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Liquid argon light collection and veto modeling in GERDA Phase II
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Working Paper
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GERDA collaboration; Agostini, M.; Alexander, A.; Araujo, G. R.; Bakalyarov, A. M.; Balata, M.; Barabanov, I.; Baudis, L.; Bauer, C.; Belogurov, S.; Bettini, A.; Bezrukov, L.; Biancacci, V.; Bossio, E.; Bothe, V.; Brugnera, R.; Caldwell, A.; Calgaro, S.; Cattadori, C.; Chernogorov, A.; Chiu, P-J.; Comellato, T.; D'Andrea, V.; Demidova, E. V.; Di Giacinto, A.; Di Marco, N.; Doroshkevich, E.; Fischer, F.; Fomina, M.; Gangapshev, A.; Garfagnini, A.; Gooch, C.; Grabmayr, P.; Gurentsov, V.; Gusev, K.; Hakenmüller, J.; Hemmer, S.; Hofmann, W.; Hult, M.; Inzhechik, L. V.; Csáthy, J. Janicskó; Jochum, J.; Junker, M.; Kazalov, V.; Kermaïdic, Y.; Khushbakht, H.; Kihm, T.; Kilgus, K.; Kirpichnikov, I. V.; Klimenko, A.; Knöpfle, K. T.; Kochetov, O.; Kornoukhov, V. N.; Krause, P.; Kuzminov, V. V.; Laubenstein, M.; Lehnert, B.; Lindner, M.; Lippi, I.; Lubashevskiy, A.; Lubsandorzhiev, B.; Lutter, G.; Macolino, C.; Majorovits, B.; Maneschg, W.; Manzanillas, L.; Marshall, G.; Miloradovic, M.; Mingazheva, R.; Misiaszek, M.; Morella, M.; Müller, Y.; Nemchenok, I.; Neuberger, M.; Pandola, L.; Pelczar, K.; Pertoldi, L.; Piseri, P.; Pullia, A.; Rauscher, L.; Redchuk, M.; Riboldi, S.; Rumyantseva, N.; Sada, C.; Sailer, S.; Salamida, F.; Schönert, S.; Schreiner, J.; Schütt, M.; Schütz, A-K.; Schulz, O.; Schwarz, M.; Schwingenheuer, B.; Selivanenko, O.; Shevchik, E.; Shirchenko, M.; Shtembari, L.; Simgen, H.; Smolnikov, A.; Stukov, D.; Sullivan, S.; Vasenko, A. A.; Veresnikova, A.; Vignoli, C.; von Sturm, K.; Wegmann, A.; Wester, T.; Wiesinger, C.; Wojcik, M.; Yanovich, E.; Zatschler, B.; Zhitnikov, I.; Zhukov, S. V.; Zinatulina, D.; Zschocke, A.; Zsigmond, A. J.; Zuber, K.; Zuzel, G.
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The ability to detect liquid argon scintillation light from within a densely packed high-purity germanium detector array allowed the GERDA experiment to reach an exceptionally low background rate in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. Proper modeling of the light propagation throughout the experimental setup, from any origin in the liquid argon volume to its eventual detection by the novel light read-out system, provides insight into the rejection capability and is a necessary ingredient to obtain robust background predictions. In this paper, we present a model of the GERDA liquid argon veto, as obtained by Monte Carlo simulations and constrained by calibration data, and highlight its application for background decomposition.