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Performance of $ZnMoO_4$ crystal as cryogenic scintillating bolometer to search for double beta decay of molybdenum

L. Gironi
(
- INFN, Milan Bicocca and
- Milan Bicocca U.
)
,
C. Arnaboldi
(
- INFN, Milan Bicocca
)
,
J.W. Beeman
(
- LBL, Berkeley
)
,
O. Cremonesi
(
- INFN, Milan Bicocca
)
,
F.A. Danevich
(
- Kiev, INR
)

Oct, 2010

12 pages

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JINST 5 (2010) P11007

e-Print:

1010.0103 [nucl-ex]

DOI:

10.1088/1748-0221/5/11/P11007

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Abstract: (arXiv)

Zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) single crystals were grown for the first time by the Czochralski method and their luminescence was measured under X ray excitation in the temperature range 85-400 K. Properties of ZnMoO4 crystal as cryogenic low temperature scintillator were checked for the first time. Radioactive contamination of the ZnMoO4 crystal was estimated as <0.3 mBq/kg (228-Th) and 8 mBq/kg (226-Ra). Thanks to the simultaneous measurement of the scintillation light and the phonon signal, the alpha particles can be discriminated from the gamma/beta interactions, making this compound extremely promising for the search of neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 100-Mo. We also report on the ability to discriminate the alpha-induced background without the light measurement, thanks to a different shape of the thermal signal that characterizes gamma/beta and alpha particle interactions.

ZnMoO4 crystals
X ray Luminescence
Cryogenic scintillators
Bolometers
Double Beta Decay
scintillation counter: cryogenics
double-beta decay: (0neutrino)
scintillation counter: crystal
helium: background
molybdenum: double-beta decay

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