Radiopurity of NaI(Tl) crystals for PICOLON dark matter experiment
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| author | Kotera, K. Chernyak, D. Ejiri, H. Fushimi, K. Hata, K. Hazama, R. Iida, T. Ikeda, H. Imagawa, K. Inoue, K. Ito, H. Kishimoto, T. Koga, M. Kozlov, A. Nakamura, K. Orito, R. Shima, T. Takemoto, Y. Umehara, S. Urano, Y. Yasuda, K. Yoshida, S. |
| author_facet | Kotera, K. Chernyak, D. Ejiri, H. Fushimi, K. Hata, K. Hazama, R. Iida, T. Ikeda, H. Imagawa, K. Inoue, K. Ito, H. Kishimoto, T. Koga, M. Kozlov, A. Nakamura, K. Orito, R. Shima, T. Takemoto, Y. Umehara, S. Urano, Y. Yasuda, K. Yoshida, S. |
| contents | The dark matter observation claim by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has been a long-standing puzzle within the particle physics community. Efforts of other research groups to verify the claim have been insufficient by significant radioactivity of present NaI(Tl) crystals. PICOLON (Pure Inorganic Crystal Observatory for LOw-energy Neut(ra)lino) experiment conducts independent search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using NaI(Tl) crystals. Our NaI(Tl) crystal manufactured in 2020 (Ingot #85) reached the same purity level as DAMA/LIBRA crystals. In this report, we describe the radiopurity of the new Ingot #94 crystal produced using the same purification technique as Ingot #85. The $α$-ray events were selected by pulse-shape discrimination method. The impurities in the Ingot #94, $^{232}$Th, $^{226}$Ra and $^{210}$Po radioactivity were $4.6\pm 1.2~\mathrm{μBq/kg}$, $7.9\pm 4.4~\mathrm{μBq/kg}$, and $19\pm 6~\mathrm{μBq/kg}$, which are equivalent to those of the DAMA/LIBRA crystals. The background rate in the energy region of 2-6 keV , was 2-5 events/d/kg/keV without applying a veto trigger. |
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| spellingShingle | Radiopurity of NaI(Tl) crystals for PICOLON dark matter experiment Kotera, K. Chernyak, D. Ejiri, H. Fushimi, K. Hata, K. Hazama, R. Iida, T. Ikeda, H. Imagawa, K. Inoue, K. Ito, H. Kishimoto, T. Koga, M. Kozlov, A. Nakamura, K. Orito, R. Shima, T. Takemoto, Y. Umehara, S. Urano, Y. Yasuda, K. Yoshida, S. Instrumentation and Detectors Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics The dark matter observation claim by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has been a long-standing puzzle within the particle physics community. Efforts of other research groups to verify the claim have been insufficient by significant radioactivity of present NaI(Tl) crystals. PICOLON (Pure Inorganic Crystal Observatory for LOw-energy Neut(ra)lino) experiment conducts independent search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using NaI(Tl) crystals. Our NaI(Tl) crystal manufactured in 2020 (Ingot #85) reached the same purity level as DAMA/LIBRA crystals. In this report, we describe the radiopurity of the new Ingot #94 crystal produced using the same purification technique as Ingot #85. The $α$-ray events were selected by pulse-shape discrimination method. The impurities in the Ingot #94, $^{232}$Th, $^{226}$Ra and $^{210}$Po radioactivity were $4.6\pm 1.2~\mathrm{μBq/kg}$, $7.9\pm 4.4~\mathrm{μBq/kg}$, and $19\pm 6~\mathrm{μBq/kg}$, which are equivalent to those of the DAMA/LIBRA crystals. The background rate in the energy region of 2-6 keV , was 2-5 events/d/kg/keV without applying a veto trigger. |
| title | Radiopurity of NaI(Tl) crystals for PICOLON dark matter experiment |
| topic | Instrumentation and Detectors Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13941 |