DAMA/Ge set-up & LNGS Ge facility
The DAMA/Ge set-up is composed by a low background Ge detector specially realised with a
low Z window and installed - within a suitable shield - in the
Gran Sasso underground laboratory.
It is operative in the low background Germanium facility of the Gran Sasso National Laboratory
and it is mainly devoted to measurements on samples for
R&D on radiopure detectors and photomultipliers and to materials selection.
During year 2005 a significant improvement of the installation has been
performed: a new sealing system, a new system for neutron shielding,
an automatic Marinelli and shield opening/closure system have been realised.
Continuous measurements on samples are carried out.
Moreover, measurements are also carried out by using the 4 π low background HP Ge
detectors
operating at the Germanium facility of the Gran Sasso National Laboratory.