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diff --git a/sddm.tex b/sddm.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 1f3fa96..0000000 --- a/sddm.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,652 +0,0 @@ -\documentclass{article} -\usepackage{amsmath} % for \text command -\usepackage{fullpage} -\usepackage{tikz} -\usepackage{hyperref} -\usepackage{amsfonts} -\usepackage{algorithmic} -\renewcommand{\algorithmiccomment}[1]{\# #1} -\usepackage{algorithm} -\newcommand*\diff{\mathrm{d}} -\usetikzlibrary{shapes} -\author{Anthony LaTorre} -\date{\today} -\title{Searching for Dark Matter with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory} -\begin{document} -\maketitle -\section{Introduction} -\section{Estimating the Event rate in the SNO detector} -The event rate of self destructing dark matter events, $R$, in the SNO detector is given by first integrating over the detector. -\begin{equation} -R = \int_\mathrm{SNO} \mathrm{d}^3r \, R(r) -\end{equation} -Next, we integrate over the earth where the dark matter annihilates: -\begin{equation} -R = \int_\mathrm{SNO} \mathrm{d}^3r \, \int_{r'} \mathrm{d}^3r' R(r') \mathrm{P}(\text{detect at r} | \text{DM scatters at r'}) -\end{equation} -where we have assumed above that the dark matter annihilates immediately after -scattering. The event rate for scattering at a position $r'$ in the earth is: -\begin{equation} -R(r') = \Phi(r') \eta(r') \sigma(r') -\end{equation} -where $\Phi(r')$ is the flux at $r'$, $\eta(r')$ is the number density of -scatterers at $r'$, and $\sigma$ is the cross section for the dark matter to -scatter and annihilate. In general this will be a sum over the elemental -composition of the earth at $r'$, but for notational simplicity we will assume -a single cross section. We will also assume that the cross section is small -enough that the flux is essentially constant over the whole earth so that the -rate may be written as: -\begin{equation} -R(r') = \Phi \eta(r') \sigma(r'). -\end{equation} -The rate may then be written as: -\begin{equation} -R = \Phi \int_\mathrm{SNO} \mathrm{d}^3r \, \int_{r'} \mathrm{d}^3r' \, \eta(r') \sigma(r') \mathrm{P}(\text{detect at r} | \text{DM scatters at r'}) -\end{equation} -If we assume that the probability of detecting the dark matter is uniform -across the SNO detector we may write it as: -\begin{equation} -R = \Phi \int_\mathrm{SNO} \mathrm{d}^3r \, \int_{r'} \mathrm{d}^3r' \, \eta(r') \sigma(r') \mathrm{P}(\text{detect at SNO} | \text{DM scatters at r'}) -\end{equation} -This assumption is pretty well motivated since for most values of the mediator -decay length the probability will be uniform across the detector. The only -value for which it might not be a good approximation is if the mediator decay -length is on the order of the detector radius in which case DM scattering in -the rock of the cavity walls might have a higher event rate at the edge of the -detector. Since the integrand no longer depends on $r$, we may write it as: -\begin{equation} -R = \Phi V_\text{fiducial} \int_{r'} \mathrm{d}^3r' \, \eta(r') \sigma(r') \mathrm{P}(\text{detect at SNO} | \text{DM scatters at r'}) -\end{equation} -where $V_\text{fiducial}$ is the fiducial volume of the detector. The -probability that the mediator $V$ is emitted in a direction $\theta$ and -travels a distance $r$ in a spherical coordinate system centered on $r'$ may be -written as: -\begin{equation} -f(r,\theta) = \frac{\sin\theta}{4\pi}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V} -\end{equation} -To transform this probability distribution to the coordinate system centered on the SNO detector we first transform it to a cartesian coordinate system: -\begin{align} -f(r,\theta) &= \frac{\sin\theta}{4\pi}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V}\frac{1}{r^2sin\theta} \\ -&= \frac{1}{4\pi r^2}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V} -\end{align} -Then, the distribution is translated to the center of the detector, which -doesn't change the form since the radial coordinate $r$ is the same in both -coordinate systems. Finally, we switch back into spherical coordinates: -\begin{align} -f(r,\theta') &= \frac{1}{4\pi r^2}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V}r^2\sin\theta' \\ -&= \frac{1}{4\pi}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V}\sin\theta' -\end{align} -where $\theta'$ is the polar angle in the SNO coordinate system. We can now write the rate as: -\begin{align} -R &= \Phi V_\text{fiducial} \int_r \mathrm{d}r \, \int_\theta \mathrm{d}\theta \, \int_\phi \mathrm{d}\phi \, \eta(r,\theta,\phi) \sigma(r,\theta,\phi) \frac{1}{4\pi}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V}\sin\theta -\end{align} -We now assume that the number density of scatterers $\eta$ and the cross -section $\sigma$ are independent of the position in the earth. This is a good -approximation for certain values of $L_V$ since the integral will be dominated -by a single material. For example, if the mediator decay length $L_V$ is -approximately 1 meter, then the vast majority of the events in the detector -will be caused by dark matter scattering off of water. Similarly if the -mediator decay length is approximately 1 km then the majority of the events in -the detector will be caused by the dark matter scattering off of the norite -rock surrounding the detector. With this approximation, the rate may be -written: -\begin{align} -R &= \Phi V_\text{fiducial} \eta \sigma \int_r \mathrm{d}r \, \int_\theta \mathrm{d}\theta \, \int_\phi \mathrm{d}\phi \, \frac{1}{4\pi}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V}\sin\theta \\ -&= \Phi V_\text{fiducial} \eta \sigma \int_r \mathrm{d}r \, \frac{1}{2}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V} \int_\theta \mathrm{d}\theta \, \sin\theta -\end{align} -The $\theta$ integral goes from $\theta_\text{min}$ to $\pi$: -\begin{align} -R &= \Phi V_\text{fiducial} \eta \sigma \int_r \mathrm{d}r \, \frac{1}{2}\frac{e^{-r/L_V}}{L_V} \int_{\theta_\text{min}}^\pi \mathrm{d}\theta \, \sin\theta -\end{align} -where $\theta_\text{min}$ is equal to: -\begin{equation} -\theta_\text{min} =% -\begin{cases} -0 & \text{if } r < \text{depth} \\ -\pi - \arccos\left(\frac{\text{depth}^2 + r^2 - 2R\text{depth}}{2r(R-\text{depth})}\right) & \text{if } \text{depth} < r < 2R-\text{depth} \\ -\end{cases} -\end{equation} -where $R$ is the radius of the earth and $\text{depth}$ is the distance from -the surface of the earth to the SNO detector. - -\section{Cross Section} -In \cite{grossman2017} the differential scattering cross section for dark -matter off a nucleus is calculated as -\begin{equation} -\frac{\diff \sigma_\text{scatter}}{\diff q^2} = \frac{g_V^2 \epsilon^2 e^2}{4\pi v^2 (q^2 + m_V^2)^2} |F_D(q^2)|^2 Z^2 F^2(q), -\end{equation} -where $q$ is the momentum transferred, $g_V$ and $\epsilon$ are coupling -constants (FIXME: is this true?), $v$ is the velocity of the dark matter -particle, $m_V$ is the mass of the mediator, $F_D(q^2)$ is a form factor for -the dark matter to transition from a high angular momentum state to a lower -angular momentum state, $Z$ is the atomic number of the nucleus, and $F^2(q)$ -is a nuclear form factor. - -In the limit of low momentum transfer, the cross section is approximately -\begin{equation} -\frac{\diff \sigma_\text{scatter}}{\diff q^2} \simeq \frac{g_V^2 \epsilon^2 e^2}{4\pi v^2 m_V^4} |F_D(q^2)|^2 Z^2 F^2(q). -\end{equation} - -For existing direct detection dark matter experiments, the relevant cross -section is (FIXME: is this true?) -\begin{equation} -\frac{\diff \sigma_\text{scatter}}{\diff q^2} \simeq \frac{g_V^2 \epsilon^2 e^2}{4\pi v^2 m_V^4} Z^2 F^2(q). -\end{equation} - -A standard cross section can be defined as the total cross section in the zero -momentum limit\cite{pepin2016} -\begin{align} -\sigma_0 &= \int_0^{4\mu_T^2 v^2} \frac{\diff \sigma_\text{scatter}}{\diff q^2}\bigg\rvert_{q \rightarrow 0} \diff q^2 \\ -&= \frac{\mu_T^2 g_V^2 \epsilon^2 e^2}{\pi m_V^4} Z^2, -\end{align} -where $\mu_T$ is the reduced mass of the WIMP and target nucleus. - -Since different experiments use different detector targets, it is also useful -to define a standard cross section, $\sigma_p$ which is independent of the -nuclear target: -\begin{equation} -\sigma_p = \left(\frac{\mu_p}{\mu_T}\frac{1}{Z}\right)^2 \sigma_0. -\end{equation} - -The direct detection cross section is then: -\begin{equation} -\frac{\diff \sigma_\text{scatter}}{\diff q^2} \simeq \frac{1}{4 \mu_p^2 v^2} \sigma_p Z^2 F^2(q). -\end{equation} -and the cross section for the dark matter to annihilate is: -\begin{equation} -\frac{\diff \sigma_\text{scatter}}{\diff q^2} \simeq \frac{1}{4 \mu_p^2 v^2} \sigma_p |F_D(q)|^2 Z^2 F^2(q). -\end{equation} - -\subsection{Nuclear Form Factor} -The nuclear form factor, $F(q)$, characterizes the loss of coherence as the de -Broglie wavelength of the WIMP approaches the radius of the -nucleus\cite{caldwell2015}. The most commonly used form factor calculation used -in the direct detection community is that of Helm which is given by: -\begin{equation} -F(q) = 3\frac{j_1(q r_1)}{q r_1} e^{-\frac{(q s)^2}{2}}, -\end{equation} -where $j_1$ is the spherical bessel function of the first order, $s$ is a -measure of the nuclear skin thickness, and $r_1$ is a measure of the nuclear -radius\cite{pepin2016}. The values used for these constants were -\begin{align} -s &= 0.9 \text{ fm} \\ -a &= 0.52 \text{ fm} \\ -c &= 1.23 A^\frac{1}{3} - 0.60 \text{ fm} \\ -r_1 &= \sqrt{c^2 + \frac{7}{3}\pi^2 a^2 - 5 s^2} -\end{align} - -\begin{figure} -\centering -\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.1] -% earth -\draw [thick,domain=120:150] plot[smooth] ({200*cos(\x)},{200*sin(\x)}); -\begin{scope}[shift={(-100,100)},rotate=45] -% interaction -\node[star,star points=9,draw] at (20,20){}; -% acrylic vessel -\draw [thick,domain={90+asin(75/600)}:{360+90-asin(75/600)}] plot[smooth] ({6*cos(\x)},{6*sin(\x)}); -\draw [thick] ({6*cos(90+asin(75/600))},{6*sin(90+asin(75/600))}) -- ({6*cos(90+asin(75/600))},{6*sin(90+asin(75/600))+7.5}) -- - ({6*cos(90+asin(75/600))+2*0.75},{6*sin(90+asin(75/600))+7.5}) -- - ({6*cos(90+asin(75/600))+2*0.75},{6*sin(90+asin(75/600))}); -% PSUP -\draw [domain=0:360] plot ({8.89*cos(\x)},{8.89*sin(\x)}); -% cavity -\draw (-9.5,-10.5) -- - (-10.6,-10.5+5.6) -- - (-10.6,-10.5+14.93) -- - (-9.5,-10.5+30) -- - (9.5,-10.5+30) -- - (10.6,-10.5+14.93) -- - (10.6,-10.5+5.6) -- - (9.5,-10.5) -- - (-9.5,-10.5); -\draw[->,ultra thick] (-25,0) -- (25,0) node[right]{$x$}; -\draw[->,ultra thick] (0,-25) -- (0,25) node[right]{$y$}; -\end{scope} -\end{tikzpicture} -\end{figure} - -\section{Event Reconstruction} -In order to reconstruct the physical parameters associated with an event we -compute a likelihood for that event given a proposed energy, position, -direction, and initial time. The likelihood may be written as: -\begin{equation} -\label{likelihood} -\mathcal{L}(E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = P(\vec{q}, \vec{t} | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} -where $E$, $\vec{x}$, $\vec{v}$ represent the initial particle's kinetic -energy, position, and direction respectively, $t_0$ represents the initial time -of the event, $\vec{q}$ is the charge seen by each PMT, and $\vec{t}$ is the -time recorded by each PMT. - -In general the right hand side of Equation~\ref{likelihood} is not factorable -since for particle tracks which scatter there will be correlations between the -PMT hits. However, to make the problem analytically tractable, we assume that -the probability of each PMT being hit is approximately independent of the -others. With this assumption we can factor the right hand side of the -likelihood as: -\begin{equation} -\mathcal{L}(E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = \prod_i P(\text{not hit} | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \prod_j P(\text{hit}, q_j, t_j | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} -where the first product is over all PMTs which weren't hit and the second -product is over all of the hit PMTs. - -If we introduce the variable $n$ which represents the number of photoelectrons detected we can write the likelihood as: -\begin{equation} -\mathcal{L}(E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = \prod_i P(n = 0 | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \prod_j \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} P(n, q_j, t_j | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} - -We can factor the right hand side of the likelihood as: -\begin{equation} -\mathcal{L}(E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = \prod_i P(n = 0 | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \prod_j \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} P(q_j, t_j | n, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) P(n | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} - -If we now assume that the charge and time observed at a given PMT are -independent we can write the likelihood as: -\begin{equation} -\mathcal{L}(E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = \prod_i P(n = 0 | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \prod_j \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} P(q_j | n, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) P(t_j | n, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) P(n | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} - -Since there are many photons produced in each event each of which has a small -probability to hit a given PMT, we will assume that the probability of -detecting $n$ photons at a given PMT is poisson distributed, i.e. -\begin{equation} -P(n | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = e^{-\mu} \frac{\mu^n}{n!} -\end{equation} - -We can therefore write the likelihood as: -\begin{equation} -\mathcal{L}(E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = \prod_i e^{-\mu_i} \prod_j \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} P(q_j | n, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) P(t_j | n, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) e^{-\mu_j} \frac{\mu_j^n}{n!} -\end{equation} -where $\mu_i$ is the expected number of photoelectrons detected at the ith PMT -(given an initial particle's energy, position, and direction). - -First, we'll calculate the expected number of photoelectrons for a single non-showering track which undergoes multiple scattering through small angles. In this case, we can calculate the expected number of photoelectrons as: -\begin{equation} -\mu_i = \int_x \diff x \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} P(\text{detected} | E, x, v) -\end{equation} -where $x$ is the position along the track and $\lambda$ is the wavelength of -the light. - -If the particle undergoes many small angle Coulomb scatters, the net -angular displacement of the particle after a distance $x$ will be a Gaussian -distribution by the central limit theorem\cite{pdg2017}. The distribution of -the net angular displacement at a distance $x$ along the track is then given -by\footnote{This distribution will be correlated between different points along the track.}: -\begin{equation} -f(\theta,\phi) = \frac{\theta}{2\pi\theta_0^2}e^{-\frac{\theta^2}{2\theta_0^2}} -\end{equation} -where -\begin{equation} -\theta_0 = \frac{13.6 \text{ MeV}}{\beta c p}z\sqrt{\frac{x}{X_0}}\left[1 + 0.038\ln\left(\frac{x z^2}{X_0 \beta^2}\right)\right] -\end{equation} -where $p$, $\beta c$, and $z$ are the momentum, velocity, and charge of the -particle, and $X_0$ is the radiation length of the particle\cite{pdg2017}. - -Now, we integrate over the angular displacement of the track around the original velocity: -\begin{align} -\mu_i &= \int_x \diff x \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} \int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi P(\text{detected} | \theta, \phi, E, x, v) P(\theta, \phi | E, x, v) \\ -\mu_i &= \int_x \diff x \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} \int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi P(\text{detected} | \theta, \phi, E, x, v) f(\theta,\phi) -\end{align} -The probability of being detected can be factored into several different compontents: -\begin{align} -\mu_i &= \int_x \diff x \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} \int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi P(\text{emitted towards PMT i} | \theta, \phi, E, x, v) f(\theta,\phi) P(\text{not scattered or absorbed} | \lambda, E, x, v) \epsilon(\eta) \mathrm{QE}(\lambda) \\ -\label{eq:mui} -\mu_i &= \int_x \diff x \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} P(\text{not scattered or absorbed} | \lambda, E, x, v) \epsilon(\eta) \mathrm{QE}(\lambda) \int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi P(\text{emitted towards PMT i} | \theta, \phi, E, x, v) f(\theta,\phi) -\end{align} -where $\eta$ is the angle between the vector connecting the track position $x$ -to the PMT position and the normal vector to the PMT, $\epsilon(\eta)$ is the -collection efficiency, and $\mathrm{QE}(\lambda)$ is the quantum efficiency of -the PMT. - -The probability that a photon is emitted directly towards a PMT is given by a -delta function (we make the assumption here that the probability is uniform -across the face of the PMT): -\begin{equation} -P(\text{emitted towards PMT i} | \theta, \phi, E, x, v) = \delta\left(\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta} - \cos\theta'(\theta,\phi,x)\right) \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} -\end{equation} -where $\theta'$ is the angle between the track and the PMT and $\Omega(x)$ is the solid angle subtended by the PMT. - -In a coordinate system with the z axis aligned along the original particle velocity and with the PMT in the x-z plane, the angle $\theta'$ is defined by: -\begin{equation} -\cos\theta' = \sin\theta\cos\phi\sin\theta_1 + \cos\theta\cos\theta_1 -\end{equation} -where $\theta_1$ is the angle between the PMT and the original particle velocity. - -We can now solve the integral on the right hand side of Equation~\ref{eq:mui} as: -\begin{align} -P(\text{emitted towards PMT i}) &= \int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi \delta\left(\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta} - \cos\theta'(\theta,\phi,x)\right) \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{\theta}{2\pi\theta_0^2}e^{-\frac{\theta^2}{2\theta_0^2}} \\ -P(\text{emitted towards PMT i}) &= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{2\pi\theta_0^2}\int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi \delta\left(\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta} - \cos\theta'(\theta,\phi,x)\right) \theta e^{-\frac{\theta^2}{2\theta_0^2}} \\ -P(\text{emitted towards PMT i}) &= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{2\pi\theta_0^2}\int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi \delta\left(\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta} - \sin\theta\cos\phi\sin\theta_1 - \cos\theta\cos\theta_1\right) \theta e^{-\frac{\theta^2}{2\theta_0^2}} -\end{align} - -We now assume $\theta$ is small (which should be valid for small angle scatters), so that we can rewrite the delta function as: -\begin{align} -P(\text{emitted towards PMT i}) &= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{2\pi\theta_0^2}\int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi \delta\left(\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta} - \theta\cos\phi\sin\theta_1 - \cos\theta_1\right) \theta e^{-\frac{\theta^2}{2\theta_0^2}} -\end{align} - -We can rewrite the delta function and solve the integral as: -\begin{align} -P(\text{emitted towards PMT i}) &= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{2\pi\theta_0^2}\int_\theta \diff \theta \int_\phi \diff \phi \frac{1}{\left|\cos\phi\sin\theta_1\right|}\delta\left(\theta - \frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\cos\phi\sin\theta_1}\right) \theta e^{-\frac{\theta^2}{2\theta_0^2}} \\ -&= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{2\pi\theta_0^2} \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} \int_\phi \diff \phi \frac{1}{\left|\cos\phi\right|} \int_\theta \diff \theta \delta\left(\theta - \frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\cos\phi\sin\theta_1}\right) \theta e^{-\frac{\theta^2}{2\theta_0^2}} \\ -&= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{2\pi\theta_0^2} \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} \int_\phi \diff \phi \frac{1}{\left|\cos\phi\right|}\frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\cos\phi\sin\theta_1}H\left(\frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\cos\phi\sin\theta_1}\right)e^{-\frac{1}{2\theta_0^2}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\cos\phi\sin\theta_1}\right)^2} \\ -&= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{2\pi\theta_0^2} \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|}\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0 e^{-\frac{1}{2\theta_0^2}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\sin\theta_1}\right)^2} \\ -&= \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0} \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} e^{-\frac{1}{2\theta_0^2}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\sin\theta_1}\right)^2}. -\end{align} - -To simplify this expression we can write -\begin{equation} -P(\text{emitted towards PMT i}) = \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0} \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} e^{-\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{2\theta_0^2}} -\end{equation} -where -\begin{equation} -\Delta(\lambda) = \frac{\frac{1}{n(\lambda)\beta}-\cos\theta_1}{\sin\theta_1} -\end{equation} - -Plugging this back into Equation~\ref{eq:mui} -\begin{align} -\label{eq:mui-exact} -\mu_i &= \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0} \int_x \diff x \frac{\Omega(x)}{4\pi} \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} \epsilon(\eta) \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} P(\text{not scattered or absorbed} | \lambda, E, x, v) \mathrm{QE}(\lambda) e^{-\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{2\theta_0^2}} -\end{align} - -Ideally we would just evaluate this double integral for each likelihood call, -however the double integral is too computationally expensive to perform for -every likelihood call (FIXME: is this true?). We therefore assume that the -second integral will be dominated by the Bessel function which has a -singularity when it's argument is zero, and rewrite Equation~\ref{eq:mui-exact} -as: -\begin{align} -\mu_i &= 2 \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0} \int_x \diff x \Omega(x) \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} \epsilon(\eta) P(\text{not scattered or absorbed} | \lambda_0, E, x, v) \mathrm{QE}(\lambda_0) e^{-\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda_0)}{4\theta_0^2}} \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} K_0\left(\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{4\theta_0^2}\right) -\end{align} -where $\lambda_0$ is the wavelength at which $\Delta(\lambda) = 0$. - -For small values of $\Delta$, the Bessel function may be approximated as: -\begin{equation} -K_0(x) \simeq -\log(x) + \log(2) - \gamma -\end{equation} - -We may therefore approximate the expected charge as -\begin{multline} -\label{eq:mui-approx} -\mu_i = 2 \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0} \int_x \diff x \Omega(x) \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} \epsilon(\eta) P(\text{not scattered or absorbed} | \lambda_0, E, x, v) \mathrm{QE}(\lambda_0) e^{-\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda_0)}{4\theta_0^2}} \\ -\int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} \left(-\log\left(\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{4\theta_0^2}\right) + \log(2) - \gamma\right) -\end{multline} - -The number of Cerenkov photons produced per unit length and per unit wavelength -is given by\cite{pdg2017} -\begin{equation} -\frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} = \frac{2\pi\alpha z^2}{\lambda^2}\left(1 - \frac{1}{\beta^2 n^2(\lambda)}\right) -\end{equation} -where $\alpha$ is the fine-structure constant and $z$ is the charge of the -particle in units of the electron charge. - -We can therefore write the second integral in Equation~\ref{eq:mui-approx} as -\begin{align} -\int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{\diff^2 N}{\diff x \diff \lambda} \left(-\log\left(\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{4\theta_0^2}\right) + \log(2) - \gamma\right) &= -2\pi\alpha z^2 \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{1}{\lambda^2}\left(1 - \frac{1}{\beta^2 n^2(\lambda)}\right) \left(-\log\left(\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{4\theta_0^2}\right) + \log(2) - \gamma\right) \\ -\label{eq:lambda} -&\simeq 2\pi\alpha z^2 \left(1 - \frac{1}{\beta^2 n^2(\lambda_0)}\right) \int_\lambda \diff \lambda \frac{1}{\lambda^2}\left(-\log\left(\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{4\theta_0^2}\right) + \log(2) - \gamma\right) -\end{align} - -Since the $\Delta$ function only depends on the wavelength through the index -which depends weakly on the wavelength, we can approximate the index of -refraction as: -\begin{equation} -n(\lambda) \simeq a + \frac{b}{\lambda^2}. -\end{equation} - -The integral in Equation~\ref{eq:lambda} may then be solved analytically -\begin{multline} -\int_{\lambda_1}^{\lambda_2} \diff \lambda \frac{1}{\lambda^2}\left(-\log\left(\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda)}{4\theta_0^2}\right) + \log(2) - \gamma\right) = -\left[\log(4\theta_0^2) + \log(\sin^2\theta_1) + \log(2) - \gamma\right]\left(\frac{1}{\lambda_1}-\frac{1}{\lambda_2}\right) + \\ -\left.\left(-4\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\arctan\left(\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\lambda\right) + -4\sqrt{\frac{1+a\Delta_0}{b\Delta_0}}\arctan\left(\sqrt{\frac{1+a\Delta_0}{b\Delta_0}}\lambda\right) - -\frac{1}{\lambda}\log\left[\left(\Delta_0+\frac{\lambda^2}{b+a\lambda^2}\right)^2\right]\right)\right|_{\lambda_1}^{\lambda_2} -\end{multline} -where $\lambda_1$ and $\lambda_2$ are chosen to cover the range where the -quantum efficiency is non-zero, typically between 300 nm and 600 nm. - -For simplicity we will write this previous expression as $f(x)$ -\begin{multline} -f(x) = \left[\log(4\theta_0^2) + \log(\sin^2\theta_1) + \log(2) - \gamma\right]\left(\frac{1}{\lambda_1}-\frac{1}{\lambda_2}\right) + \\ -\left.\left(-4\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\arctan\left(\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}\lambda\right) + -4\sqrt{\frac{1+a\Delta_0}{b\Delta_0}}\arctan\left(\sqrt{\frac{1+a\Delta_0}{b\Delta_0}}\lambda\right) - -\frac{1}{\lambda}\log\left[\left(\Delta_0+\frac{\lambda^2}{b+a\lambda^2}\right)^2\right]\right)\right|_{\lambda_1}^{\lambda_2} -\end{multline} - -We can now write Equation~\ref{eq:mui-approx} as -\begin{equation} -\mu_i = 2 \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0} 2\pi\alpha z^2 \int_x \diff x \Omega(x) \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} \epsilon(\eta) P(\text{not scattered or absorbed} | \lambda_0, E, x, v) \mathrm{QE}(\lambda_0) e^{-\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda_0)}{4\theta_0^2}} \left(1 - \frac{1}{\beta^2 n^2(\lambda_0)}\right) f(x) -\end{equation} - -The probability that a photon travels to the PMT without being scattered or absorbed can be calculated as follows -\begin{align} -P(\text{not scattered or absorbed} | \lambda, x) &= -P(\text{not scattered} | \lambda, x) P(\text{not absorbed} | \lambda, x) \\ -&= \int_l^\infty\frac{1}{s(\lambda)}e^{-\frac{x}{s(\lambda)}}\int_l^\infty\frac{1}{a(\lambda)}e^{-\frac{x}{a(\lambda)}} \\ -&= e^{-\frac{l}{s(\lambda) + a(\lambda)}} -\end{align} -where $l$ is the distance to the PMT from the position $x$, $s(\lambda)$ is the -scattering length, and $a(\lambda)$ is the absorption length. - -We can therefore write the expected charge as -\begin{equation} -\mu_i = 2 \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\theta_0} 2\pi\alpha z^2 \int_x \diff x \Omega(x) \frac{1}{\left|\sin\theta_1\right|} \epsilon(\eta) e^{-\frac{l(x)}{s(\lambda) + a(\lambda)}} \mathrm{QE}(\lambda_0) e^{-\frac{\Delta^2(\lambda_0)}{4\theta_0^2}} \left(1 - \frac{1}{\beta^2 n^2(\lambda_0)}\right) f(x) -\end{equation} - -The last integral is calculated numerically when the likelihood is evaluated. - -We now return to the likelihood and calculate the probability of observing a -given time. In principle, this depends on the number of photons hitting a PMT -since the PMT hit will only register the \emph{first} photoelectron which -crosses threshold. However, since this is expected to be a small effect, we -assume that the probability of observing a given time is independent of the -number of photons which hit the PMT, i.e. -\begin{equation} -P(t_j | n, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \simeq P(t_j | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} - -We first condition on the \emph{true} time at which the photon hits the PMT -\begin{equation} -P(t_j | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = \int_{t_j'} \diff t P(t_j | t_j') P(t_j' | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} -where we used the fact that the probability of a measured time only depends on the true PMT hit time. - -Now, we integrate over the track -\begin{equation} -P(t_j | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) = \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x P(t_j', x | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -\end{equation} -where $x$ here stands for the event that a photon emitted at a distance $x$ along the track makes it to the PMT. - -We now use Bayes theorem to rewrite the last probability -\begin{align} -P(t_j | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) &= \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x P(t_j', x | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \\ -&= \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x P(t_j' | x, n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) P(x | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \\ -\end{align} -The first term in the integral is just a delta function (up to slight differences due to dispersion) since we are assuming direct light -\begin{align} -P(t_j | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -&= \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x \delta\left(\frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c}-t_j'\right) P(x | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) \\ -\end{align} - -We now use Bayes theorem to rewrite the last term -\begin{align} -P(t_j | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -&= \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x \delta\left(\frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c}-t_j'\right) \frac{P(n \geq 1 | x, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) P(x | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0)}{P(n \geq 1 | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0)} \\ -&= \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x \delta\left(\frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c}-t_j'\right) \frac{P(x | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0)}{P(n \geq 1 | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0)} \\ -&= \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x \delta\left(\frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c}-t_j'\right) \frac{P(x | E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0)}{1 - e^{-\mu_j}} \\ -&= \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \int_x \diff x \delta\left(\frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c}-t_j'\right) \frac{\mu_j(x)}{1 - e^{-\mu_j}} \\ -&= \frac{1}{1 - e^{-\mu_j}} \int_x \diff x \mu_j(x) \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' P(t_j | t_j') \delta\left(\frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c}-t_j'\right) \\ -\end{align} - -We assume the transit time spread is equal to a gaussian (we ignore the pre and late pulsing) -\begin{align} -P(t_j | n \geq 1, E, \vec{x}, \vec{v}, t_0) -&= \frac{1}{1 - e^{-\mu_j}} \int_x \diff x \mu_j(x) \int_{t_j'} \diff t_j' \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_t} e^{-\frac{(t_j-t_j')^2}{2\sigma_t^2}} \delta\left(\frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c}-t_j'\right) \\ -&= \frac{1}{1 - e^{-\mu_j}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sigma_t} \int_x \diff x \mu_j(x) e^{-\frac{(t_j-t_0(x))^2}{2\sigma_t^2}} -\end{align} -where in the last expression we define -\begin{equation} -t_0(x) \equiv \frac{l(x)n(\lambda_0)}{c} -\end{equation} - -\section{Backgrounds} -\subsection{External Muons} -Both cosmic ray muons and muons created from atmospheric neutrinos interacting -in the surrounding rock present a background for this analysis. In both cases, -it is necessary to cut events which start \emph{outside} the PSUP and enter the -detector. - -During SNO, these events were cut using the MUON cut which tagged events with -at least 150 hits, 5 or more outward-looking (OWL) PMT hits, and with a time -RMS of less than 90 nanoseconds. This cut would have a negligible sacrifice for -any contained atmospheric or dark matter candidate events, but could -potentially cut events which produce an energetic muon which then exits the -detector. Therefore, I have slightly modified this cut to \emph{also} require -that at least 1 OWL tube is both early and has a high charge relative to the -nearby normal PMTs. We define a early and high charge tube by creating an array -of the ECA calibrated hit times (we can't use PCA calibrated times since the -OWL tubes were never calibrated via PCA) and of the best uncalibrated charge -(FIXME: footnote?) for all normal PMTs within 3 meters of each hit OWL PMT. We -then compute the median charge and time for these normal PMTs. We then compute -how many OWL PMT hits are \emph{both} earlier than the median normal PMT time -and have a higher charge than the surrounding PMTs. If at least 1 OWL PMT hit -satisfies this criteria and all the other criteria from the SNO MUON cut are -satisifed (except the time RMS part) then it's tagged as a muon. - -\subsection{Noise Events} - -There are several sources of noise events which refers to events triggered by -sources which do not actually create light in the detector. The two most common -sources are "ringing" after large events and electrical pickup on deck. - -These events are tagged by the QvNHIT and ITC cuts which are identical to their -SNO counterparts aside from minor updates\footnote{The ITC cut uses the pt1 -time which is the time without the charge walk calibration since otherwise the -cut may fail to tag an event which consists of mostly electronics noise which -has charge too low to apply PCA. The QvNHIT cut does not require good -calibrations for the hits for a similar reason.}. - -\subsection{Neck Events} - -Neck events are caused by light produced in or leaking through the glove box on -top of the detector\cite{sonley}. The SNO neck event cut is defined -as\cite{snoman_companion}: - -\begin{quotation} -This cuts events containing neck tubes. It requires that either both tubes in -the neck fire, or that one of those tubes fires and it has a high charge and is -early. High charge is defined by a neck tube having a pedestal subtracted -charge greater than 70 or less than -110. Early if defined by the neck tube -having an ECA time 70ns or more before the average ECA time of the PSUP PMTS -with z les than 0. After the cable changes to the neck tubes this time -difference changes to 15ns. -\end{quotation} - -Similarly to the MUON cut, I've used these criteria but added an additional -requirement to avoid tagging high energy upwards going events. The NECK cut I -use also has a requirement that 50\% of the hit PMTs must have a z coordinate -of less than 4.25 meters \emph{or} 50\% of the ECA calibrated QHS charge must -be below z = -4.25 meters. - -\subsection{Flashers} - -Flashers are probably the most difficult and common source of instrumental -background for this analysis. A flasher event occurs when there is an -electrical short in the PMT base or dynode stack which causes light to be -emitted from the PMT and hit the opposite side of the -detector\textsuperscript{[citation needed]}. Because this event is caused by -actual light in the detector it is particularly hard to cut while also -maintaining a small signal sacrifice. - -The cut algorithm is sufficiently complex that it is easier to describe in -pseudocode. A description of the algorithm is shown in -Algorithm~\ref{flasher_algorithm}. - -\begin{algorithm} -\caption{Flasher Cut Algorithm} -\label{flasher_algorithm} -\begin{algorithmic} - \IF{nhit $< 31$} \RETURN 0 \ENDIF - - \COMMENT{This condition is similar to the SNO QvT cut except we require that 70\% of the normal hit PMTs be 12 meters from the high charge channel and that 70\% of the normal hit PMTs be at least 50 ns after the high charge channel.} - - \IF{highest QLX $>$ second highest QLX $+ 80$} - \STATE {Collect all hit times from the same slot as the high charge channel and compute the median hit time} - \IF{At least 4 hits in the slot \AND 70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 12 meters from the high charge channel \AND 70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 50 ns after the median hit time in the slot} - \RETURN 1 - \ENDIF - \ENDIF - \FOR{All PC with at least 4 hits} - \STATE {Collect the QHS, QHL, and QLX charges and the ECA calibrated hit times (EPT) for each PMT in the PC sending charge values below 300 to 4095} - \STATE {$t \leftarrow \textrm{median}(\textrm{EPT})$} - \STATE {$\textrm{QHS}_1 \leftarrow \textrm{max}(\textrm{QHS})$} - \STATE {$\textrm{QHL}_1 \leftarrow \textrm{max}(\textrm{QHL})$} - \STATE {$\textrm{QLX}_1 \leftarrow \textrm{max}(\textrm{QLX})$} - \STATE {$\textrm{QHS}_2 \leftarrow \textrm{second highest}(\textrm{QHS})$} - \STATE {$\textrm{QHL}_2 \leftarrow \textrm{second highest}(\textrm{QHL})$} - \STATE {$\textrm{QLX}_2 \leftarrow \textrm{second highest}(\textrm{QLX})$} - \IF{$\textrm{QHS}_1 > \textrm{QHS}_2 + 1000$} - \IF{70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 12 meters from the high charge channel \AND 70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 50 ns after $t$} - \RETURN 1 - \ENDIF - \ELSIF{$\textrm{QHL}_1 > \textrm{QHL}_2 + 1000$} - \IF{70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 12 meters from the high charge channel \AND 70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 50 ns after $t$} - \RETURN 1 - \ENDIF - \ELSIF{$\textrm{QLX}_1 > \textrm{QLX}_2 + 80$} - \IF{70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 12 meters from the high charge channel \AND 70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 50 ns after $t$} - \RETURN 1 - \ENDIF - \ELSE - \FOR{All normal PMT channels \emph{not} hit in PC} - \IF{more hits in slot than surrounding 4 meters or median hit time in slot is 10 ns earlier than PMTs within 4 meters} - \IF{70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 12 meters from the high charge channel \AND 70\% of the normal hit PMTs with good calibration are more than 50 ns after $t$} - \RETURN 1 - \ENDIF - \ENDIF - \ENDFOR - \ENDIF - \ENDFOR - \RETURN 0 -\end{algorithmic} -\end{algorithm} - -\subsection{Breakdowns} - -Breakdowns are very similar to flashers except that they produce \emph{much} -more light\footnote{In fact, I think there is a continuous spectrum between -flashers and breakdowns, but the distinction is still helpful since the way to -tag the two are very different}. - -Since breakdowns often cause many of the electronics to saturate, it is -\emph{very} difficult to find a single common characteristic on which to cut. -However, the one thing that does seem to be common among almost all breakdowns -is that the crate with the channel that breaks down all has pickup from the -breaking down channel and thus comes much earlier in the event than the rest of -the PMT hits. - -Therefore, the breakdown cut tags any event which has at least 1000 PMT hits -and in which the crate with the highest median TAC has at least 256 hits and is -500 TAC counts away from the next highest crate (with at least 20 hits). - -Occasionally a breakdown is so big that it causes issues with the TAC -measurement and many of them end up reading outside of the linear TAC region. -Therefore we also tag any events in which less than 70\% of the PMT hits have a -TAC value above 400. - -\begin{thebibliography}{9} -\bibitem{grossman2017} - Grossman, et al. \textit{Self-Destructing Dark Matter}. \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.00455}{{\tt arXiv:1712.00455}}. 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