Characterization of germanium detectors for the first underground laboratory in Mexico

This article reports the characterization of two High Purity Germanium detectors performed by extracting and comparing their efficiencies using experimental data and Monte Carlo simulations. The efficiencies were calculated for pointlike γ-ray sources as well as for extended calibration sources. Cha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of instrumentation 2020-11, Vol.15 (11), p.P11014-P11014
Hauptverfasser:	Aguilar-Arevalo, A., Alvarado-Mijangos, S., Bertou, X., Canet, C., Cruz-Pérez, M.A., Deisting, A., Dias, A., D'Olivo, J.C., Favela-Pérez, F., Garcés, E.A., Muñoz, A. González, Guerra-Pulido, J.O., Mancera-Alejandrez, J., Marín-Lámbarri, D.J., Montero, M. Martinez, Monroe, J., Ortega-Hernández, C. Iván, Paling, S., Peeters, S., Rodríguez, D. Ruíz Esparza, Scovell, P.R., Türkoğlu, C., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Walding, J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Detectors Energy resolution Gamma ray sources Germanium Laboratories Linearity Sensors
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Zusammenfassung:	This article reports the characterization of two High Purity Germanium detectors performed by extracting and comparing their efficiencies using experimental data and Monte Carlo simulations. The efficiencies were calculated for pointlike γ-ray sources as well as for extended calibration sources. Characteristics of the detectors such as energy linearity, energy resolution and full energy peak efficiencies are reported from measurements performed on surface laboratories. The detectors will be deployed in a γ-ray assay facility that will be located in the first underground laboratory in Mexico, Laboratorio Subterr'aneo de Mineral del Chico (LABChico), in the Comarca Minera UNESCO Global Geopark [1].
ISSN:	1748-0221 1748-0221
DOI:	10.1088/1748-0221/15/11/P11014