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Development and underground test of radiopure ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers for the LUMINEU 0 nu 2 beta project
E. Armengaud
1
Q. Arnaud
2
C. Augier
2
A. Benoit
3
L. Berge
4
S. Boiko R.
5
T. Bergmann
6
J. Blueme,
6
A. Broniatowski
4
V. Brudanin
7
P. Camus
8
A. Cazes
2
M. Chapellier
4
F. Charlieux
2
M. Chernyak D.
4
N. Coron
9
P. Coulter
10
A. Danevich F.
5
T. de Boissiere
1
R. Decourt
11
M. de Jesus
2
L. Devoyon
12
A. Drillien
4
L. Dumoulin
4
K. Eitel
13
C. Enss
14
D. Filosofov
7
A. Fleischmann
14
N. Foerster
13
N. Fourches
1
J. Gascon
2
L. Gastaldo
14
G. Gerbier
1
A. Giuliani
4
D. Gray
1
M. Gros
1
L. Hehn
6
S. Henry
10
S. Herve
4
G. Heuermann
6
V. Humbert
4
M. Ivanov I.
15
A. Juillard
2
C. Kefelian
2
M. Kleifges
6
H. Kluck
6
V. Kobychev V.
5
F. Koskas
12
V. Kozlov
6
H. Kraus
10
A. Kudryavtsev,v.
16
Hélène Le Sueur
4
M. Loidl
17
P. Magnie,
1
P. Makarov E.
15
M. Mancuso
4
P. de Marcillac
4
S. Marnieros
4
C. Marrache-Kikuchi
4
A. Menshikov
6
G. Nasonov S.
15
-F. Navick X.
1
C. Nones
1
E. Olivieri
4
P. Pari
18
B. Paul
1
Y. Penichot
1
G. Pessina
19
M.C. Piro
4
O. Plantevin
4
V. Poda D.
4
T. Redon
9
M. Robinson
16
M. Rodrigues
17
S. Rozov
20
V. Sanglard
2
B. Schmidt
6
S. Scorza
6
N. Shlegel V.
15
B. Siebenborn
6
O. Strazzer
1
D. Tcherniakhovski
6
M. Tenconi
4
Lionel Torres
9
I. Tretyak V.
5
L. Vagneron
2
V. Vasiliev Ya
15
Matias Velázquez
11
Oudomsack Viraphong
11
J. Walker R.
6
M. Weber
6
E. Yakushev
20
X. Zhang
10
N. Zhdankov V.
21
17
LNHB - Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel
DM2I - Département Métrologie Instrumentation & Information : DRT/LIST/DM2I
21
CML Ltd
V. Kozlov 6
Author
H. Kraus 10
Author
A. Kudryavtsev,v. 16
Author
Hélène Le Sueur 4
Author IdHAL : helene-le-sueur arXiv : https://arxiv.org/a/Sueur, H l
X. Zhang 10
Author
N. Zhdankov V. 21
Author
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IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (CEA Saclay
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- CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives : DRF/IRFU (Centre de Saclay Centre de Grenoble Centre de Cadarache etc - France)
- Université Paris-Saclay (Espace Technologique, Bat. Discovery - RD 128 - 2e ét., 91190 Saint-Aubin - France)
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- Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (France)
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JINR-DUBNA - Laboratory of Particle Physics (Joliot Curie 6 - RU-141980 DUBNA - Russia)
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (France)
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Cryo [2007-2015] - Cryogénie [2007-2015] (Institut NEEL, 25 rue des Martyrs, BP 166,
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University of Oxford [Oxford] (Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD - United Kingdom)
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Kirchhoff Institute for Physics (Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg - Germany)
- Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] ( Seminarstraße 2, 69117 Heidelberg - Germany)
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NIC - Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry [Novosibirsk] (Russia)
- SB RAS - Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (17, Ac. Lavrentieva ave., Novosibirsk, 630090 - Russia)
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University of Sheffield [Sheffield] (Western Bank Sheffield S10 2TN - United Kingdom)
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- Université Paris-Saclay (Espace Technologique, Bat. Discovery - RD 128 - 2e ét., 91190 Saint-Aubin - France)
- DRT (CEA) - Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) : DRT/LIST (France)
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Nano-INNOV
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(ex-URA 2464),
CEA/Saclay,
Orme des Merisiers,
F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE CEDEX - France)
- CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives : DRF/IRAMIS (Centre de Saclay Centre de Grenoble Centre de Cadarache etc - France)
- Université Paris-Saclay (Espace Technologique, Bat. Discovery - RD 128 - 2e ét., 91190 Saint-Aubin - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR3680 (France)
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INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (Via Celoria, 16 20133 Milano - Italy)
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JINR - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region - Russia)
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CML Ltd (630090 Novosibirsk - Russia)
Abstract : The LUMINEU (Luminescent Underground Molybdenum Investigation for NEUtrino mass and nature) project envisages a high-sensitivity search for neutrinoless double beta (0 nu 2 beta) decay of Mo-100 with the help of scintillating bolometers based on zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) crystals. One of the crucial points for the successful performance of this experiment is the development of a protocol for producing high quality large mass ZnMoO4 crystal scintillators with extremely high internal radiopurity.
Here we report a significant progress in the development of large volume ZnMoO4 crystalline boules (with mass up to 1 kg) from deeply purified materials. We present and discuss the results achieved with two ZnMoO4 samples (with mass of about 0.3 kg each): one is a precursor of the LUMINEU project, while the other one was produced in the framework of LUMINEU with an improved purification / crystallization procedure. The two crystals were measured deep underground as scintillating bolometers in the EDELWEISS dilution refrigerator at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France) protected by a rock overburden corresponding to 4800 m w.e. The results indicate that both tested crystals are highly radiopure. However, the advanced LUMINEU sample shows a clear improvement with respect to the precursor, exhibiting only a trace internal contamination related with Po-210 at the level of 1 mBq/kg, while the activity of Ra-226 and Th-228 is below 0.005 mBq/kg. This demonstrates that the LUMINEU purification and crystal-growth procedures are very efficient and leads to radiopurity levels which exceedingly satisfy not only the LUMINEU goals but also the requirements of a next-generation 0 nu 2 beta experiment.
Keywords :
SINGLE-CRYSTALS
DARK-MATTER SEARCH
GRADIENT CZOCHRALSKI TECHNIQUE
gas and liquid scintillators)
CRYSTAL SCINTILLATORS
Hybrid detectors
DOUBLE-BETA-DECAY
Cryogenic detectors
Scintillators
scintillation and light emission processes (solid
TUNGSTATES
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
PARTICLE PHYSICS
GROWTH
LUMINESCENCE
Double-beta decay detectors
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E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud, C. Augier, A. Benoit, L. Berge, et al.. Development and underground test of radiopure ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers for the LUMINEU 0 nu 2 beta project. Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2015, 10 (5), pp.P05007. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/10/05/P05007⟩. ⟨in2p3-01186517⟩
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