Results of wavelet processing of the 2K-capture Kr-78 experiment statistics

TL;DR

This study applies wavelet transform techniques to analyze low-background detector data, significantly reducing noise and establishing a new lower limit on Kr-78's double K-capture half-life, advancing neutrino physics research.

Contribution

It introduces a novel wavelet-based pulse processing method that reduces background noise by about 2000 times in Kr-78 double K-capture experiments.

Findings

Background noise reduced by ~2000 times.

New lower limit on Kr-78 half-life: >= 2.4×10^{21} years.

Enhanced pulse analysis improves detection sensitivity.

Abstract

Results of a search for Kr-78 double K-capture with the large low-background proportional counter (2005-2008 years) at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory are presented. An experimental method and characteristics of detectors are described. Basic features of the digitized pulses processing using wavelet transform are considered. With due account taken of the analysis of individual noise characteristic it has been shown that the appropriate choice of both wavelet characteristics and sequence of processing algorithms allows one to decrease the background in the energy region of useful events with a unique set of characteristics by ~2000 times. New limit on the half-life of Kr-78 with regard to 2K-capture has been found: T_{1/2} >= 2.4E21 yrs (90% C.L.).