Description
The CONUS experiment aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scatter-
ing (CEνNS). For this goal four 1 kg point-contact high-purity germanium
detectors are operated near the 3.9 GWth core of the Brokdorf nuclear power
plant. A very good background suppression is crucial for the success of the
experiment. Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) offers a tool to reduce the
background by analyzing the shapes of the individual events. The interaction
positions and number of interactions of the incoming particle within the diode
have an impact on the pulse shape which allows the rejection of background
events near the detector surface. To support this analysis, a pulse shape simulation
(PSS) for the CONUS experiment is developed based on the software package
siggen. This poster presents the concept of the PSD for the CONUS experiment
and the requirements for a PSS, starting from the input signal generation with
the GEANT4 framework MaGe to the modeling of the response of the electronics
chain up to the final output pulses.
| Collaboration | CONUS |
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