ZnWO4 crystals as detectors for double beta decay and dark matter experiments
Abstract
Energy resolution, alpha/beta ratio, and the pulse shape discrimination ability of the ZnWO4 crystal scintillators were studied. The radioactive contamination of a ZnWO4 crystal was investigated in the Solotvina Underground Laboratory. Possibilities to apply ZnWO4 crystals for the dark matter and double beta decay searches are discussed. New improved half-life limits on double beta decay in zinc isotopes were established, in particular, for ECβ+ decay of 64-Zn as: T1/22nu > 8.9 1018 yr and T1/20nu > 3.6 1018 yr, both at 68% CL.
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