# EPS-HEP2021 conference

26-30 July 2021
Zoom
Europe/Berlin timezone

## Detector characterization for Legend-200 experiment

26 Jul 2021, 15:15
15m
Zoom

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Parallel session talk Detector R&D and Data Handling

### Description

The LEGEND collaboration is developing an experimental search for the neutrinoless double-beta ( $0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of the $^{76}$Ge isotope.
Its first phase, LEGEND-200, uses 200 kg of $^{76}$Ge-enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors in an active liquid argon shield and is currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy.
Inverted coaxial point-contact (ICPC) detectors are deployed in the experiment. Their peculiar geometry provides an excellent energy resolution in a broad energy range and impressive discrimination of signal against background events.
LEGEND’s search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ requires a precise understanding of the behavior of germanium detectors, requiring extensive detector characterization.
The acceptance tests aim to verify the performance of the delivered detectors meets specifications and to determine their optimal operational parameters.
This talk will provide a review and the first results of the detector characterization program.

Collaboration / Activity Legend valentina.biancacci@pd.infn.it Valentina Biancacci