Study of a highly-segmented HPGe detector at the Oroville Low-Background counting facility.

ORAL

Abstract

We present initial results of a study of a 8x5 segmented HPGe detector at the Oroville low radioactive background counting facility. The goal is to field a highly-segmented detector at a remote, low-background facility for an extended period of time and to evaluate its efficiency of rejecting residual radioactive backgrounds at such a facility. Applications of this study to the proposed Majorana experiment that will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge will also be discussed.

*This work is supported by the DOE Office of Nuclear Science

Authors

  • Reyco Henning

    • LBNL
  • David Campbell

    • LLNL
  • Yuen-Dat Chan

    • LBNL
  • Kevin Lesko

    • LBNL
  • Michelle Perry

    • Florida State University
  • Alan Poon

    • LBNL
  • Kai Vetter

    • LLNL