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VUV Transmission of PTFE for Xenon-based Particle Detectors

Liquid xenon (LXe) based detectors for rare event searches in particle and astroparticle physics are optimized for high xenon scintillation light collection and low background rate from detector materials. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-15 Lutz Althüser , Sebastian Lindemann , Michael Murra , Marc Schumann , Christian Wittweg , Christian Weinheimer

Analysis of the XENON100 Dark Matter Search Data

The XENON100 experiment, situated in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), based on their interactions with xenon nuclei in an ultra…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 The XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , D. B. Cline , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , 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 , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , A. Molinario , E. Nativ , 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. Scotto Lavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

Electron-interacting dark matter: Implications from DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 and prospects for liquid xenon detectors and NaI detectors

We investigate the possibility for the direct detection of low mass (GeV scale) WIMP dark matter in scintillation experiments. Such WIMPs are typically too light to leave appreciable nuclear recoils, but may be detected via their scattering…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-09 B. M. Roberts , V. V. Flambaum

Comissioning of TREX-DM, a low background Micromegas-based Time Projection Chamber for low mass WIMP detection

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we describe the TREX-DM experiment, a low background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-08 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. A. Garcia , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzon , A. Peiro

Material radioassay and selection for the XENON1T dark matter experiment

The XENON1T dark matter experiment aims to detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) through low-energy interactions with xenon atoms. To detect such a rare event necessitates the use of radiopure materials to minimize the number…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-24 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calven , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Franco , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , M. Le Calloch , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Manfredini , I. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , M. -C. Piro , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , N. Upole , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , M. Laubenstein , S. Nisi

The DMTPC detector

Directional detection of Dark Matter allows for unambiguous direct detection of WIMPs as well as discrimination between various Dark Matter models in our galaxy. The DMTPC detector is a low-pressure TPC with optical readout designed for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 G. Sciolla , J. Battat , T. Caldwell , B. Cornell , D. Dujmic , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , R. Lanza , A. Lee , J. Lopez , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , J. Monroe , T. Sahin , R. Vanderspek , R. Yamamoto , H. Yegoryan , S. Ahlen , D. Avery , K. Otis , A. Roccaro , H. Tomita , A. Dushkin , H. Wellenstein

GEM-based TPC with CCD Imaging for Directional Dark Matter Detection

The world's leading directional dark matter experiments currently all utilize low-pressure gas Time Projection Chamber (TPC) technologies. We discuss some of the challenges for this technology, for which balancing the goal of achieving the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-19 N. S. Phan , R. J. Lauer , E. R. Lee , D. Loomba , J. A. J. Matthews , E. H. Miller

Operation of a dual-phase xenon detector with wavelength sensitivity from ultraviolet to infrared

Xenon, in both its gaseous and liquid phase, offers excellent scintillation and ionization properties, making it an ideal target medium for rare event searches. We report on measurements performed with a dual-phase xenon time projection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-28 Robert Hammann , Kai Böse , Steffen Form , Luisa Hötzsch , Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia

The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: data acquisition system and data reduction

ZEPLIN-II is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon dark matter detector searching for WIMP-nucleon interactions. In this paper we describe the data acquisition system used to record the data from ZEPLIN-II and the reduction procedures which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. J. Alner

Introduction of the CDEX experiment

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the candidates of dark matter in our universe. Up to now any direct interaction of WIMP with nuclei has not been observed yet. The exclusion limits of the spin-independent cross section of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-24 Ke-Jun Kang , Jian-Ping Cheng , Jin Li , Yuan-Jing Li , Qian Yue , Yang Bai , Yong Bi , Jian-Ping Chang , Nan Chen , Ning Chen , Qing-Hao Chen , Yun-Hua Chen , Zhi Deng , Qiang Du , Hui Gong , Xi-Qing Hao , Hong-Jian He , Qing-Ju He , Xin-Hui Hu , Han-Xiong Huang , Hao Jiang , Jian-Min Li , Xia Li , Xin-Ying Li , Xue-Qian Li , Yu-Lan Li , Shu-Kui Liu , Ya-Bin Liu , Lan-Chun Lu , Hao Ma , Jian-Qiang Qin , Jie Ren , Jing Ren , Xi-Chao Ruan , Man-Bin Shen , Jian Su , Chang-Jian Tang , Zhen-Yu Tang , Ji-Min Wang , Qing Wang , Xu-Feng Wang , Shi-Yong Wu , Yu-Cheng Wu , Zhong-Zhi Xianyu , Hao-Yang Xing , Xun-Jie Xu , Yin Xu , Tao Xue , Li-Tao Yang , Nan Yi , Hao Yu , Chun-Xu Yu , Xiong-Hui Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Lan Zhang , Guang-Hua Zhang , Ming-Gang Zhao , Su-Ning Zhong , Jin Zhou , Zu-Ying Zhou , Jing-Jun Zhu , Wei-Bin Zhu , Xue-Zhou Zhu , Zhong-Hua Zhu

The SHiP experiment at the proposed CERN SPS Beam Dump Facility

The Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) Collaboration has proposed a general-purpose experimental facility operating in beam-dump mode at the CERN SPS accelerator to search for light, feebly interacting particles. The SHiP experiment…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-23 SHIP Collaboration

Liquid Xenon Detectors for Particle Physics and Astrophysics

This article reviews the progress made over the last 20 years in the development and applications of liquid xenon detectors in particle physics, astrophysics and medical imaging experiments. We begin with a summary of the fundamental…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-12-01 E. Aprile , T. Doke

Neutrino Backgrounds in Future Liquid Noble Element Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments

Experiments that use liquid noble gasses as target materials, such as argon and xenon, play a significant role in direct detection searches for WIMP(-like) dark matter. As these experiments grow in size, they will soon encounter a new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-05 Andrea Gaspert , Pietro Giampa , David E. Morrissey

Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to the two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decays of $^{134}$Xe

The projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{134}$Xe is presented. LZ is a 10-tonne xenon time projection chamber optimized for the detection of dark matter particles,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-12 The LUX-ZEPLIN , Collaboration , : , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araujo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , G. M. Blockinger , E. Bodnia , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Bras , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , O. Creaner , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. Lopez Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , S. Patton , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , A. Piepke , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , D. R. Tovey , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , U. Utku , A. Vaitkus , B. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

Measurement of the absolute reflectance of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) immersed in liquid xenon

The performance of a detector using liquid xenon (LXe) as a scintillator is strongly dependent on the collection efficiency for xenon scintillation light, which in turn is critically dependent on the reflectance of the surfaces that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-08 F. Neves , A. Lindote , A. Morozov , V. Solovov , C. Silva , P. Bras , J. P. Rodrigues , M. I. Lopes

A 4 tonne demonstrator for large-scale dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers

A 10 kilo-tonne dual-phase liquid argon TPC is one of the detector options considered for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The detector technology relies on amplification of the ionisation charge in ultra-pure argon vapour…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 B. Aimard , Ch. Alt , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , V. Aushev , D. Autiero , M. M. Badoi , A. Balaceanu , G. Balik , L. Balleyguier , E. Bechetoille , D. Belver , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , N. Bourgeois , B. Bourguille , J. Bremer , G. Brown , G. Brunetti , L. Brunetti , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , E. Calvo , M. Campanelli , K. Cankocak , C. Cantini , B. Carlus , B. M. Cautisanu , M. Chalifour , A. Chappuis , N. Charitonidis , A. Chatterjee , A. Chiriacescu , P. Chiu , S. Conforti , P. Cotte , P. Crivelli , C. Cuesta , J. Dawson , I. De Bonis , C. De La Taille , A. Delbart , D. Desforge , S. Di Luise , B. S. Dimitru , F. Doizon , C. Drancourt , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , F. Duval , S. Emery , A. Ereditato , T. Esanu , A. Falcone , K. Fusshoeller , A. Gallego-Ros , V. Galymov , N. Geroy , A. Gendotti , M. Gherghel-Lascu , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , C. Girerd , M. C. Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , E. Hamada , R. Hanni , T. Hasegawa , A. Holin , S. Horikawa , M. Ikeno , S. Jimenez , A. Jipa , M. Karolak , Y. Karyotakis , S. Kasai , K. Kasami , T. Kishishita , I. Kreslo , D. Kryn , C. Lastoria , I. Lazanu , G. Lehmann-Miotto , N. Lira , K. Loo , D. Lorca , P. Lutz , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , G. Maire , M. Maki , L. Manenti , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , G. Martin-Chassard , H. Mathez , E. Mazzucato , G. Misitano , B. Mitrica , D. Mladenov , L. Molina Bueno , C. Moreno Martinez , J. P. Mols , T. S. Mosu , W. Mug , A. Munteanu , S. Murphy , K. Nakayoshi , S. Narita , D. Navas-Nicolas , K. Negishi , M. Nessi , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , L. Nita , F. Noto , A. Noury , Y. Onishchuk , C. Palomares , M. Parvu , T. Patzak , Y. Penichot , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , F. Pietropaolo , Y. Piret , B. Popov , D. Pugnere , B. Radics , D. Redondo , C. Regenfus , A. Remoto , F. Resnati , Y. A. Rigaut , C. Ristea , A. Rubbia , A. Saftoiu , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , C. Santos , A. Scarpelli , C. Schloesser , L. Scotto Lavina , K. Sendai , F. Sergiampietri , S. Shahsavarani , M. Shoji , J. Sinclair , J. Soto-Oton , D. L. Stanca , D. Stefan , P. Stroescu , R. Sulej , M. Tanaka , V. Toboaru , A. Tonazzo , W. Tromeur , W. H. Trzaska , T. Uchida , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Vihonen , S. Vilalte , M. Weber , S. Wu , J. Yu , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

Dark Matter Search Results from a One Tonne$\times$Year Exposure of XENON1T

We report on a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using 278.8 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment at LNGS. XENON1T utilizes a liquid xenon time projection chamber with a fiducial mass of $(1.30 \pm 0.01)$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-14 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , H. Qiu , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , F. Joerg , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Pelssers , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

Direct Search for Dark Matter Particles With Very Large Detectors

We briefly discuss the expected level of supersymmetric dark matter cross-sections as a reference for dark matter detectors. We then discuss the current ZEPLIN II program as a prototype of large liquid Xenon detectors. Cryoarray is a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David B. Cline

Predicting the single-site and multi-site event discrimination power of dual-phase time projection chambers

Dual-phase xenon time projection chambers (TPCs) are widely used in searches for rare dark matter and neutrino interactions, in part because of their excellent position reconstruction capability in 3D. Despite their millimeter-scale…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-03 A. B. M. Rafi Sazzad , Clarke A. Hardy , Xiang Dai , Jingke Xu , Brian G. Lenardo , Felicia Sutanto , Nicholas A. Antipa , Jeremy D. Koertzen , Prince John , Abraham Akinin , Teal J. Pershing

Design and performance of a high-pressure xenon gas TPC as a prototype for a large-scale neutrinoless double-beta decay search

A high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber, with a unique cellular readout structure based on electroluminescence, has been developed for a large-scale neutrinoless double-beta decay search. In order to evaluate the detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-06 S. Ban , M. Hirose , A. K. Ichikawa , Y. Iwashita , T. Kikawa , A. Minamino , K. Miuchi , T. Nakadaira , Y. Nakajima , K. D. Nakamura , K. Z. Nakamura , T. Nakaya , S. Obara , K. Sakashita , H. Sekiya , B. Sugashima , S. Tanaka , K. Ueshima , M. Yoshida