Detector response simulation for double beta studies

ORAL

Abstract

The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment and its upgrade, CUPID (CUORE with Upgraded Particle IDentification), adopt the cryogenic calorimetric technique to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te and 100Mo, respectively. To discriminate the expected signal from other background sources, understanding the detector response to particle interactions is fundamental. For this purpose, the calorimeter response has been modeled and validated using CUORE signals. The superimposition of events close in time, referred to as pileup, is also modeled. In particular, the pileup of the two-neutrino double beta decay process is one of the main background sources for CUPID. In this talk, the framework and its application for waveform simulations and data analysis, enhanced by machine learning tools, will be shown.

*This work is supported by the US DOE Office of Nuclear Physics, the US NSF, and internal investments at all institutions.

Presenters

  • Chiara Capelli

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Authors

  • Chiara Capelli

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory