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Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay continue to expand our understanding of the lepton sector, with experiments now pursuing ton-scale target masses with sensitivity to $m_{\beta\beta}$ covering the allowed parameter space for the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-04-10 A. Mastbaum , F. Psihas , J. Zennamo

The latest Micromesh Gas Amplification Structures (Micromegas) are achieving outstanding energy resolution for low energy photons, with values as low as 11% FWHM for the 5.9 keV line of $^{55}$Fe in argon/isobutane mixtures at atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 T. Dafni , E. Ferrer-Ribas , I. Giomataris , Ph. Gorodetzky , F. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , P. Salin , A. Tomas

The most compelling candidates for Dark Matter to day are WIMPs and axions. The applicability of gasesous Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) with Micromesh Gas Structures (Micromegas) to the search of these particles is explored within this…

Dual-phase time projection chambers (TPCs) filled with the liquid noble gas xenon (LXe) are currently the most sensitive detectors searching for interactions of WIMP dark matter in a laboratory-based experiment. This is achieved by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-08 Marc Schumann

The next-generation of $0\nu\beta\beta$ searches are targeting half-life sensitivities towards 10$^{27}$--10$^{28}$ years. Gaseous xenon time projection chamber (GXeTPC) detectors may be able to meet this challenge due to their excellent…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-19 K. Mistry , Y. Mei , D. R. Nygren

The NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) project is an international collaboration aimed at finding evidence of neutrinoless double beta decay using gaseous xenon. The current phase of the project involves the construction and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-26 S. R. Soleti

NEXT is an experiment dedicated to neutrinoless double beta decay searches in xenon. The detector is a TPC, holding 100 kg of high-pressure xenon enriched in the $^{136}$Xe isotope. It is under construction in the Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo…

NEXT-100 is a high-pressure xenon time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification, designed to operate with up to approximately 70.5 kg at 13.5 bar. It is the most recent detector developed by the NEXT collaboration to search…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-13 NEXT Collaboration , M. Pérez Maneiro , M. Martínez-Vara , S. Torelli , G. Martínez-Lema , P. Novella , J. A. Hernando Morata , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , C. Adams , H. Almazán , V. Álvarez , A. I. Aranburu , L. Arazi , I. J. Arnquist , F. Auria-Luna , S. Ayet , Y. Ayyad , C. D. R. Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. E. Barcelon , M. del Barrio-Torregrosa , A. Bayo , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , A. Brodoline , N. Byrnes , A. Castillo , E. Church , L. Cid , M. Cid , X. Cid , C. A. N. Conde , C. Cortes-Parra , F. P. Cossío , R. Coupe , E. Dey , P. Dietz , C. Echeverria , M. Elorza , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , F. W. Foss , Z. Freixa , J. García-Barrena , J. W. R. Grocott , R. Guenette , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , P. Herrero-Gómez , V. Herrero , C. Hervés Carrete , Y. Ifergan , A. F. B. Isabel , B. J. P. Jones , F. Kellerer , L. Larizgoitia , A. Larumbe , F. Lopez , N. López-March , R. Madigan , R. D. P. Mano , A. Marauri , A. P. Marques , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , R. L. Miller , K. Mistry , J. Molina-Canteras , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , K. E. Navarro , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , J. Palacio , B. Palmeiro , I. Parmaksiz , A. Pazos , J. Pelegrin , M. Querol , J. Renner , I. Rivilla , C. Rogero , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , E. Ruiz-Chóliz , P. Saharia , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Seemann , I. Shomroni , A. L. M. Silva , P. A. O. C. Silva , A. Simón , S. R. Soleti , M. Sorel , J. Soto-Oton , J. M. R. Teixeira , S. Teruel-Pardo , J. F. Toledo , C. Tonnelé , J. Torrent , A. Trettin , P. R. G. Valle , M. Vanga , P. Vázquez Cabaleiro , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. D. Villamil , J. Waiton , A. Yubero-Navarro

We have been developing a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber (TPC) to search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{136}$Xe. The unique feature of this TPC is in the detection part of ionization electrons,…

The gaseous Xenon(Xe) time projection chamber (TPC) is an attractive detector technique for neutrinoless double beta decay and WIMP dark matter searches. While it is less dense compared to Liquid Xe detectors, it has intrinsic advantages in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-13 Y. Nakajima , A. Goldshmidt , H. S. Matis , T. Miller , D. R. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , J. Renner

AXEL is a high pressure xenon gas TPC detector being developed for neutrinoless double-beta decay search. We use the proportional scintillation mode with a new electroluminescence light detection system to achieve high energy resolution in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-27 S. Ban , K. D. Nakamura , S. Akiyama , M. Hirose , A. K. Ichikawa , Y. Ishiyama , A. Minamino , K. Miuchi , T. Nakaya , H. Sekiya , S. Tanaka , K. Ueshima , S. Yanagita

NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is an experimental program whose goals are to discover neutrinoless double beta decay using $^{136}$Xe in high pressure xenon TPCs with electroluminescent readout. In this paper, results from the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-06-06 J. J. Gomez-Cadenas

The Gaseous Electron Multiplier-based Time Projection Chamber (GEM-TPC) in TWIN configuration for particle tracking has been consolidated after extensive investigations in different facilities to study its tracking performance. The most…

MITPC is a gas-based time projection chamber used for detecting fast, MeV-scale neutrons. The standard version of the detector relies on a mixture of 600~torr gas composed of 87.5% $^4$He and 12.5% CF$_4$ for precisely measuring the energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 A. Hexley , M. H. Moulai , J. Spitz , J. M. Conrad

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) has probed an expanded angular range of the CMB temperature power spectrum. Their recent analysis of the latest cosmological data prefers nonzero neutrino masses, mnu = 0.32+-0.11 eV. This result, if confirmed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-04-01 J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , J. Martin-Albo , J. Muñoz Vidal , C. Peña-Garay

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of 136Xe, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds. An extensive screening and material selection process is…

The latest generation of Micromegas detectors show a good energy resolution, spatial resolution and low threshold, which make them idoneous in low energy applications. Two micromegas detectors have been built for dark matter experiments:…

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) seeks to discover the neutrinoless double beta ($\beta\beta 0\nu$) decay of $^{136}$Xe using a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-06 Justo Martín-Albo