학술논문

Spatial Imaging of Charge Transport in Germanium at Low Temperature.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Sep2014, Vol. 176 Issue 5/6, p943-951. 9p.
Subject
*GERMANIUM
*SPATIAL analysis (Statistics)
*LOW temperatures
*MONTE Carlo method
*CRYOGENICS
*DARK matter
*THERMAL properties
Language
ISSN
0022-2291
Abstract
The purpose of this experiment is to observe the oblique propagation of electrons through germanium by exciting a point source of charge carriers with a focused laser pulse on one face of a germanium crystal. After the electrons are drifted through the crystal by a uniform electric field, the pattern of charge density arriving on the opposite face is mapped and used to reconstruct the trajectories of the electrons. These measurements will verify in detail the Monte Carlo analysis utilized in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search to model the transport of charge carriers in high-purity germanium detectors, including both oblique electron propagation and inter-valley scattering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]