Identification and simulation of surface alpha events on passivated surfaces of 
germanium detectors and the influence of metalisation

Abt, I.; Gooch, C.; Hagemann, F.; Hauertmann, L.; Liu, X.; Schulz, O.; Schuster, M.; Zsigmond, A.J.

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11064-8

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Identification and simulation of surface alpha events on passivated surfaces of germanium detectors and the influence of metalisation

Abt, I., Gooch, C., Hagemann, F., Hauertmann, L., Liu, X., Schulz, O., et al. (2022). Identification and simulation of surface alpha events on passivated surfaces of germanium detectors and the influence of metalisation. European Physical Journal C, 82, 1119. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11064-8.

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Abt, I.¹, Autor
Gooch, C.¹, Autor
Hagemann, F.¹, Autor
Hauertmann, L.¹, Autor
Liu, X.¹, Autor
Schulz, O.¹, Autor
Schuster, M.¹, Autor
Zsigmond, A.J.¹, Autor

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1Max Planck Institute for Physics, Max Planck Society and Cooperation Partners, ou_2253650

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Zusammenfassung: Events from alpha interactions on the surfaces of germanium detectors are a major contribution to the background in germanium-based searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Surface events are subject to charge trapping, affecting their pulse shape and reconstructed energy. A study of alpha events on the passivated end-plate of a segmented true-coaxial n-type high-purity germanium detector is presented. Charge trapping is analysed in detail and an existing pulse-shape analysis technique to identify alpha events is verified with mirror pulses observed in the non-collecting channels of the segmented test detector. The observed radial dependence of charge trapping confirms previous results. A dependence of the probability of charge trapping on the crystal axes is observed for the first time. A first model to describe charge trapping effects within the framework of the simulation software SolidStateDetectors.jl is introduced. The influence of metalisation on events from low-energy gamma interactions close to the passivated surface is also presented.