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Simultaneous high resolution meausurement of phonons and ionization created by particle interactions in a 60 g germanium crystal at 25 mK
Physics
  • Tom Shutt
  • N. Wang
  • B. Ellman
  • Y. Giraud-Héraud
  • C. Stubbs
  • Peter D. Barnes, Jr.
  • A. Cummings
  • Angela Da Silva
  • John Emes
  • Eugene E. Haller
  • Andrew E. Lange
  • J. Rich
  • R. R. Ross
  • B. Sadoulet
  • G. Smith
  • W. Stockwell
  • S. White
  • Betty A. Young, Santa Clara University
  • D. Yvon
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-14-1992
Publisher
American Physical Society
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Abstract

We demonstrate simultaneous high energy resolution (rms≊800 eV) measurements of ionization and phonons created by particle interactions in a semiconductor crystal of macroscopic size (60 g germanium) at 25 mK. We present first studies of charge collection at biases below 1 V/cm, and find that, contrary to commonly held opinion, the full recoil energy of particle interactions is recovered as phonons when charge trapping is negligible. We also report an unanticipated correlation between charge collection and phonon energy at very low bias, and discuss this effect in terms of charge trapping.

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Copyright © 1992 American Physical Society. Reprinted with permission.

Citation Information
Shutt, T., Wang, N., Ellman, B., Giraud-Héraud, Y., Stubbs, C., Barnes, P. D., Cummings, A., Da Silva, A., Emes, J., Haller, E. E., Lange, A. E., Rich, J., Ross, R. R., Sadoulet, B., Smith, G., Stockwell, W., White, S., Young, B. A., & Yvon, D. (1992). Simultaneous high resolution meausurement of phonons and ionization created by particle interactions in a 60 g germanium crystal at 25 mK. Physical Review Letters, 69(24), 3531–3534. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3531