Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors

  • J. Argyriades
  • , R. Arnold
  • , C. Augier
  • , J. Baker
  • , A. S. Barabash
  • , M. Bongrand
  • , G. Broudin-Bay
  • , V. B. Brudanin
  • , A. J. Caffrey
  • , S. Cebrin
  • , A. Chapon
  • , E. Chauveau
  • , Th Dafni
  • , Z. Daraktchieva
  • , J. Daz
  • , D. Durand
  • , V. G. Egorov
  • , J. J. Evans
  • , N. Fatemi-Ghomi
  • , R. Flack
  • A. Basharina-Freshville, K. I. Fushimi, X. Garrido, H. Gmez, B. Guillon, A. Holin, K. Hol, J. J. Horkley, Ph Hubert, C. Hugon, F. J. Iguaz, I. G. Irastorza, N. Ishihara, C. M. Jackson, S. Jullian, S. Kanamaru, M. Kauer, O. I. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, V. E. Kovalenko, D. Lalanne, K. Lang, Y. Lemire, G. Lutter, G. Luzn, F. Mamedov, Ch Marquet, J. Martin-Albo, F. Mauger, F. Monrabal, A. Nachab, I. Nasteva, I. B. Nemchenok, C. H. Nguyen, F. Nova, P. Novella, H. Ohsumi, R. B. Pahlka, F. Perrot, F. Piquemal, P. P. Povinec, B. Richards, J. S. Ricol, C. L. Riddle, A. Rodriguez, R. Saakyan, X. Sarazin, J. K. Sedgbeer, L. Serra, L. Simard, F. Imkovic, Yu A. Shitov, A. A. Smolnikov, S. Sldner-Rembold, I. Tekl, Y. Sugaya, C. S. Sutton, G. Szklarz, Y. Tamagawa, J. Thomas, R. Thompson, V. V. Timkin, V. I. Tretyak, Vl I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vla, I. A. Vanyushin, R. Vasiliev, V. Vorobel, Ts Vylov, D. Waters, N. Yahlali, A. Žukauskas, Stefan Soldner-Rembold

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    Abstract

    We have constructed a GEANT4-based detailed software model of photon transport in plastic scintillator blocks and have used it to study the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO calorimeters employed in experiments designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. We compare our simulations to measurements using conversion electrons from a calibration source of 207Bi and show that the agreement is improved if wavelength-dependent properties of the calorimeter are taken into account. In this article, we briefly describe our modeling approach and results of our studies. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)20-28
    Number of pages8
    JournalNuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
    Volume625
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2011

    Keywords

    • Double beta decay
    • GEANT 4
    • Optical photon transport
    • Photomultiplier
    • Plastic scintillators
    • Scintillation

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