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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

We report on a search for double beta decay of $^{130}$Te to the first $0^{+}$ excited state of $^{130}$Xe using a 9.8 kg$\cdot$yr exposure of $^{130}$Te collected with the CUORE-0 experiment. In this work we exploit different topologies of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-08-25 CUORE Collaboration , C. Alduino , K. Alfonso , D. R. Artusa , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , T. I. Banks , G. Bari , J. W. Beeman , F. Bellini , A. Bersani , M. Biassoni , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , A. Caminata , L. Canonica , X. G. Cao , S. Capelli , L. Cappelli , L. Carbone , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , L. Cassina , D. Chiesa , N. Chott , M. Clemenza , S. Copello , C. Cosmelli , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , J. S. Cushman , A. D'Addabbo , I. Dafinei , C. J. Davis , S. Dell'Oro , M. M. Deninno , S. Di Domizio , M. L. Di Vacri , A. Drobizhev , D. Q. Fang , M. Faverzani , G. Fernandes , E. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Fiorini , S. J. Freedman , B. K. Fujikawa , A. Giachero , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , L. Gladstone , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , T. D. Gutierrez , E. E. Haller , K. Han , E. Hansen , K. M. Heeger , R. Hennings-Yeomans , K. P. Hickerson , H. Z. Huang , R. Kadel , G. Keppel , Yu. G. Kolomensky , A. Leder , K. E. Lim , X. Liu , Y. G. Ma , M. Maino , L. Marini , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , Y. Mei , N. Moggi , S. Morganti , P. J. Mosteiro , M. Nastasi , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , A. Nucciotti , T. O'Donnell , F. Orio , J. L. Ouellet , C. E. Pagliarone , M. Pallavicini , V. Palmieri , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , G. Piperno , S. Pirro , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , C. Rosenfeld , C. Rusconi , S. Sangiorgio , D. Santone , N. D. Scielzo , V. Singh , M. Sisti , A. R. Smith , L. Taffarello , M. Tenconi , F. Terranova , C. Tomei , S. Trentalange , M. Vignati , S. L. Wagaarachchi , B. S. Wang , H. W. Wang , J. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , T. Wise , A. Woodcraft , L. Zanotti , G. Q. Zhang , B. X. Zhu , S. Zimmermann , S. Zucchelli

We report on new measurements establishing the existence of low-lying isomeric states in $^{136}$Cs using $\gamma$ rays produced in $^{136}$Xe(p,n)$^{136}$Cs reactions. Two states with $\mathcal{O}(100)$~ns lifetimes are placed in the decay…

The $(x, y)$ position reconstruction method used in the analysis of the complete exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment is presented. The algorithm is based on a statistical test that makes use of an iterative method to…

Tagging barium ions in double beta decay experiments involving $^{136}$Xe offers a promising pathway to achieving an almost background-free environment, which is essential for addressing key unresolved questions in neutrino physics, such as…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-01-16 Álvaro Peralta Conde

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…

We propose a new concept for a very low background multi-ton liquid xenon Dark Matter experiment. The detector consists of two concentric spheres and a charge readout device in the centre. Xenon between the two spheres forms a self-shield…

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment operates at the Sanford Underground Research Facility to detect nuclear recoils from the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on a liquid xenon target. Liquid xenon typically…

We present an improved search for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{136}$Xe in the KamLAND-Zen experiment. Owing to purification of the xenon-loaded liquid scintillator, we achieved a significant reduction of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-24 Zen Collaboration

Bound-systems of $\Xi^-$--$^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ are studied via $\Xi^-$ capture at rest followed by emission of a twin single-$\Lambda$ hypernucleus in the emulsion detectors. Two events forming extremely deep $\Xi^-$ bound states were obtained…

Half-lives $T_{1/2}^{2\nu}$ for two neutrino positron double beta decay modes $\beta^{+}$EC/ECEC are calculated for $^{74}$Se, a nucleus of current experimental interest, using deformed shell model based on Hartree-Fock states employing a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-14 A. Shukla , R. Sahu , V. K. B. Kota

nEXO is a proposed next-generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe using a tonne-scale liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber (TPC). To image the ionization signals from events in the liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-15 Z. Li , M. Yu , E. Angelico , A. Atencio , A. Gupta , P. Knauss , A. Pena-Perez , B. G. Lenardo , P. Acharya , A. Amy , A. Anker , I. J. Arnquist , J. Bane , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , J. Breslin , P. A. Breur , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , B. Burnell , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , L. Q. Cao , D. Cesmecioglu , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , R. Collister , M. Marquis , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , R. DeVoe , M. L. di Vacri , X. Defay , Y. Y. Ding , D. Doering , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , B. Eckert , A. Emara , N. Fatemighomi , W. Fairbank , B. T. Foust , D. Gallacher , N. Gallice , A. Gaur , W. Gillis , F. Girard , A. Gorham , K. Gracequist , G. Gratta , C. A. Hardy , J. Hasi , S. Hedges , M. Heffner , E. Hein , H. Hernandez Herrera , J. D. Holt , A. Iverson , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , D. Keblbeck , C. Kenney , I. Kotov , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , S. Lavoie , A. Larson , M. B. Latif , K. G. Leach , D. S. Leonard , G. Lessard , K. K. H. Leung , G. Li , X. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , S. Majidi , C. Malbrunot , B. Markovic , J. Masbou , M. Medina-Peregrina , S. Mngonyama , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Ni , I. Nitu , A. Nolan , S. C. Nowicki , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , A. Odian , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , L. Pagani , H. Peltz Smalley , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , S. Prentice , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , R. Rai , H. Rasiwala , D. Ray , B. Reese , S. Rescia , F. Retiere , G. Richardson , V. Riot , R. Ross , L. Rota , P. C. Rowson , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , S. Sekula , T. Shetty , L. Si , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , S. Thibado , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. H. M. Tsang , O. A. Tyuka , T. Vallivilayil John , E. van Bruggen , M. Vidal , S. Viel , M. Walent , H. Wang , Q. D. Wang , M. Watts , W. Wei , M. Wehrfritz , L. J. Wen , S. Wilde , X. M. Wu , H. Xu , H. B. Yang , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao

The projected performance and detector configuration of nEXO are described in this pre-Conceptual Design Report (pCDR). nEXO is a tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay search in $^{136}$Xe, based on the ultra-low…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-15 nEXO Collaboration , S. Al Kharusi , A. Alamre , J. B. Albert , M. Alfaris , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , F. Bourque , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , S. A. Charlebois , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Conley , M. Coon , M. Côté , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , D. Danovitch , L. Darroch , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , R. DeVoe , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , M. L. Di Vacri , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , R. Fontaine , D. Fudenberg , G. Gallina , G. Giacomini , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , G. Haller , E. V. Hansen , D. Harris , J. Hasi , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , P. Hufschmidt , M. Hughes , Y. Ito , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , C. Jessiman , M. J. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , C. Kenney , R. Killick , D. Kodroff , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , C. M. Lewis , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , P. Lv , R. MacLellan , K. McFarlane , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , R. J. Newby , T. Nguyen , Z. Ning , O. Njoya , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , K. Odgers , A. Odian , M. Oriunno , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , M. Patel , A. Peña-Perez , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , D. Qiu , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , T. Rao , S. Rescia , F. Retière , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , J. Runge , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , S. Schmidt , J. Schneider , A. Schubert , J. Segal , K. Skarpaas~VIII , A. K. Soma , K. Spitaels , G. St-Hilaire , V. Stekhanov , T. Stiegler , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. Tolba , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , B. Veenstra , V. Veeraraghavan , G. Visser , P. Vogel , J. -L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , Q. Wang , M. Ward , J. Watkins , M. Weber , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , Q. Xia , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Zeldovich , X. Zhang , J. Zhao , Y. Zhou , T. Ziegler

We study a three stage dark matter and neutrino observatory based on multi-ton two-phase liquid Xe and Ar detectors with sufficiently low backgrounds to be sensitive to WIMP dark matter interaction cross sections down to 10E-47 cm^2, and to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 K. Arisaka , P. Beltrame , C. W. Lam , P. F. Smith , C. Ghag , D. B. Cline , K. Lung , Y. Meng , E. Pantic , P. R. Scovell , A. Teymourian , H. Wang

The first activities of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory ("Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc", LSC) started in the mid-eighties in a railway tunnel located under the Spanish Pyrenees; since then, it has become an international…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-08-17 Susana Cebrian

Dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) detectors offer heightened sensitivities for dark matter detection across a spectrum of particle masses. To broaden their capability to low-mass dark matter interactions, we investigated the…

NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is an experiment to search neutrinoless double beta decay processes (bb0nu) in Xe136. The NEXT technology is based in the use of time projection chambers operating at a typical pressure of 15 bar…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-11 Juan Jose Gomez-Cadenas

The double-electron capture and the electron capture with positron emission in $^{168}$Yb have been investigated for the first time at the STELLA facility of the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (Italy) measuring 371 g of highly purified…

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