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Self-shielding effect of a single phase liquid xenon detector for direct dark matter search

Liquid xenon is a suitable material for a dark matter search. For future large scale experiments, single phase detectors are attractive due to their simple configuration and scalability. However, in order to reduce backgrounds, they need to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Minamino , K. Abe , Y. Ashie , J. Hosaka , K. Ishihara , K. Kobayashi , Y. Koshio , C. Mitsuda , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , Y. Nakajima , T. Namba , H. Ogawa , H. Sekiya , M. Shiozawa , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , K. Taki , K. Ueshima , Y. Ebizuka , A. Ota , S. Suzuki , H. Hagiwara , Y. Hashimoto , S. Kamada , M. Kikuchi , N. Kobayashi , T. Nagase , S. Nakamura , K. Tomita , Y. Uchida , Y. Fukuda , T. Sato , K. Nishijima , T. Maruyama , D. Motoki , Y. Itow , Y. D. Kim , J. I. Lee , S. H. Moon , K. E. Lim , J. P Cravens , M. B. Smy

Electroluminescence collection cell as a readout for a high energy resolution Xenon gas TPC

AXEL is a high pressure xenon gas TPC detector being developed for neutrinoless double-beta decay search. We use the proportional scintillation mode with a new electroluminescence light detection system to achieve high energy resolution in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-27 S. Ban , K. D. Nakamura , S. Akiyama , M. Hirose , A. K. Ichikawa , Y. Ishiyama , A. Minamino , K. Miuchi , T. Nakaya , H. Sekiya , S. Tanaka , K. Ueshima , S. Yanagita

Compton scattering sequence reconstruction algorithm for the liquid xenon gamma-ray imaging telescope (LXeGRIT)

The Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Imaging Telescope (LXeGRIT) is a balloon born experiment sensitive to \g -rays in the energy band of 0.2-20 MeV. The main detector is a time projection chamber filled with high purity liquid xenon (LXeTPC), in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 U. G. Oberlack , E. Aprile , A. Curioni , V. Egorov , K. L. Giboni

Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX

We present a novel analysis technique for liquid xenon time projection chambers that allows for a lower threshold by relying on events with a prompt scintillation signal consisting of single detected photons. The energy threshold of the LUX…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , 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 , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , E. Grace , C. Gwilliam , 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 , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazka , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , N. A. Larsen , E. Leason , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , B. López-Paredes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , L. Reichhart , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , 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 , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Dark matter sensitivity of multi-ton liquid xenon detectors

We study the sensitivity of multi ton-scale time projection chambers using a liquid xenon target, e.g., the proposed DARWIN instrument, to spin-independent and spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon scattering interactions. Taking into account…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-14 Marc Schumann , Laura Baudis , Lukas Bütikofer , Alexander Kish , Marco Selvi

The XENON10 WIMP Search Experiment at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory

XENON10 is a new direct dark matter detection experiment using liquid xenon as target for weakly interacting, massive particles (WIMPs). A two-phase (liquid/gas) time projection chamber with 15 kg fiducial mass has been installed in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Laura Baudis

Field dependence of electronic recoil signals in a dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber

We present measurements of light and charge signals in a dual-phase time projection chamber at electric fields varying from 10 V/cm up to 500 V/cm and at zero field using 511 keV gamma rays from a $^{22}$Na source. We determine the drift…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-01 E. Hogenbirk , M. P. Decowski , K. McEwan , A. P. Colijn

Measurement Techniques for Low Emittance Tuning and Beam Dynamics at CESR

After operating as a High Energy Physics electron-positron collider, the Cornell Electron-positron Storage Ring (CESR) has been converted to become a dedicated synchrotron light source for the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS).…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 M. G. Billing , J. A. Dobbins , M. J. Forster , D. L. Kreinick , R. E. Meller , D. P. Peterson , G. A. Ramirez , M. C. Rendina , N. T. Rider , D. C. Sagan , J. Shanks , J. P. Sikora , M. G. Stedinger , C. R. Strohman , H. A. Williams , M. A. Palmer , R. L. Holtzapple , J. Flanagan

Direct Dark Matter search with the XENON program

We present the most recent results from XENON100, the current phase of the XENON dark matter search program. XENON100 is a dual phase time-projection chamber operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) whose ultra-low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-14 Paolo Beltrame

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

Accurate gamma and MeV-electron track reconstruction with an ultra-low diffusion Xenon/TMA TPC at 10 atmospheres

We report the performance of a 10 atm Xenon/trimethylamine time projection chamber (TPC) for the detection of X-rays (30 keV) and gamma-rays (0.511-1.275 MeV) in conjunction with the accurate tracking of the associated electrons. When…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 Diego Gonzalez-Diaz , V. Alvarez , F. I. G. Borges , M. Camargo , S. Carcel , S. Cebrian , A. Cervera , C. A. N. Conde , T. Dafni , J. Diaz , R. Esteve , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , V. M. Gehman , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , R. M. Gutierrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , I. G. Irastorza , L. Labarga , A. Laing , I. Liubarsky , N. Lopez-March , D. Lorca , M. Losada , G. Luzon , A. Mari , J. Martin-Albo , G. Martinez-Lema , A. Martinez , T. Miller , F. Monrabal , M. Monserrate , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , L. M. Moutinho , J. Munoz Vidal , M. Nebot-Guinot , D. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , J. Perez , J. L. Perez Aparicio , M. Querol , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , J. Rodriguez , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , L. Serra , D. Shuman , A. Simon , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , Z. Tsamalaidze , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. Webb , J. T. White , N. Yahlali , C. Azevedo , F. Aznar , D. Calvet , J. Castel , E. Ferrer-Ribas , J. A. Garcia , I. Giomataris , H. Gomez , F. J. Iguaz , A. Lagraba , A. Le Coguie , J. P. Mols , O. Sahin , A. Rodriguez , E. Ruiz-Choliz , L. Segui , A. Tomas , R. Veenhof

An Upgraded Data Acquisition System for the Balloon-Borne Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Telescope LXeGRIT

LXeGRIT is a balloon-borne Compton telescope for MeV gamma-ray astrophysics, based on a liquid xenon time projection chamber (LXe-TPC) with charge and light readout. The first balloon flights in 1997 revealed limitations of the trigger…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Aprile , A. Curioni , K. Giboni , U. Oberlack , ; S. Ventura

Experimental study of a liquid Xenon PET prototype module

A detector using liquid Xenon in the scintillation mode is studied for Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The specific design aims at taking full advantage of the liquid Xenon properties. It does feature a promising insensitive to any…

Medical Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 M. -L. Gallin-Martel , P. Martin , F. Mayet , J. Ballon , G. Barbier , C. Barnoux , J. Berger , D. Bondoux , O. Bourrion , J. Collot , D. Dzahini , R. Foglio , L. Gallin-Martel , A. Garrigue , S. Jan , P. Petit , P. Stassi , F. Vezzu , E. Tournefier

Demonstration of Event Position Reconstruction based on Diffusion in the NEXT-White Detector

Noble element time projection chambers are a leading technology for rare event detection in physics, such as for dark matter and neutrinoless double beta decay searches. Time projection chambers typically assign event position in the drift…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-19 J. Haefner , K. E. Navarro , R. Guenette , B. J. P. Jones , A. Tripathi , 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. BenllochRodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , A. Brodolin , 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 , 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 , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero-Gómez , V. Herrero , C. Hervés Carrete , Y. Ifergan , L. Labarga , L. Larizgoitia , A. Larumbe , P. Lebrun , F. Lopez , 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 , P. Novella , A. Nuñez , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , 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 , I. Shomroni , A. Simón , S. R. Soleti , M. Sorel , J. Soto-Oton , J. M. R. Teixeira , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , A. Trettin , A. Usón , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. Waiton , J. T. White

Design and expected performance of a novel hybrid detector for very-high-energy gamma astrophysics

Current detectors for Very-High-Energy $\gamma$-ray astrophysics are either pointing instruments with a small field of view (Cherenkov telescopes), or large field-of-view instruments with relatively large energy thresholds (extensive air…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 P. Assis , U. Barres de Almeida , A. Blanco , R. Conceição , B. D'Ettore Piazzoli , A. De Angelis , M. Doro , P. Fonte , L. Lopes , G. Matthiae , M. Pimenta , R. Shellard , B. Tomé

Calibration of a Micromegas-based Gaseous Time Projection Chamber Using Cosmic Ray Muons

We report the calibration of a gaseous Time Projection Chamber based on Micromegas charge readout modules with cosmic ray muons, utilizing their penetrating power and relatively uniform energy deposition per unit length. Muon events were…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-28 Wenming Zhang , Yuanchun Liu , Haiyan Du , Ke Han , Heng Lin , Tao Li , Lingyin Luo , Kaixiang Ni , Yunzhi Peng , Shaobo Wang , Sicheng Wen , Xiyu Yan , Zhiyong Zhang , Wenchang Zhai

Development of Dual-phase Xenon TPC with a Quartz Chamber for Direct Dark Matter Search

The idea of a hermetic quartz chamber in a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) has the potential to improve the detector sensitivity for direct dark matter searches in the future. A major challenge facing TPC detectors in future…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-15 Kazufumi Sato , Masaki Yamashita , Koichi Ichimura , Yoshitaka Itow , Shingo Kazama , Shigetaka Moriyama , Kosuke Ozaki , Takumi Suzuki , Rina Yamazaki

Cosmic Ray Measurements Using Charge and Light Readout in a Pixelated Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid argon time projection chambers have emerged as a competitive technology for detecting solar neutrinos. The SoLAr collaboration was formed to explore argon detectors with pixelated light and charge readout, aiming for high detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-12 SoLAr Collaboration , N. Anfimov , A. Branca , J. Bürgi , L. Calivers , P. Carniti , E. Calvo , E. Cristaldo , C. Cuesta , F. Declich , R. Diurba , P. Dunne , D. A. Dwyer , J. Evans , A. C. Ezeribe , A. Gauch , I. Gil-Botella , C. Gotti , S. Greenberg , D. Guffanti , A. Karcher , J. Kunzmann , N. Lane , S. Manthey Corchado , N. McConkey , A. Minotti , A. Navrer-Agasson , S. Parsa , G. Pessina , G. Ruiz Ferreira , B. Russell , S. Söldner-Rembold , A. M. Szelc , A. Tapper , F. Terranova , C. Tognina , D. Trotta , S. Tufanli , H. Vieira de Souza , G. Vitti Stenico , A. Verdugo , M. Weber , I. Xiotidis

Low-threshold response of a scintillating xenon bubble chamber to nuclear and electronic recoils

A device filled with pure xenon first demonstrated the ability to operate simultaneously as a bubble chamber and scintillation detector in 2017. Initial results from data taken at thermodynamic thresholds down to ~4 keV showed sensitivity…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-15 E. Alfonso-Pita , E. Behnke , M. Bressler , B. Broerman , K. Clark , R. Coppejans , J. Corbett , M. Crisler , C. E. Dahl , K. Dering , A. de St. Croix , D. Durnford , P. Giampa , J. Hall , O. Harris , H. Hawley-Herrera , N. Lamb , M. Laurin , I. Levine , W. H. Lippincott , R. Neilson , M. -C. Piro , D. Pyda , Z. Sheng , G. Sweeney , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , S. Westerdale , T. J. Whitis , A. Wright , J. Zhang , R. Zhang , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

PETALO, a new concept for a Positron Emission TOF Apparatus based on Liquid xenOn

This master thesis presents a new type of Positron Emission TOF Apparatus using Liquid xenOn (PETALO). The detector is based in the Liquid Xenon Scintillating Cell (LXSC). The cell is a box filled with liquid xenon (LXe) whose transverse…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-06-01 J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez