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Techniques and tools for next generation experiments looking for rare nuclear processes.

2012/05/E/ST2/02333

Keywords:

Neutrinoless double beta decay detection of cold dark matter next generation experiments background reduction.

Descriptors:

  • ST2_2: Particle physics
  • ST2_4: Nuclear astrophysics

Panel:

ST2 - Fundamental constituents of matter: particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas and optical physics

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Grzegorz Zuzel 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: SONATA BIS 1 - announced on 2012-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 488 500 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-02-13

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-04-12

Project duration:: 62 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Detektor germanowy wraz z kriostatem. (110 000 PLN)
  2. Mobilny dewar na ciekły azot/argon, podzespoły kriogeniczne. (40 000 PLN)
  3. Pompy i mierniki próżniowe. (45 000 PLN)
  4. Stanowiska komputerowe. (20 000 PLN)
  5. System akwizycji danych oparty o szybką kartę FADC i niezbędne moduły elektroniki (NIM). (80 000 PLN)
  6. Analizator widma z generatorem śledzącym. (95 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (4)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (2)
  1. Resistor-less charge sensitive amplifier for semiconductor detectors
    Authors:
    Pelczar, K.; Panas, K.; Zuzel, G.
    Academic press:
    Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, (rok: 2016, tom: 835, strony: 142-147), Wydawca: ELSEVIER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.nima.2016.08.036 - link to the publication
  2. Results from the first use of low radioactivity argon in a dark matter search
    Authors:
    The DARKSIDE Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D (rok: 2016, tom: 93, strony: 81101), Wydawca: APS Physics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.93.081101 - link to the publication
  3. The electronics and data acquisition system for the DarkSide-50 veto detectors
    Authors:
    The DARKSIDE Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2016, tom: 11, strony: P12007), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Cornella
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/11/12/P12007 - link to the publication
  4. The veto system of the DarkSide-50 experiment
    Authors:
    The DARKSIDE Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2016, tom: 11, strony: P03016), Wydawca: IOP Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/11/03/P03016 - link to the publication
  5. First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
    Authors:
    The DARKSIDE Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    Physics Letters B (rok: 2015, tom: 743, strony: 456-466), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.012 - link to the publication
  6. Mitigation of 42Ar/42K background for the GERDA Phase II experiment
    Authors:
    A. Lubashevskiy, M. Agostini, D. Budjas, A. Gangapshev, K. Gusev, M. Heisel, A. Klimenko, A. Lazzaro, B. Lehnert, K. Pelczar, S. Schönert, A. Smolnikov, M. Walter, G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    The European Physical Journal C (rok: 2018, tom: 78, strony: 15), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5499-9 - link to the publication
  7. Studies of surface and bulk 210Po in metals using an ultra-low background large surface alpha spectrometer
    Authors:
    G. Zuzel, K. Pelczar, M. Wojcik
    Academic press:
    Applied Radiation and Isotopes (rok: 2017, tom: 126, strony: 165-167), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.01.030 - link to the publication
  8. Improving sensitivity of a BEGe-based high-purity germanium spectrometer through pulse shape analysis
    Authors:
    M. Misiaszek, K. Panas, M. Wojcik, G. Zuzel, M. Hult
    Academic press:
    The European Physical Journal C (rok: 2018, tom: 78, strony: 392), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5852-7 - link to the publication
  9. Review of high-sensitivity Radon studies
    Authors:
    M. Wojcik, G. Zuzel, H. Simgen
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Modern Physics A (rok: 2017, tom: 32, strony: 1743004), Wydawca: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1142/S0217751X17430047 - link to the publication
  1. Experience of gas purification and radon control in Borexino
    Authors:
    Grzegorz Zuzel
    Conference:
    Topical Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT) (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: AIP Conference Proceedings
    Data:
    konferencja 23-27.05.2017
    Status:
    Published
  2. Removal of 222Rn daughters from metal surfaces
    Authors:
    Grzegorz Zuzel, Marcon Wojcik, Krzysztof Pelczar
    Conference:
    Topical Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT) (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: AIP Conference Proceedings
    Data:
    konferencja 23-27.05.2017
    Status:
    Published
  3. Removal of Rn-222 daughters from metal surfaces
    Authors:
    G. Zuzel, M. Wojcik, B. Majorovits, M. O. Lampert and P. Wendling
    Conference:
    Topical Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT) (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: AIP Conference Proceedings
    Data:
    konferencja 18.03-20.03
    Status:
    Published
  4. Recent resuts from DARKSIDE
    Authors:
    G. Zuzel
    Conference:
    Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallée d'Aoste - Results and Perspectives in Particle Physics (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Springer, IL NUOVO CIMENTO 38 C (2015) 118
    Data:
    konferencja 01.03-07.03
    Status:
    Published
  1. -
    Authors:
    Grzegorz Zuzel
    Book:
    Searching for rare nuclear processes at low energies – development of background reduction techniques for cutting-edge experiments (rok: 2017, tom: -, strony: 215), Wydawca: Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics ´ Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN)
    Status:
    Published
  2. Eksperyment DarkSide
    Authors:
    DarkSide Collaboration, and G. Zuzel
    Book:
    Annual Report 2015 Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (rok: 2015, tom: 1, strony: 77-89), Wydawca: LNGS
    Status:
    Published