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The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: instrument design, manufacture and commissioning

We present details of the technical design and manufacture of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Yu. Akimov , G. J. Alner , H. M. Araujo , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , A. A. Burenkov , M. J. Carson , V. Chepel , D. Cline , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , C. Chag , R. J. Hollingworth , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , J. Kirkpatrick , A. Kovalenko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , I. S. Kuznetsov , T. Lawson , V. N. Lebedenko , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. S. Murphy , F. Neves , G. G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , D. Muna , J. Pinto da Cunha , S. J. S. Plank , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , M. Robinson , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , V. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White , F. Wolfs

Two-phase xenon emission detector with electron multiplier and optical readout by multipixel avalanche Geiger photodiodes

A successful operation of a new optical readout system (THGEM + WLS + MGPDs (multichannel array of multipixel avalanche Geiger photodiodes) in a two-phase liquid xenon detector was demonstrated.

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 D. Yu. Akimov , A. V. Akindinov , I. S. Alexandrov , V. A. Belov , A. I. Bolozdynya , A. A. Burenkov , A. F. Buzulutskov , M. V. Danilov , Yu. V. Efremenko , M. A. Kirsanov , A. G. Kovalenko , V. N. Stekhanov

Scalability, scintillation readout and charge drift in a kilogram scale solid xenon particle detector

We report a demonstration of the scalability of optically transparent xenon in the solid phase for use as a particle detector above a kilogram scale. We employ a liquid nitrogen cooled cryostat combined with a xenon purification and chiller…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-27 J. Yoo , H. Cease , W. F. Jaskierny , D. Markley , R. B. Pahlka , D. Balakishiyeva , T. Saab , M. Filipenko

Scintillation efficiency and ionization yield of liquid xenon for mono-energetic nuclear recoils down to 4 keV

Liquid Xenon (LXe) is an excellent material for experiments designed to detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). A low energy detection threshold is essential for a sensitive WIMP search. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-04-06 A. Manzur , A. Curioni , L. Kastens , D. N. McKinsey , K. Ni , T. Wongjirad

Large-Area MPPC with Enhanced VUV Sensitivity for Liquid Xenon Scintillation Detector

A large-area Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC) sensitive to vacuum ultra violet (VUV) light has been developed for the liquid xenon (LXe) scintillation detector of the MEG II experiment. The LXe detector is designed to detect the 52.8\,MeV…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-03-27 K. Ieki , T. Iwamoto , D. Kaneko , S. Kobayashi , N. Matsuzawa , T. Mori , S. Ogawa , R. Onda , W. Ootani , R. Sawada , K. Sato , R. Yamada

Accurate gamma and MeV-electron track reconstruction with an ultra-low diffusion Xenon/TMA TPC at 10 atmospheres

We report the performance of a 10 atm Xenon/trimethylamine time projection chamber (TPC) for the detection of X-rays (30 keV) and gamma-rays (0.511-1.275 MeV) in conjunction with the accurate tracking of the associated electrons. When…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 Diego Gonzalez-Diaz , V. Alvarez , F. I. G. Borges , M. Camargo , S. Carcel , S. Cebrian , A. Cervera , C. A. N. Conde , T. Dafni , J. Diaz , R. Esteve , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , V. M. Gehman , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , R. M. Gutierrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , I. G. Irastorza , L. Labarga , A. Laing , I. Liubarsky , N. Lopez-March , D. Lorca , M. Losada , G. Luzon , A. Mari , J. Martin-Albo , G. Martinez-Lema , A. Martinez , T. Miller , F. Monrabal , M. Monserrate , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , L. M. Moutinho , J. Munoz Vidal , M. Nebot-Guinot , D. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , J. Perez , J. L. Perez Aparicio , M. Querol , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , J. Rodriguez , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , L. Serra , D. Shuman , A. Simon , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , Z. Tsamalaidze , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. Webb , J. T. White , N. Yahlali , C. Azevedo , F. Aznar , D. Calvet , J. Castel , E. Ferrer-Ribas , J. A. Garcia , I. Giomataris , H. Gomez , F. J. Iguaz , A. Lagraba , A. Le Coguie , J. P. Mols , O. Sahin , A. Rodriguez , E. Ruiz-Choliz , L. Segui , A. Tomas , R. Veenhof

Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double beta decay searches

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe-136 using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-23 NEXT Collaboration , C. Adams , V. Álvarez , L. Arazi , I. J. Arnquist , C. D. R Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , N. Byrnes , S. Cárcel , J. V. Carrión , S. Cebrián , E. Church , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , A. A. Denisenko , G. Díaz , J. Díaz , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , F. Foss , E. D. C. Freitas , Z. Freixa , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , R. González , D. González-Díaz , S. Gosh , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero , V. Herrero , J. Ho , Y. Ifergan , B. J. P. Jones , M. Kekic , L. Labarga , A. Laing , P. Lebrun , N. López-March , M. Losada , R. D. P. Mano , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , M. Martínez-Vara , G. Martínez-Lema , A. D. McDonald , Z. E. Meziani , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , C. Newhouse , P. Novella , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , A. Redwine , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , I. Rivilla , Y. Rodríguez García , J. Rodríguez , C. Rogero , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Simón , M. Sorel , C. Stanford , J. M. R. Teixeira , P. Thapa , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , A. Usón , J. F. C. A. Veloso , T. T. Vuong , R. Webb , R. Weiss-Babai , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

DARWIN: towards the ultimate dark matter detector

DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its primary goal will be to explore the experimentally…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-02 J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , C. Amsler , E. Aprile , L. Arazi , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , B. Beskers , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Buetikofer , J. Calven , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , S. Diglio , G. Drexlin , E. Duchovni , E. Erdal , G. Eurin , A. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , F. Glueck , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , V. Hannen , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , D. Hilk , C. Hils , A. James , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , B. Kilminster , A. Kish , L. M. Krauss , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , Q. Lin , F. L. Linde , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. D. Mora , E. Morteau , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , P. de Perio , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , M. C. Piro , G. Plante , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , A. Rizzo , N. Rupp , J. M. F. Dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , M. Schumann , J. Schreiner , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , M. C. Silva , H. Simgen , P. Sissol , M. von Sivers , D. Thers , J. Thurn , A. Tiseni , R. Trotta , C. D. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. A. Vargas , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , T. Wester , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , K. Zuber

A Comprehensive Simulation Study of a Liquid-Xe Detector for Contraband Detection

Recently, a new detector concept, for combined imaging and spectroscopy of fast-neutrons and gamma was presented. It encompasses a liquid-xenon (LXe) converter-scintillator coupled to a UV-sensitive gaseous Thick Gas Electron Multiplier…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 I. Israelashvili , M. Cortesi , D. Vartsky , L. Arazi , D. Bar , E. N. Caspi , A. Breskin

The XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is the first WIMP dark matter detector operating with a liquid xenon target mass above the ton-scale. Out of its 3.2t liquid xenon inventory, 2.0t constitute the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , B. Antunes , F. Arneodo , M. Balata , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , A. Chiarini , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , R. Corrieri , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , J. -M. Disdier , M. Doets , E. Duchovni , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Florin , D. Front , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , C. Huhmann , R. Itay , A. James , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , R. Maier , A. Manfredini , I. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , D. Orlandi , R. Othegraven , P. Pakarha , S. Parlati , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , R. Saldahna , 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 , M. Stern , A. Stein , D. Tatananni , L. Tatananni , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , R. Walet , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang

Measurement of the Drift Velocity and Transverse Diffusion of Electrons in Liquid Xenon with the EXO-200 Detector

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-23 200 Collaboration , J. B. Albert , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , T. Daniels , M. Danilov , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , J. Davis , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. DeVoe , T. Didberidze , J. Dilling , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , M. Dunford , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , D. Fudenberg , R. Gornea , K. Graham , G. Gratta , C. Hall , M. Hughes , M. J. Jewell , A. Johnson , T. N. Johnson , S. Johnston , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Killick , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krucken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , D. S. Leonard , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , R. MacLellan , M. G. Marino , B. Mong , D. Moore , O. Njoya , R. Nelson , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , C. Y. Prescott , F. Retiere , P. C. Rowson , J. J. Russell , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , E. Smith , V. Stekhanov , M. Tarka , T. Tolba , R. Tsang , K. Twelker , J. -L. Vuilleumier , A. Waite , J. Walton , T. Walton , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , J. Wood , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya. Zeldovich , J. Zettlemoyer

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

Performance of a segmented $^{6}$Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment

This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment $^{6}$Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype for the PROSPECT (Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum) Experiment.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-02 J. Ashenfelter , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , C. D. Bass , D. E. Bergeron , D. Berish , N. S. Bowden , J. P. Brodsky , C. D. Bryan , A. Bykadorova Telles , J. J. Cherwinka , T. Classen , K. Commeford , A. Conant , D. Davee , G. Deichert , M. V. Diwan , M. J. Dolinski , A. Erickson , B. T. Foust , J. K. Gaison , A. Galindo-Uribarri , K. Gilje , B. Hackett , K. Han , S. Hans , A. Hansell , K. M. Heeger , B. Heffron , J. Insler , D. E. Jaffe , D. Jones , O. Kyzylova , C. E. Lane , T. J. Langford , J. LaRosa , B. R. Littlejohn , F. Lopez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , J. Matta , R. D. McKeown , M. P. Mendenhall , J. Minock , P. E. Mueller , H. P. Mumm , J. Napolitano , R. Neilson , J. A. Nikkel , D. Norcini , S. Nour , D. A. Pushin , X. Qian , E. Romero-Romero , R. Rosero , P. T. Surukuchi , C. Trinh , M. A. Tyra , J. M. Wagner , C. White , J. Wilhelmi , T. Wise , M. Yeh , Y. -R. Yen , A. Zhang , C. Zhang , X. Zhang

Simultaneous reconstruction of scintillation light and ionization charge produced by 511 keV photons in liquid xenon : potential application to PET

In order to assess the performance of liquid xenon detectors for use in positron emission tomography we studied the scintillation light and ionization charge produced by 511 keV photons in a small prototype detector. Scintillation light was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-24 P. Amaudruz , D. Bryman , L. Kurchaninov , P. Lu , C. Marshal , J. P. Martin , A. Muennich , F. Retiere , A. Sher

Study on degradation of VUV-sensitivity of MPPC for liquid xenon scintillation detector by radiation damage in MEG II experiment

In the MEG II experiment, the liquid xenon gamma-ray detector uses Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPC) which are sensitive to vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light under a high-intensity muon beam environment. In the commissioning phase of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-14 K. Ieki , T. Iwamoto , S. Kobayashi , Toshinori Mori , S. Ogawa , R. Onda , W. Ootani , K. Shimada , K. Toyoda

R2D2 TPC: first Xenon results

Radial time projection chambers (TPC), already employed in the search for rare phenomena such as light Dark Matter candidate, could provide a new detection approach for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay ($\beta\beta0\nu$). The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-26 R. Bouet , J. Busto , V. Cecchini , C. Cerna , P. Charpentier , M. Chapellier , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , F. Druillole , C. Jollet , P. Hellmuth , M. Gros , P. Lautridou , A. Meregaglia , X. F. Navick , F. Piquemal , F. Popieul , M. Roche , I. Savvidis , B. Thomas

Performance of large area Micro Pixel Chamber

A novel gaseous two-dimensional imaging detector "Micro Pixel Chamber (micro-PIC)" has been developed. This detector is based on double sided printed circuit board (PCB). We have developed large area (10cm x 10cm) micro-PICs with 65536…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 T. Nagayoshi , H. Kubo , K. Miuchi , A. Ochi , R. Orito , A. Takada , T. Tanimori , M. Ueno

Position Reconstruction in a Dual Phase Xenon Scintillation Detector

We studied the application of statistical reconstruction algorithms, namely maximum likelihood and least squares methods, to the problem of event reconstruction in a dual phase liquid xenon detector. An iterative method was developed for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-03 V. N. Solovov , V. A. Belov , D. Yu. Akimov , H. M. Araújo , E. J. Barnes , A. A. Burenkov , V. Chepel , A. Currie , L. DeViveiros , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , A. Hollingsworth , M. Horn , G. E. Kalmus , A. S. Kobyakin , A. G. Kovalenko , V. N. Lebedenko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , R. Lüscher , P. Majewski , A. St J. Murphy , F. Neves , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , L. Reichhart , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

XMASS

The XMASS detector is a large single phase liquid Xenon scintillator.After its feasibility had been studied using a 100 kg size prototype detector, an 800 kg size detector is being built for dark matter search with the sensitivity of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Hiroyuki Sekiya

Simultaneous Measurement of Ionization and Scintillation from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon as Target for a Dark Matter Experiment

We report the first measurements of the absolute ionization yield of nuclear recoils in liquid xenon, as a function of energy and electric-field. Independent experiments were carried out with two dual-phase time projection chamber…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Aprile , C. E. Dahl , L. DeViveiros , R. Gaitskell , K. L. Giboni , J. Kwong , P. Majewski , K. Ni , T. Shutt , M. Yamashita