1. The PADME beam line Monte Carlo simulation
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The PADME collaboration, F. Bossi, P. Branchini, B. Buonomo, V. Capirossi, A. P. Caricato, G. Chiodini, R. De Sangro, C. Di Giulio, D. Domenici, F. Ferrarotto, S. Fiore, G. Finocchiaro, L. G. Foggetta, A. Frankenthal, M. Garattini, G. Georgiev, A. Ghigo, P. Gianotti, F. Iazzi, S. Ivanov, Sv. Ivanov, V. Kozhuharov, E. Leonardi, E. Long, M. Martino, I. Oceano, F. Oliva, G. C. Organtini, F. Pinna, G. Piperno, M. Raggi, I. Sarra, R. Simeonov, T. Spadaro, S. Spagnolo, E. Spiriti, D. Tagnani, C. Taruggi, P. Valente, A. Variola, and E. Vilucchi
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Fixed Target Experiments ,GEANT4 ,Beam Line Simulation ,Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity ,QC770-798 - Abstract
Abstract The PADME experiment at the DAΦNE Beam-Test Facility (BTF) of the INFN Laboratory of Frascati is designed to search for invisible decays of dark sector particles produced in electron-positron annihilation events with a positron beam and a thin fixed target, by measuring the missing mass of single-photon final states. The presence of backgrounds originating from beam halo particles can significantly reduce the sensitivity of the experiment. To thoroughly understand the origin of the beam background contribution, a detailed Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulation has been developed, containing a full description of the detector together with the beam line and its optical elements. This simulation allows the full interactions of each particle to be described, both during beam line transport and during detection, a possibility which represents an innovative way to obtain reliable background predictions.
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- 2022
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