K. Altenmüller, J. F. Castel, S. Cebrián, T. Dafni, D. Díez-Ibañez, A. Ezquerro, E. Ferrer-Ribas, J. Galan, J. Galindo, J. A. García, A. Giganon, C. Goblin, I. G. Irastorza, C. Loiseau, G. Luzón, X. F. Navick, C. Margalejo, H. Mirallas, L. Obis, A. Ortiz de Solórzano, T. Papaevangelou, O. Pérez, A. Quintana, J. Ruz, J. K. Vogel
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Background discrimination with a Micromegas detector prototype and veto system for BabyIAXO
In this paper we present measurements performed with a Micromegas X-ray detector setup. The detector is a prototype in the context of the BabyIAXO helioscope, which is under construction to search for an emission of the hypothetical axion particle from the Sun. An important component of such a helioscope is a low background X-ray detector with a high efficiency in the 1–10 keV energy range. The goal of the measurement was to study techniques for background discrimination. In addition to common techniques we used a multi-layer veto system designed to tag cosmic-ray induced neutron background. Over an effective time of 52 days, a background level of 8.6 × 10−7 counts keV−1 cm−2 s−1 was reached in a laboratory at above ground level. This is the lowest background level achieved at surface level. In this paper we present the experimental setup, show simulations of the neutron-induced background, and demonstrate the process to identify background signals in the data. Finally, prospects to reach lower background levels down to 10–7 counts keV−1 cm−2 s−1 are discussed.
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