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Low-threshold response of a scintillating xenon bubble chamber to nuclear and electronic recoils

A device filled with pure xenon first demonstrated the ability to operate simultaneously as a bubble chamber and scintillation detector in 2017. Initial results from data taken at thermodynamic thresholds down to ~4 keV showed sensitivity…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-15 E. Alfonso-Pita , E. Behnke , M. Bressler , B. Broerman , K. Clark , R. Coppejans , J. Corbett , M. Crisler , C. E. Dahl , K. Dering , A. de St. Croix , D. Durnford , P. Giampa , J. Hall , O. Harris , H. Hawley-Herrera , N. Lamb , M. Laurin , I. Levine , W. H. Lippincott , R. Neilson , M. -C. Piro , D. Pyda , Z. Sheng , G. Sweeney , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , S. Westerdale , T. J. Whitis , A. Wright , J. Zhang , R. Zhang , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

NuSD: A Geant4 based simulation framework for segmented anti-neutrino detectors

NuSD: Neutrino Segmented Detector is a Geant4-based user application that simulates inverse beta decay event in a variety of segmented scintillation detectors developed by different international collaborations. This simulation framework…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-09-28 Mustafa Kandemir , Emrah Tiras , Vincent Fischer

Simulations of a micro-PET System based on Liquid Xenon

The imaging performance of a high-resolution preclinical microPET system employing liquid xenon as the gamma ray detection medium was simulated. The arrangement comprises a ring of detectors consisting of trapezoidal LXe time projection…

Medical Physics · Physics 2012-03-23 A. Miceli , J. Glister , A. Andreyev , D. Bryman , L. Kurchaninov , P. Lu , A. Muennich , F. Retiere , V. Sossi

Simultaneous reconstruction of scintillation light and ionization charge produced by 511 keV photons in liquid xenon : potential application to PET

In order to assess the performance of liquid xenon detectors for use in positron emission tomography we studied the scintillation light and ionization charge produced by 511 keV photons in a small prototype detector. Scintillation light was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-24 P. Amaudruz , D. Bryman , L. Kurchaninov , P. Lu , C. Marshal , J. P. Martin , A. Muennich , F. Retiere , A. Sher

Nuclear recoil response of liquid xenon and its impact on solar 8B neutrino and dark matter searches

Knowledge of the ionization and scintillation responses of liquid xenon (LXe) to nuclear recoils is crucial for LXe-based dark matter experiments. Current calibrations carry large uncertainties in the low-energy region below $\sim3$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-09 X. Xiang , R. J. Gaitskell , R. Liu , J. Bang , J. Xu , W. H. Lippincott , J. Aalbers , J. E. Y. Dobson , M. Szydagis , G. R. C. Rischbieter , N. Parveen , D. Q. Huang , I. Olcina , R. J. James , J. A. Nikoleyczik

Unambiguously Resolving the Potential Neutrino Magnetic Moment Signal at Large Liquid Scintillator Detectors

Non-vanishing electromagnetic properties of the neutrinos have been predicted by many theories beyond the Standard Model, and an enhanced neutrino magnetic moment can have profound implications for fundamental physics. The XENON1T…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-12-22 Ziping Ye , Feiyang Zhang , Donglian Xu , Jianglai Liu

Physics reach of the XENON1T dark matter experiment

The XENON1T experiment is currently in the commissioning phase at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. In this article we study the experiment's expected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interaction cross section,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-25 The XENON collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , L. Arazi , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , T. Berger , P. Breur , A. Breskin , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Franco , W. Fulgione , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , C. Hasterok , R. Itay , F. Kaether , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , S. Macmullin , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. von Sivers , R. Wall , H. Wang , M. Weber , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang

Low-Energy Nuclear Recoil Calibration of XENONnT with a $^{88}$YBe Photoneutron Source

Characterizing low-energy, keV-range nuclear recoils near the detector threshold is one of the major challenges for large direct dark matter detectors. To that end, we have successfully used a Yttrium-Beryllium photoneutron source that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-01 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , 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 , S. el Morabit , 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. Gyorgy , 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 , P. Kharbanda , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Z. Liang , Y. T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. 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 , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , J. Shi , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. L. Tan , 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

Liquid scintillators neutron response function: a tutorial

This tutorial is devoted to the understanding of the different components that are present in the neutron light output pulse height distribution of liquid scintillators in fusion relevant energy ranges. The basic mechanisms for the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-16 M. Cecconello

Performance of a segmented $^{6}$Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment

This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment $^{6}$Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype for the PROSPECT (Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum) Experiment.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-02 J. Ashenfelter , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , C. D. Bass , D. E. Bergeron , D. Berish , N. S. Bowden , J. P. Brodsky , C. D. Bryan , A. Bykadorova Telles , J. J. Cherwinka , T. Classen , K. Commeford , A. Conant , D. Davee , G. Deichert , M. V. Diwan , M. J. Dolinski , A. Erickson , B. T. Foust , J. K. Gaison , A. Galindo-Uribarri , K. Gilje , B. Hackett , K. Han , S. Hans , A. Hansell , K. M. Heeger , B. Heffron , J. Insler , D. E. Jaffe , D. Jones , O. Kyzylova , C. E. Lane , T. J. Langford , J. LaRosa , B. R. Littlejohn , F. Lopez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , J. Matta , R. D. McKeown , M. P. Mendenhall , J. Minock , P. E. Mueller , H. P. Mumm , J. Napolitano , R. Neilson , J. A. Nikkel , D. Norcini , S. Nour , D. A. Pushin , X. Qian , E. Romero-Romero , R. Rosero , P. T. Surukuchi , C. Trinh , M. A. Tyra , J. M. Wagner , C. White , J. Wilhelmi , T. Wise , M. Yeh , Y. -R. Yen , A. Zhang , C. Zhang , X. Zhang

Simulation of the Response of the Solid State Neutron Detector for the European Spallation Source

The characteristics of the Solid-state Neutron Detector, under development for neutron-scattering measurements at the European Spallation Source, have been simulated with a Geant4-based computer code. The code models the interations of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-12 L. Boyd , E. Rofors , J. R. M. Annand , K. G. Fissum , R. Hall-Wilton , R. Al Jebali , K. Kanaki , K. Livingston , V. Maulerova , N. Mauritzson , R. Montgomery , H. Perrey , B. Seitz

A Model of Nuclear Recoil Scintillation Efficiency in Noble Liquids

Scintillation efficiency of low-energy nuclear recoils in noble liquids plays a crucial role in interpreting results from some direct searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter. However, the cause of a reduced…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 D. -M. Mei , Z. -B. Yin , L. C. Stonehill , A. Hime

Liquid xenon scintillation measurements and pulse shape discrimination in the LUX dark matter detector

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a leading candidate for dark matter and are expected to produce nuclear recoil (NR) events within liquid xenon time-projection chambers. We present a measurement of the scintillation timing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-20 The 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 , P. Brás , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , 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 , E. K. Pease , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , 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 , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , V. Velan , 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

Performance and Fundamental Processes at Low Energy in a Two-Phase Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detector

We extend the study of the performance of a prototype two-phase liquid xenon WIMP dark matter detector to recoil energies below 20 keV. We demonstrate a new method for obtaining the best estimate of the energies of events using a calibrated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Shutt , C. E. Dahl , J. Kwong , A. Bolozdynya , P. Brusov

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

Light output response of the LVD liquid scintillator to neutron-induced nuclear recoils

The organic liquid scintillator used in the LVD experiment (INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory) has been exposed to an Am-Be neutron source to measure the light response function for neutron energies in the region from about 4 to 11 MeV. A…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-22 G. Bruno

First Demonstration of a Scintillating Xenon Bubble Chamber for Detecting Dark Matter and Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering

A 30-g xenon bubble chamber, operated at Northwestern University in June and November 2016, has for the first time observed simultaneous bubble nucleation and scintillation by nuclear recoils in a superheated liquid. This chamber is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-12 D. Baxter , C. J. Chen , M. Crisler , T. Cwiok , C. E. Dahl , A. Grimsted , J. Gupta , M. Jin , R. Puig , D. Temples , J. Zhang

Material Properties of Popular Radiation Detection Scintillator Crystals for Optical Physics Transport Modelling in Geant4

Radiation detection is vital for space, medical imaging, homeland security, and environmental monitoring applications. In the past, the Monte Carlo radiation transport toolkit, Geant4, has been employed to enable the effective development…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-14 Lysander Miller , Airlie Chapman , Katie Auchettl , Jeremy M. C. Brown

Neutral Bremsstrahlung emission in xenon unveiled

We present evidence of non-excimer-based secondary scintillation in gaseous xenon, obtained using both the NEXT-White TPC and a dedicated setup. Detailed comparison with first-principle calculations allows us to assign this scintillation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-17 C. A. O. Henriques , P. Amedo , J. M. R. Teixeira , D. Gonzalez-Diaz , C. D. R. Azevedo , A. Para , J. Martin-Albo , A. Saa Hernandez , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , D. R. Nygren , C. M. B. Monteiro , C. Adams , V. Alvarez , L. Arazi , I. J. Arnquist , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , N. Byrnes , S. Carcel , J. V. Carrion , S. Cebrian , E. Church , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , G. Diaz , J. Diaz , M. Diesburg , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , A. F. M. Fernandes , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , J. Generowicz , S. Ghosh , A. Goldschmidt , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutierrez , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero , V. Herrero , Y. Ifergan , B. J. P. Jones , M. Kekic , L. Labarga , A. Laing , P. Lebrun , N. Lopez-March , M. Losada , R. D. P. Mano , A. Martinez , M. Martinez-Vara , G. Martinez-Lema , A. D. McDonald , F. Monrabal , F. J. Mora , J. Munoz Vidal , P. Novella , B. Palmeiro , J. Perez , M. Querol , A. B. Redwine , J. Renner , J. Repond , S. Riordan , L. Ripoll , Y. Rodriguez Garcia , J. Rodriguez , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Simon , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , T. Stiegler , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , A. Uson , J. F. C. A. Veloso , R. Webb , R. Weiss-Babai , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

Electroluminescence collection cell as a readout for a high energy resolution Xenon gas TPC

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