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A small-scale, two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber (Xurich II) was designed, constructed and is under operation at the University of Zurich. Its main purpose is to investigate the microphysics of particle interactions in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Laura Baudis , Yanina Biondi , Chiara Capelli , Michelle Galloway , Shingo Kazama , Alexander Kish , Payam Pakarha , Francesco Piastra , Julien Wulf

We have built and operated a crystalline/vapor xenon TPC, with the goal of improving searches for dark matter. The motivation for this instrument is the fact that beta decays from the radon decay chain to the ground state presently limit…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-04 S. Kravitz , H. Chen , R. Gibbons , S. J. Haselschwardt , Q. Xia , P. Sorensen

Dark matter searches using dual-phase xenon time-projection chambers (LXe-TPCs) rely on their ability to reject background electron recoils (ERs) while searching for signal-like nuclear recoils (NRs). ER response is typically calibrated…

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

Liquid xenon (LXe) is employed in a number of current and future detectors for rare event searches. We use the EXO-200 experimental data to measure the absolute scintillation and ionization yields generated by $\gamma$ interactions from…

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…

NEXT-MM is a general-purpose high pressure (10 bar, $\sim25$ l active volume) Xenon-based TPC, read out in charge mode with an 8 cm $\times$8 cm-segmented 700 cm$^2$ plane (1152 ch) of the latest microbulk-Micromegas technology. It has been…

The Noble Element Simulation Technique (NEST) is an exhaustive collection of models explaining both the scintillation light and ionization yields of noble elements as a function of particle type (nuclear recoil, electron recoil, alphas),…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Matthew Szydagis , Adalyn Fyhrie , Daniel Thorngren , Mani Tripathi

The search for the neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) is one of the most important quests nowadays in neutrino physics. Among the different techniques used, high pressure xenon (HPXe) gas time projection chambers (TPC) stand…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-25 J. Galan

This paper will discuss the microphysical simulation of interactions in liquid xenon, the active detector medium in many leading rare-event searches for new physics, and describe experimental observables useful for understanding detector…

Liquid xenon detectors such as XENON10 and XENON100 obtain a significant fraction of their sensitivity to light (<10 GeV) particle dark matter by looking for nuclear recoils of only a few keV, just above the detector threshold. Yet in this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-27 Peter Sorensen

Searches for double beta decay of $^{134}$Xe were performed with EXO-200, a single-phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe. Using an exposure of $29.6\text{ kg}\!\cdot\!\text{yr}$, the…

Dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) that employs a multi-ton-scale liquid xenon (LXe) target mass is a pioneering detector technology to search for dark matter. Beyond its advantage in dark matter direct detection efforts, the natural…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-26 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , M. Adrover , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , S. R. Armbruster , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , R. M. Braun , G. Bruni , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , L. C. Daniel Garcia , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , C. Di Donato , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , S. el Morabit , R. Elleboro , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , R. Frankel , D. Fuchs , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , R. Gaior , F. Gao , R. Giacomobono , F. Girard , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , P. Gyorgy , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , Y. Kaminaga , M. Kara , S. Kazama , P. Kharbanda , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , K. Kooshkjalali , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , A. Li , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Z. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. Liu , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , G. M. Lucchetti , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , V. Mazza , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. Michel , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , C. T. Oba Ishikawa , U. Oberlack , S. Ouahada , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , A. Prajapati , L. Principe , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , A. Ravindran , A. Razeto , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , F. N. Semler , P. Shagin , S. Shi , H. Simgen , Z. Song , A. Stevens , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Yang , L. Yang , J. Ye , M. Yoshida , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhao , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

The EXO-200 experiment searched for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe with a single-phase liquid xenon detector. It used an active mass of 110 kg of 80.6%-enriched liquid xenon in an ultra-low background time projection chamber…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-23 N. Ackerman , J. Albert , M. Auger , D. J. Auty , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , L. Bartoszek , E. Baussan , V. Belov , C. Benitez-Medina , T. Bhatta , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , G. F. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , B. Cleveland , R. Conley , S. Cook , M. Coon , W. Craddock , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , C. G. Davis , J. Davis , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. deVoe , T. Didberidze , J. Dilling , A. Dobi , A. G. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , M. Dunford , J. Echevers , L. Espic , W. Fairbank , D. Fairbank , J. Farine , W. Feldmeier , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , K. Fouts , D. Franco , D. Freytag , D. Fudenberg , P. Gautam , G. Giroux , R. Gornea , K. Graham , G. Gratta , C. Hagemann , C. Hall , K. Hall , G. Haller , E. V. Hansen , C. Hargrove , R. Herbst , S. Herrin , J. Hodgson , M. Hughes , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , C. Jessiman , M. J. Jewell , A. Johnson , T. N. Johnson , S. Johnston , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Killick , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , D. S. Leonard , F. Leonard , F. LePort , G. S. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , D. Mackay , R. MacLellan , M. Marino , J. -M. Martin , Y. Martin , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , R. Neilson , O. Njoya , O. Nusair , K. O'Sullivan , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , C. Ouellet , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , C. Y. Prescott , K. Pushkin , F. Retiere , A. Rivas , A. L. Robinson , E. Rollin , P. C. Rowson , M. P. Rozo , J. Runge , J. J. Russell , S. Schmidt , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , K. Skarpaas , S. Slutsky , E. Smith , A. K. Soma , V. Stekhanov , V. Strickland , M. Swift , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. Tolba , D. Tosi , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , K. Twelker , B. Veenstra , V. Veeraraghavan , J. -L. Vuilleumier , J. -M. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , A. Waite , J. Walton , T. Walton , K. Wamba , J. Watkins , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , M. Wittgen , J. Wodin , J. Wood , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , Q. Xia , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya Zeldovich , T. Ziegler

The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a leading detector technology in rare event searches for dark matter and neutrino physics. The success of this type of detector technology relies on its capability to detect both primary…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-16 Yuehuan Wei , Jianyang Qi , Evan Shockley , Haiwen Xu , Kaixuan Ni

We have measured the energy dependence of the liquid xenon (LXe) scintillation yield of electrons with energy between 2.1 and 120.2keV, using the Compton coincidence technique. A LXe scintillation detector with a very high light detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 E. Aprile , R. Budnik , B. Choi , H. A. Contreras , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , J. E. Koglin , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , R. Persiani , G. Plante , A. Rizzo

A good understanding of electroluminescence is a prerequisite when optimising double-phase noble gas detectors for Dark Matter searches and high-pressure xenon TPCs for neutrinoless double beta decay detection. A simulation toolkit for…

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

The liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber (TPC) technology is probing a wide range of dark matter masses from sub-GeV to a few TeV. To further improve its sensitivity to sub-GeV dark matter and its application in reactor neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-22 Yuehuan Wei , Jianyu Long , Francesco Lombardi , Zhiheng Jiang , Jingqiang Ye , Kaixuan Ni

Liquid Xe TPCs are among the most popular choices for double beta decay and WIMP dark matter searches. Gaseous Xe has intrinsic advantages when compared to Liquid Xe, specifically, tracking capability and better energy resolution for double…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-15 Y. Nakajima , A. Goldschmidt , H. S. Matis , D. Nygren , C. Oliveira , J. Renner