Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

SuperNEMO collaboration

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/20/11/T11003

Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

SuperNEMO collaboration

Univ. Bordeaux
University of Edinburgh
the NEMO-3/SuperNEMO collaboration
University College London
Université Paris-Saclay
Comenius University
Aix-Marseille Université
Laboratoire de Physique des Particules
University of Manchester
Normandy University
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics Czech Technical University in Prague
Idaho National Laboratory
Czech Technical University in Prague
The University of Texas at Austin
Charles University
University of Warwick
Osaka University
Imperial College London
University of Jyväskylä
Institute for Organic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double-beta-decay of ⁸²Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter. This feature allows us to detect the two electrons emitted in the decay and measure their individual energies and angular distribution. The SuperNEMO Demonstrator’s calorimeter consists of 712 plastic scintillator blocks read out by large PMTs. Having constructed the calorimeter underground, we performed its first commissioning using γ-rays from calibration sources or from the ambient radioactivity background. This article presents quality assurance tests of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator’s calorimeter, and its first time and energy calibrations with γ-rays, along with the associated methods. A time alignment of about 120 ps and a time resolution around 615 ps have been achieved. Concerning the energy, an alignment of 7.5 % has been obtained. These results will be further improved when associating the tracking detector and detecting electrons from calibration sources.

Original language	English
Article number	T11003
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	20
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/11/T11003
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2025
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Calorimeters
Double-beta decay detectors

Access to Document

10.1088/1748-0221/20/11/T11003

Cite this

@article{d771c31e0c974f8ebbdbeb83556fc34b,

title = "Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator",

abstract = "The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double-beta-decay of 82Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter. This feature allows us to detect the two electrons emitted in the decay and measure their individual energies and angular distribution. The SuperNEMO Demonstrator{\textquoteright}s calorimeter consists of 712 plastic scintillator blocks read out by large PMTs. Having constructed the calorimeter underground, we performed its first commissioning using γ-rays from calibration sources or from the ambient radioactivity background. This article presents quality assurance tests of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator{\textquoteright}s calorimeter, and its first time and energy calibrations with γ-rays, along with the associated methods. A time alignment of about 120 ps and a time resolution around 615 ps have been achieved. Concerning the energy, an alignment of 7.5 \% has been obtained. These results will be further improved when associating the tracking detector and detecting electrons from calibration sources.",

keywords = "Calorimeters, Double-beta decay detectors",

author = "\{SuperNEMO collaboration\} and X. Aguerre and A. Barabash and A. Basharina-Freshville and M. Bongrand and Ch Bourgeois and D. Boursette and D. Breton and R. Breier and J. Busto and S. Calvez and C. Cerna and M. Ceschia and E. Chauveau and L. Dawson and D. Duchesneau and Evans, \{J. J.\} and Filosofov, \{D. V.\} and X. Garrido and C. Girard-Carillo and M. Granjon and B. Guillon and M. Hoballah and R. Hod{\'a}k and J. Horkley and A. Huber and Hussain, \{M. H.\} and A. Jeremie and S. Jullian and J. Kaizer and Klimenko, \{A. A.\} and O. Kochetov and F. Ko{\v n}a{\v r}{\'i}k and S. Konovalov and T. K{\v r}i{\v z}{\'a}k and A. Lahaie and K. Lang and Y. Lemi{\`e}re and P. Li and P. Loaiza and J. Maalmi and M. Macko and F. Mamedov and C. Marquet and F. Mauger and A. Mendl and A. Minotti and B. Morgan and I. Nemchenok and M. Nomachi and V. Palu{\v s}ov{\'a}",

year = "2025",

month = nov,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1088/1748-0221/20/11/T11003",

language = "English",

volume = "20",

journal = "Journal of Instrumentation",

issn = "1748-0221",

number = "11",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

AU - SuperNEMO collaboration

AU - Aguerre, X.

AU - Barabash, A.

AU - Basharina-Freshville, A.

AU - Bongrand, M.

AU - Bourgeois, Ch

AU - Boursette, D.

AU - Breton, D.

AU - Breier, R.

AU - Busto, J.

AU - Calvez, S.

AU - Cerna, C.

AU - Ceschia, M.

AU - Chauveau, E.

AU - Dawson, L.

AU - Duchesneau, D.

AU - Evans, J. J.

AU - Filosofov, D. V.

AU - Garrido, X.

AU - Girard-Carillo, C.

AU - Granjon, M.

AU - Guillon, B.

AU - Hoballah, M.

AU - Hodák, R.

AU - Horkley, J.

AU - Huber, A.

AU - Hussain, M. H.

AU - Jeremie, A.

AU - Jullian, S.

AU - Kaizer, J.

AU - Klimenko, A. A.

AU - Kochetov, O.

AU - Koňařík, F.

AU - Konovalov, S.

AU - Křižák, T.

AU - Lahaie, A.

AU - Lang, K.

AU - Lemière, Y.

AU - Li, P.

AU - Loaiza, P.

AU - Maalmi, J.

AU - Macko, M.

AU - Mamedov, F.

AU - Marquet, C.

AU - Mauger, F.

AU - Mendl, A.

AU - Minotti, A.

AU - Morgan, B.

AU - Nemchenok, I.

AU - Nomachi, M.

AU - Palušová, V.

PY - 2025/11/1

Y1 - 2025/11/1

N2 - The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double-beta-decay of 82Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter. This feature allows us to detect the two electrons emitted in the decay and measure their individual energies and angular distribution. The SuperNEMO Demonstrator’s calorimeter consists of 712 plastic scintillator blocks read out by large PMTs. Having constructed the calorimeter underground, we performed its first commissioning using γ-rays from calibration sources or from the ambient radioactivity background. This article presents quality assurance tests of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator’s calorimeter, and its first time and energy calibrations with γ-rays, along with the associated methods. A time alignment of about 120 ps and a time resolution around 615 ps have been achieved. Concerning the energy, an alignment of 7.5 % has been obtained. These results will be further improved when associating the tracking detector and detecting electrons from calibration sources.

AB - The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double-beta-decay of 82Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter. This feature allows us to detect the two electrons emitted in the decay and measure their individual energies and angular distribution. The SuperNEMO Demonstrator’s calorimeter consists of 712 plastic scintillator blocks read out by large PMTs. Having constructed the calorimeter underground, we performed its first commissioning using γ-rays from calibration sources or from the ambient radioactivity background. This article presents quality assurance tests of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator’s calorimeter, and its first time and energy calibrations with γ-rays, along with the associated methods. A time alignment of about 120 ps and a time resolution around 615 ps have been achieved. Concerning the energy, an alignment of 7.5 % has been obtained. These results will be further improved when associating the tracking detector and detecting electrons from calibration sources.

KW - Calorimeters

KW - Double-beta decay detectors

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105034834864

U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/20/11/T11003

DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/20/11/T11003

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:105034834864

SN - 1748-0221

VL - 20

JO - Journal of Instrumentation

JF - Journal of Instrumentation

IS - 11

M1 - T11003

ER -

Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this