000085437 001__ 85437 000085437 005__ 20240118091946.0 000085437 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7282-6 000085437 0248_ $$2sideral$$a114162 000085437 037__ $$aART-2019-114162 000085437 041__ $$aeng 000085437 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-3532-7540$$aCastel, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 245__ $$aBackground assessment for the TREX dark matter experiment 000085437 260__ $$c2019 000085437 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000085437 5203_ $$aTREX-DM is conceived to look for low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using a gas Time Projection Chamber equipped with Micromegas readout planes at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. The detector can hold in the active volume 20l\{-69pt}begin{document}$$\sim 20l$$\end{document} of pressurized gas up to 10 bar, corresponding to 0.30 kg of Ar or 0.16 kg of Ne. The Micromegas are read with a self-triggered acquisition, being thresholds below 0.4 keV (electron equivalent) at reach. A low background level in the lowest energy region is another essential requirement. To assess the expected background, all the relevant sources have been considered, including the measured fluxes of gamma radiation, muons and neutrons at the Canfranc Laboratory, together with the activity of most of the components used in the detector and ancillary systems, obtained in a complete assay program. The background contributions have been simulated by means of a dedicated application based on Geant4 and a custom-made code for the detector response. The background model developed for the detector presently installed in Canfranc points to levels from 1 to 10 counts keV-1kg-1day-1\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}{-\begin{document}$$\hbox {keV}<^>{-1}\ \hbox {kg}<^>{-1}\ \hbox {day}<^>{-1}$$\end{document} in the region of interest, making TREX-DM competitive in the search for low-mass WIMPs. A roadmap to further decrease it down to 0.1 counts keV(-1)kg(-1)day(-1)}\ \hbox {day}<^>{-1}$$\end{document} is underway. 000085437 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FPA2016-76978-C3-1-P$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FPA2013-41085-P$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/ 240054/EU/Novel Developments in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for Rare Event Searches in Underground Astroparticle EXperiments/TREX 000085437 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000085437 590__ $$a4.389$$b2019 000085437 591__ $$aPHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS$$b7 / 29 = 0.241$$c2019$$dQ1$$eT1 000085437 592__ $$a1.763$$b2019 000085437 593__ $$aPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)$$c2019$$dQ1 000085437 593__ $$aEngineering (miscellaneous)$$c2019$$dQ1 000085437 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6948-5101$$aCebrian, S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-8100-1368$$aCoarasa, I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-8921-910X$$aDafni, T.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7529-9834$$aGalan, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6327-9369$$aIguaz, F.J. 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1163-1687$$aGarcía Irastorza, I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5352-1884$$aLuzón, G.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9951-8680$$aMirallas, H.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8278-6032$$aOrtiz de Solórzano, A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-2417-7121$$aRuiz-Chóliz, E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000085437 7102_ $$12004$$2X$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cProy. investigación HCA 000085437 7102_ $$12004$$2390$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cÁrea Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. 000085437 773__ $$g79, 9 (2019), 782 [19 pp.]$$pEur. phys. j., C$$tThe European Physical Journal C$$x1434-6044 000085437 8564_ $$s2210349$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/85437/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000085437 8564_ $$s111793$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/85437/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000085437 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:85437$$particulos$$pdriver 000085437 951__ $$a2024-01-18-09:10:54 000085437 980__ $$aARTICLE