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most citedFabrication and Characterization of High-Purity Germanium Detectors with Amorphous Germanium Contacts

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physics.ins-det2022★ 11 cited

First operation of undoped CsI directly coupled with SiPMs at 77 Kelvin

Keyu Ding, Jing Liu, Yongjin Yang +1

The light yield of a small undoped cesium iodide (CsI) crystal directly coupled with two silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) at about 77~Kelvin was measured to be ~photo…

physics.ins-det2020★ 3 cited

Prospect of undoped inorganic scintillators at 77 Kelvin for the detection of non-standard neutrino interactions at the Spallation Neutron Source

Keyu Ding, Daniel Pershey, Dmitry Chernyak +1

Investigated in this work are sensitivities to non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) of a prototype detector placed about 20 meters away from the Spallation Neutron Source at th…

physics.ins-det2020★ 12 cited

Characterization of High-Purity Germanium Detectors with Amorphous Germanium Contacts in Cryogenic Liquids

R. Panth, J. Liu, I. Abt +6

For the first time, planar high-purity germanium detectors with thin amorphous germanium contacts were successfully operated directly in liquid nitrogen and liquid argon in a cryos…

physics.ins-det2020★ 14 cited

The Impact of the Charge Barrier Height on Germanium (Ge) Detectors with Amorphous-Ge Contacts for Light Dark Matter Searches

W. -Z. Wei, R. Panth, J. Liu +3

Germanium (Ge) detectors with ability of measuring a single electron-hole (e-h) pair are needed in searching for light dark matter (LDM) down to the MeV scale. We investigate the f…

physics.ins-det2020★ 5 cited

HPGe detector field calculation methods demonstrated with an educational program, GeFiCa

Jianchen Li, Jing Liu, Kyler Kooi

A review of tools and methods to calculate electrostatic potentials and fields inside high-purity germanium detectors in various configurations is given. The methods are illustrate…

physics.ins-det2020★ 11 cited

Prospect of undoped inorganic crystals at 77 Kelvin for low-mass dark matter search at Spallation Neutron Source

Dmitry Chernyak, Daniel Pershey, Jing Liu +3

Investigated in this work were sensitivities of a prototype detector for the detection of low-mass dark matter particles produced at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Oak Ridge…

physics.ins-det2019★ 20 cited

Impact of Charge Trapping on the Energy Resolution of Ge Detectors for Rare-Event Physics Searches

D. -M. Mei, R. B Mukund, W. -Z. Wei +14

Charge trapping degrades the energy resolution of germanium (Ge) detectors, which require to have increased experimental sensitivity in searching for dark matter and neutrinoless d…

physics.ins-det2018★ 27 cited

Fabrication and Characterization of High-Purity Germanium Detectors with Amorphous Germanium Contacts

X. -H. Meng, G. -J. Wang, M. -D. Wagner +5

Large, high-purity, germanium (HPGe) detectors are needed for neutrinoless double-beta decay and dark matter experiments. Currently, large (> 4 inches in diameter) HPGe crystals ca…

physics.ins-det2018★ 4 cited

Investigation of Amorphous Germanium Contact Properties with Planar Detectors Made from Home-Grown Germanium Crystals

W. -Z. Wei, X. -H. Meng, Y. -Y. Yang +6

The characterization of detectors fabricated from home-grown crystals is the most direct way to study crystal properties. We fabricated planar detectors from high-purity germanium…

physics.ins-det2016★ 9 cited

Light yield of an undoped CsI crystal coupled directly to a photomultiplier tube at 77 Kelvin

Jing Liu, Masaki Yamashita, Arun Kumar Soma

A light yield of 20.4 0.8 photoelectrons/keV was achieved with an undoped CsI crystal coupled directly to a photomultiplier tube at 77 Kelvin. This is by far the largest yiel…