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Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment

O.i. KochetovVl.i. TretyakYu. ShitovF. MaugerF. PiquemalV. EgorovI. NastevaP. NovellaJ. Martín-alboS. Söldner-remboldF. MamedovJ. BakerG. Broudin-bayK. LangV. I. UmatovS. I. KonovalovE. ChauveauN. Fatemi-ghomiL. SimardX. SarazinA.a. SmolnikovI. VanyushinA. NachabVl. I. TretyakJuergen ThomasV. VasilievV. V. TimkinS. W. SnowPh. HubertIgor NemchenokS. KingVit VorobelS. JullianRuben SaakyanF. NovaV. E. KovalenkoY. LemièreGuillaume LutterM. BongrandA. ChaponJ. ArgyriadesZ. DaraktchievaA. S. BarabashA. FreshvilleI. SteklC. H. NguyenA. J. CaffreyC.s. SuttonH. OhsumiDominique DurandV.b. BrudaninL. VálaJ. S. RicolTs. VylovB. GuillonD. LalanneC. AugierG. SzklarzR. ArnoldCh. MarquetR. L. FlackJ. L. ReyssM. KauerR. B. PahlkaF. Perrot

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Nuclear and High Energy Physicscongenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalitiesSignal regionchemistry.chemical_elementFOS: Physical sciencesRadon[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]01 natural sciencesNuclear physicsNEMODouble beta decay0103 physical sciencesNeutrino Ettore Majorana ObservatoryNuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)010306 general physicsskin and connective tissue diseasesLow radioactivityInstrumentationNuclear ExperimentPhysics010308 nuclear & particles physicsDetectorDouble beta decayPower (physics)BackgroundchemistryRadon

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In the double beta decay experiment NEMO 3 a precise knowledge of the background in the signal region is of outstanding importance. This article presents the methods used in NEMO 3 to evaluate the backgrounds resulting from most if not all possible origins. It also illustrates the power of the combined tracking-calorimetry technique used in the experiment.

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2009-07-21
10.1016/j.nima.2009.04.011https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00378540