Response of the XENON100 dark matter detector to nuclear recoils

E. Aprile; M. Alfonsi; K. Arisaka; F. Arneodo; C. Balan; L. Baudis; B. Bauermeister; A. Behrens; Paolo Beltrame; K. Bokeloh; A. Brown; E. Brown; S. Bruenner; G. Bruno; Ran Budnik; J. M. R. Cardoso; W. -T. Chen; B. Choi; A. P. Colijn

doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012006

Response of the XENON100 dark matter detector to nuclear recoils

E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, C. Balan, L. Baudis, B. Bauermeister, A. Behrens, Paolo Beltrame, K. Bokeloh, A. Brown, E. Brown, S. Bruenner, G. Bruno, Ran Budnik, J. M. R. Cardoso, W. -T. Chen, B. Choi, A. P. Colijn

Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Results from the nuclear recoil calibration of the XENON100 dark matter detector installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy are presented. Data from measurements with an external AmBe241 neutron source are compared with a detailed Monte Carlo simulation which is used to extract the energy-dependent charge-yield Q_y and relative scintillation efficiency L_eff. 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 two-dimensional particle discrimination space. The results confirm the validity of the derived signal acceptance in earlier reported dark matter searches of the XENON100 experiment.

Original language	English
Article number	012006
Journal	Physical review D
Volume	88
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012006
State	Published - 30 Jul 2013

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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Aprile, E., Alfonsi, M., Arisaka, K., Arneodo, F., Balan, C., Baudis, L., Bauermeister, B., Behrens, A., Beltrame, P., Bokeloh, K., Brown, A., Brown, E., Bruenner, S., Bruno, G., Budnik, R., Cardoso, J. M. R., Chen, W. -T., Choi, B., & Colijn, A. P. (2013). Response of the XENON100 dark matter detector to nuclear recoils. Physical review D, 88(1), Article 012006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012006

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Response of the XENON100 dark matter detector to nuclear recoils

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