Limits on WIMP dark matter using scintillating CaWO4 cryogenic detectors with active background suppression
Astroparticle Physics 23 (2005) 325-339
Luminescence studies of Ti-doped Al2 O3 using vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation
Applied Physics Letters 86:10 (2005) 1-3
Abstract:
In this study, we examined the luminescence response of Ti-doped Al2 O3 crystals to high-energy vacuum ultraviolet (UV) excitation. In addition to the thoroughly studied emission band of Ti3+ in the near-infrared region and blue emission at 420 nm, we detected a UV emission band at 290 nm. The excitation spectra of all emission bands were measured over the 4-20 eV spectral range. Our results indicate that intrinsic anion defects are involved in the process of the excitation of the 420 nm emission assigned to the charge transfer transitions 2p O2- →3d Ti4+. Analysis of the spectral and decay characteristics of the UV emission enables us to suggest that this band is associated with radiative decay of excitons localized at Ti ions. © 2005 American Institute of Physics.Feasibility study of a ZnWO4 scintillator for exploiting materials signature in cryogenic WIMP Dark Matter searches
Physics Letters B 610 (2005) 37-44
Studies of electronic excitations in MgMoO4 , CaMoO4 and CdMoO4 crystals using VUV synchrotron radiation
Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research 242:2 (2005)
Abstract:
Reflection, emission and luminescence spectra of Czochralski grown molybdate crystals, i.e. MgMoO4, CaMoO4 and CdMoO 4 have been investigated over a 8-295 K temperature range using VUV synchrotron radiation. Preliminary interpretation of the spectroscopic properties has been carried out on the basis of present knowledge of the electronic structure and emission properties of these materials. The results of this study support the conclusion that molybdate crystals have good prospect for application in the search for rare events as cryogenic phonon-scintillation detectors. © 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.CaWO4 crystals as scintillators for cryogenic dark matter search
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 537:1-2 SPEC. ISS. (2005) 339-343