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First limits on WIMP nuclear recoil signals in ZEPLIN-II: a two phase xenon detector for dark matter detection

Results are presented from the first underground data run of ZEPLIN-II, a 31 kg two phase xenon detector developed to observe nuclear recoils from hypothetical weakly interacting massive dark matter particles. Discrimination between nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. J. Alner , H. M. Araujo , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , B. Camanzi , M. J. Carson , R. J. Cashmore , H. Chagani , V. Chepel , D. Cline , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , J. Gao , C. Ghag , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , E. V. Korolkova , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. Lawson , V. N. Lebedenko , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , K Mavrokoridis , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. St. J. Murphy , F. Neves , G. G. Nicklin , W. Ooi , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , S. J. S. Plank , R. M. Preece , J. J. Quenby , M. Robinson , F. Sergiampietri , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White , F. L. H. Wolfs

The neutron background of the XENON100 dark matter experiment

The XENON100 experiment, installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), aims to directly detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering off xenon nuclei.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Brown , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , F. Kaether , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , F. V. Massoli , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , A. Molinario , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , N. Priel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. ScottoLavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

Muon shower vertex reconstruction with waveform information in JUNO

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20 kton liquid scintillator detector currently being built in a dedicated underground laboratory in China. It is a multi-purpose underground experiment with a physics program…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-02 Yongpeng Zhang

Simulations of neutron background in a time projection chamber relevant to dark matter searches

Presented here are results of simulations of neutron background performed for a time projection chamber acting as a particle dark matter detector in an underground laboratory. The investigated background includes neutrons from rock and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 M. J. Carson , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , R. J. Hollingworth , J. A. Kirkpatrick , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , P. K. Lightfoot , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , S. M. Paling , M. Robinson , N. J. C Spooner , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi

Muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search

A dedicated analysis of the muon-induced background in the EDELWEISS dark matter search has been performed on a data set acquired in 2009 and 2010. The total muon flux underground in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM) was measured…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-05 The EDELWEISS collaboration , B. Schmidt , E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. Benoit , L. Bergé , T. Bergmann , J. Blümer , G. Bres , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , B. Censier , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , S. Collin , P. Coulter , G. A. Cox , O. Crauste , J. Domange , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , D. Filosofov , N. Fourches , G. Garde , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , M. Gros , L. Hehn , S. Henry , S. Hervé , G. Heuermann , A. Juillard , H. Kluck , V. Y. Kozlov , M. Kleifges , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , P. Loaiza , S. Marnieros , A. Menshikov , X. -F. Navick , H. Nieder , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , M. Robinson , H. Rodenas , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Siebenborn , D. Tcherniakhovski , A. S. Torrentó-Coello , L. Vagneron , R. J. Walker , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang

Registration of atmospheric neutrinos with the Baikal neutrino telescope

We present first neutrino induced events observed with a deep underwater neutrino telescope. Data from 70 days effective life time of the BAIKAL prototype telescope NT-96 have been analyzed with two different methods. With the standard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Baikal Collaboration , V. A. Balkanov et al

Measurements of gamma ray, cosmic muon and residual neutron background fluxes for rare event search experiments at an underground laboratory

Ambient radiation background contributed by the penetrating cosmic ray particles and the radionuclides present in the rock materials have been measured at an underground laboratory located inside a mine at 555 m depth. The laboratory is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Sayan Ghosh , Shubham Dutta , Naba Kumar Mondal , Satyajit Saha

New upper bound of muon neutrino mass in a short-baseline experiment

In the paper Int.J.Mod.Phys.E 23 (2014) 1450004, the potential of short-baseline experiments was proposed to measure the mass (and parameters of Lorentz-violating effects) of the muon neutrino, where a roughly estimated upper bound of 420…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-03 A. M. Attia , I. G. Márián , B. Ujvári

Measurement of neutron yield by 62 MeV proton beam on a thick Beryllium target

The design of a low-power prototype of neutron amplifier recently proposed within the INFN-E project indicated the need for more accurate called for detailed data on the neutron yield produced by a proton beam with energy of about 70 MeV…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-09-10 M. Osipenko , M. Ripani , R. Alba , G. Ricco , M. Barbagallo , P. Boccaccio , A. Celentano , N. Colonna , L. Cosentino , A. Del Zoppo , A. Di Pietro , J. Esposito , P. Figuera , P. Finocchiaro , A. Kostyukov , C. Maiolino , D. Santonocito , M. Schillaci , V. Scuderi , C. M. Viberti

Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay

Neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons are an important background for underground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, dark matter, and other rare-event signals. A measurement of the neutron yield in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-04-04 Daya Bay Collaboration , F. P. An , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , M. Bishai , S. Blyth , D. Cao , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , Y. L. Chan , J. F. Chang , Y. Chang , H. S. Chen , S. M. Chen , Y. Chen , Y. X. Chen , J. Cheng , Z. K. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , M. C. Chu , A. Chukanov , J. P. Cummings , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , M. Dolgareva , J. Dove , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , R. Gill , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , M. Grassi , W. Q. Gu , L. Guo , X. H. Guo , Y. H. Guo , Z. Guo , R. W. Hackenburg , S. Hans , M. He , K. M. Heeger , Y. K. Heng , A. Higuera , Y. B. Hsiung , B. Z. Hu , T. Hu , H. X. Huang , X. T. Huang , Y. B. Huang , P. Huber , W. Huo , G. Hussain , D. E. Jaffe , K. L. Jen , X. L. Ji , X. P. Ji , J. B. Jiao , R. A. Johnson , D. Jones , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , A. Khan , L. W. Koerner , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , M. W. Kwok , T. J. Langford , K. Lau , L. Lebanowski , J. Lee , J. H. C. Lee , R. T. Lei , R. Leitner , J. K. C. Leung , C. Li , D. J. Li , F. Li , G. S. Li , Q. J. Li , S. Li , S. C. Li , W. D. Li , X. N. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. F. Li , Z. B. Li , H. Liang , C. J. Lin , G. L. Lin , S. Lin , S. K. Lin , Y. -C. Lin , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , J. C. Liu , J. L. Liu , C. W. Loh , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , J. S. Lu , K. B. Luk , X. B. Ma , X. Y. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , Y. Malyshkin , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. T. McDonald , R. D. McKeown , I. Mitchell , Y. Nakajima , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , A. Olshevskiy , H. -R. Pan , J. Park , S. Patton , V. Pec , J. C. Peng , L. Pinsky , C. S. J. Pun , F. Z. Qi , M. Qi , X. Qian , R. M. Qiu , N. Raper , J. Ren , R. Rosero , B. Roskovec , X. C. Ruan , H. Steiner , J. L. Sun , W. Tang , D. Taychenachev , K. Treskov , K. V. Tsang , W. -H. Tse , C. E. Tull , N. Viaux , B. Viren , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , M. Wang , N. Y. Wang , R. G. Wang , W. Wang , X. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , H. Y. Wei , L. J. Wen , K. Whisnant , C. G. White , T. Wise , H. L. H. Wong , S. C. F. Wong , E. Worcester , C. -H. Wu , Q. Wu , W. J. Wu , D. M. Xia , J. K. Xia , Z. Z. Xing , J. L. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , C. G. Yang , H. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , Y. Z. Yang , M. Ye , Z. Ye , M. Yeh , B. L. Young , Z. Y. Yu , S. Zeng , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , C. C. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , R. Zhang , X. T. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , L. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou

Low-energy (0.7-74 keV) nuclear recoil calibration of the LUX dark matter experiment using D-D neutron scattering kinematics

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment is a dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber (TPC) operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. A calibration of nuclear recoils in liquid xenon was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-27 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , A. Bradley , R. Bramante , P. Brás , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , D. C. Malling , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , M. Pangilinan , E. K. Pease , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

A Prototype Neutron Veto for Dark Matter Detectors

Neutrons are a particularly dangerous background for direct WIMP dark matter searches; their nuclear recoils with the target nucleus are often indistinguishable from nuclear recoils produced by WIMP-nuclear collisions. In this study, we…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-06 Shawn Westerdale , Emily Shields , Frank Calaprice

Muon Flux Measurement at China Jinping Underground Laboratory

China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) is ideal for studying solar-, geo-, and supernova neutrinos. A precise measurement of the cosmic-ray background would play an essential role in proceeding with the R\&D research for these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-18 Ziyi Guo , Lars Bathe-Peters , Shaomin Chen , Mourad Chouaki , Wei Dou , Lei Guo , Ghulam Hussain , Jinjing Li , Qian Liu , Guang Luo , Wentai Luo , Ming Qi , Wenhui Shao , Jian Tang , Linyan Wan , Zhe Wang , Benda Xu , Tong Xu , Weiran Xu , Yuzi Yang , Minfang Yeh , Lin Zhao

WIMP-nucleon cross-section results from the second science run of ZEPLIN-III

We report experimental upper limits on WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering cross sections from the second science run of ZEPLIN-III at the Boulby Underground Laboratory. A raw fiducial exposure of 1,344 kg.days was accrued over 319 days of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 D. Yu. Akimov , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , V. A. Belov , A. Bewick , A. A. Burenkov , V. Chepel , A. Currie , L. DeViveiros , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , A. Hollingsworth , M. Horn , W. G. Jones , G. E. Kalmus , A. S. Kobyakin , A. G. Kovalenko , V. N. Lebedenko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , L. Reichhart , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment

XENON is a dark matter direct detection project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with liquid xenon as detection medium. The construction of the next generation detector, XENON1T, is presently taking place at the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-26 E. Aprile , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , M. Auger , C. Balan , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Breskin , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , R. Itay , F. Kaether , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , C. Levy , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , A. Lyashenko , S. MacMullin , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani Paras , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , G. Morana , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer.

Neutron Production in Simulations of Extensive Air Showers

Although the electromagnetic and muonic components of extensive air showers have been studied in great detail, no comprehensive simulation study of the neutron component is available. This is related to the complexity of neutron transport…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-18 Martin Schimassek , Ralph Engel , Alfredo Ferrari , Markus Roth , David Schmidt , Darko Veberič

Neutron Yield Predictions with Artificial Neural Networks: A Predictive Modeling Approach

The development of compact neutron sources for applications is extensive and features many approaches. Let alone ion-based approaches, several projects with different parameters exist. This article focuses on ion-based neutron production…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-13 Benedikt Schmitz , Stefan Scheuren

XENONnT Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

The XENONnT experiment, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, features a 5.9 tonne liquid xenon time projection chamber surrounded by an instrumented neutron veto, all of which is housed within a muon veto water…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-09-16 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , L. C. Daniel Garcia , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , C. Di Donato , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , F. Gao , S. Ghosh , R. Giacomobono , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , P. Gyoergy , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , Y. Kaminaga , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. Michael , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rajado , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , J. Shi , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , F. I. Villazon Solar , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong

A Monte Carlo Calculation of Atmospheric Muon and Neutrino Fluxes

Production of muons and neutrinos in cosmic ray interactions with the atmosphere has been investigated with a cascade simulation program based on Lund Monte Carlo programs. The resulting `conventional' muon and neutrino fluxes (from $\pi…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-01 M. Thunman , G. Ingelman , P. Gondolo

Evaluation of the neutron background in cryogenic Germanium target for WIMP direct detection when using a reactor neutrino detector as a neutron veto system

A direct WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle) detector with a neutron veto system is designed to better reject neutrons. An experimental configuration is studied in the present paper: 984 Ge modules are placed inside a reactor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-11 Ye Xu , Jieqin Lan , Yin Bai , Weiwei Gao