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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Response of the XENON100 dark matter detector to nuclear recoils
E. AprileM. AlfonsiK. ArisakaF. ArneodoC. BalanL. BaudisB. BauermeisterA. BehrensP. BeltrameP. BeltrameK. BokelohA. BrownE. BrownS. BrünnerG. BrunoR BudnikJ. CardosoW. ChenB. ChoiA. ColijnH. ContrerasJ. CussonneauM. DecowskiE. DuchovniS. FattoriA. FerellaA. FerellaW. FulgioneF. GaoM. GarbiniC. GeisC. GhagK. GiboniL. GoetzkeC. GrignonE. GrossW. HampelR. ItayF. KaetherG. KesslerA. KishJ. LamblinH. LandsmanR. LangM. CallochC. LevyK. LimQ. LinS. LindemannM. LindnerJ. LopesK. LungT. Marrodan UndagoitiaT. UndagoitiaA. FernandezY. MengM. MessinaA. MolinarioK. NiU. OberlackS. OrrigoE. PanticR. PersianiG. PlanteN. PrielA. RizzoS. RosendahlJ. SantosG. SartorelliJ. SchreinerM. SchumannM. SchumannL. LavinaP. ScovellM. SelviP. ShaginH. SimgenA. TeymourianD. ThersO. VitellsH. WangM. WeberC. WeinheimerH. SchuhmacherB. Wiegelsubject
Nuclear and High Energy Physics[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]Physics::Instrumentation and DetectorsMonte Carlo methodDark matterFOS: Physical sciences01 natural sciencesdark matterParticle detectorNuclear physics[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]RecoilIonization0103 physical sciences010306 general physicsNuclear ExperimentInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)PhysicsScintillation010308 nuclear & particles physicsDetectorAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Neutron sourceAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysicsdescription
Results from the nuclear recoil calibration of the XENON100 dark matter detector installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy are presented. Data from measurements with an external 241AmBe neutron source are compared with a detailed Monte Carlo simulation which is used to extract the energy dependent charge-yield Qy and relative scintillation efficiency Leff. A very good level of absolute spectral matching is achieved in both observable signal channels - scintillation S1 and ionization S2 - along with agreement in the 2-dimensional particle discrimination space. The results confirm the validity of the derived signal acceptance in earlier reported dark matter searches of the XENON100 experiment.
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| 2013-04-04 |