2021 Society of Physics Students Zone 11 Regional Meeting

Location

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

Start Date

20-2-2021 10:00 AM

End Date

20-2-2021 12:00 PM

Publication Date

2021

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Open Access Poster

Description

Pb-214 β-decay events within a liquid xenon time projection chamber can often look identical to the signature of a WIMP interaction, which causes false positives in the search for dark matter. To combat this, we can “tag” decay events of the Rn-222 decay chain, which is based on the timing and position of decay events. My algorithm pieced these events together like puzzle pieces to determine the validity of Pb-214 β-decay events. Using a Toy Monte Carlo model, I was able to simulate both the Rn-222 decay chain and begin to tag decay events to eliminate false positives.

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Department of Physics

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Feb 20th, 10:00 AM Feb 20th, 12:00 PM

Poster Session: Tagging Pb-214 Decay Events via Toy Monte Carlo Method

Virtual Meeting, University of Northern Iowa

Pb-214 β-decay events within a liquid xenon time projection chamber can often look identical to the signature of a WIMP interaction, which causes false positives in the search for dark matter. To combat this, we can “tag” decay events of the Rn-222 decay chain, which is based on the timing and position of decay events. My algorithm pieced these events together like puzzle pieces to determine the validity of Pb-214 β-decay events. Using a Toy Monte Carlo model, I was able to simulate both the Rn-222 decay chain and begin to tag decay events to eliminate false positives.