Developing a data-driven method to constrain the antiproton background in the Mu2e experiment

Chithirasreemadam, N. and Donati, S. and Murat, P. and Pezzullo, G. (2024) Developing a data-driven method to constrain the antiproton background in the Mu2e experiment. Il nuovo cimento C, 47 (3). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

The Mu2e experiment will search for CLFV neutrinoless coherent muon to electron conversion in the field of an Al nucleus. The expected signal is a 104.97 MeV/c monochromatic e- (CE). CE-like e-’s could also come from p ̄’s annihilating in the Stopping Target (ST). The background induced by p ̄’s is expected to be low but has a large systematic uncertainty. It cannot be suppressed by the time window cut used to reduce the prompt background. However, pp ̄ annihilation in the ST is the only source of events in the Mu2e detector with multiple tracks coming from the ST, simultaneous in time, each with a momentum in the signal window region. We exploited this unique feature and developed algorithms to identify and reconstruct multi-track events. This paper discusses the status and prospects of this data-driven method to constrain the p ̄ background at Mu2e.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 10 Jul 2024 16:10
Last Modified: 10 Jul 2024 16:10
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/23012

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