Theoretical Analysis of \(^{137}\) Xe Background for the 0 \(\nu \beta \beta \) Decay Search in a Liquid Xenon
摘要
The Majorana or Dirac nature of the neutrino is yet to be known. The most practical way to probe the Majorana neutrino is by observing the neutrinoless double-beta (0 \(\nu \beta \beta \) ) decay. Signal detection is extremely challenging due to various backgrounds present near the \(Q_{\beta \beta }\) . One of the background for xenon-based experiments is \(^{137}\) Xe. We simulate the neutron-induced production of \(^{137}\) Xe and its rate at the incident neutron energy range of 1–9 keV.