IS3.2 Ultra-low radiation testing facility
Infrastructure:
The underground laboratory at shallow depth shields against the hadronic components of cosmic rays. It hosts various material screening stations and detector setups including a 1ton liquid argon detector test stand (SCARF), several low-background shielded HPGe detectors, silicon detectors, delution refrigerators, cryogenic and liquid scintillator teststands
Typical applications: development and commissioning of novel detectors for astroparticle physics experiments; material screening by low-background gamma ray spectrometry
Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Stefan Schönert |
PI's field of research | Astroparticle physics |
Contact person | Norbert Gärtner |
Tel. | +49 89 289 12513 |
norbert.gaertner@tum.de | |
Availability | cooperation |
Lead time | after consultation |
An ISO7 Clean Room located at a shallow depth to shield against cosmic rays activation of detector materials; equipped with ball/wetch bonder for electrical contacting of detector systems and photo lithography for thin film processing
Typical applications: assembly of high purity detector systems shielded against cosmic ray radiation; structuring of high-purity thin films
Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Stefan Schönert |
PI's field of research | Astroparticle physics |
Contact person | Norbert Gärtner |
Tel. | +49 89 289 12513 |
norbert.gaertner@tum.de | |
Availability | cooperation |
Lead time | after consultation |
Low-background high-purity germanium detector systems for material screening with mBq/kg sensitivities
Typical applications: Astroparticle physics experiments are typically constructed from selected high-purity materials. All components undergo a careful screening with respect to their intrinsic radioactive trace contaminations.
Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Lothar Oberauer |
PI's field of research | Astroparticle physics |
Contact person | Norbert Gärtner |
Tel. | +49 89 289 12513 |
norbert.gaertner@tum.de | |
Availability | cooperation |
Lead time | after consultation |
Vacuum test facility for the characterization of germanium detectors and investigation of signal readout electronic; currently used for LEGEND, the experiment for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay
Typical applications: characterization measurements of detector and readout electronics
Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Susanne Mertens |
PI's field of research | Astroparticle physics |
Contact person | Dr. Michael Willers |
Tel. | +49 89 289 13005 |
mwillers@ph.tum.de | |
Availability | cooperation |
Lead time | depends on measurement campaign |
Screening stations for radio-assays at mBq/kg-level, HPGe detectors, high purity copper and lead shielding, plastic scintillator veto, data acquisition electronics
Typical applications: low background experiments
Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Susanne Mertens |
PI's field of research | Astroparticle physics |
Contact person | Dr. Christoph Wiesinger |
Tel. | |
christoph.wiesinger@tum.de | |
Availability | cooperation |
Lead time | depends on measurement campaign |