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LZ中氡本底的约束

Constraining Radon Backgrounds in LZ

E. H. Miller, J. Busenitz, T. K. Edberg, C. Ghag, C. Hall, R. Leonard, K. Lesko, X. Liu, Yue Meng, A. Piepke, R. W. Schnee

摘要:

LZ暗物质探测器,像许多其他的稀有事件搜索,将遭受由于氡子体的放射性衰变的背景。为了实现其科学目标,氙中氡的浓度不应超过$2μ$ Bq/kg,或其10吨内的总浓度不应超过20 mBq。LZ合作项目正在进行一项计划,以筛选所有与氙气接触的重要组件。参与这项工作的四个机构已经开始共享两个交叉校准源,以确保多个不同设备的测量结果一致。我们在这里提出五个初步的筛选结果,一些缓解策略,将减少氡产生的最有问题的组件的量,和整个探测器的氡散发的当前估计的摘要。这个最佳估计值总计为$<17.3$ mBq,足够低以满足探测器的科学目标。

英文摘要:

The LZ dark matter detector, like many other rare-event searches, will suffer from backgrounds due to the radioactive decay of radon daughters. In order to achieve its science goals, the concentration of radon within the xenon should not exceed $2μ$Bq/kg, or 20 mBq total within its 10 tonnes. The LZ collaboration is in the midst of a program to screen all significant components in contact with the xenon. The four institutions involved in this effort have begun sharing two cross-calibration sources to ensure consistent measurement results across multiple distinct devices. We present here five preliminary screening results, some mitigation strategies that will reduce the amount of radon produced by the most problematic components, and a summary of the current estimate of radon emanation throughout the detector. This best estimate totals $<17.3$ mBq, sufficiently low to meet the detector's science goals.

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