First 10 kg of Naked Germanium Detectors in Liquid Nitrogen installed in the GENIUS-Test-Facility

Abstract

The first four naked high purity Germanium detectors were installed successfully in liquid nitrogen in the GENIUS-Test-Facility (GENIUS-TF) in the GRAN SASSO Underground Laboratory on May 5, 2003. This is the first time ever that this novel technique aiming at extreme background reduction in search for rare decays is going to be tested underground. First operational parameters are presented.

arXiv comment10 pages, latex2e, 8 figures, Was presented (first presentation) at 4th International Conference on Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model BEYOND'2003, Castle Ringberg, Germany, 9-14 June, 2003, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 2003, edited by H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

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