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Scintillation and optical properties of xenon-doped liquid argon

Liquid argon (LAr) is a common choice as detection medium in particle physics and rare-event searches. Challenges of LAr scintillation light detection include its short emission wavelength, long scintillation time and short attenuation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-26 C. Vogl , M. Schwarz , X. Stribl , J. Grießing , P. Krause , S. Schönert

Characterization of a Nd-loaded organic liquid scintillator for neutrinoless double beta decay search of 150-Nd with a 10-ton scale detector

Several liters of an organic liquid scintillator (LS) loaded with Nd have been made. We report on performances of this scintillator in terms of optical properties, radiopurity and light yield for a Nd concentration of 6.5 g/l. A possible…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-14 I. Barabanov , L. Bezrukov , C. Cattadori , N. Danilov , A. Di Vacri , A. Ianni , S. Nisi , F. Ortica , A. Romani , C. Salvo , O. Smirnov , E. Yanovich

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with SNO+

SNO+ will search for neutrinoless double beta decay by loading 780 tonnes of linear alkylbenzene liquid scintillator with O(tonne) of neodymium. Using natural Nd at 0.1% loading will provide 43.7 kg of 150Nd given its 5.6% abundance and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Hartnell

A novel segmented-scintillator antineutrino detector

The next generation of very-short-baseline reactor experiments will require compact detectors operating at surface level and close to a nuclear reactor. This paper presents a new detector concept based on a composite solid scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-01 Y. Abreu , Y. Amhis , L. Arnold , G. Ban , W. Beaumont , M. Bongrand , D. Boursette , J. M. Buhour , B. C. Castle , K. Clark , B. Coupé , A. S. Cucoanes , D. Cussans , A. De Roeck , J. DHondt , D. Durand , M. Fallot , S. Fresneau , L. Ghys , L. Giot , B. Guillon , G. Guilloux , S. Ihantola , X. Janssen , S. Kalcheva , L. N. Kalousis , E. Koonen , M. Labare , G. Lehaut , J. Mermans , I. Michiels , C. Moortgat , D. Newbold , J. Park , K. Petridis , I. Piñera , G. Pommery , L. Popescu , G. Pronost , J. Rademacker , A. Reynolds , D. Ryckbosch , N. Ryder , D. Saunders , Yu. A. Shitov , M. -H. Schune , P. R. Scovell , L. Simard , A. Vacheret , S. Van Dyck , P. Van Mulders , N. van Remortel , S. Vercaemer , A. Waldron , A. Weber , F. Yermia

Pressurised xenon as scintillator for gamma spectroscopy

Detectors based on liquid or gas xenon have been used and are in use for a number of applications, in particular for the detection of gamma rays. Xenon is a well-suited medium for gamma spectroscopy thanks to its high atomic number and,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-09-10 F. Resnati

Separating Double-Beta Decay Events from Solar Neutrino Interactions in a Kiloton-Scale Liquid Scintillator Detector By Fast Timing

We present a technique for separating nuclear double beta decay ($\beta\beta$-decay) events from background neutrino interactions due to $^{8}$B decays in the sun. This background becomes dominant in a kiloton-scale liquid-scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-08 Andrey Elagin , Henry Frisch , Brian Naranjo , Jonathan Ouellet , Lindley Winslow , Taritree Wongjirad

Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT

The NEXT experiment aims at the sensitive search of the neutrinoless double beta decay in $^{136}$Xe, using high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chambers. The NEXT-White detector is the first radiopure demonstrator of this…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-10-04 NEXT Collaboration , P. Novella , M. Sorel , A. Usón , C. Adams , H. Almazán , V. Álvarez , B. Aparicio , A. I. Aranburu , L. Arazi , I. J. Arnquist , F. Auria-Luna , S. Ayet , C. D. R. Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , M. del Barrio-Torregrosa , A. Bayo , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , S. Bounasser , N. Byrnes , S. Cárcel , J. V. Carrión , S. Cebrián , E. Church , L. Cid , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , F. P. Cossío , E. Dey , G. Díaz , T. Dickel , M. Elorza , J. Escada , R. Esteve , A. Fahs , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , F. W. Foss , E. D. C. Freitas , Z. Freixa , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , R. González , J. Grocott , R. Guenette , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero-Gómez , V. Herrero , C. Hervés Carrete , J. Ho , P. Ho , Y. Ifergan , B. J. P. Jones , L. Labarga , L. Larizgoitia , A. Larumbe , P. Lebrun , F. Lopez , D. Lopez Gutierrez , N. López-March , R. Madigan , R. D. P. Mano , A. P. Marques , J. Martín-Albo , G. Martínez-Lema , M. Martínez-Vara , Z. E. Meziani , R. L. Miller , K. Mistry , J. Molina-Canteras , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , K. E. Navarro , A. Nuñez , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , M. Odriozola-Gimeno , J. Palacio , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , I. Parmaksiz , J. Pelegrin , M. Pérez Maneiro , M. Querol , A. B. Redwine , J. Renner , I. Rivilla , J. Rodríguez , C. Rogero , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Simón , S. R. Soleti , C. Stanford , J. M. R. Teixeira , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , J. F. C. A. Veloso , T. T. Vuong , J. Waiton , J. T. White

Inverse Primakoff Scattering as a Probe of Solar Axions at Liquid Xenon Direct Detection Experiments

We show that XENON1T and future liquid xenon (LXe) direct detection experiments are sensitive to axions through the standard $g_{a\gamma}aF\tilde{F}$ operators due to inverse-Primakoff scattering. This previously neglected channel…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-03-02 James B. Dent , Bhaskar Dutta , Jayden L. Newstead , Adrian Thompson

After LUX: The LZ Program

The LZ program consists of two stages of direct dark matter searches using liquid Xe detectors. The first stage will be a 1.5-3 tonne detector, while the last stage will be a 20 tonne detector. Both devices will benefit tremendously from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 D. C. Malling , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araujo , X. Bai , S. Bedikian , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bradley , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , K. Clark , T. Classen , T. Coffey , A. Curioni , A. Currie , S. Dazeley , L. de Viveiros , M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. R. Gibson , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , B. Holbrook , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Lander , N. Larsen , C. Lee , D. Leonard , K. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , P. Majewski , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Morii , A. St J. Murphy , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Stiegler , T. J. Sumner , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

Detector Challenges of the strong-field QED experiment LUXE at the European XFEL

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

Detector Challenges of the strong-field QED experiment LUXE at the European XFEL

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 2022-09-30 Arka Santra

Ultra-Low Energy Calibration of LUX Detector using $^{127}$Xe Electron Capture

We report an absolute calibration of the ionization yields($\textit{Q$_y$})$ and fluctuations for electronic recoil events in liquid xenon at discrete energies between 186 eV and 33.2 keV. The average electric field applied across the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-03 LUX Collaboration , 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 , P. Brás , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , 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 , 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 , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , 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

Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{136}$Xe

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment will enable a neutrinoless double beta decay search in parallel to the main science goal of discovering dark matter particle interactions. We report the expected LZ sensitivity to $^{136}$Xe neutrinoless…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-07-15 D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , A. Baxter , J. Bensinger , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , M. C. Carmona Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , A. Cottle , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , A. Harrison , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , J. YK. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , C. D. Kocher , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , 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. Li , J. Liao , F. T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , K. Pushkin , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , G. Rutherford , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

Large scale Gd-beta-diketonate based organic liquid scintillator production for antineutrino detection

Over the course of several decades, organic liquid scintillators have formed the basis for successful neutrino detectors. Gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillators provide efficient background suppression for electron antineutrino detection at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-06-26 C. Aberle , C. Buck , B. Gramlich , F. X. Hartmann , M. Lindner , S. Schönert , U. Schwan , S. Wagner , H. Watanabe

A liquid scintillator for a neutrino Detector working at -50 degree

A liquid scintillator (LS) is developed for the Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO), a ton-level neutrino detector to measure the reactor antineutrino spectrum with sub-percent energy resolution by adopting Silicon Photomultipliers…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-07 Zhangquan Xie , Jun Cao , Yayun Ding , Mengchao Liu , Xilei Sun , Wei Wang , Yuguang Xie

Doping of a Borexino-like Liquid Scintillator with Tellurium-Diols

One promising approach for future neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) searches is the incorporation of candidate isotopes into liquid scintillator detectors. In this work, a sample of the high-performance…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-12 Hans Th. J. Steiger , Marco Beretta , Manuel Böhles , Alberto Garfagnini , Arsenii Gavrikov , Paolo Lombardi , Kai Loo , Elena Pasini , Benedetta Rasera , Andrea Serafini , Michael Wurm

The NEXT-100 experiment for neutrinoless double beta decay searches (Conceptual Design Report)

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-06-21 NEXT Collaboration , V. Álvarez , M. Ball , M. Batallé , J. Bayarri , F. I. G. Borges , S. Cárcel , J. M. Carmona , J. Castel , J. M. Catalá , S. Cebrián , A. Cervera-Villanueva , D. Chan , C. A. N. Conde , T. Dafni , T. H. V. T. Dias , J. Díaz , R. Esteve , P. Evtoukhovitch , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , E. Ferrer-Ribas , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , A. Gil , I. Giomataris , A. Goldschmidt , E. Gómez , H. Gómez , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , K. Gónzález , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. A. Hernando-Morata , D. C. Herrera , V. Herrero , F. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , V. Kalinnikov , A. Kustov , I. Liubarsky , J. A. M. Lopes , D. Lorca , M. Losada , G. Luzón , J. Martín-Albo , A. Méndez , T. Miller , A. Moisenko , J. P. Mols , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , J. M. Monzó , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz-Vidal , H. Natal da Luz , G. Navarro , M. Nebot , D. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , R. Palma , J. L. Pérez-Aparicio , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , A. Rodríguez , J. Rodríguez , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , L. Seguí , L. Serra , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , H. Spieler , J. F. Toledo , A. Tomás , Z. Tsamalaidze , D. Vázquez , E. Velicheva , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. Webb , T. Weber , J. White , N. Yahlali

Massive liquid Ar and Xe detectors for direct Dark Matter searches

A novel experiment for direct searches of the Dark Matter with liquid argon double-phase chamber with a mass of liquid Ar up to several hundred tons is proposed. To suppress the b-, g- and n0- backgrounds, the comparison of scintillation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-27 B. M. Ovchinnikov , Yu. B. Ovchinnikov , V. V. Parusov

Heavy Neutral Lepton Decay Searches using Solar Neutrinos

We study the sensitivity to the decay of a heavy neutral lepton into $e^+e^-$-pairs using the solar boron-8 neutrino flux as source. We provide a fully differential cross section for this process including the interference of neutral and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-05 Patrick Huber , Yulun Li

First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers

The bubble-assisted Liquid Hole-Multiplier (LHM) is a recently-introduced detection concept for noble-liquid time projection chambers. In this "local dual-phase" detection element, a gas bubble is supported underneath a perforated electrode…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-08 E. Erdal , L. Arazi , M. Rappaport , S. Shchemelinin , D. Vartsky , A. Breskin