http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03319
We report on the development and construction of the high-purity germanium spectrometer setup GIOVE (Germanium Inner Outer Veto), recently built and now operated at the shallow underground laboratory of the Max-Planck-Institut f\”ur Kernphysik, Heidelberg. Particular attention was paid to the design of a novel passive and active shield, aiming at efficient rejection of environmental and muon induced radiation backgrounds. The achieved sensitivity level of <100 {\mu}Bq/kg for primordial radionuclides from U and Th in typical {\gamma} ray sample screening measurements is unique among instruments located at comparably shallow depths and can compete with instruments at far deeper underground sites.
G. Heusser, M. Weber, J. Hakenmuller, et. al.
Tue, 14 Jul 15
28/64
Comments: 17 pages, 11 figures
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