ABSTRACT A two-phase nitrogen thermosiphon was developed for the new generation of low-background high-purity germanium (HPGe) arrays. The cooling system for these arrays has to be able to handle the heat load (>20 W) presented by a large detector mass while meeting stringent requirements necessary for low-background systems. The HPGe detector modules should operate as close to liquid nitrogen temperature (
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Published: November 26, 2012
Citation
Aguayo Navarrete E., J.E. Fast, and D.J. Reid. 2012.DESIGN OF A THERMOSIPHON FOR COOLING LOW-BACKGROUND HPGE ARRAYS. In Joint Conference on Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference (CEC)/International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICMC), June 13-17, 2011, Spokane, Washington. ADVANCES IN CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING, vol. 57. AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by JG Weisend, et al, 1434, 425-432. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics.PNNL-SA-80941.doi:10.1063/1.4706948