 16 cm 2 Ge light detector with thermistor readout sitting on the surface of a large TeO 2 bolometer. The light collection efficiency was increased by greater than 50% compared to previously tested alternative mountings. We obtained a baseline energy resolution on the light detector of 20 eV RMS that, together with increased light collection, enabled us to obtain the best α vs β/γ discrimination ever obtained with massive TeO 2 crystals. At the same time we achieved rise and decay times of 0.8 and 1.6 ms, respectively. This superb performance meets all of the requirements for the CUPID (CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification) experiment, which is a 1-ton scintillating bolometer follow up to CUORE. tons, producing heat (phonons) that is measured by a suitable thermometer. The main difference among the various Bolometric Light Detector (BLD) instruments currently in use is the choice of the thermometer element, e.g. Transition Edge Sensors (TES) [12], Neutron Transmutation Doped (NTD) thermistors [13] or Micro Magnetic Calorimeters (MMC) [14].The work presented here was performed within the CU-PID framework [15,16], the future follow up of CUORE [17] that represents the largest world-wide bolometric experiment to date. The aim was to develop NTD-based BLDs with improved performance in terms of sensitivity, time response and simplified packaging for large arrays. Using the tiny Cherenkov light emission of TeO 2 [18,19] to decrease by two order of magnitude the α-induced background, requires a BLD with a S/N ratio of the order of ∼5 [16]: this corresponds to a RMS baseline resolution of the BLD of the order of ∼20 eV being the Cherenkov light signal of the order of 100 eV. Actually one can work towards the optimization of the light collection [20] and/or towards the energy resolution of the BLD or -as we made in this work-both. Additionally, in case of 100 Mo-based compounds, beside the same need to suppress the surface α-induced background, a fast time response of the BLD (≤ 1 ms) is mandatory to suppress the background induced the pile-up of the 2ν DBD [21]: also in this case the S/N ratio will play an important

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First array of enriched Zn $$^{82}$$ 82 Se bolometers to search for double beta decay

Cited by 75 publications

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High sensitivity phonon-mediated kinetic inductance detector with combined amplitude and phase read-out

High sensitivity phonon-mediated kinetic inductance detector with combined amplitude and phase read-out

Production and characterisation of a $$\hbox {PbMoO}_4$$ cryogenic detector from archaeological Pb

Cryogenic light detectors with enhanced performance for rare event physics

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