Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Search

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Autor(a) principal: Bradley, A. et al. (80 authors)
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: de Viveiros, L., Lindote, A., Lopes, M.I., Neves, F., Silva, C., Solovov, V.N.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26819
Resumo: The LUX detector is currently in operation at the Davis Campus at the 4850’ level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD to directly search for WIMP dark matter. Knowing the type and rate of backgrounds is critical in a rare, low energy event search, and LUX was designed, constructed, and deployed to mitigate backgrounds, both internal and external. An important internal background are decays of radon and its daughters. These consist of alpha decays, which are easily tagged and are a tracer of certain backgrounds, and beta decays, some of which are not as readily tagged and present a background for the WIMP search. We report on studies of alpha decay and discuss implications for the WIMP search.
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spelling Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter SearchThe LUX detector is currently in operation at the Davis Campus at the 4850’ level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD to directly search for WIMP dark matter. Knowing the type and rate of backgrounds is critical in a rare, low energy event search, and LUX was designed, constructed, and deployed to mitigate backgrounds, both internal and external. An important internal background are decays of radon and its daughters. These consist of alpha decays, which are easily tagged and are a tracer of certain backgrounds, and beta decays, some of which are not as readily tagged and present a background for the WIMP search. We report on studies of alpha decay and discuss implications for the WIMP search.Repositório ComumBradley, A. et al. (80 authors)de Viveiros, L.Lindote, A.Lopes, M.I.Neves, F.Silva, C.Solovov, V.N.2019-02-04T06:33:01Z2015-112019-02-04T06:33:01Z2015-11-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26819enghttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.067info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-05-16T07:29:54Zoai:comum.rcaap.pt:10400.26/26819Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-05-16T07:29:54Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title_short Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Search
title_full Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Search
title_fullStr Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Search
title_full_unstemmed Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Search
title_sort Radon-related Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Search
author Bradley, A. et al. (80 authors)
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de Viveiros, L.
Lindote, A.
Lopes, M.I.
Neves, F.
Silva, C.
Solovov, V.N.
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Lindote, A.
Lopes, M.I.
Neves, F.
Silva, C.
Solovov, V.N.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bradley, A. et al. (80 authors)
de Viveiros, L.
Lindote, A.
Lopes, M.I.
Neves, F.
Silva, C.
Solovov, V.N.
description The LUX detector is currently in operation at the Davis Campus at the 4850’ level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD to directly search for WIMP dark matter. Knowing the type and rate of backgrounds is critical in a rare, low energy event search, and LUX was designed, constructed, and deployed to mitigate backgrounds, both internal and external. An important internal background are decays of radon and its daughters. These consist of alpha decays, which are easily tagged and are a tracer of certain backgrounds, and beta decays, some of which are not as readily tagged and present a background for the WIMP search. We report on studies of alpha decay and discuss implications for the WIMP search.
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