XENON100-BG

GEANT4 application for Monte-Carlo simulations of the XENON100 dark matter detector

The main purpose of this particular package is Monte-Carlo simulations for predictions of the electromagnetic and neutron backgrounds for the XENON100 experiment.

The studies using this code are detailed in:

1. Study of the Electromagnetic Background in the XENON100 Experiment, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. D 83, 082001 (2011). Erratum: Phys. Rev. D 85, 029904 (2012). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.029904, 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.082001, arXiv:1101.3866[astro-ph.IM]
2. The Neutron Background of the XENON100 Dark Matter Search Experiment, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 40, 115201 (2013). DOI:10.1088/0954-3899/40/11/115201, arXiv:1306.2303[astro-ph.IM]

The background predictions were used in various physics analyses with the XENON100 data, detailed in the following publications:

1. First Dark Matter Results from the XENON100 Experiment, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 131302 (2010). Erratum: Phys. Rev. D 85, 029904 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.131302, arXiv:1005.0380[astro-ph.CO]
2. Dark Matter Results from 100 Live Days of XENON100 Data, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 131302 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.131302, arXiv:1104.2549[astro-ph.CO]
3. Implications on Inelastic Dark Matter from 100 Live Days of XENON100 Data, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. D 84, 061101 (2011). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.061101, arXiv:1104.3121[astro-ph.CO]
4. Dark Matter Results from 225 Live Days of XENON100 Data, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 181301 (2012). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.181301, arXiv:1207.5988[astro-ph.CO]
5. Limits on Spin-Dependent WIMP–Nucleon Cross Sections from 225 Live Days of XENON100 Data, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 021301 (2013). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.021301, arXiv:1301.6620[astro-ph.CO]
6. Response of the XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment to Nuclear Recoils, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. D 88, 012006 (2013). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.012006, arXiv:1304.1427[astro-ph.IM]
7. First Axion Results from the XENON100 Experiment, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. D 90, 062009 (2014), Erratum: Phys. Rev. D 95, 029904 (2017). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.062009, 10.1103/Ph ysRevD.95.029904, arXiv:1404.1455[astro-ph.CO]
8. Search for Event Rate Modulation in XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 091302 (2015). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.091302, arXiv:1507.07748[astro-ph.CO]
9. Exclusion of Leptophilic Dark Matter Models using XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). SCIENCE, Vol. 349 , no. 6250, pp. 851-854 (2015). DOI:10.1126/science.aab2069, arXiv:1507.07747[astro-ph.CO]
10. A Low-mass Dark Matter Search Using Ionization Signals in XENON100, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. D 94, 092001 (2016), Erratum: Phys.Rev. D 95, 5, 059901 (2017). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.059901, 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.092001, arXiv:1605.06262[astro-ph.CO]
11. Search for Two-Neutrino Double Electron Capture of 124Xe with XENON100, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. C 95, 024605 (2017). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.95.024605, arXiv:1609.03354[nucl-ex]
12. XENON100 Dark Matter Results from a Combination of 477 Live Days, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. D 95, 072008 (2017). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.122001, arXiv:1609.06154[astro-ph.CO]
13. Search for Electronic Recoil Event Rate Modulation with 4 Years of XENON100 Data, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 101101 (2017). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.101101, arXiv:1701.00769[astro-ph.CO]
14. Search for Magnetic Inelastic Dark Matter with XENON100, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). JCAP 1710, 039 (20017). DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2017/10/039, arXiv:1704.05804[astro-ph.CO] (2017)
15. Search for WIMP Inelastic Scattering off Xenon Nuclei with XENON100, E.Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration). Phys. Rev. D 96, 022008 (2017). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.96.022008, arXiv:1705.05830[hep-ex]