TY - JOUR
T1 - Response of the XENON100 dark matter detector to nuclear recoils
AU - Aprile, E.
AU - Alfonsi, M.
AU - Arisaka, K.
AU - Arneodo, F.
AU - Balan, C.
AU - Baudis, L.
AU - Bauermeister, B.
AU - Behrens, A.
AU - Beltrame, Paolo
AU - Bokeloh, K.
AU - Brown, A.
AU - Brown, E.
AU - Bruenner, S.
AU - Bruno, G.
AU - Budnik, Ran
AU - Cardoso, J. M. R.
AU - Chen, W. -T.
AU - Choi, B.
AU - Colijn, A. P.
N1 - NSF; DOE; SNF; UZH; FCT; INFN; Region des Pays de la Loire; STCSM; NSFC; DFG; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM); Max Planck Society; Weizmann Institute of Science; EMG Research Center; LNGSWe acknowledge the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) as an external collaborating institution. We gratefully acknowledge support from the NSF, DOE, SNF, UZH, FCT, INFN, Region des Pays de la Loire, STCSM, NSFC, DFG, Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), the Max Planck Society, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the EMG Research Center. We are grateful to LNGS for hosting and supporting XENON100.
PY - 2013/7/30
Y1 - 2013/7/30
N2 - 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 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 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.
AB - 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 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 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84881233287
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012006
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012006
M3 - Article
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 88
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 1
M1 - 012006
ER -