학술논문

Thermal Model Improvement in Phonon Detection Channels Using a Scintillating Crystal
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 215(3-4):237-246
Subject
Low-temperature detector
Scintillation
Thermal model
Magnetic microcalorimeter
Language
English
ISSN
0022-2291
1573-7357
Abstract
We present the development of a heat flow model utilizing a scintillating crystal for heat and light detection. By analyzing the measured light signals from αβγ4- and αβγ4/αβγ4-induced events in a CaMoOαβγ4 crystal, we describe the time-dependent behavior of the scintillation emission and the subsequent generation of delayed phonons in the crystal. The phonon detection channel model incorporates both prompt and delayed generation of athermal phonons; these are absorbed in a phonon collector film on the crystal surface or converted into a thermal phonon distribution in the crystal. A reasonable agreement is observed in the comparison between the measured signals and the simulated signals derived from the model study. We attribute the observed pulse shape discrimination to the presence of the delayed phonons associated with the scintillation process.