Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200

J. B. Albert; D. J. Auty; P. S. Barbeau; D. Beck; V. Belov; C. Benitez-Medina; M. Breidenbach; T. Brunner; A. Burenkov; G. F. Cao; C. Chambers; B. Cleveland; M. Coon; A. Craycraft; T. Daniels; M. Danilov; S. J. Daugherty; C. G. Davis; J. Davis; S. Delaquis; A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian; R. DeVoe; T. Didberidze; A. Dolgolenko; M. J. Dolinski; M. Dunford; W. Fairbank; J. Farine; W. Feldmeier; P. Fierlinger; D. Fudenberg; G. Giroux; R. Gornea; K. Graham; G. Gratta; C. Hall; S. Herrin; M. Hughes; M. J. Jewell; X. S. Jiang; A. Johnson; T. N. Johnson; S. Johnston; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; R. Killick; T. Koffas; S. Kravitz; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; D. S. Leonard; C. Licciardi; Y. H. Lin; J. Ling; R. MacLellan; M. G. Marino; B. Mong; D. Moore; R. Nelson; A. Odian; I. Ostrovskiy; A. Piepke; A. Pocar; C. Y. Prescott; A. Rivas; P. C. Rowson; J. J. Russell; A. Schubert; D. Sinclair; E. Smith; V. Stekhanov; M. Tarka; T. Tolba; R. Tsang; K. Twelker; J. -L. Vuilleumier; A. Waite; J. Walton; T. Walton; M. Weber; L. J. Wen; U. Wichoski; J. Wood; L. Yang; Y. -R. Yen; O. Ya Zeldovich; EXO-200 Collaboration

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Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200

J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, A. Burenkov, G. F. Cao, …

Physical review. C, Nuclear physics, v 92(1)

15 Jul 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.015503

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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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Title: Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200
Creators: J. B. Albert - Indiana University
D. J. Auty - University of Alabama
P. S. Barbeau - Duke Univ, Dept Phys, Durham, NC 27708 USA
D. Beck - Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
V. Belov - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
C. Benitez-Medina - Colorado State University
M. Breidenbach - Stanford University
T. Brunner - Stanford University
A. Burenkov - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
G. F. Cao - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
C. Chambers - Colorado State University
B. Cleveland - Laurentian University
M. Coon - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
A. Craycraft - Colorado State University
T. Daniels - Stanford University
M. Danilov - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
S. J. Daugherty - Indiana University
C. G. Davis - University of Maryland, College Park
J. Davis - Stanford University
S. Delaquis - University of Bern
A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian - Laurentian Univ, Dept Phys, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
R. DeVoe - Stanford University
T. Didberidze - University of Alabama
A. Dolgolenko - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
M. J. Dolinski - Drexel University
M. Dunford - Carleton University
W. Fairbank - Colorado State University
J. Farine - Laurentian University
W. Feldmeier - Technical University of Munich
P. Fierlinger - Technical University of Munich
D. Fudenberg - Stanford University
G. Giroux - University of Bern
R. Gornea - University of Bern
K. Graham - Carleton University
G. Gratta - Stanford University
C. Hall - University of Maryland, College Park
S. Herrin - Stanford University
M. Hughes - University of Alabama
M. J. Jewell - Stanford University
X. S. Jiang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
A. Johnson - Stanford University
T. N. Johnson - Indiana University
S. Johnston - University of Massachusetts Amherst
A. Karelin - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
L. J. Kaufman - Indiana University
R. Killick - Carleton University
T. Koffas - Carleton University
S. Kravitz - Stanford University
A. Kuchenkov - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
K. S. Kumar - Stony Brook University
D. S. Leonard - IBS Ctr Underground Phys, Taejon, South Korea
C. Licciardi - Carleton University
Y. H. Lin - Drexel University
J. Ling - Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
R. MacLellan - University of South Dakota
M. G. Marino - Technical University of Munich
B. Mong - Laurentian University
D. Moore - Stanford University
R. Nelson - Waste Isolat Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, NM 88220 USA
A. Odian - Stanford University
I. Ostrovskiy - Stanford University
A. Piepke - University of Alabama
A. Pocar - University of Massachusetts Amherst
C. Y. Prescott - Stanford University
A. Rivas - Stanford University
P. C. Rowson - Stanford University
J. J. Russell - Stanford University
A. Schubert - Stanford University
D. Sinclair - Carleton University
E. Smith - Drexel University
V. Stekhanov - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
M. Tarka - Stony Brook University
T. Tolba - University of Bern
R. Tsang - University of Alabama
K. Twelker - Stanford University
J. -L. Vuilleumier - University of Bern
A. Waite - Stanford University
J. Walton - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
T. Walton - Colorado State University
M. Weber - Stanford University
L. J. Wen - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
U. Wichoski - Laurentian University
J. Wood - Waste Isolat Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, NM 88220 USA
L. Yang - Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
Y. -R. Yen - Drexel University
O. Ya Zeldovich - Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
EXO-200 Collaboration
Publication Details: Physical review. C, Nuclear physics, v 92(1)
Publisher: Amer Physical Soc
Number of pages: 8
Grant note: 1132428 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) DE-AC02-05CH11231 / Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) 1307362 / Division Of Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Information Science; Microbiology and Immunology; Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000358021500002
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84938903495
Other Identifier: 991019168896804721

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