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Title: Data quality assurance for the Majorana Demonstrator

Abstract

The Majorana Demonstrator is an experiment constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decays in germanium-76 and to demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a large-scale experiment in a phased and modular fashion. It consists of two modular arrays of natural and 7648 Ge-enriched germanium detectors totalling 44.1 kg, located at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. Any Neutrinoless double-beta decay search requires a thorough understanding of the background and the signal energy spectra. This talk will discuss the various techniques employed to ensure the integrity of the measured spectra. Data collection is monitored with a thorough set of checks, and subsequent careful analysis is performed to qualify the data for higher level physics analysis. Instrumental background events are tagged for removal, and problematic channels are removed from consideration as necessary.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  3. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  4. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  5. Inst. of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Moscow (Russian Federation)
  6. Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (United States)
  7. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  8. Max Planck Inst. of Physics, Munchen (Germany)
  9. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation)
  10. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC (United States)
  11. Triangle Univ. Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC (United States); Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  12. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)
  13. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  14. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  15. Osaka Univ. (Japan)
  16. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Physics
  17. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  18. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
  19. Black Hills State Univ., Spearfish, SD (United States)
  20. Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville, TN (United States)
  21. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  22. Queen's Univ., Kingston, ON (Canada)
  23. University of South Carolina
  24. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC (United States); Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1600530
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-130533
Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588; TRN: US2103560
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physics. Conference Series
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1342; Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Myslik, Jordan W., Abgrall, N, Alvis, S I., Arnquist, Isaac J., Avignone, Frank T., Barabash, Alexander S., Barton, C J., Bertrand, F, Bode, T, Bradley, A W., Brudanin, V., Buuck, M, Busch, Matthew, Caldwell, Tom S., Chan, Yuen-Dat, Christofferson, C D., Chu, P H., Cuesta, C, Detwiler, Jason A., Dunagan, C, Efremenko, Y, Ejiri, H, Elliott, Steven R., Gilliss, T, Giovanetti, Grahan K., Green, M, Gruszko, J, Guinn, I, Guiseppe, V E., Haufe, C R., Hehn, L, Henning, Reyco, Hoppe, Eric W., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K, Kidd, M F., Konovalov, S, Kouzes, Richard T., Lopez, Andrew M., Martin, R D., Massarczyk, Ralph, Meijer, S J., Mertens, S, O'Shaughnessy, C, Othman, G, Pettus, Walter C., Poon, Alan W., Radford, D C., Rager, J, Reine, A L., Rielage, Keith, Robertson, R. G. H., Ruof, N W., Shanks, B, Shirchenko, M, Suriano, Anne-Marie, Tedeschi, D, Trimble, J E., Varner, R L., Vasilyev, S, Vetter, K, Vorren, Kris R., White, B R., Wilkerson, J F., Wiseman, Clint, Xu, Wenqin, Yakushev, E, Yu, Chang-Hong, Yumatov, Vladimir, Zhitnikov, I, and Zhu, B X. Data quality assurance for the Majorana Demonstrator. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1342/1/012123.
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Myslik, Jordan W., Abgrall, N, Alvis, S I., Arnquist, Isaac J., Avignone, Frank T., Barabash, Alexander S., Barton, C J., Bertrand, F, Bode, T, Bradley, A W., Brudanin, V., Buuck, M, Busch, Matthew, Caldwell, Tom S., Chan, Yuen-Dat, Christofferson, C D., Chu, P H., Cuesta, C, Detwiler, Jason A., Dunagan, C, Efremenko, Y, Ejiri, H, Elliott, Steven R., Gilliss, T, Giovanetti, Grahan K., Green, M, Gruszko, J, Guinn, I, Guiseppe, V E., Haufe, C R., Hehn, L, Henning, Reyco, Hoppe, Eric W., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K, Kidd, M F., Konovalov, S, Kouzes, Richard T., Lopez, Andrew M., Martin, R D., Massarczyk, Ralph, Meijer, S J., Mertens, S, O'Shaughnessy, C, Othman, G, Pettus, Walter C., Poon, Alan W., Radford, D C., Rager, J, Reine, A L., Rielage, Keith, Robertson, R. G. H., Ruof, N W., Shanks, B, Shirchenko, M, Suriano, Anne-Marie, Tedeschi, D, Trimble, J E., Varner, R L., Vasilyev, S, Vetter, K, Vorren, Kris R., White, B R., Wilkerson, J F., Wiseman, Clint, Xu, Wenqin, Yakushev, E, Yu, Chang-Hong, Yumatov, Vladimir, Zhitnikov, I, & Zhu, B X. Data quality assurance for the Majorana Demonstrator. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1342/1/012123
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Myslik, Jordan W., Abgrall, N, Alvis, S I., Arnquist, Isaac J., Avignone, Frank T., Barabash, Alexander S., Barton, C J., Bertrand, F, Bode, T, Bradley, A W., Brudanin, V., Buuck, M, Busch, Matthew, Caldwell, Tom S., Chan, Yuen-Dat, Christofferson, C D., Chu, P H., Cuesta, C, Detwiler, Jason A., Dunagan, C, Efremenko, Y, Ejiri, H, Elliott, Steven R., Gilliss, T, Giovanetti, Grahan K., Green, M, Gruszko, J, Guinn, I, Guiseppe, V E., Haufe, C R., Hehn, L, Henning, Reyco, Hoppe, Eric W., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K, Kidd, M F., Konovalov, S, Kouzes, Richard T., Lopez, Andrew M., Martin, R D., Massarczyk, Ralph, Meijer, S J., Mertens, S, O'Shaughnessy, C, Othman, G, Pettus, Walter C., Poon, Alan W., Radford, D C., Rager, J, Reine, A L., Rielage, Keith, Robertson, R. G. H., Ruof, N W., Shanks, B, Shirchenko, M, Suriano, Anne-Marie, Tedeschi, D, Trimble, J E., Varner, R L., Vasilyev, S, Vetter, K, Vorren, Kris R., White, B R., Wilkerson, J F., Wiseman, Clint, Xu, Wenqin, Yakushev, E, Yu, Chang-Hong, Yumatov, Vladimir, Zhitnikov, I, and Zhu, B X. Sun . "Data quality assurance for the Majorana Demonstrator". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1342/1/012123. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1600530.
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@article{osti_1600530,
title = {Data quality assurance for the Majorana Demonstrator},
author = {Myslik, Jordan W. and Abgrall, N and Alvis, S I. and Arnquist, Isaac J. and Avignone, Frank T. and Barabash, Alexander S. and Barton, C J. and Bertrand, F and Bode, T and Bradley, A W. and Brudanin, V. and Buuck, M and Busch, Matthew and Caldwell, Tom S. and Chan, Yuen-Dat and Christofferson, C D. and Chu, P H. and Cuesta, C and Detwiler, Jason A. and Dunagan, C and Efremenko, Y and Ejiri, H and Elliott, Steven R. and Gilliss, T and Giovanetti, Grahan K. and Green, M and Gruszko, J and Guinn, I and Guiseppe, V E. and Haufe, C R. and Hehn, L and Henning, Reyco and Hoppe, Eric W. and Howe, M. A. and Keeter, K and Kidd, M F. and Konovalov, S and Kouzes, Richard T. and Lopez, Andrew M. and Martin, R D. and Massarczyk, Ralph and Meijer, S J. and Mertens, S and O'Shaughnessy, C and Othman, G and Pettus, Walter C. and Poon, Alan W. and Radford, D C. and Rager, J and Reine, A L. and Rielage, Keith and Robertson, R. G. H. and Ruof, N W. and Shanks, B and Shirchenko, M and Suriano, Anne-Marie and Tedeschi, D and Trimble, J E. and Varner, R L. and Vasilyev, S and Vetter, K and Vorren, Kris R. and White, B R. and Wilkerson, J F. and Wiseman, Clint and Xu, Wenqin and Yakushev, E and Yu, Chang-Hong and Yumatov, Vladimir and Zhitnikov, I and Zhu, B X.},
abstractNote = {The Majorana Demonstrator is an experiment constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decays in germanium-76 and to demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a large-scale experiment in a phased and modular fashion. It consists of two modular arrays of natural and 7648 Ge-enriched germanium detectors totalling 44.1 kg, located at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. Any Neutrinoless double-beta decay search requires a thorough understanding of the background and the signal energy spectra. This talk will discuss the various techniques employed to ensure the integrity of the measured spectra. Data collection is monitored with a thorough set of checks, and subsequent careful analysis is performed to qualify the data for higher level physics analysis. Instrumental background events are tagged for removal, and problematic channels are removed from consideration as necessary.},
doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/1342/1/012123},
journal = {Journal of Physics. Conference Series},
number = ,
volume = 1342,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment
journal, January 2014

  • Abgrall, N.; Aguayo, E.; Avignone, F. T.
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The Majorana Demonstrator radioassay program
journal, August 2016

  • Abgrall, N.; Arnquist, I. J.; Avignone, F. T.
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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.070

New Limits on Bosonic Dark Matter, Solar Axions, Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation, and Electron Decay from the Majorana Demonstrator
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