Background simulation of a low background gamma ray spectrometer with an array of five germanium detectors

IF 1.6 3区工程技术 Q3 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR

Applied Radiation and Isotopes Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111748

Jikai Chen , Zhi Zeng , Hao Ma , Mingkun Jing , Huaqiang Zhong , Hui Cao , Hui Zhang , Junli Li , Jianping Cheng

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Abstract

A new gamma ray spectrometer with an array of five germanium detectors, called ARGUS, is designed to screen and select materials used in rare-event search experiments. In this paper, we investigate the background characteristics of ARGUS using Monte Carlo simulation. The expected background count rate was found to reach the level of 10 counts per day per kg of germanium crystal (cpkd) in the energy region of 60 keV to 2700 keV. The minimum detectable activity (MDA) for germanium array was estimated via the maximum likelihood method. With an 100-day measurement of a 118.3 kg high purity copper sample, the MDA were calculated to be 28.8

μ

Bq/kg for ²¹²Pb (238 keV) and 32.8

μ

Bq/kg for ²¹⁴Bi (609 keV). The ARGUS is planned to be built in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory in 2025.

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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 工程技术-核科学技术

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

12.50%

发文量

406

审稿时长

13.5 months

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