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NEXT-DEMO is a 1:4.5 scale prototype of the NEXT100 detector, a high-pressure xenon gas TPC that will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe. X-ray energy depositions produced by the de-excitation of Xenon atoms after…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 L. Serra , D. Lorca , J. Martin-Albo , M. Sorel , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas

In this paper we describe an innovative type of Time Projection Chamber (TPC), which uses high-pressure xenon gas (HPXe) and electroluminescence amplification of the ionization charge as the basis of an apparatus capable of fully…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , J. Martín-Albo , F. Monrabal

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

NEXT-DEMO is a high-pressure xenon gas TPC which acts as a technological test-bed and demonstrator for the NEXT-100 neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. In its current configuration the apparatus fully implements the NEXT-100 design…

The NEXT collaboration is dedicated to the study of double beta decays of $^{136}$Xe using a high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chamber. This advanced technology combines exceptional energy resolution ($\leq 1\%$ FWHM at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-12 NEXT Collaboration , 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. J. Gómez-Cadenas , J. W. R. Grocott , R. Guenette , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero-Gómez , V. Herrero , C. Hervés Carrete , Y. Ifergan , A. F. B. Isabel , B. J. P. Jones , F. Kellerer , L. Larizgoitia , A. Larumbe , P. Lebrun , F. Lopez , N. López-March , R. Madigan , R. D. P. Mano , A. Marauri , A. P. Marques , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , G. Martínez-Lema , M. Martínez-Vara , R. L. Miller , K. Mistry , J. Molina-Canteras , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , K. E. Navarro , P. Novella , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , I. Osborne , J. Palacio , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , I. Parmaksiz , A. Pazos , J. Pelegrin , M. Pérez Maneiro , 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 , S. Torelli , 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 NEXT-100 time projection chamber, currently under construction, will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (bb0nu) using 100-150 kg of high-pressure xenon gas enriched in the Xe-136 isotope to ~91%. The detector possesses two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Martin-Albo , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas

In the search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe, a high pressure xenon time projection chamber (HPXe-TPC) has two advantages over liquid xenon TPCs: a better energy resolution and the access to topological features, which…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-11 F. J. Iguaz , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. Galan , J. G. Garza , I. G. Irastorza , G. Luzon , H. Mirallas , E. Ruiz-Choliz

Phase I of the NEXT-100 $0\nu\beta\beta$ experiment (NEW) is scheduled for data taking in 2015 at Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees. Thanks to the light proportional technique, NEW anticipates an outstanding…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Gonzalez-Diaz , the NEXT collaboration

NEXT-100 is an electroluminescent high pressure Time Projection Chamber currently under construction. It will search for the neutrino-less double beta decay in 136Xe at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. NEXT-100 aims to achieve nearly…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-16 C. A. B. Oliveira

We present the design, data and results from the NEXT prototype for Double Beta and Dark Matter (NEXT-DBDM) detector, a high-pressure gaseous natural xenon electroluminescent time projection chamber (TPC) that was built at the Lawrence…

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…

NEXT-100 experiment aims at searching the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the Xe-136 isotope using a TPC filled with a 100 kg of high-pressure gaseous xenon, with 90% isotopic enrichment. The experiment will take place at the Laboratorio…

The nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is designed to use a time projection chamber and 5000 kg of isotopically enriched liquid xenon to search for the decay in $^{136}$Xe. Progress in the detector design, paired with higher…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-02-24 nEXO Collaboration , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , J. Bane , V. Belov , E. P. Bernard , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , P. A. Breur , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Collister , S. A. Czyz , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , R. DeVoe , M. L. Di Vacri , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , Y. S. Fu , G. Gallina , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , W. Gillis C. Gingras , D. Goeldi , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , C. A. Hardy , K. Harouaka , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , A. House , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , M. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , I. Kotov , 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 , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , M. Mahtab , P. Martel-Dion , J. Masbou , N. Massacret , T. McElroy , K. McMichael , M. Medina Peregrina , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , R. J. Newby , K. Ni , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , K. Odgers , A. Odian , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Perna , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J-F. Pratte , N. Priel , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , T. Rao , H. Rasiwala , S. Rescia , F. Retière , J. Ringuette , V. Riot , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , X. Shang , A. K. Soma , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , S. Thibado , A. Tidball , J. Todd , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. H. M. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , S. Viel , C. Vivo-Vilches , P. Vogel , J-L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , T. Wager , M. Walent , K. Wamba , Q. Wang , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , S. Wilde , M. Worcester , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , X. Wu , Q. Xia , W. Yan , H. Yang , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , T. Ziegler

This work aims to present the current state of simulations of electroluminescence (EL) produced in gas-based detectors with special interest for NEXT --- Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC. NEXT is a neutrinoless double beta decay…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-23 C. A. B. Oliveira , M. Sorel , J. Martin-Albo , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , A. L. Ferreira , J. F. C. A. Veloso