Ultra-Low background germanium spectrometers at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

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Main Authors: Chen, Jikai, Zeng, Zhi, Ma, Hao, Cheng, Jianping
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author Chen, Jikai
Zeng, Zhi
Ma, Hao
Cheng, Jianping
author_facet Chen, Jikai
Zeng, Zhi
Ma, Hao
Cheng, Jianping
contents Four ultra-low background germanium spectrometers, called GeTHU, have been installed at the first phase of China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL-I), and served for material screening of dark matter and neutrino experiments. Recently, a new multi-detector spectrometer with five germanium detectors has been developed and installed at the second phase of CJPL (CJPL-II) with a minimum detectable activity (MDA) of about 10 μBq/kg. In addition, another fifteen GeTHU-like spectrometers have been installed at CJPL-II with an MDA of about 1 mBq/kg. This paper will introduce the ultra-low background germanium spectrometers including shielding design, background characteristics and application to material screening.
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spellingShingle Ultra-Low background germanium spectrometers at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory
Chen, Jikai
Zeng, Zhi
Ma, Hao
Cheng, Jianping
Instrumentation and Detectors
Four ultra-low background germanium spectrometers, called GeTHU, have been installed at the first phase of China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL-I), and served for material screening of dark matter and neutrino experiments. Recently, a new multi-detector spectrometer with five germanium detectors has been developed and installed at the second phase of CJPL (CJPL-II) with a minimum detectable activity (MDA) of about 10 μBq/kg. In addition, another fifteen GeTHU-like spectrometers have been installed at CJPL-II with an MDA of about 1 mBq/kg. This paper will introduce the ultra-low background germanium spectrometers including shielding design, background characteristics and application to material screening.
title Ultra-Low background germanium spectrometers at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16704