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The NEXT-100 detector will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe using an electroluminescent high-pressure xenon gas TPC filled with 100 kg of enriched Xe. An observation of this hypothetical process would establish a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Lorca

A search for Majoron-emitting modes of the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset. This dataset consists of a total $^{136}$Xe exposure of 234.1 kg$\cdot$yr, and includes data with detector…

The energy resolution of the EXO-200 detector is limited by electronics noise in the measurement of the scintillation response. Here we present a new technique to extract optimal scintillation energy measurements for signals split across…

We report results from a systematic measurement campaign conducted to identify low radioactivity materials for the construction of the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment. Partial results from this campaign have already been reported in a…

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,…

nEXO is a proposed experiment that will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) in 5-tonnes of liquid xenon (LXe), isotopically enriched in $^{136}$Xe. A technique called Ba-tagging is being developed as a potential…

We propose a new detector concept, GraXe (to be pronounced as grace), to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in Xe-136. GraXe combines a popular detection medium in rare-event searches, liquid xenon, with a new, background-free…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-02-28 J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , F. Guinea , M. M. Fogler , M. I. Katsnelson , J. Martin-Albo , F. Monrabal , J. Muñoz-Vidal

The EXO-200 Collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay using a liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber. This measurement relies on modeling the transport of charge deposits produced by interactions in the LXe to allow…

We report on an improved measurement of the 2\nu \beta \beta\ half-life of Xe-136 performed by EXO-200. The use of a large and homogeneous time projection chamber allows for the precise estimate of the fiducial mass used for the…

EXO-200 uses 468 large area avalanche photodiodes (LAAPDs) for detection of scintillation light in an ultra-low-background liquid xenon (LXe) detector. We describe initial measurements of dark noise, gain and response to xenon scintillation…

We study a possible calibration technique for the nEXO experiment using a $^{127}$Xe electron capture source. nEXO is a next-generation search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) that will use a 5-tonne, monolithic liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-03 B. G. Lenardo , C. A. Hardy , R. H. M. Tsang , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , A. Piepke , S. Triambak , A. Jamil , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , I. J. Arnquist , V. Belov , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhat , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , P. A. Breur , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , J. R. Cohen , R. Collister , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , R. DeVoe , M. L. di Vacri , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , J. Echevers , B. Eckert , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , Y. S. Fu , G. Gallina , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , W. Gillis , C. Gingras , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , K. Harouaka , M. Heffner , E. Hein , J. Hößl , A. House , A. Iverson , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , J. Masbou , K. McMichael , M. Medina Peregrina , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , X. E. Ngwadla , K. Ni , Z. Ning , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , A. Perna , T. Pinto Franco , A. Pocar , J. F. Pratte , N. Priel , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , H. Rasiwala , K. Raymond , G. Richardson , M. Richman , J. Ringuette , P. C. Rowson , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , X. Shang , A. K. Soma , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , S. Thibado , A. Tidball , J. Todd , T. Totev , O. A. Tyuka , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , S. Viel , K. Wamba , Y. Wang , Q. Wang , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , S. Wilde , W. H. Wu , W. Yan , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , T. Ziegler

We propose an EASY (Electroluminescent ApparatuS of high Yield) and SOFT (Separated Optimized FuncTion) time-projection chamber for the NEXT experiment, that will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (bb0nu) in Xe-136. Our experiment…

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

The need for precise characterization of dual-phase xenon detectors has grown as the technology has matured into a state of high efficacy for rare event searches. The Michigan Xenon detector was constructed to study the microphysics of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-25 S. Stephenson , J. Haefner , Q. Lin , K. Ni , K. Pushkin , R. Raymond , M. Schubnell , N. Shutty , G. Tarlé , C. Weaverdyck , W. Lorenzon

A new search for two-neutrino double-beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{136}\rm Xe$ to the $0^+_1$ excited state of $^{136}\rm Ba$ is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset. A deep learning-based convolutional neural network is used to…

We perform a search of double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe to the excited state, $0^+_1$, of $^{136}$Ba (2$\nu \beta \beta$-0$_1^+$), using the dual-phase xenon detector of PandaX-4T with the first 94.9-day commissioning data. The multi-site…

In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the NEXT-100 detector that will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (bbonu) in Xe-136 at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC), in Spain. The document formalizes the design…

XENON is a novel liquid xenon experiment concept for a sensitive dark matter search using a 1-tonne active target, distributed in an array of ten independent time projection chambers. The design relies on the simultaneous detection of…