November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris 20071 Status of the GERDA experiment Hardy Simgen Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik Heidelberg on behalf.

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November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Status of the GERDA experiment Hardy Simgen Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik Heidelberg on behalf of the GERDA collaboration

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Outline Introduction and motivation Goals and design of GERDA Main hardware components of GERDA: Cryostat and water tank Cleanroom and lock system GERDA detector laboratory (GDL) Status of subprojects: Detector preparation for phase I Development of phase II detectors Other running R&D programs Schedule and summary

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris ~70 physicists 13 institutions 6 countries The GERDA collaboration

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris GERDA – A quick overview Next generation 76 Ge double beta decay experiment at Gran Sasso Significant reduction of background around Q  to  cts/(kg  keV  y) Contamination in previous experiments mainly in cryostat / diode holder  Bare diodes in cryogenic liquid (LAr) Cryogenic liquids have very high radiopurity

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Previous 76 Ge 0  experiments IGEX experiment: C. Aalseth et al., Phys. Rev. D 65, T 1/2 > 1.6·10 25 y (90% C.L.) Heidelberg-Moscow experiment: H.V.Klapdor-Kleingrothaus et al., Phys. Lett. B586 (2004) 198. T 1/2 = ( )·10 25 y (3σ range) 2039 keV Scrutinize KKDC claim with same & different isotopes!

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Why Germanium? Enrichment of 76 Ge possible (natural abundance: 7.4%) Germanium semiconductor diodes Source = Detector Excellent energy resolution Ultrapure material (monocrystal) Long experience in low-level Germanium spectroscopy

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Phases of GERDA Phase I: Use of existing 76 Ge-diodes from Heidelberg- Moscow and IGEX-experiments 17.9 kg enriched diodes  ~15 kg 76 Ge Background-free probe of KKDC claim Phase II: Adding new segmented diodes (total: ~40 kg 76 Ge) Demonstration of bkg-level <10 -3 counts/(kg·keV·y) If KKDC claim not confirmed: Goal: O(1 ton) experiment in worldwide collaboration (cooperation with Majorana)

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris GERDA sensitivity assumed energy resolution:  E = 4 keV Background reduction!!! phase II phase I KKDC claim

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Inverted hierarchy range GERDA sensitivity using =3.92 V.A. Rodin at al., Nucl. Phys. A 366 (2006) Erratum: Nucl. Phys. A 793 (2007) phase I phase II KKDC claim

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris GERDA design Cleanroom Lock Water tank (650 m 3 H 2 O) Cryostat (70 m 3 LAr)

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris GERDA design Germanium- detector array Vacuum-insulated double wall stainless steel cryostat Additional inner copper shield Liquid argon

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris SS contains U/Th/K- contaminations (and 60 Co) Most dangerous: 208 Tl ( 214 Bi) LAr (higher density than LN 2 ) 208 Tl requirements of stainless steel (SS ) for Vessel heads: <10 mBq/kg Cylindrical part: <5 mBq/kg Radioactivity of the SS cryostat <5 mBq/kg 208 Tl requirements <10 mBq/kg

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Screening results of stainless steel samples (SS ) cylindrical part vessel heads

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Status of the SS cryostat Ordered in Dec vessel heads produced Welding certification in progress Delivery: Beginning of 2008

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Gas purification for BOREXINO N 2 production rate: 100 m 3 /h 222 Rn: <1 atom/4m 3 (STP) activated carbon columns

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Argon purification from 222 Rn Same principle as N 2 purification Initial 222 Rn conc. in Ar higher than in N 2 In gas phase achieved: Even sufficient for GERDA phase III Purification works also in liquid phase (efficiency lower  more activated carbon) 222 Rn in Ar: <1 atom/4m 3 (STP) G. Zuzel: “Low-level techniques applied in the experiments looking for rare events”, Wed , Solar neutrinos & low background techniques

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Water tank and muon veto Passive shield (reduces amount of LAr) Filled with ultrapure water Equipped with 66 PMTs: Cherenkov detector Plastic scintillator on top Construction has started (bottom plate installation)

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Cleanroom on top of water vessel

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris The lock system

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris GERDA site at Gran Sasso

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Construction in hall A started Water tank bottom plate (August 2007)

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris GERDA detector laboratory (GDL) at Gran Sasso

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Enriched diodes for phase I In IGEX diodes and 5 HdM diodes were removed from their cryostats Dimensions were measured Construction of dedicated low- mass holder for each diode

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Reprocessing of enriched and non-enriched diodes for phase I Different design of Heidelberg- Moscow and IGEX diodes Reprocessing of all diodes at manufacturer Underground storage in between 17.9 kg enriched and 15 kg non- enriched crystals under reprocessing

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Phase I prototype testing Low mass detector holder developed and tested Definition of detector handling protocol Optimization of thermal cyclings >40 warming and cooling cycles carried out Passivation layer only refurbished twice Same performance in LN 2 /LAr

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Phase I prototype testing Study of leakage current (LC) with respect to Detector handling procedure Irradiation with  -sources Prototype detector continuously operated in LAr under varying irradiation conditions since Feb 07 Present LC similar to initial value (few tens of pA)

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris GERDA phase II September 2005: 37.5 kg enr Ge produced ~87% 76 Ge enrichment in form of GeO 2 Chemical purity: % (not yet sufficient) Underground storage until further processing steps are defined Investigation of different options for crystal growing

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Development of true-axial segmented detectors  -decay is single-site event,  - background mostly multi-site event  Discrimination by segmentation Available detectors for testing: 6-fold  –segmented p-type crystal two 18-fold (6 , 3z) segmented detectors (n- and p-type) 18-fold n-type preferred: Segmentation easier Thin outside dead layer  little loss of active mass

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Results obtained with 18-fold segmented n-type detector Suppression of events from external 60 Co and 228 Th source (10 cm distance). 60 Co 228 Th

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Background reduction by LAr-scintillation LAr Ge 232 Th-source

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Liquid argon scintillation – Work in progress Increase of photo-electron yield: by fluor coating (1100 pe/MeV achieved) by Xe doping Characterization of  and neutron interactions by pulse shape analysis Preparation for LArGe in Gran Sasso: Study of LAr scintillation in ultralow-background environment operational beginning of 2008

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris LArGe in Gran Sasso 208 Tl MC example: Background suppression for contaminations located in detector support Factor 300 reduction in ROI

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Gran Sasso

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Monte Carlo Simulations Joint Gerda/Majorana code “MaGe” based on GEANT4 Extensive physics validation program (most test setups are implemented).

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Muon-induced background I: Prompt background Segmentation (phase II): 3·10 -4 Energy (keV) Counts/kg/keV/y goal no cut: No  -veto! Anticoincidence (phase I): % effective muon-veto is sufficient to achieve counts/kg/keV/y

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Muon-induced background II: Delayed background Background in LAr [cts/(kg·keV·y)] 77,77m Ge1.1 · Others5 · Ge produced from 76 Ge by n-capture. Significant reduction possible by delayed coincidence cut (muon,  -rays,  -decay).

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Schedule June 2007: GERDA safety concept officially approved by Gran Sasso Water tank installation started → continued after cryostat delivery beginning of 2008 Next: Construction of lab building, platform, cleanroom and lock (~1 year) Meanwhile: Prototype and enriched detector testing is going on Commissioning of GERDA ~14 months after cryostat delivery

November 19, 2007Hardy Simgen, IDEA-Meeting Paris Summary The challenge: Reduction of background by ~2 orders of magnitude wih respect to previous 76 Ge experiments  Using bare diodes The status: Construction of cryostat and water-tank started Good understanding of bare detector handling Reprocessing of existing enriched diodes almost finished New 76 Ge for phase II available Different new background reduction strategies for phase II and beyond under investigation The future: Start data taking in 2009