@article{54debf3822804f7dbf7441a5aa546bbf,
title = "Liquid argon light collection and veto modeling in GERDA Phase II",
abstract = "The ability to detect liquid argon scintillation light from within a densely packed high-purity germanium detector array allowed the Gerda experiment to reach an exceptionally low background rate in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge. Proper modeling of the light propagation throughout the experimental setup, from any origin in the liquid argon volume to its eventual detection by the novel light read-out system, provides insight into the rejection capability and is a necessary ingredient to obtain robust background predictions. In this paper, we present a model of the Gerda liquid argon veto, as obtained by Monte Carlo simulations and constrained by calibration data, and highlight its application for background decomposition.",
author = "Gerda collaboration and M. Agostini and A. Alexander and Araujo, {G. R.} and Bakalyarov, {A. M.} and M. Balata and I. Barabanov and L. Baudis and C. Bauer and S. Belogurov and A. Bettini and L. Bezrukov and V. Biancacci and E. Bossio and V. Bothe and R. Brugnera and A. Caldwell and S. Calgaro and C. Cattadori and A. Chernogorov and Chiu, {P. J.} and T. Comellato and V. D{\textquoteright}Andrea and Demidova, {E. V.} and A. Di Giacinto and N. Di Marco and E. Doroshkevich and F. Fischer and M. Fomina and A. Gangapshev and A. Garfagnini and C. Gooch and P. Grabmayr and V. Gurentsov and K. Gusev and J. Hakenm{\"u}ller and S. Hemmer and W. Hofmann and M. Hult and Inzhechik, {L. V.} and Cs{\'a}thy, {J. Janicsk{\'o}} and J. Jochum and M. Junker and V. Kazalov and Y. Kerma{\"i}dic and H. Khushbakht and T. Kihm and K. Kilgus and Kirpichnikov, {I. V.} and A. Klimenko and S. Sch{\"o}nert",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023, The Author(s).",
year = "2023",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11354-9",
language = "English",
volume = "83",
journal = "European Physical Journal C",
issn = "1434-6044",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
number = "4",
}