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Radioactivity Backgrounds in ZEPLIN-III

We examine electron and nuclear recoil backgrounds from radioactivity in the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment at Boulby. The rate of low-energy electron recoils in the liquid xenon WIMP target is 0.75$\pm$0.05 events/kg/day/keV, which…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-27 H. M. Araujo , D. Yu. Akimov , E. J. Barnes , V. A. Belov , A. Bewick , 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. Luscher , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy. F. Neves , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , L. Reichhart , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

Results from the First Science Run of the ZEPLIN-III Dark Matter Search Experiment

The ZEPLIN-III experiment in the Palmer Underground Laboratory at Boulby uses a 12kg two-phase xenon time projection chamber to search for the weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may account for the dark matter of our Galaxy.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 V. N. Lebedenko , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , A. Bewick , R. Cashmore , V. Chepel , A. Currie , D. Davidge , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , M. Horn , A. S. Howard , A. J. Hughes , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , G. E. Kalmus , A. G. Kovalenko , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

Performance and Fundamental Processes at Low Energy in a Two-Phase Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detector

We extend the study of the performance of a prototype two-phase liquid xenon WIMP dark matter detector to recoil energies below 20 keV. We demonstrate a new method for obtaining the best estimate of the energies of events using a calibrated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Shutt , C. E. Dahl , J. Kwong , A. Bolozdynya , P. Brusov

First measurement of discrimination between helium and electron recoils in liquid xenon for low-mass dark matter searches

We report the first measurement of discrimination between low-energy helium recoils and electron recoils in liquid xenon. This result is relevant to proposed low-mass dark matter searches which seek to dissolve light target nuclei in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-25 S. J. Haselschwardt , R. Gibbons , H. Chen , S. Kravitz , A. Manalaysay , Q. Xia , P. Sorensen , W. H. Lippincott

First limits on WIMP nuclear recoil signals in ZEPLIN-II: a two phase xenon detector for dark matter detection

Results are presented from the first underground data run of ZEPLIN-II, a 31 kg two phase xenon detector developed to observe nuclear recoils from hypothetical weakly interacting massive dark matter particles. Discrimination between nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. J. Alner , H. M. Araujo , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , B. Camanzi , M. J. Carson , R. J. Cashmore , H. Chagani , V. Chepel , D. Cline , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , J. Gao , C. Ghag , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , E. V. Korolkova , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. Lawson , V. N. Lebedenko , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , K Mavrokoridis , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. St. J. Murphy , F. Neves , G. G. Nicklin , W. Ooi , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , S. J. S. Plank , R. M. Preece , J. J. Quenby , M. Robinson , F. Sergiampietri , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White , F. L. H. Wolfs

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

Nuclear recoil scintillation and ionisation yields in liquid xenon from ZEPLIN-III data

Scintillation and ionisation yields for nuclear recoils in liquid xenon above 10 keVnr (nuclear recoil energy) are deduced from data acquired using broadband Am-Be neutron sources. The nuclear recoil data from several exposures to two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Horn , V. A. Belov , D. Yu. Akimov , H. M. Araújo , E. J. Barnes , A. A. Burenkov , V. Chepel , A. Currie , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , A. Hollingsworth , G. E. Kalmus , A. S. Kobyakin , A. G. Kovalenko , V. N. Lebedenko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , R. Lüscher , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , L. Reichhart , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , L. de Viveiros , R. J. Walker

Signal Yields of keV Electronic Recoils and Their Discrimination from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon

We report on the response of liquid xenon to low energy electronic recoils below 15 keV from beta decays of tritium at drift fields of 92 V/cm, 154 V/cm and 366 V/cm using the XENON100 detector. A data-to-simulation fitting method based on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , R. Itay , 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 , 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 , P. Pakarha , 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 , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , 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 , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang

The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: performance study using an end-to-end simulation tool

We present results from a GEANT4-based Monte Carlo tool for end-to-end simulations of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 H. M. Araujo , D. Yu. Akimov , G. J. Alner , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , B. Camanzi , M. J. Carson , V. Chepel , H. Chagani , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , C. Ghag , R. Hollingworth , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , J. Kirkpatrick , A. Kovalenko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , V. N. Lebedenko , T. Lawson , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , K. Mavrokoridis , J. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. S. Murphy , F. Neves , G. Nicklin , S. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , 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 , D. R. Tovey , C. Thorne , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker

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

A coherent understanding of low-energy nuclear recoils in liquid xenon

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

Calibrating the scintillation and ionization responses of xenon recoils for high-energy dark matter searches

Liquid xenon-based direct detection dark matter experiments have recently expanded their searches to include high-energy nuclear recoil events as motivated by effective field theory dark matter and inelastic dark matter interaction models,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-01 Teal Pershing , Daniel Naim , Brian Lenardo , Jingke Xu , James Kingston , Eli Mizrachi , Vladimir Mozin , Phillip Kerr , Sergey Pereverzev , Adam Bernstein , Mani Tripathi

Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT

We report on a blinded analysis of low-energy electronic-recoil data from the first science run of the XENONnT dark matter experiment. Novel subsystems and the increased 5.9 tonne liquid xenon target reduced the background in the (1, 30)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-16 E. Aprile , K. Abe , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , M. Clark , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , P. Di Gangi , S. Di Pede , A. Di Giovanni , R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Gardner , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , N. Kato , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , P. Paschos , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , J. Stephen , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

Performance data from the ZEPLIN-III second science run

ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon direct dark matter experiment located at the Boulby Mine (UK). After its first science run in 2008 it was upgraded with: an array of low background photomultipliers, a new anti-coincidence detector system…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-03 P. Majewski , V. N. Solovov , D. Yu. Akimov , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , V. A. Belov , 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. Luscher , 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 , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

Response of liquid xenon to Compton electrons down to 1.5 keV

The response of liquid xenon to low-energy electronic recoils is relevant in the search for dark-matter candidates which interact predominantly with atomic electrons in the medium, such as axions or axion-like particles, as opposed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-21 Laura Baudis , Hrvoje Dujmovic , Christopher Geis , Andreas James , Alexander Kish , Aaron Manalaysay , Teresa Marrodan Undagoitia , Marc Schumann

Scintillation and Ionization Responses of Liquid Xenon to Low Energy Electronic and Nuclear Recoils at Drift Fields from 236 V/cm to 3.93 kV/cm

We present new measurements of the scintillation and ionization yields in liquid xenon for low energy electronic (about 3--7 keV$_{ee}$) and nuclear recoils (about 8--20 keV$_{nr}$) at different drift fields from 236 V/cm to 3.93 kV/cm,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-08-19 Qing Lin , Jialing Fei , Fei Gao , Jie Hu , Yuehuan Wei , Xiang Xiao , Hongwei Wang , Kaixuan Ni

Discrimination of electronic recoils from nuclear recoils in two-phase xenon time projection chambers

We present a comprehensive analysis of electronic recoil vs. nuclear recoil discrimination in liquid/gas xenon time projection chambers, using calibration data from the 2013 and 2014-16 runs of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-11 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. Leason , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , C. Rhyne , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , C. Zhang

New Measurement of the Relative Scintillation Efficiency of Xenon Nuclear Recoils Below 10 keV

Liquid xenon is an important detection medium in direct dark matter experiments, which search for low-energy nuclear recoils produced by the elastic scattering of WIMPs with quarks. The two existing measurements of the relative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-19 E. Aprile , L. Baudis , B. Choi , K. L. Giboni , K. E. Lim , A. Manalaysay , M. E. Monzani , G. Plante , R. Santorelli , M. Yamashita

Importance of upgraded energy reconstruction for direct dark matter searches with liquid xenon detectors

The usual nuclear recoil energy reconstruction employed by liquid xenon dark matter search experiments relies only on the primary scintillation photon signal. Energy reconstruction based on both the photon and electron signals yields a more…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-13 Peter Sorensen

Liquid xenon scintillation measurements and pulse shape discrimination in the LUX dark matter detector

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a leading candidate for dark matter and are expected to produce nuclear recoil (NR) events within liquid xenon time-projection chambers. We present a measurement of the scintillation timing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-20 The 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 , 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 , 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 , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , 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 , U. Utku , 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