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Surface Characterization of P-Type Point Contact Germanium Detectors
by Frank Edzards, Lukas Hauertmann, Iris Abt, Chris Gooch, Björn Lehnert, Xiang Liu, Susanne Mertens, David C. Radford, Oliver Schulz and Michael Willers
Particles 2021, 4(4), 489-511; https://doi.org/10.3390/particles4040036 - 20 Oct 2021
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P-type point contact (PPC) germanium detectors are used in rare event and low-background searches, including neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay, low-energy nuclear recoils, and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. The detectors feature an excellent energy resolution, low detection thresholds down to the sub-keV range, [...] Read more.
P-type point contact (PPC) germanium detectors are used in rare event and low-background searches, including neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay, low-energy nuclear recoils, and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. The detectors feature an excellent energy resolution, low detection thresholds down to the sub-keV range, and enhanced background rejection capabilities. However, due to their large passivated surface, separating the signal readout contact from the bias voltage electrode, PPC detectors are susceptible to surface effects such as charge build-up. A profound understanding of their response to surface events is essential. In this work, the response of a PPC detector to alpha and beta particles hitting the passivated surface was investigated in a multi-purpose scanning test stand. It is shown that the passivated surface can accumulate charges resulting in a radial-dependent degradation of the observed event energy. In addition, it is demonstrated that the pulse shapes of surface alpha events show characteristic features which can be used to discriminate against these events. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Purity Germanium Detectors)
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