A new Nd-loaded liquid organic scintillator based on pseudocumene (PC) solvent was developed for the experiment aimed at searching for 0νββ decay of a 150Nd nucleus. The optical characteristics of the scintillator were measured for several Nd concentrations. The measurements taken using two modules 1 and 2 m in length have made it possible to determine the effective attenuation length of the PC scintillator containing Nd (6.5 g/L). It was demonstrated that the scintillator characteristics remained unaltered over 1 year. The content of radioactive contaminants was analyzed, and the sensitivity of the experiment to effective Majorana neutrino mass 〈m ν〉 ∼ 0.05–0.10 eV was estimated for a detector containing a 12-ton scintillator.
A Nd-loaded Liquid Organic Scintillator for the Experiment Aimed at Measuring Double β Decay
ORTICA, Fausto;ROMANI, Aldo;
2012
Abstract
A new Nd-loaded liquid organic scintillator based on pseudocumene (PC) solvent was developed for the experiment aimed at searching for 0νββ decay of a 150Nd nucleus. The optical characteristics of the scintillator were measured for several Nd concentrations. The measurements taken using two modules 1 and 2 m in length have made it possible to determine the effective attenuation length of the PC scintillator containing Nd (6.5 g/L). It was demonstrated that the scintillator characteristics remained unaltered over 1 year. The content of radioactive contaminants was analyzed, and the sensitivity of the experiment to effective Majorana neutrino mass 〈m ν〉 ∼ 0.05–0.10 eV was estimated for a detector containing a 12-ton scintillator.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
