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Direct measurement of the ionization quenching factor of nuclear recoils in germanium in the keV energy range
| العنوان: | Direct measurement of the ionization quenching factor of nuclear recoils in germanium in the keV energy range |
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| المؤلفون: | A. Bonhomme, H. Bonet, C. Buck, J. Hakenmüller, G. Heusser, T. Hugle, M. Lindner, W. Maneschg, R. Nolte, T. Rink, E. Pirovano, H. Strecker |
| المصدر: | European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 82, Iss 9, Pp 1-18 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | SpringerOpen, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Astrophysics LCC:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798 |
| الوصف: | Abstract This article reports the measurement of the ionization quenching factor in germanium for nuclear recoil energies in the keV range. Precise knowledge of this factor in this energy range is highly relevant for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and low mass dark matter searches with germanium-based detectors. Nuclear recoils were produced in a thin high-purity germanium target with a very low energy threshold via irradiation using monoenergetic neutron beams. The energy dependence of the ionization quenching factor was directly measured via kinematically constrained coincidences with surrounding liquid scintillator based neutron detectors. The systematic uncertainties of the measurements are discussed in detail. With measured quenching factors between 0.16 and 0.23 in the 0.4 keV $$_{nr}$$ nr to 6.3 keV $$_{nr}$$ nr energy range, the data are compatible with the Lindhard theory with a parameter k of 0.162 $$\pm \,0.004$$ ± 0.004 (stat + sys). |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1434-6052 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1434-6052 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10768-1 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/e9666e9c02574cf8b823a06eca1c6bfa |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.9666e9c02574cf8b823a06eca1c6bfa |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 14346052 |
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| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10768-1 |