MonteCarlo simulations with GEANT4 for the XENON100 Detector

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Outline Principle of the XENON dark matter search experiment XENON100 detector design Geant4 model of the detector Simulations of the optical response Simulations of the electron recoil background Simulations of the nuclear recoil background Alexander Kish | XENON100 | 14th Geant4 Users Workshop | Catania, Sicily | October 15, 2009 | p.2
XENON-100 collaboration 45 researchers (incl. 15 graduate students and 10 postdocs) from USA, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Germany, France, Japan, China Columbia University Guillaume Plante - GEANT4 coding University of Zürich Dr. Eirini Tziaferi - neutron BG simulations Rice University Yuan Mei - optical simulations Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso University of California University of Coimbra Waseda University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Alexander Kish | XENON100 | 14th Geant4 Users Workshop | Catania, Sicily | October 15, 2009 | p.3
Page 1: MonteCarlo simulations with GEANT4
Page 5 and 6: Target Volume ~100 kg Muon Veto QUP
Page 7 and 8: The Principle of the XENON experime
Page 9 and 10: Simulation of the Optical Response
Page 11 and 12: Prediction of the Detected Light Yi
Page 13 and 14: Backgrounds Prediction SOURCES OF E
Page 15 and 16: Predicted Electron Recoil Backgroun
Page 17 and 18: Intrinsic Contamination: Delayed Co
Page 19 and 20: Gamma Background from 222 Rn in the
Page 21 and 22: Neutrons from (α,n) reactions and
Page 23 and 24: Muon-Induced Neutron Background Con
Page 25: Thank you. Special thanks to: Dr. E

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