Constructing a background model for DAMIC CCDs

The DAMIC Collaboration uses fully-depleted silicon charge-coupled devices to search for low mass dark matter particles. We present a new analysis of backgrounds in the DAMIC at SNOLAB detector, which is used to construct a background model for an ongoing WIMP search analysis. The formation of this...

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Main Author: Baxter, Daniel
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
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Summary:The DAMIC Collaboration uses fully-depleted silicon charge-coupled devices to search for low mass dark matter particles. We present a new analysis of backgrounds in the DAMIC at SNOLAB detector, which is used to construct a background model for an ongoing WIMP search analysis. The formation of this background model reveals new radioactive background components, the presence of which has since been experimentally confirmed. This background model additionally informs how best to proceed in meeting the lower background constraints of the DAMIC-M detector.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012028