000056308 001__ 56308 000056308 005__ 20230926093527.0 000056308 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.05.006 000056308 0248_ $$2sideral$$a61812 000056308 037__ $$aART-2007-61812 000056308 041__ $$aeng 000056308 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6948-5101$$aCebrian, S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000056308 245__ $$aBackground study for the PN-Ccd detector of CERN Axion Solar Telescope 000056308 260__ $$c2007 000056308 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000056308 5203_ $$aThe CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) experiment searches for axions from the Sun converted into photons with energies up to around 10 keV via the inverse Primakoff effect in the high magnetic field of a superconducting Large Hadron Collider (LHC) prototype magnet. A backside illuminated pn-CCD detector in conjunction with an X-ray mirror optics is one of the three detectors used in CAST to register the expected photon signal. Since this signal is very rare and different background components (environmental gamma radiation, cosmic rays, intrinsic radioactive impurities in the set-up, . . . ) entangle it, a detailed study of the detector background has been undertaken with the aim to understand and further reduce the background level of the detector. The analysis is based on measured data taken during the Phase I of CAST and on Monte Carlo simulations of different background components. This study will show that the observed background level (at a rate of (8.00 ± 0.07) × 10-5 counts cm-2 s-1 keV-1 between 1 and 7 keV) seems to be dominated by the external gamma background due to usual activities at the experimental site, while radioactive impurities in the detector itself and cosmic neutrons could make just smaller contribution. 000056308 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/RII3/CT-2003-506222$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/CICYT/FPA2004-00973 000056308 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000056308 590__ $$a3.483$$b2007 000056308 591__ $$aPHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS$$b8 / 24 = 0.333$$c2007$$dQ2$$eT2 000056308 591__ $$aASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS$$b12 / 48 = 0.25$$c2007$$dQ1$$eT1 000056308 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000056308 700__ $$aRodriguez, A. 000056308 700__ $$aKuster, M. 000056308 700__ $$aBeltran, B. 000056308 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1770-8940$$aGomez, H.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000056308 700__ $$aHartmann, R. 000056308 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1163-1687$$aIrastorza, I. G.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000056308 700__ $$aKotthaus, R. 000056308 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5352-1884$$aLuzon, G.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000056308 700__ $$aMorales, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000056308 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3253-7027$$aRuz, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000056308 700__ $$aStruder, L. 000056308 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0228-7589$$aVillar, J. A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000056308 7102_ $$12004$$2390$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cÁrea Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. 000056308 773__ $$g28, 2 (2007), 205-215$$pAstropart. phys.$$tAstroparticle Physics$$x0927-6505 000056308 8564_ $$s442667$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/56308/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000056308 8564_ $$s96361$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/56308/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000056308 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:56308$$particulos$$pdriver 000056308 951__ $$a2023-09-26-09:29:34 000056308 980__ $$aARTICLE