Study of the internal background of CsI(Tℓ) crystal detectors for dark matter search

T. Y. Kim; I. S. Cho; D. H. Choi; J. M. Choi; I. S. Hahn; M. J. Hwang; H. K. Jang; R. K. Jain; U. K. Kang; H. J. Kim; J. H. Kim; S. C. Kim; S. K. Kim; S. Y. Kim; Y. D. Kim; Y. J. Kwon; H. S. Lee; J. H. Lee; M. H. Lee; S. E. Lee; S. H. Noh; H. Park; I. H. Park; E. S. Seo; E. Won; H. S. Won; H. Y. Yang; M. S. Yang; I. Yu

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00346-2

Study of the internal background of CsI(Tℓ) crystal detectors for dark matter search

T. Y. Kim^*
, I. S. Cho
, D. H. Choi
, J. M. Choi
, I. S. Hahn
, M. J. Hwang
, H. K. Jang
, R. K. Jain
, U. K. Kang
, H. J. Kim
, J. H. Kim
, S. C. Kim
, S. K. Kim
, S. Y. Kim
, Y. D. Kim
, Y. J. Kwon
, H. S. Lee
, J. H. Lee
, M. H. Lee
, S. E. Lee

S. H. Noh, H. Park, I. H. Park, E. S. Seo, E. Won, H. S. Won, H. Y. Yang, M. S. Yang, I. Yu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A search for particle cold dark matter with CsI(Tℓ) crystal is being prepared at the Cheong-Pyeong underground laboratory in Korea. The background spectra of CsI(Tℓ) crystal detectors in a prototype shield were obtained. The lowest background count rate of the test sample of crystals is measured to be 64.7±5.1 counts/keV/kg/day in the energy range of 5-20 keV. Quantitative estimation of residual radioactive isotope in CsI(Tℓ) was made using the GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation. Analysis results show that CsI(Tℓ) crystal could be a good candidate for direct detection of WIMPs when the contamination level of cesium radioisotopes is reduced to under a few mBq/kg.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-344
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	500
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00346-2
Publication status	Published - 2003 Nov 3
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work is supported by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology under a Creative Research Initiatives Program. We are very grateful to the staff in the underground pumped storage power plant of the Korea Electric Co. at Cheong-Pyeong, who kindly provided space for us to use the laboratory.

Keywords

CsI(Tℓ) crystal
Dark matter
Decay
WIMP

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Kim, T. Y., Cho, I. S., Choi, D. H., Choi, J. M., Hahn, I. S., Hwang, M. J., Jang, H. K., Jain, R. K., Kang, U. K., Kim, H. J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. C., Kim, S. K., Kim, S. Y., Kim, Y. D., Kwon, Y. J., Lee, H. S., Lee, J. H., Lee, M. H., ... Yu, I. (2003). Study of the internal background of CsI(Tℓ) crystal detectors for dark matter search. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 500(1-3), 337-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00346-2

Study of the internal background of CsI(Tℓ) crystal detectors for dark matter search. / Kim, T. Y.; Cho, I. S.; Choi, D. H. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 500, No. 1-3, 03.11.2003, p. 337-344.

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Kim, TY, Cho, IS, Choi, DH, Choi, JM, Hahn, IS, Hwang, MJ, Jang, HK, Jain, RK, Kang, UK, Kim, HJ, Kim, JH, Kim, SC, Kim, SK, Kim, SY, Kim, YD, Kwon, YJ, Lee, HS, Lee, JH, Lee, MH, Lee, SE, Noh, SH, Park, H, Park, IH, Seo, ES, Won, E, Won, HS, Yang, HY, Yang, MS & Yu, I 2003, 'Study of the internal background of CsI(Tℓ) crystal detectors for dark matter search', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 500, no. 1-3, pp. 337-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00346-2

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