We describe a physics simulation software framework, MaGe, that is based on the Geant4
simulation toolkit. MaGe is used to simulate the response of ultra-low radioactive …

High Purity Germanium Detectors have excellent energy resolution; the best among the
technologies used in double beta decay. Since neutrino-less double beta decay hinges on …

First studies of event discrimination with a Broad-Energy Germanium (BEGe) detector are
presented. A novel pulse shape method, exploiting the characteristic electrical field …

A review of tools and methods to calculate electrostatic potentials and fields inside high-
purity germanium detectors in various configurations is given. The methods are illustrated …

The first true coaxial 18-fold segmented n-type HPGe prototype detector produced by
Canberra-France for the GERDA neutrinoless double beta-decay project was tested both at …

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) is an ultra-low background experiment under
construction at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. GERDA will search for {sup 76} Ge …

A new package to simulate the formation of electrical pulses in segmented true-coaxial high
purity germanium detectors is presented. The computation of the electric field and weighting …

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) is designed for the search for “neutrinoless
double-beta decay”(0ν2β with germanium detectors enriched in 76 Ge. An 18-fold …

The first activities of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (“Laboratorio Subterráneo de
Canfanc”, LSC) started in the mid-eighties in a railway tunnel located under the Spanish …

A simple technique for pulse shape discrimination in HPGe-detectors of the so-called BEGe
type, based on just one parameter obtained from one signal read out, is presented here …