First test of crystal as a cryogenic scintillating bolometer

✍ Scribed by O.P. Barinova; F.A. Danevich; V.Ya. Degoda; S.V. Kirsanova; V.M. Kudovbenko; S. Pirro; V.I. Tretyak

• Book ID: 103858226
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 284 KB
• Volume: 613
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.11.059

✦ Synopsis

Luminescence properties (emission spectra, thermally stimulated luminescence, dependence of intensity on temperature) of lithium molybdate (Li 2 MoO 4 ) single crystal have been studied under Xray excitation from the liquid nitrogen to room temperature. The applicability of Li 2 MoO 4 single crystal as a cryogenic scintillating bolometer was checked for the first time. Both scintillation and heat signals were observed making Li 2 MoO 4 material an interesting candidate for searches for neutrinoless double beta decay of 100 Mo.