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Preliminary Study of 214 Bi Background in Mo foils. Leo Jenner, UCL. In Brief…. Analysis developed to identify 214 Bi events from foils Apply to MC, extract efficiency, apply to data Look for 214 Po decay T 1/2 spectrum as cross-check Rather higher rate than expected….
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Preliminary Study of 214Bi Background in Mo foils Leo Jenner, UCL Nemo Collaboration Meeting
In Brief… • Analysis developed to identify 214Bi events from foils • Apply to MC, extract efficiency, apply to data • Look for 214Po decay T1/2 spectrum as cross-check • Rather higher rate than expected… Nemo Collaboration Meeting
Principle decay: e- with delayed a • Nemo 5.5: 150,000 MC foil events generated • Compare to 1,400,000 data events ( Apr 2003, Runs 2010-2019 = 107 hours ) Nemo Collaboration Meeting
MC :1 track , >1 delayed hits High energy tail…(reconstruction?) Nemo Collaboration Meeting
Monte Carlo Nemo Collaboration Meeting
Monte Carlo Nemo Collaboration Meeting
List of Cuts • 1 track only • 1 scintillator hit only (associated to track) • 1st layer of geigers hit (fast) • 4+ delayed geiger hits, >60 msec • Mo foil sectors • Track and delayed geiger start in same sector and IO • Prob circle, line fit > 0.1 • Qtrack < 0 • 2.08 msec < fast hits < 3.9 msec Nemo Collaboration Meeting
MC: Most fast hits appear in 2.08 – 3.9 msec window Nemo Collaboration Meeting
Data: humpy? 140 msecs 300 msecs Nemo Collaboration Meeting
All cuts MC: 498/150,000 remain Efficiency : 0.332% Data: 2106 events Nemo Collaboration Meeting
All cuts MC: 498/150,000 remain Efficiency : 0.332% Data: 2106 events 34,364 mBq/kg !!! Nemo Collaboration Meeting
p2 offset in data corresponds to constant noise level? (20%) After noise removal… Nemo Collaboration Meeting
Summary… • Far too many events remain after cuts… • Noise (geigers?), a sources in detector? • High Energy tail of MC distribution? • c2int / c2ext • Larger MC sample, gas, wires • Nemos 6.0 Nemo Collaboration Meeting