Analysis techniques for background rejection at the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

C. Cuesta; N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; C. X. Baldenegro-Barrera; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; A. W. Bradley; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; D. Byram; A. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; J. A. Detwiler; Yu Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; A. Galindo-Uribarri; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. Laferriere; J. Leon; J. Macmullin; R. D. Martin; S. J. Meijer; S. Mertens; J. L. Orrell; C. O'Shaughnessy; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; E. Romero-Romero; B. Shanks; M. Shirchenko; N. Snyder; A. M. Suriano; D. Tedeschi; J. E. Trimble; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; B. R. White; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; E. Yakushev; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov; I. Zhitnikov

doi:10.1063/1.4928022

Analysis techniques for background rejection at the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

C. Cuesta
, N. Abgrall
, I. J. Arnquist
, F. T. Avignone
, C. X. Baldenegro-Barrera
, A. S. Barabash
, F. E. Bertrand
, A. W. Bradley
, V. Brudanin
, M. Busch
, M. Buuck
, D. Byram
, A. S. Caldwell
, Y. D. Chan
, C. D. Christofferson
, J. A. Detwiler
, Yu Efremenko
, H. Ejiri
, S. R. Elliott
, A. Galindo-Uribarri

T. Gilliss, G. K. Giovanetti, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, V. E. Guiseppe, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, B. R. Jasinski, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. Laferriere, J. Leon, J. Macmullin, R. D. Martin, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, E. Romero-Romero, B. Shanks, M. Shirchenko, N. Snyder, A. M. Suriano, D. Tedeschi, J. E. Trimble, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, I. Zhitnikov

University of Washington
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
University of South Carolina
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ITEP
Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research
Duke University
Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
University of South Dakota
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
University of Tennessee
Osaka University
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of North Carolina
Black Hills State University
Tennessee Technological University
Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Abstract

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, 40- kg modular HPGe detector array to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in ⁷⁶Ge. In view of the next generation of tonne-scale Ge-based 0νβ β-decay searches that will probe the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy region, a major goal of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is to demonstrate a path forward to achieving a background rate at or below 1 count/tonne/year in the 4 keV region of interest around the Q-value at 2039 keV. The background rejection techniques to be applied to the data include cuts based on data reduction, pulse shape analysis, event coincidences, and time correlations. The Point Contact design of the DEMONSTRATOR's germanium detectors allows for significant reduction of gamma background.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Low Radioactivity Techniques 2015, LRT 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques
Editors	John L. Orrell
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735413191
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928022
State	Published - 17 Aug 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques, LRT 2015 - Seattle, United States Duration: 18 Mar 2015 → 20 Mar 2015

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1672
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques, LRT 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	18/03/15 → 20/03/15

Keywords

germanium detector
neutrinoless double-beta decay

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Cuesta, C., Abgrall, N., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Baldenegro-Barrera, C. X., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Bradley, A. W., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Detwiler, J. A., Efremenko, Y., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., ... Zhitnikov, I. (2015). Analysis techniques for background rejection at the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. In J. L. Orrell (Ed.), Low Radioactivity Techniques 2015, LRT 2015: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques Article 140006 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1672). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928022

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Analysis techniques for background rejection at the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. / Cuesta, C.; Abgrall, N.; Arnquist, I. J. et al.
Low Radioactivity Techniques 2015, LRT 2015: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques. ed. / John L. Orrell. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2015. 140006 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1672).

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Cuesta C, Abgrall N, Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Baldenegro-Barrera CX, Barabash AS et al. Analysis techniques for background rejection at the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. In Orrell JL, editor, Low Radioactivity Techniques 2015, LRT 2015: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques. American Institute of Physics Inc. 2015. 140006. (AIP Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1063/1.4928022

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