Background model for the NaI(Tl) crystals in COSINE-100
- Authors
- Adhikari, P.; Adhikari, G.; de Souza, E. Barbosa; Carlin, N.; Choi, S.; Choi, W. Q.; Djamal, M.; Ezeribe, A. C.; Ha, C.; Hahn, I. S.; Hubbard, A. J. F.; Jeon, E. J.; Jo, J. H.; Joo, H. W.; Kang, W. G.; Kauer, M.; Kang, W. S.; Kim, B. H.; Kim, H.; Kim, H. J.; Kim, K. W.; Kim, M. C.; Kim, N. Y.; Kim, S. K.; Kim, Y. D.; Kim, Y. H.; Kudryavtsev, V. A.; Lee, H. S.; Lee, J.; Lee, J. Y.; Lee, M. H.; Leonard, D. S.; Lynch, W. A.; Maruyama, R. H.; Mouton, F.; Olsen, S. L.; Park, H. K.; Park, H. S.; Park, J. S.; Park, K. S.; Pettus, W.; Prihtiadi, H.; Ra, S.; Rott, C.; Scarff, A.; Spooner, N. J. C.; Thompson, W. G.; Yang, L.; Yong, S. H.
- Issue Date
- 12-6월-2018
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Citation
- EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, v.78, no.6
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
- Volume
- 78
- Number
- 6
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/74938
- DOI
- 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5970-2
- ISSN
- 1434-6044
- Abstract
- The COSINE-100 dark matter search experiment is an array of NaI(Tl) crystal detectors located in the Yangyang Underground Laboratory (Y2L). To understand measured backgrounds in the NaI(Tl) crystals we have performed MonteCarlo simulations using the Geant4 toolkit and developed background models for each crystal that consider contributions from both internal and external sources, including cosmogenic nuclides. The background models are based on comparisons of measurement data with Monte Carlo simulations that are guided by a campaign of material assays and are used to evaluate backgrounds and identify their sources. The average background level for the six crystals (70 kg total mass) that are studied is 3.5 counts/day/keV/kg in the (2-6) keVenergy interval. The dominant contributors in this energy region are found to be Pb-210 and H-3.
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