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Thermodynamic Stability of Xenon-Doped Liquid Argon Detectors

Liquid argon detectors are employed in a wide variety of nuclear and particle physics experiments. The addition of small quantities of xenon to argon modifies its scintillation, ionization, and electroluminescence properties and can improve…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-13 Ethan P. Bernard , Eli Mizrachi , James Kingston , Jingke Xu , Sergey V. Pereverzev , Teal Pershing , Ryan Smith , Charles G. Prior , Nathaniel S. Bowden , Adam Bernstein , Carter R. Hall , Emilija Pantic , Mani Tripathi , Daniel N. McKinsey , Phillip S. Barbeau

A 4 tonne demonstrator for large-scale dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers

A 10 kilo-tonne dual-phase liquid argon TPC is one of the detector options considered for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The detector technology relies on amplification of the ionisation charge in ultra-pure argon vapour…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 B. Aimard , Ch. Alt , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , V. Aushev , D. Autiero , M. M. Badoi , A. Balaceanu , G. Balik , L. Balleyguier , E. Bechetoille , D. Belver , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , N. Bourgeois , B. Bourguille , J. Bremer , G. Brown , G. Brunetti , L. Brunetti , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , E. Calvo , M. Campanelli , K. Cankocak , C. Cantini , B. Carlus , B. M. Cautisanu , M. Chalifour , A. Chappuis , N. Charitonidis , A. Chatterjee , A. Chiriacescu , P. Chiu , S. Conforti , P. Cotte , P. Crivelli , C. Cuesta , J. Dawson , I. De Bonis , C. De La Taille , A. Delbart , D. Desforge , S. Di Luise , B. S. Dimitru , F. Doizon , C. Drancourt , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , F. Duval , S. Emery , A. Ereditato , T. Esanu , A. Falcone , K. Fusshoeller , A. Gallego-Ros , V. Galymov , N. Geroy , A. Gendotti , M. Gherghel-Lascu , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , C. Girerd , M. C. Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , E. Hamada , R. Hanni , T. Hasegawa , A. Holin , S. Horikawa , M. Ikeno , S. Jimenez , A. Jipa , M. Karolak , Y. Karyotakis , S. Kasai , K. Kasami , T. Kishishita , I. Kreslo , D. Kryn , C. Lastoria , I. Lazanu , G. Lehmann-Miotto , N. Lira , K. Loo , D. Lorca , P. Lutz , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , G. Maire , M. Maki , L. Manenti , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , G. Martin-Chassard , H. Mathez , E. Mazzucato , G. Misitano , B. Mitrica , D. Mladenov , L. Molina Bueno , C. Moreno Martinez , J. P. Mols , T. S. Mosu , W. Mug , A. Munteanu , S. Murphy , K. Nakayoshi , S. Narita , D. Navas-Nicolas , K. Negishi , M. Nessi , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , L. Nita , F. Noto , A. Noury , Y. Onishchuk , C. Palomares , M. Parvu , T. Patzak , Y. Penichot , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , F. Pietropaolo , Y. Piret , B. Popov , D. Pugnere , B. Radics , D. Redondo , C. Regenfus , A. Remoto , F. Resnati , Y. A. Rigaut , C. Ristea , A. Rubbia , A. Saftoiu , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , C. Santos , A. Scarpelli , C. Schloesser , L. Scotto Lavina , K. Sendai , F. Sergiampietri , S. Shahsavarani , M. Shoji , J. Sinclair , J. Soto-Oton , D. L. Stanca , D. Stefan , P. Stroescu , R. Sulej , M. Tanaka , V. Toboaru , A. Tonazzo , W. Tromeur , W. H. Trzaska , T. Uchida , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Vihonen , S. Vilalte , M. Weber , S. Wu , J. Yu , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

Calibration of the NEXT-White detector using $^{83m}\mathrm{Kr}$ decays

The NEXT-White (NEW) detector is currently the largest radio-pure high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber with electroluminescent readout in the world. NEXT-White has been operating at Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc (LSC)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 G. Martínez-Lema , J. A. Hernando Morata , B. Palmeiro , A. Botas , P. Ferrario , F. Monrabal , A. Laing , J. Renner , A. Simón , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , C. Adams , V. Álvarez , L. Arazi , C. D. R. Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , S. Cárcel , J. V. Carrión , S. Cebrián , C. A. N. Conde , J. Díaz , M. Diesburg , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , D. González-Díaz , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , A. I. Hernandez , V. Herrero , S. Johnston , B. J. P. Jones , M. Kekic , L. Labarga , P. Lebrun , N. López-March , M. Losada , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , A. D. McDonald , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , M. Musti , M. Nebot-Guinot , P. Novella , D. R. Nygren , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , J. Repond , S. Riordan , L. Ripoll , J. Rodríguez , L. Rogers , C. Romo , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , T. Stiegler , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , J. F. C. A. Veloso , R. Webb , J. T. White , N. Yahlalib

Thermal Management Design and Key Technology Validation for PandaX Underground Experiment

The scale of liquid xenon experiments for rare events searching is expanding, which is planned even to fifty tons level. The detector and distillation tower require a reliable cooling source with large cooling power at liquid xenon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-13 Tao Zhan , Jianglai Liu , Yang Liu , Weihao Wu , Binbin Yan , Zhou Wang

A Regenerable Filter for Liquid Argon Purification

A filter system for removing electronegative impurities from liquid argon is described. The active components of the filter are adsorbing molecular sieve and activated-copper-coated alumina granules. The system is capable of purifying…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-06-25 A. Curioni , B. T. Fleming , W. Jaskierny , C. Kendziora , J. Krider , S. Pordes , M. Soderberg , J. Spitz , T. Tope , T. Wongjirad

Nuclear Recoil Calibration at Sub-keV Energies in LUX and Its Impact on Dark Matter Search Sensitivity

Dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) detectors offer heightened sensitivities for dark matter detection across a spectrum of particle masses. To broaden their capability to low-mass dark matter interactions, we investigated the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-19 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , J. Bang , 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 , 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 , 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 , C. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , 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 , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. Zhang

Present status and future perspectives of the NEXT experiment

NEXT is an experiment dedicated to neutrinoless double beta decay searches in xenon. The detector is a TPC, holding 100 kg of high-pressure xenon enriched in the $^{136}$Xe isotope. It is under construction in the Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-07-30 The NEXT Collaboration , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , V. Álvarez , F. I. G. M. Borges , S. Cárcel , J. Castel , S. Cebrián , A. Cervera , C. A. N. Conde , T. Dafni , T. H. V. T. Dias , J. Díaz , M. Egorov , R. Esteve , P. Evtoukhovitch , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , V. M. Gehman , A. Gil , A. Goldschmidt , H. Gómez , D. González-Díaz , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , M. A. Jinete , L. Labarga , A. Laing , I. Liubarsky , J. A. M. Lopes , D. Lorca , M. Losada , G. Luzón , A. Marí , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , T. Miller , A. Moiseenko , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , L. M. Moutinho , J. Muñoz Vidal , H. Natal da Luz , G. Navarro , M. Nebot-Guinot , D. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , R. Palma , J. Pérez , J. L. Pérez Aparicio , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , A. Rodríguez , J. Rodríguez , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , L. Segui , L. Serra , D. Shuman , A. Simón , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , J. F. Toledo , A. Tomás , J. Torrent , Z. Tsamalaidze , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. C. Webb , J. White , N. Yahlali

The DireXeno Experiment -- Measuring Correlated Scintillation Signatures in Liquid Xenon

We present a detector apparatus, DireXeno (DIRectinal Xenon), designed to measure the spatial and temporal properties of scintillation in liquid xenon to very high accuracy. The properties of scintillation are of primary importance for dark…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 R. Itay , P. Z. Szabo , G. Koltman , M. M. Devi , M. Shutman , H. Landsman , R. Budnik

The Hunt for neutrinoless double beta decay with the NEXT experiment

The NEXT-100 detector will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe using an electroluminescent high-pressure xenon gas TPC filled with 100 kg of enriched Xe. An observation of this hypothetical process would establish a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Lorca

A Liquid Xenon Positron Target Concept

Positron targets are a critical component of future Linear Colliders. Traditional targets are composed of high-Z metals that become brittle over time due to constant bombardment by high-power electron beams. We explore the possibility of a…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-06-01 Max Varverakis , Robert Holtzapple , Hiroki Fujii , Spencer Gessner

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

Detection and clearing of trapped ions in the high current Cornell photoinjector

We have recently performed experiments to test the effectiveness of three ion-clearing strategies in the Cornell high intensity photoinjector: DC clearing electrodes, bunch gaps, and beam shaking. The photoinjector reaches a new regime of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 Steven Full , Adam Bartnik , Ivan Bazarov , John Dobbins , Bruce Dunham , Georg Hoffstaetter

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

Improved Measurements of the \b{eta}-Decay Response of Liquid Xenon with the LUX Detector

We report results from an extensive set of measurements of the \b{eta}-decay response in liquid xenon.These measurements are derived from high-statistics calibration data from injected sources of both $^{3}$H and $^{14}$C in the LUX…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-17 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , P. Beltrame , 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 , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , 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 , M. F. Marzioni , 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 , M. Tripathi , 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

Performance of a Large Area Avalanche Photodiode in a Liquid Xenon Ionization and Scintillation Chamber

Scintillation light produced in liquid xenon (LXe) by alpha particles, electrons and gamma-rays was detected with a large area avalanche photodiode (LAAPD) immersed in the liquid. The alpha scintillation yield was measured as a function of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Ni , E. Aprile , D. Day , K. L. Giboni , J. A. M. Lopes , P. Majewski , M. Yamashita

Discovery potential of multi-ton xenon detectors in neutrino electromagnetic properties

Next-generation xenon detectors with multi-ton-year exposure are powerful direct probes of dark matter candidates, in particular the favorite weakly-interacting massive particles. Coupled with the features of low thresholds and backgrounds,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-09 Chung-Chun Hsieh , Lakhwinder Singh , Chih-Pan Wu , Jiunn-Wei Chen , Hsin-Chang Chi , C. -P. Liu , Mukesh K. Pandey , Henry T. Wong

Simulation results for a low energy nuclear recoil yields measurement in liquid xenon using the MiX detector

Measuring the scintillation and ionization yields of liquid xenon in response to ultra-low energy nuclear recoil events is necessary to increase the sensitivity of liquid xenon experiments to light dark matter. Neutron capture on xenon can…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-01 C. S. Amarasinghe , R. Coronel , D. Q. Huang , Y. Liu , M. Arthurs , S. Steinfeld , R. Gaitskell , W. Lorenzon

Towards an improved understanding of the relative scintillation efficiency of nuclear recoils in liquid xenon

Liquid xenon (LXe) particle detectors are a powerful technology in the field of dark matter direct detection, having shown impressive results in recent years and holding strong possibility for leading the field in sensitivity to galactic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-23 A. Manalaysay

Review of the experimental and theoretical landscape of electron transport in noble liquids

We present a review of the current experimental and theoretical understanding of electron transport in noble liquids. Special attention is given to recent measurements that coincide with the development of time projection chambers (TPCs)…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 G. J. Boyle , N. A. Garland , D. L. Muccignat , I. Simonović , D. Bošnjaković , S. Dujko , R. D. White

Study of fast neutron detector for COSINE-100 experiment

A monitoring system for fast neutrons is planned in the COSINE experiment, a dark matter experiment with NaI crystals. We pursued several R&D approaches for a neutron detector using a liquid scintillator (LS). A pulse shape discrimination…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-25 G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , C. Ha , E. J. Jeon , K. W. Kim , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , R. H. Maruyama , S. L. Olsen , H. Prihtiadi