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Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200

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Albert, JB; Auty, DJ; Barbeau, PS; Beck, D; Belov, V; Benitez-Medina, C; Breidenbach, M; Brunner, T; Burenkov, A; Cao, GF; Chambers, C; Jr, WF ...
Published in: Phys. Rev. C
March 20, 2015

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta}) requires extremely low background and a good understanding of their sources and their influence on the rate in the region of parameter space relevant to the 0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta} signal. We report on studies of various {\beta}- and {\gamma}-backgrounds in the liquid- xenon-based EXO-200 0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta} experiment. With this work we try to better understand the location and strength of specific background sources and compare the conclusions to radioassay results taken before and during detector construction. Finally, we discuss the implications of these studies for EXO-200 as well as for the next-generation, tonne-scale nEXO detector.

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Phys. Rev. C

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March 20, 2015

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92

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015503
 

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Albert, J. B., Auty, D. J., Barbeau, P. S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Benitez-Medina, C., … Zeldovich, O. Y. (2015). Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200. Phys. Rev. C, 92, 015503.
Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, et al. “Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200.” Phys. Rev. C 92 (March 20, 2015): 015503.
Albert JB, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, Benitez-Medina C, et al. Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200. Phys Rev C. 2015 Mar 20;92:015503.
Albert, J. B., et al. “Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200.” Phys. Rev. C, vol. 92, Mar. 2015, p. 015503.
Albert JB, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, Benitez-Medina C, Breidenbach M, Brunner T, Burenkov A, Cao GF, Chambers C, Cleveland B, Coon M, Craycraft A, Daniels T, Danilov M, Daugherty SJ, Davis CG, Davis J, Delaquis S, Mesrobian-Kabakian AD, DeVoe R, Didberidze T, Dolgolenko A, Dolinski MJ, Dunford M, Jr WF, Farine J, Feldmeier W, Fierlinger P, Fudenberg D, Giroux G, Gornea R, Graham K, Gratta G, Hall C, Herrin S, Hughes M, Jewell MJ, Jiang XS, Johnson A, Johnson TN, Johnston S, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Killick R, Koffas T, Kravitz S, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Leonard DS, Licciardi C, Lin YH, Ling J, MacLellan R, Marino MG, Mong B, Moore D, Nelson R, Odian A, Ostrovskiy I, Piepke A, Pocar A, Prescott CY, Rivas A, Rowson PC, Russell JJ, Schubert A, Sinclair D, Smith E, Stekhanov V, Tarka M, Tolba T, Tsang R, Twelker K, Vuilleumier J-L, Waite A, Walton J, Walton T, Weber M, Wen LJ, Wichoski U, Wood J, Yang L, Yen Y-R, Zeldovich OY. Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200. Phys Rev C. 2015 Mar 20;92:015503.

Published In

Phys. Rev. C

Publication Date

March 20, 2015

Volume

92

Start / End Page

015503