Next-Generation Germanium Spectrometer Background Reduction Techniques at 2 MeV

April 1, 2005

Journal Article

Next-Generation Germanium Spectrometer Background Reduction Techniques at 2 MeV

Abstract

The Majorana project, a next-generation 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment being undertaken by a large international collaboration, has the goal of measuring the neutrinoless double-beta decay rate by observing monochromatic events at 2039 keV in 500 kg of isotopically enriched 76Ge gamma-ray spectrometers. In order to achieve the desired sensitivity limit, the background in the 2037-2041 keV region must be reduced to

Revised: May 19, 2011 | Published: April 1, 2005

Citation

Brodzinski R.L. 2005. Next-Generation Germanium Spectrometer Background Reduction Techniques at 2 MeV. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 264, no. 1:139-143. PNNL-SA-44482.