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Modeling light signals using data from the first pulsed neutron source program at the DUNE vertical drift ColdBox test facility at the CERN Neutrino Platform

Paudel, A. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)]·Shi, Wei [State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)] (ORCID:0000000281029002)·Sala, P. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)]·Cavanna, F. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)]·Johnson, W. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)]·Wang, J. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)]·Ketchum, W. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)]·Resnati, F. [European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)]·Heindel, A. [State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)]·Ashkenazi, A. [Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel)]·Bertholet, E. [Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel)]·Bertolini, E. [Univ. of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)]·Martinez Caicedo, D. A. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)]·Calvo, E. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)]·Canto, A. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)]·Manthey Corchado, S. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)]·Cuesta, C. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)]·Djurcic, Z. [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)]·Fani, M. [Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)]·Feld, A. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)]·Fogarty, S. [Colorado State Univ., Castle Rock, CO (United States)]·Galizzi, F. [Univ. of Milano-Bicocca (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano (Italy)]·Gollapinni, S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Kermaïdic, Y. [Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAAP) (France)]·Kish, A. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)]·Marinho, F. [Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (CTA), Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil). Inst. Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA)]·Torres Muñoz, D. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)]·Verdugo de Osa, A. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)]·Paulucci, L. [Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (CTA), Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil). Inst. Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA)]·Pellico, W. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)]·Popov, V. [Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel)]·Rodriguez Rondon, J. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)]·Silverio, D. Leon [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)]·Sacerdoti, S. [AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris (France)]·Souza, H. [Univ. of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)]·Svoboda, R. C. [Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)]·Totani, D. [Colorado State Univ., Castle Rock, CO (United States)]·Trabattoni, V. [Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy)]·Zambelli, L. [Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAAP) (France)]
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Abstract

In this paper, we present a first quantitative test of detected light signals produced in a pulsed neutron source run in a small vertical drift LArTPC at the CERN Neutrino Platform ColdBox test facility. The ColdBox cryostat, detectors, neutron sources, and particle interactions are modeled and simulated using Fluka. We demonstrate the ability to identify the contribution from neutron interactions using X-ARAPUCA photodetectors, and show first comparisons of data to simulation, which indicate reasonable agreement. A time constant is also fitted from the neutron-beam-off light signal spectrum and found consistent between data and simulation. Several important systematic effects are discussed and serve as guides for future runs at larger LArTPCs.

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Paudel, A. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Shi, Wei [State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)] (ORCID:0000000281029002), Sala, P. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Cavanna, F. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Johnson, W. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)], Wang, J. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)], Ketchum, W. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Resnati, F. [European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)], Heindel, A. [State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)], Ashkenazi, A. [Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel)], Bertholet, E. [Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel)], Bertolini, E. [Univ. of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)], Martinez Caicedo, D. A. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)], Calvo, E. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)], Canto, A. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)], Manthey Corchado, S. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)], Cuesta, C. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)], Djurcic, Z. [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)], Fani, M. [Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)], Feld, A. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Fogarty, S. [Colorado State Univ., Castle Rock, CO (United States)], Galizzi, F. [Univ. of Milano-Bicocca (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano (Italy)], Gollapinni, S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Kermaïdic, Y. [Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAAP) (France)], Kish, A. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Marinho, F. [Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (CTA), Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil). Inst. Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA)], Torres Muñoz, D. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)], Verdugo de Osa, A. [Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)], Paulucci, L. [Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (CTA), Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil). Inst. Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA)], Pellico, W. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Popov, V. [Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv (Israel)], Rodriguez Rondon, J. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)], Silverio, D. Leon [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)], Sacerdoti, S. [AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Paris (France)], Souza, H. [Univ. of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)], Svoboda, R. C. [Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)], Totani, D. [Colorado State Univ., Castle Rock, CO (United States)], Trabattoni, V. [Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy)], Zambelli, L. [Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAAP) (France)]. 2026-04-29. Modeling light signals using data from the first pulsed neutron source program at the DUNE vertical drift ColdBox test facility at the CERN Neutrino Platform. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221%2F21%2F04%2Fp04037

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