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Electron drift in a large scale solid xenon

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-09-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

A study of charge drift in a large scale optically transparent solid xenon is reported. A pulsed high power xenon light source is used to liberate electrons from a photocathode. The drift speeds of the electrons are measured using a 8.7\,cm long electrode in both the liquid and solid phase of xenon. In the liquid phase (163\,K), the drift speed is 0.193 ±\pm 0.003 cm/μ\mus while the drift speed in the solid phase (157\,K) is 0.397 ±\pm 0.006 cm/μ\mus at 900 V/cm over 8.0\,cm of uniform electric fields. Therefore, it is demonstrated that a factor two faster electron drift speed in solid phase xenon compared to that in liquid in a large scale solid xenon.

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@article{arxiv.1508.05903,
  title  = {Electron drift in a large scale solid xenon},
  author = {J. Yoo and W. F. Jaskierny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05903},
  year   = {2015}
}
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