On the feasibility of low background Ge - NaI spectrometer for neutrino magnetic moment measurement

May, 1997
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Atom.Nucl. 61 (1998) 66-73,
  • Yad.Fiz. 61 (1998) 72-79
e-Print:
Report number:
  • TPI-MINN-97-15-T,
  • UMN-TH-1544-97

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We analyze the possibility of using a low-background Ge-NaI spectrometer in a reactor experiment for a search for neutrino magnetic moment down to 3×10113 \times 10^{-11} of the electron magneton. The properties of the so-far existing Ge low-background spectrometers are discussed and additional sources of background in a reactor experiment at a small depth are estimated. These estimates place specific requirements on the design of the spectrometer. The results of preliminary background measurements at a small depth of 5 m.w.e. with a dedicated spectrometer built in ITEP are reported.
Note:
  • 15 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure, using epsf.sty
  • neutrino: magnetic moment
  • spectrometer
  • germanium: crystal
  • scintillation counter: sodium-iodide
  • background
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo