Description
The aim of the GERDA experiment is to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge-76 using High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors isotopically enriched in Ge-76. The experiment is located in the Hall A of the underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory of INFN, Italy. The expected signal from the neutrinoless double beta decay is a line in the energy spectrum at the Qbb-value of the decay, 2039 keV. The background due to external sources (natural radioactivity, environmental neutrons) is minimized by operating the HPGe detectors naked in radio-pure liquid argon, acting as a coolant and as a passive shielding. The cryostat containing the liquid argon is enclosed in a stainless steel tank (10 m diameter) filled of water. The water volume serves as additional passive shielding and is operated as a Cherenkov detector to veto muon-induced events.
The experiment was under commissioning between June 2010 and November 2011. The physics data taking is ongoing since November 2011, with about 15 kg of enriched Ge-76 detectors deployed. The data taking is expected to last for about 5 years (with progressive improvements of the set-up). In the next phase(s) of the experiment, new custom-made detectors will be deployed and the liquid argon volume will be operated as an active veto, by detecting the argon scintillation light by means of photo-multipliers.
Acceptable Use Policy
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AUP of the Virtual Organization GERDA
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