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Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay continue to expand our understanding of the lepton sector, with experiments now pursuing ton-scale target masses with sensitivity to $m_{\beta\beta}$ covering the allowed parameter space for the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-04-10 A. Mastbaum , F. Psihas , J. Zennamo

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of 136Xe, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds. An extensive screening and material selection process is…

The projected performance and detector configuration of nEXO are described in this pre-Conceptual Design Report (pCDR). nEXO is a tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay search in $^{136}$Xe, based on the ultra-low…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-15 nEXO Collaboration , S. Al Kharusi , A. Alamre , J. B. Albert , M. Alfaris , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , F. Bourque , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , S. A. Charlebois , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Conley , M. Coon , M. Côté , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , D. Danovitch , L. Darroch , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , R. DeVoe , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , M. L. Di Vacri , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , R. Fontaine , D. Fudenberg , G. Gallina , G. Giacomini , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , G. Haller , E. V. Hansen , D. Harris , J. Hasi , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , P. Hufschmidt , M. Hughes , Y. Ito , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , C. Jessiman , M. J. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , C. Kenney , R. Killick , D. Kodroff , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , C. M. Lewis , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , P. Lv , R. MacLellan , K. McFarlane , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , R. J. Newby , T. Nguyen , Z. Ning , O. Njoya , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , K. Odgers , A. Odian , M. Oriunno , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , M. Patel , A. Peña-Perez , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , D. Qiu , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , T. Rao , S. Rescia , F. Retière , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , J. Runge , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , S. Schmidt , J. Schneider , A. Schubert , J. Segal , K. Skarpaas~VIII , A. K. Soma , K. Spitaels , G. St-Hilaire , V. Stekhanov , T. Stiegler , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. Tolba , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , B. Veenstra , V. Veeraraghavan , G. Visser , P. Vogel , J. -L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , Q. Wang , M. Ward , J. Watkins , M. Weber , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , Q. Xia , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Zeldovich , X. Zhang , J. Zhao , Y. Zhou , T. Ziegler

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…

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

Several efforts are ongoing for the development of spherical gaseous time projection chamber detectors for the observation of rare phenomena such as weakly interacting massive particles or neutrino interactions. The proposed detector,…

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 is a high-pressure (10-15 bar) xenon Time Projection Chamber dedicated to neutrinoless double beta decay searches. NEXT-DEMO is a large prototype of the NEXT experiment, constructed to demonstrate the feasibility of the NEXT detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Paola Ferrario

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

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…

NEXT-DEMO is a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 detector, an electroluminescent time projection chamber that will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136 using 100 to 150 kg of enriched xenon gas. NEXT-DEMO was built to…

Next-generation neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay experiments, with projected half-life sensitivities approaching $10^{28}$ years, are expected to probe the entire parameter space of the inverted neutrino mass ordering.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-09 C. R. Ding , K. Han , S. B. Wang , J. M. Yao

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

We report the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe from the PandaX-4T experiment with a 3.7-tonne natural xenon target. The data reconstruction and the background modeling are optimized in the MeV energy region. A blind…

Double electron capture by proton-rich nuclei is a second-order nuclear process analogous to double beta decay. Despite their similarities, the decay signature is quite different, potentially providing a new channel to measure the…

The NEXT experiment aims to observe the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136 in a high-pressure xenon gas TPC using electroluminescence to amplify the signal from ionization. One of the main advantages of this technology is the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-11 Paola Ferrario

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…

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…