2011/03/28 by C. Bucci, Carlo Bucci, Bucci, Carlo +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1103.5296
arxiv created 2011/03/28 · openalex publication_date 2011/03/28 · arxiv updated 2011/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Thermal detectors have recently achieved a leading position in the fields of neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter searches thanks to excellent energy resolution and numerous absorber material choices. These detectors operate at temperatures of a few mK and do not have dead layers. Contaminations on the surface of faced materials have thus to be taken into account as sources of background. We propose a scintillation-based approach for rejecting surface background and discuss the innovative application of this technique in non-scintillating bolometric detectors.