Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment
Nuclear Experiment
2009-08-05 v1
Abstract
In the double beta decay experiment NEMO~3 a precise knowledge of the background in the signal region is of outstanding importance. This article presents the methods used in NEMO~3 to evaluate the backgrounds resulting from most if not all possible origins. It also illustrates the power of the combined tracking-calorimetry technique used in the experiment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0903.2277,
title = {Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment},
author = {NEMO Collaboration and J. Argyriades and R. Arnold and C. Augier and J. Baker and A. S. Barabash and M. Bongrand and G. Broudin-Bay and V. B. Brudanin and A. J. Caffrey and A. Chapon and E. Chauveau and Z. Daraktchieva and D. Durand and V. G. Egorov and N. Fatemi-Ghomi and R. Flack and A. Freshville and B. Guillon and Ph. Hubert and S. Jullian and M. Kauer and S. King and O. I. Kochetov and S. I. Konovalov and V. E. Kovalenko and D. Lalanne and K. Lang and Y. Lemi`ere and G. Lutter and F. Mamedov and Ch. Marquet and J. Martin-Albo and F. Mauger and A. Nachab and I. Nasteva and I. B. Nemchenok and F. Nova and P. Novella and H. Ohsumi and R. B. Pahlka and F. Perrot and F. Piquemal and J. L. Reyss and J. S. Ricol and R. Saakyan and X. Sarazin and L. Simard and Yu. A. Shitov and A. A. Smolnikov and S. Snow and S. S"oldner-Rembold and I. Stekl and C. S. Sutton and G. Szklarz and J. Thomas and V. V. Timkin and V. I. Tretyak and Vl. I. Tretyak and V. I. Umatov and L. V'ala and I. A. Vanyushin and V. A. Vasiliev and V. Vorobel and Ts. Vylov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.2277},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
32 pages, 23 figures, submitted to NIM A