Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: SuperNEMO is a double-β decay experiment, which will employ the successful tracker–calorimeter technique used in the recently completed NEMO-3 experiment. SuperNEMO will implement 100 kg of double-β decay isotope, reaching a sensitivity to the neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) half-life of the order of 1026 yr, corresponding to a Majorana neutrino mass of 50–100 meV. One of the main goals and challenges of the SuperNEMO detector development programme has been to reach a calorimeter energy resolution, ΔE∕E, around 3%∕E(MeV) σ, or 7%∕E(MeV) FWHM (full width at half maximum), using a calorimeter composed of large volume plastic scintillator blocks coupled to photomultiplier tubes. We describe the R&D programme and the final design of the SuperNEMO calorimeter that has met this challenging goal.
Authors: A.S. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville, S. Blot, M. Bongrand, Ch. Bourgeois, D. Breton, V. Brudanin, H. Burešovà, J. Busto, A.J. Caffrey, S. Calvez, M. Cascella, C. Cerna, J.P. Cesar, E. Chauveau, A. Chopra, G. Claverie, S. De Capua, F. Delalee, D. Duchesneau, V. Egorov, G. Eurin, J.J. Evans, L. Fajt, D. Filosofov, R. Flack, X. Garrido, H. Gómez, B. Guillon, P. Guzowski, R. Hodák, K. Holý, A. Huber, C. Hugon, A. Jeremie, S. Jullian, M. Kauer, A. Klimenko, O. Kochetov, S.I. Konovalov, V. Kovalenko, K. Lang, Y. Lemière, T. Le Noblet, Z. Liptak, X.R. Liu, P. Loaiza, G. Lutter, J. Maalmi, M. Macko, F. Mamedov, C. Marquet, F. Mauger, I. Moreau, B. Morgan, J. Mott, I. Nemchenok, M. Nomachi, F. Nova, H. Ohsumi, R.B. Pahlka, J.R. Pater, F. Perrot, F. Piquemal, P. Povinec, P. Přidal, Y.A. Ramachers, A. Rebii, A. Remoto, B. Richards, J.S. Ricol, C.L. Riddle, E. Rukhadze, R. Saakyan, R. Salazar, X. Sarazin, J. Sedgbeer, Yu. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, L. Simard, A. Smetana, K. Smolek, A. Smolnikov, S. Snow, S. Söldner-Rembold, B. Soulé, M. Špavorová, I. Štekl, J. Thomas, V. Timkin, S. Torre, Vl.I. Tretyak, V.I. Tretyak, V.I. Umatov, C. Vilela, V. Vorobel, D. Waters, A. Žukauskas
Institutions: Kurchatov Institute, University of Manchester, University College London, Université Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Nuvia (Czechia), Aix-Marseille Université, Centre de physique des particules de Marseille, Idaho National Laboratory, Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux, The University of Texas at Austin, Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Czech Technical University in Prague, Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen, Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire de Caen, Université de Caen Normandie, Comenius University Bratislava, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, University of Warwick, The University of Osaka, Saga University, Imperial College London, Institut Universitaire de France, Institute for Nuclear Research, Charles University
Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $1,757
Awards: Programme of Research in Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Warwick: 2012-2016., SuperNEMO Commissioning and Sensitivity Demonstration, SuperNEMO PROJECT COORDINATION, SuperNEMO Commissioning and Sensitivity Demonstration, Programme of Research in Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Warwick: 2015-2019., SuperNEMO Commissioning and Sensitivity Demonstration, G7537199296
OpenAlex ID: W2732014119