Pulse Shape Discrimination in JSNS2

T. Dodo, M. K. Cheoun, J. H. Choi, J. Y. Choi, J. Goh, K. Haga, M. Harada, S. Hasegawa, W. Hwang, T. Iida, H. I. Jang, J. S. Jang, K. K. Joo, D. E. Jung, S. K. Kang, Y. Kasugai, T. Kawasaki, E. J. Kim, J. Y. Kim, S. B. KimW. Kim, H. Kinoshita, T. Konno, D. H. Lee, I. T. Lim, C. Little, E. Marzec, T. Maruyama, S. Masuda, S. Meigo, D. H. Moon, T. Nakano, M. Niiyama, K. Nishikawa, M. Y. Pac, H. W. Park, J. S. Park, R. G. Park, S. J.M. Peeters, C. Rott, K. Sakai, S. Sakamoto, T. Shima, C. D. Shin, J. Spitz, F. Suekane, Y. Sugaya, K. Suzuya, Y. Takeuchi, Y. Yamaguchi, M. Yeh, I. S. Yeo, C. Yoo, I. Yu

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Abstract

JSNS2 (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) is an experiment that is searching for sterile neutrinos via the observation of appearance oscillations using neutrinos from muon decay-at-rest. For this search, rejecting cosmic-ray-induced neutron events by Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) is essential because the JSNS2 detector is located above ground, on the third floor of the building. We have achieved 94.95%0.15% rejection of neutron events while keeping 92.82%1.77% of signal, electron-like events using a data-driven likelihood method. This article will report the PSD technique using the full fiducial volume of the JSNS2 detector.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023H02
JournalProgress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Volume2025
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2025

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