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The nucleus 54Zn has been observed for the first time in an experiment at the SISSI/LISE3 facility of GANIL in the quasi-fragmentation of a 58Ni beam at 74.5 MeV/nucleon in a natNi target. The fragments were analysed by means of the…

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

A radiopure cadmium tungstate crystal scintillator, enriched in 106-Cd to 66%, with mass of 216 g (106-CdWO4) was used in coincidence with four ultra-low background HPGe detectors contained in a single cryostat to search for double beta…

The China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) is a low background experiment at China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) designed to directly detect dark matter with a high-purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. In the second phase CDEX-10 with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-09 Qing-Hao Chen , Qian Yue , Jian-Ping Cheng , Ke-Jun Kang , Yuan-Jing Li , Shin-Ted Lin , Chang-Jian Tang , Hao-Yang Xing , Xun-Zhen Yu , Ming Zeng

The first searches for axions and axion-like particles with the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment are presented. Under the assumption of an axio-electric interaction in xenon, the coupling constant between axions and electrons, gAe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-03 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , C. Aquino , 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 , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. R. Fallon , 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 , 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 , 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 , L. Reichhart , C. 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 , 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

Future liquid-xenon (LXe) based observatories for rare processes, such as XLZD, require testing of large components and sub-assemblies in cryogenic liquid or gaseous xenon environments. Here we present results from the stable operation of a…

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…

Double-beta processes play a key role in the exploration of neutrino and weak interaction properties, and in the searches for effects beyond the Standard Model. During the last half century many attempts were undertaken to search for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-18 K. Blaum , S. Eliseev , F. A. Danevich , V. I. Tretyak , Sergey Kovalenko , M. I. Krivoruchenko , Yu. N. Novikov , J. Suhonen

We present a novel analysis technique for liquid xenon time projection chambers that allows for a lower threshold by relying on events with a prompt scintillation signal consisting of single detected photons. The energy threshold of the LUX…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , E. Grace , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazka , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , N. A. Larsen , E. Leason , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , B. López-Paredes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , L. Reichhart , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

We present a detector apparatus, DireXeno (DIRectinal Xenon), designed to measure the spatial and temporal properties of scintillation in liquid xenon to very high accuracy. The properties of scintillation are of primary importance for dark…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 R. Itay , P. Z. Szabo , G. Koltman , M. M. Devi , M. Shutman , H. Landsman , R. Budnik

This work presents an analysis of monoenergetic electronic recoil peaks in the dark-matter-search and calibration data from the first underground science run of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) detector. Liquid xenon charge and light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-25 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 , R. Bramante , P. Brás , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , 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 , 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 , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. 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

nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) experiment using liquid ${}^{136}Xe$ (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scintillation signals. Between the field cage and the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-07 T. Stiegler , S. Sangiorgio , J. P. Brodsky , M. Heffner , S. Al Kharusi , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , P. A. Breur , E. Brown , T. Brunner , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , A. De St. Croix , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , K. Deslandes , R. DeVoe , M. L. Di Vacri , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , F. Edaltafar , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , G. Gallina , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , D. Goeldi , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , E. V. Hansen , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , M. Hughes , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , M. J. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , T. Koffas , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , P. Lv , R. MacLellan , N. Massacret , T. McElroy , M. Medina-Peregrina , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , P. Nakarmi , C. R. Natzke , R. J. Newby , K. Ni , 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 , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , S. Rescia , F. Retière , M. Richman , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , K. Skarpaas VIII , A. K. Soma , G. St-Hilaire , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , S. Thibado , A. Tidball , J. Todd , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , S. Viel , G. Visser , C. Vivo-Vilches , J. -L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , T. Wager , M. Walent , Q. Wang , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , M. Worcester , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , X. Wu , Q. Xia , H. Yang , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , Y. Zhou , T. Ziegler

The GERDA experiment searches for the lepton number violating neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge ($^{76}$Ge $\rightarrow$ $^{76}$Se + 2e$^-$) operating bare Ge diodes with an enriched $^{76}$Ge fraction in liquid argon. The…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-03-30 M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , J. Biernat , T. Bode , D. Borowicz , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , A. Domula , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , R. Falkenstein , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , A. Hegai , M. Heisel , S. Hemmer , R. Hiller , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaidic , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Kirsch , A. Kish , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , I. Nemchenok , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , C. Schmitt , B. Schneider , S. Schönert , A-K. Schütz , O. Schulz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , L. Stanco , L. Vanhoefer , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , K. von Sturm , V. Wagner , A. Wegmann , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in $^{136}$Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset using a deep neural network to discriminate between $0\nu\beta\beta$ and background events. Relative to previous…

We study the sensitivity of large-scale xenon detectors to low-energy solar neutrinos, to coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering and to neutrinoless double beta decay. As a concrete example, we consider the xenon part of the proposed DARWIN…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-10 L. Baudis , A. Ferella , A. Kish , A. Manalaysay , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , M. Schumann

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…

The LUXE experiment aims at studying high-field QED in electron-laser and photon-laser interactions, with the 16.5 GeV electron beam of the European XFEL and a laser beam with power of up to 350 TW. The experiment will measure the spectra…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-10-19 Veta Ghenescu

We present a search for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{136}$Xe using the full \mbox{KamLAND-Zen 800} dataset with 745\,kg of enriched xenon, corresponding to an exposure of $2.1$\,ton\,yr of $^{136}$Xe. This updated…

The continuous spectrum of double beta decay ($\beta\beta$) provides a sensitive probe to test the predictions of the standard model and to search for signatures of new physics beyond it. We present a comprehensive analysis of the…

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A radiopure cadmium tungstate crystal scintillator, enriched in $^{106}$Cd to 66%, with mass of 216 g ($^{106}$CdWO$_4$), was used to search for double beta decay processes in $^{106}$Cd in coincidence with four ultra-low background high…