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Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector

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Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector. / MicroBooNE Collaboration ; Blake, A.; Devitt, A. et al.
In: Physical Review D, 23.02.2024.

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MicroBooNE Collaboration, Blake, A, Devitt, A, Nowak, J, Patel, N, Pophale, I & Thorpe, C 2024, 'Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector', Physical Review D.

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MicroBooNE Collaboration, Blake, A., Devitt, A., Nowak, J., Patel, N., Pophale, I., & Thorpe, C. (in press). Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector. Physical Review D.

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MicroBooNE Collaboration, Blake A, Devitt A, Nowak J, Patel N, Pophale I et al. Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector. Physical Review D. 2024 Feb 23.

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MicroBooNE Collaboration ; Blake, A. ; Devitt, A. et al. / Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector. In: Physical Review D. 2024.

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title = "Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector",
abstract = "We report measurements of radon daughters in liquid argon within the MicroBooNE time projection chamber (LArTPC). The presence of radon in MicroBooNE's 85 metric tons of active liquid argon bulk is probed with newly developed charge-based low-energy reconstruction tools and analysis techniques to detect correlated $^{214}$Bi-$^{214}$Po radioactive decays. Special datasets taken during periods of active radon doping enable new demonstrations of the calorimetric capabilities of single-phase neutrino LArTPCs for $\beta$ and $\alpha$ particles with electron-equivalent energies ranging from 0.1 to 3.0 MeV. By applying $^{214}$Bi-$^{214}$Po detection algorithms to beam-external physics data recorded over a 46-day period, no statistically significant presence of radon is detected, corresponding to a limit of $",
keywords = "hep-ex, physics.ins-det",
author = "{MicroBooNE Collaboration} and P. Abratenko and O. Alterkait and Aldana, {D. Andrade} and L. Arellano and J. Asaadi and A. Ashkenazi and S. Balasubramanian and B. Baller and G. Barr and D. Barrow and J. Barrow and V. Basque and Rodrigues, {O. Benevides} and S. Berkman and A. Bhanderi and A. Bhat and M. Bhattacharya and M. Bishai and A. Blake and B. Bogart and T. Bolton and Book, {J. Y.} and L. Camilleri and Y. Cao and D. Caratelli and Terrazas, {I. Caro} and F. Cavanna and G. Cerati and Y. Chen and Conrad, {J. M.} and M. Convery and L. Cooper-Troendle and Crespo-Anadon, {J. I.} and R. Cross and Tutto, {M. Del} and Dennis, {S. R.} and P. Detje and A. Devitt and R. Diurba and Z. Djurcic and R. Dorrill and K. Duffy and S. Dytman and B. Eberly and P. Englezos and J. Nowak and N. Patel and I. Pophale and C. Thorpe",
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month = feb,
day = "23",
language = "English",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "1550-7998",
publisher = "American Physical Society",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of ambient radon daughter decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector

AU - MicroBooNE Collaboration

AU - Abratenko, P.

AU - Alterkait, O.

AU - Aldana, D. Andrade

AU - Arellano, L.

AU - Asaadi, J.

AU - Ashkenazi, A.

AU - Balasubramanian, S.

AU - Baller, B.

AU - Barr, G.

AU - Barrow, D.

AU - Barrow, J.

AU - Basque, V.

AU - Rodrigues, O. Benevides

AU - Berkman, S.

AU - Bhanderi, A.

AU - Bhat, A.

AU - Bhattacharya, M.

AU - Bishai, M.

AU - Blake, A.

AU - Bogart, B.

AU - Bolton, T.

AU - Book, J. Y.

AU - Camilleri, L.

AU - Cao, Y.

AU - Caratelli, D.

AU - Terrazas, I. Caro

AU - Cavanna, F.

AU - Cerati, G.

AU - Chen, Y.

AU - Conrad, J. M.

AU - Convery, M.

AU - Cooper-Troendle, L.

AU - Crespo-Anadon, J. I.

AU - Cross, R.

AU - Tutto, M. Del

AU - Dennis, S. R.

AU - Detje, P.

AU - Devitt, A.

AU - Diurba, R.

AU - Djurcic, Z.

AU - Dorrill, R.

AU - Duffy, K.

AU - Dytman, S.

AU - Eberly, B.

AU - Englezos, P.

AU - Nowak, J.

AU - Patel, N.

AU - Pophale, I.

AU - Thorpe, C.

PY - 2024/2/23

Y1 - 2024/2/23

N2 - We report measurements of radon daughters in liquid argon within the MicroBooNE time projection chamber (LArTPC). The presence of radon in MicroBooNE's 85 metric tons of active liquid argon bulk is probed with newly developed charge-based low-energy reconstruction tools and analysis techniques to detect correlated $^{214}$Bi-$^{214}$Po radioactive decays. Special datasets taken during periods of active radon doping enable new demonstrations of the calorimetric capabilities of single-phase neutrino LArTPCs for $\beta$ and $\alpha$ particles with electron-equivalent energies ranging from 0.1 to 3.0 MeV. By applying $^{214}$Bi-$^{214}$Po detection algorithms to beam-external physics data recorded over a 46-day period, no statistically significant presence of radon is detected, corresponding to a limit of $

AB - We report measurements of radon daughters in liquid argon within the MicroBooNE time projection chamber (LArTPC). The presence of radon in MicroBooNE's 85 metric tons of active liquid argon bulk is probed with newly developed charge-based low-energy reconstruction tools and analysis techniques to detect correlated $^{214}$Bi-$^{214}$Po radioactive decays. Special datasets taken during periods of active radon doping enable new demonstrations of the calorimetric capabilities of single-phase neutrino LArTPCs for $\beta$ and $\alpha$ particles with electron-equivalent energies ranging from 0.1 to 3.0 MeV. By applying $^{214}$Bi-$^{214}$Po detection algorithms to beam-external physics data recorded over a 46-day period, no statistically significant presence of radon is detected, corresponding to a limit of $

KW - hep-ex

KW - physics.ins-det

M3 - Journal article

JO - Physical Review D

JF - Physical Review D

SN - 1550-7998

ER -