XENON, Collaboration; Schumann, Marc (2013). The neutron background of the XENON100 dark matter experiment. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 40(11), p. 115201. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/0954-3899/40/11/115201
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TheXENON100 experiment, installed underground at the LaboratoriNazionali del Gran Sasso, aims to directly detect dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering off xenon nuclei. This paper presents a study on the nuclear recoil background of the experiment, taking into account neutron backgrounds from (alpha, n) reactions and spontaneous fission due to natural radioactivity in the detector and shield materials, as well as muon-induced neutrons. Based on MonteCarlo simulations and using measured radioactive contaminations of all detector components, we predict the nuclear recoil backgrounds for the WIMP search results published by theXENON100 experiment in 2011 and 2012, 0.11(-0.04)(+0.08) events and 0.17(-0.07)(+0.12) events, respectively, and conclude that they do not limit the sensitivity of the experiment.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP) 10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schumann, Marc |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: |
0954-3899 |
Publisher: |
Institute of Physics Publishing IOP |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Andrea Stettler |
Date Deposited: |
24 Sep 2014 11:44 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:37 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1088/0954-3899/40/11/115201 |
Web of Science ID: |
000325766300004 |
ArXiv ID: |
1306.2303v2 |
Additional Information: |
Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autoren namentlich erwähnt |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.58471 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/58471 |
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