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CERN轴子太阳望远镜pn-CCD探测器本底研究

Background study for the pn-CCD detector of CERN Axion Solar Telescope

S. Cebrián, A. Rodríguez, M. Kuster, B. Beltrán, J. M. Carmona, H. Gómez, R. Hartmann, I. G. Irastorza, R. Kotthaus, G. Luzón, J. Morales, A. Ortiz de Solórzano… 展开作者

S. Cebrián, A. Rodríguez, M. Kuster, B. Beltrán, J. M. Carmona, H. Gómez, R. Hartmann, I. G. Irastorza, R. Kotthaus, G. Luzón, J. Morales, A. Ortiz de Solórzano, J. Ruz, L. Strüder, J. A. Villar

摘要:

欧洲核子研究中心的轴子太阳望远镜(CAST)实验通过超导大型强子对撞机(LHC)原型磁体的高磁场中的逆普里马科夫效应,寻找来自太阳的轴子,这些轴子转换为能量高达10 keV左右的光子。背照式pn-CCD探测器与X射线反射镜光学器件一起是CAST中用于记录预期光子信号的三个探测器之一。由于这种信号非常罕见,并且背景成分不同(环境伽马辐射、宇宙射线、装置中的固有放射性杂质.)为了解决这个问题,已经对探测器背景进行了详细的研究,目的是了解并进一步降低探测器的背景水平。分析是基于在第一阶段的CAST和不同的背景成分的蒙特卡罗模拟的测量数据。这项研究将表明,观测到的本底水平(在1 ~ 7 keV之间,速率为(8.00 ± 0.07 × 10 ^-5计数/cm ^2/s/keV))似乎主要是由实验场的常规活动引起的外部伽马本底,而探测器本身的放射性杂质和宇宙中子可能只会产生较小的贡献。

英文摘要:

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) experiment searches for axions from the Sun converted into photons with energies up to around 10 keV via the inverse Primakoff effect in the high magnetic field of a superconducting Large Hadron Collider (LHC) prototype magnet. A backside illuminated pn-CCD detector in conjunction with an X-ray mirror optics is one of the three detectors used in CAST to register the expected photon signal. Since this signal is very rare and different background components (environmental gamma radiation, cosmic rays, intrinsic radioactive impurities in the set-up, ...) entangle it, a detailed study of the detector background has been undertaken with the aim to understand and further reduce the background level of the detector. The analysis is based on measured data taken during the Phase I of CAST and on Monte Carlo simulations of different background components. This study will show that the observed background level (at a rate of (8.00+-0.07)10^-5 counts/cm^2/s/keV between 1 and 7 keV) seems to be dominated by the external gamma background due to usual activities at the experimental site, while radioactive impurities in the detector itself and cosmic neutrons could make just smaller contribution.

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