Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches

Agnese, R. and Cornell, B. D. and Golwala, S. R. and Moore, D. C. and Nelson, R. H. (2013) Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches. Applied Physics Letters, 103 (16). Art. No. 164105. ISSN 0003-6951. doi:10.1063/1.4826093. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131121-150215822

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Abstract

The SuperCDMS experiment in the Soudan Underground Laboratory searches for dark matter with a 9-kg array of cryogenic germanium detectors. Symmetric sensors on opposite sides measure both charge and phonons from each particle interaction, providing excellent discrimination between electron and nuclear recoils, and between surface and interior events. Surface event rejection capabilities were tested with two ^(210)Pb sources producing ∼130 beta decays/hr. In ∼800 live hours, no events leaked into the 8–115 keV signal region, giving upper limit leakage fraction 1.7 × 10^(−5) at 90% C.L., corresponding to < 0.6 surface event background in the future 200-kg SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4826093	DOI	Article
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/103/16/10.1063/1.4826093	Publisher	Article
http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2405	arXiv	Discussion Paper

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Golwala, S. R.	0000-0002-1098-7174

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© 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. Received 26 September 2013; accepted 2 October 2013; published online 17 October 2013. The SuperCDMS collaboration gratefully acknowledges the technical assistance from Jim Beaty and the staff of the Soudan Underground Laboratory and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. These iZIP detectors are fabricated in the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility, which is a member of the National Nanofabrication Infrastructure Network sponsored by NSF under Grant ECS-0335765. This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Grant Nos. AST-9978911, NSF-0847342, PHY-1102795, NSF-1151869, PHY-0542066, PHY-0503729, PHY-0503629, PHY-0503641, PHY-0504224, PHY-0705052, PHY-0801708, PHY-0801712, PHY-0802575, PHY-0847342, PHY-0855299, PHY-0855525, and PHY-1205898), by the Department of Energy (Contract Nos. DE-AC03-76SF00098, DE-FG02-92ER40701, DE-FG02-94ER40823, DE-FG03-90ER40569, DE-FG03-91ER40618, and DE-SC0004022), by NSERC Canada (Grant Nos. SAPIN 341314 and SAPPJ 386399), and by MULTIDARK CSD2009-00064 and FPA2012-34694. Fermilab is operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. De-AC02-07CH11359, while SLAC is operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515 with the United States Department of Energy.

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
NSF	ECS-0335765
NSF	AST-9978911
NSF	NSF-0847342
NSF	PHY-1102795
NSF	NSF-1151869
NSF	PHY-0542066
NSF	PHY-0503729
NSF	PHY-0503629
NSF	PHY-0503641
NSF	PHY-0504224
NSF	PHY-0705052
NSF	PHY-0801708
NSF	PHY-0801712
NSF	PHY-0802575
NSF	PHY-0847342
NSF	PHY-0855299
NSF	PHY-0855525
NSF	PHY-1205898
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-AC03- 76SF00098
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-FG02-92ER40701
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-FG02-94ER40823
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-FG03-90ER40569
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-FG03-91ER40618
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-SC0004022
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)	SAPIN 341314
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)	SAPPJ 386399
MULTIDARK	CSD2009-00064
MULTIDARK	FPA2012-34694
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-AC02-07CH11359
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-AC02-76SF00515

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Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , A. Borgland , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , M. Cherry , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , E. Do Couto E Silva , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Fox , M. Fritts , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , J. Hasi , S. A. Hertel , B. A. Hines , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , S. A. Kenany , A. Kennedy , C. J. Kenney , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , D. C. Moore , P. Nadeau , R. H. Nelson , L. Novak , K. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , R. Radpour , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , R. W. Resch , Y. Ricci , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , R. Schmitt , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , D. Seitz , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , A. Tomada , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang and The SuperCDMS Collaboration Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 164105 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4826093

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