Fracture processes observed with a cryogenic detector

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2006.03.059zbMATH Open1160.74406arXivphysics/0504151OpenAlexW2148721342WikidataQ57763790 ScholiaQ57763790MaRDI QIDQ1017288FDOQ1017288

Authors: J. Martínez 

Publication date: 18 May 2009

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the early stages of running of the CRESST dark matter search using sapphire detectors at very low temperature, an unexpectedly high rate of signal pulses appeared. Their origin was finally traced to fracture events in the sapphire due to the very tight clamping of the detectors. During extensive runs the energy and time of each event was recorded, providing large data sets for such phenomena. We believe this is the first time the energy release in fracture has been directly and accurately measured on a microscopic event-by-event basis. The energy threshold corresponds to the breaking of only a few hundred covalent bonds, a sensitivity some orders of magnitude greater than that of previous technique. We report some features of the data, including energy distributions, waiting time distributions, autocorrelations and the Hurst exponent. The energy distribution appear to follow a power law, $$, similar to the power law for earthquake magnitudes, and after appropriate translation, with a similar exponent. In the time domain,the waiting time $w$ or gap distribution between events has a power law behavior at small $w$ and an exponential fall-off at large $w,$ and can be fit $propto{w}^{-alpha}{e}^{-w/w_0}$. The autocorrelation function shows time correlations lasting for substantial parts of an hour. An asymmetry is found around large events, with higher count rates after, as opposed to before,the large event .

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504151

Recommendations

• LONG RANGE CORRELATION PROPERTIES OF AFTERSHOCK RELAXATION SIGNALS
• Fractal dimension of brittle fracture
• CELLULAR AUTOMATON SIMULATION OF THE FRACTURE PROCESS FOR BRITTLE MATERIALS
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1705247
• Fractal mini-max principle in fragmentation related to fracture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fracture and damage (74R99)

Cited In (3)

• Fracto-emissions in catastrophic cleavage process
• Scaling in the timing of extreme events
• STATISTICAL TESTS FOR SCALING IN THE INTER-EVENT TIMES OF EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA

This page was built for publication: Fracture processes observed with a cryogenic detector

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1017288)