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- Title
Enhanced light signal for the suppression of pile-up events in Mo-based bolometers for the 0νββ decay search.
- Authors
Ahmine, A.; Armatol, A.; Bandac, I.; Bergé, L.; Calvo-Mozota, J. M.; Carniti, P.; Chapellier, M.; Dixon, T.; Dumoulin, L.; Giuliani, A.; Gras, Ph.; Ferri, F.; Imbert, L.; Khalife, H.; Loaiza, P.; de Marcillac, P.; Marnieros, S.; Marrache-Kikuchi, C. A.; Nones, C.; Olivieri, E.
- Abstract
Random coincidences of events could be one of the main sources of background in the search for neutrino-less double-beta decay of 100 Mo with macro-bolometers, due to their modest time resolution. Scintillating bolometers as those based on Li 2 MoO 4 crystals and employed in the CROSS and CUPID experiments can eventually exploit the coincident fast signal detected in a light detector to reduce this background. However, the scintillation provides a modest signal-to-noise ratio, making difficult a pile-up pulse-shape recognition and rejection at timescales shorter than a few ms. Neganov–Trofimov–Luke assisted light detectors (NTL-LDs) offer the possibility to effectively increase the signal-to-noise ratio, preserving a fast time-response, and enhance the capability of pile-up rejection via pulse shape analysis. In this article we present: (a) an experimental work performed with a Li 2 MoO 4 scintillating bolometer, studied in the framework of the CROSS experiment, and utilizing a NTL-LD; (b) a simulation method to reproduce, synthetically, randomly coincident two-neutrino double-beta decay events; (c) a new analysis method based on a pulse-shape discrimination algorithm capable of providing high pile-up rejection efficiencies. We finally show how the NTL-LDs offer a balanced solution between performance and complexity to reach background index ∼ 10 - 4 counts/keV/kg/year with 280 g Li 2 MoO 4 ( 100 Mo enriched) bolometers at 3034 keV, the Q β β of the double-beta decay, and target the goal of a next generation experiment like CUPID.
- Subjects
BOLOMETERS; COINCIDENCE; PHOTODETECTORS; SCINTILLATORS; SCINTILLATION counters; SIGNAL-to-noise ratio
- Publication
European Physical Journal C -- Particles & Fields, 2023, Vol 83, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1434-6044
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11519-6