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arxiv 1905.13625 v3 pith:XP6AFRMD submitted 2019-05-31 physics.ins-det hep-ex

Radiogenic backgrounds in the NEXT double beta decay experiment

NEXT Collaboration: P. Novella , B. Palmeiro , M. Sorel , A. Us\'on , P. Ferrario , J.J. G\'omez-Cadenas , C. Adams , V. \'Alvarez
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L. Arazi I.J. Arnquist C.D.R Azevedo K. Bailey F. Ballester J.M. Benlloch-Rodr\'iguez F.I.G.M. Borges N. Byrnes S. C\'arcel J.V. Carri\'on S. Cebri\'an E. Church C.A.N. Conde T. Contreras G. D\'iaz L\'opez J. D\'iaz M. Diesburg J. Escada R. Esteve R. Felkai A.F.M. Fernandes L.M.P. Fernandes A.L. Ferreira E.D.C. Freitas J. Generowicz S. Ghosh A. Goldschmidt D. Gonz\'alez-D\'iaz R. Guenette R.M. Guti\'errez J. Haefner K. Hafidi J. Hauptman C.A.O. Henriques J.A. Hernando Morata P. Herrero V. Herrero Y. Ifergan S. Johnston B.J.P. Jones M. Kekic L. Labarga A. Laing P. Lebrun N. L\'opez-March M. Losada R.D.P. Mano J. Mart\'in-Albo A. Mart\'inez G. Mart\'inez-Lema A.D. McDonald F. Monrabal C.M.B. Monteiro F.J. Mora J. Mu\~noz Vidal D.R. Nygren A. Para J. P\'erez F. Psihas M. Querol J. Renner J. Repond S. Riordan L. Ripoll Y. Rodr\'iguez Garc\'ia J. Rodr\'iguez L. Rogers B. Romeo C. Romo-Luque F.P. Santos J.M.F. dos Santos A. Sim\'on C. Sofka T. Stiegler J.F. Toledo J. Torrent J.F.C.A. Veloso R. Webb R. Weiss-Babai J.T. White K. Woodruff N. Yahlali
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Natural radioactivity represents one of the main backgrounds in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay. Within the NEXT physics program, the radioactivity-induced backgrounds are measured with the NEXT-White detector. Data from 37.9 days of low-background operations at the Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc with xenon depleted in $^{136}$Xe are analyzed to derive a total background rate of (0.84$\pm$0.02) mHz above 1000 keV. The comparison of data samples with and without the use of the radon abatement system demonstrates that the contribution of airborne-Rn is negligible. A radiogenic background model is built upon the extensive radiopurity screening campaign conducted by the NEXT Collaboration. A spectral fit to this model yields the specific contributions of $^{60}$Co, $^{40}$K, $^{214}$Bi and $^{208}$Tl to the total background rate, as well as their location in the detector volumes. The results are used to evaluate the impact of the radiogenic backgrounds in the double beta decay analyses, after the application of topological cuts that reduce the total rate to (0.25$\pm$0.01) mHz. Based on the best-fit background model, the NEXT-White median sensitivity to the two-neutrino double beta decay is found to be 3.5$\sigma$ after 1 year of data taking. The background measurement in a Q$_{\beta\beta}\pm$100 keV energy window validates the best-fit background model also for the neutrinoless double beta decay search with NEXT-100. Only one event is found, while the model expectation is (0.75$\pm$0.12) events.

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