Speaker
Mr
Juan Antonio Garcia Pascual
(Universidad de Zaragoza)
Description
The 222Rn emanation has significant contribution in the overall background for rare event searches experiment, in order to measure this emanations a high sensitivity detector have been designed with the aim of a minimum detectable activity of 100 μBq. The detection method is the electrostatic collection of the 222Rn daughters on a Micromegas detector. Using a chamber with a volume of 21.2 l for the collection of 218Po and 214Po progeny of 222Rn and a 12 x 12 cm2 pixelized Micromegas for the α detection. The advantages of the Micromegas detectors are the low intrinsic radioactivity and the track reconstruction of α, having excellent capabilities for event discrimination.
Primary author
Mr
Juan Antonio Garcia Pascual
(Universidad de Zaragoza)
