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arxiv: 2204.11175 · v2 · pith:NBSOZQRMnew · submitted 2022-04-24 · ✦ hep-ex · physics.data-an· physics.ins-det

Study of background from accidental coincidence signals in the PandaX-II experiment

PandaX-II Collaboration: Abdusalam Abdukerim , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Chen Cheng , Xiangyi Cui , Yingjie Fan , Deqing Fang
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keywords backgroundaccidentaldarkmatterpandax-iicoincidencesignalsexperiment
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The PandaX-II experiment employed a 580kg liquid xenon detector to search for the interactions between dark matter particles and the target xenon atoms. The accidental coincidences of isolated signals result in a dangerous background which mimic the signature of the dark matter. We performed a detailed study on the accidental coincidence background in PandaX-II, including the possible origin of the isolated signals, the background level and corresponding background suppression method. With a boosted-decision-tree algorithm, the accidental coincidence background is reduced by 70% in the dark matter signal region, thus the sensitivity of dark matter search at PandaX-II is improved.

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