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MiX: A Position Sensitive Dual-Phase Liquid Xenon Detector

The need for precise characterization of dual-phase xenon detectors has grown as the technology has matured into a state of high efficacy for rare event searches. The Michigan Xenon detector was constructed to study the microphysics of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-25 S. Stephenson , J. Haefner , Q. Lin , K. Ni , K. Pushkin , R. Raymond , M. Schubnell , N. Shutty , G. Tarlé , C. Weaverdyck , W. Lorenzon

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

Status and Sensitivity Projections for the XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON experimental program aims to detect cold dark matter particles via their elastic collisions with xenon nuclei in two-phase time projection chambers (TPCs). We are currently testing a new TPC at the 100 kg scale, XENON100. This…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Elena Aprile , Laura Baudis

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

The XENON100 Detector

XENON100 is a liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber built to search for rare collisions of hypothetical, weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Operated in a low-background shield at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-29 P. R. Scovell , XENON100 Collaboration

Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO

Liquid xenon time projection chambers are promising detectors to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu \beta \beta$), due to their response uniformity, monolithic sensitive volume, scalability to large target masses, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-28 G. Gallina , Y. Guan , F. Retiere , G. Cao , A. Bolotnikov , I. Kotov , S. Rescia , A. K. Soma , T. Tsang , L. Darroch , T. Brunner , J. Bolster , J. R. Cohen , T. Pinto Franco , W. C. Gillis , H. Peltz Smalley , S. Thibado , A. Pocar , A. Bhat , A. Jamil , D. C. Moore , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , I. J. Arnquist , P. Arsenault , I. Badhrees , J. Bane , V. Belov , E. P. Bernard , T. Bhatta , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , E. Caden , L. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Collister , M. Cvitan , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , K. Deslandes , R. DeVoe , M. L. di Vacri , Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , B. Eckert , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , Y. S. Fu , D. Gallacher , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , C. Gingras , D. Goeldi , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , C. A. Hardy , S. Hedges , M. Heffner , E. Hein , J. Holt , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , W. Hunt , A. Iverson , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , G. Lessard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , M. Mahtab , S. Majidi , C. Malbrunot , P. Margetak , P. Martel-Dion , L. Martin , J. Masbou , N. Massacret , K. McMichael , B. Mong , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , X. E. Ngwadla , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , A. Odian , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Perna , A. Piepke , N. Pletskova , J. F. Pratte , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , T. Rao , H. Rasiwala , K. Raymond , B. M. Rebeiro , G. Richardson , J. Ringuette , V. Riot , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , L. Rudolph , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , X. Shang , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , A. Tidball , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. H. M. Tsang , O. A. Tyuka , F. Vachon , M. Vidal , S. Viel , G. Visser , M. Wagenpfeil , M. Walent , K. Wamba , Q. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , M. Watts , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , S. Wilde , M. Worcester , W. H. Wu , X. Wu , L. Xie , W. Yan , H. Yang , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , T. Ziegler

Supernova neutrino physics with xenon dark matter detectors: A timely perspective

Dark matter detectors that utilize liquid xenon have now achieved tonne-scale targets, giving them sensitivity to all flavours of supernova neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. Considering for the first time a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 Rafael F. Lang , Christopher McCabe , Shayne Reichard , Marco Selvi , Irene Tamborra

A Detailed Look at the First Results from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Dark Matter Experiment

LUX, the world's largest dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber, with a fiducial target mass of 118 kg and 10,091 kg-days of exposure thus far, is currently the most sensitive direct dark matter search experiment. The initial null-result…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-02-26 M. Szydagis , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araujo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , T. Coffey , A. Currie , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , C. Flores , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Hall , S. A. Hertel , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. Nelson , F. Neves , R. A. Ott , M. Pangilinan , P. D. Parker , E. K. Pease , K. Pech , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , T. Shutt , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , K. O'Sullivan , T. Sumner , D. Taylor , B. Tennyson , D. R. Tiedt , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment

XENON is a dark matter direct detection project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with liquid xenon as detection medium. The construction of the next generation detector, XENON1T, is presently taking place at the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-26 E. Aprile , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , M. Auger , C. Balan , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Breskin , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , R. Itay , F. Kaether , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , C. Levy , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , A. Lyashenko , S. MacMullin , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani Paras , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , G. Morana , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer.

Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

We present the results of the three-month above-ground commissioning run of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility located in Lead, South Dakota, USA. LUX is a 370 kg liquid xenon detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-25 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , J. J. Chapman , T. Coffey , A. Dobi , E. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. R. Gibson , M. Gilchriese , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , N. Larsen , C. Lee , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , M. Morii , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , K. Pech , P. Phelps , A. Rodionov , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. Stiegler , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , L. de Viveiros , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

XENON: a 1 tonne Liquid Xenon Experiment for a Sensitive Dark Matter Search

XENON is a novel liquid xenon experiment concept for a sensitive dark matter search using a 1-tonne active target, distributed in an array of ten independent time projection chambers. The design relies on the simultaneous detection of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 E. Aprile , E. A. Baltz , A. Curioni , K-L. Giboni , C. J. Hailey , L. Hui , M. Kobayashi , K. Ni , W. W. Craig , R. J. Gaitskell , U. Oberlack , T. Shutt

Reflectivity of VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers in Liquid Xenon

Silicon photomultipliers are regarded as a very promising technology for next-generation, cutting-edge detectors for low-background experiments in particle physics. This work presents systematic reflectivity studies of Silicon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-01 M. Wagenpfeil , T. Ziegler , J. Schneider , A. Fieguth , M. Murra , D. Schulte , L. Althueser , C. Huhmann , C. Weinheimer , T. Michel , G. Anton , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , J. Bane , D. Beck , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , P. A. Breur , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , A. Craycraft , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , A. de St Croix , K. Deslandes , R. DeVoe , M. L. Di Vacri , M. J. Dolinski , J. Echevers , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , G. Gallina , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , C. Gingras , D. Goeldi , A. Gorham , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , E. V. Hansen , C. A. Hardy , K. Harouaka , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , A. House , M. Hughes , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , M. Jewell , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , P. Martel-Dion , N. Massacret , T. McElroy , M. Medina Peregrina , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , R. J. Newby , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , K. Odgers , A. Odian , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , H. Rasiwala , S. Rescia , F. Retière , C. Richard , M. Richman , J. Ringuette , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , A. K. Soma , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , T. Stiegler , M. Tarka , S. Thibado , A. Tidball , J. Todd , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. Tsang , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , S. Viel , C. Vivo-Vilches , M. Walent , U. Wichoski , M. Worcester , S. X. Wu , Q. Xia , W. Yan , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich

Results from the XENON100 Dark Matter Search Experiment

XENON100 is a liquid xenon time projection chamber built to search for rare collisions of hypothetical, weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which are candidates for the dark matter in our universe, with xenon atoms. Operated in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Laura Baudis

Dark Matter Detection Capabilities of a Large Multipurpose Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers are planned to comprise a central role in the future of the U.S. High Energy Physics neutrino program. In particular, this detector technology will form the basis for the 40 kton Deep Underground…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-22 Eric Church , Christopher Jackson , Richard Saldanha

DarkSHINE: Search for Light Dark Matter at the SHINE Facility in Shanghai

DarkSHINE is an electron fixed target experiment under proposal that aims to probe light dark matter in the MeV-GeV mass range via the invisible decay of dark photons, leveraging the High repetition rate 8 GeV electron beam from the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-16 Haijun Yang

A Dual-phase Xenon TPC for Scintillation and Ionisation Yield Measurements in Liquid Xenon

A small-scale, two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber (Xurich II) was designed, constructed and is under operation at the University of Zurich. Its main purpose is to investigate the microphysics of particle interactions in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Laura Baudis , Yanina Biondi , Chiara Capelli , Michelle Galloway , Shingo Kazama , Alexander Kish , Payam Pakarha , Francesco Piastra , Julien Wulf

Development & Characterization of Electrodes for large-scale Xenon Time Projection Chambers

Dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers are the core detector elements of many experiments that conduct searches for Dark Matter and rare events, as well as in neutrino and high-energy physics. As part of this detector technology,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-19 A. Elykov , S. Vetter , V. H. S. Wu , A. Deisting , K. Eitel , R. Gumbsheimer , M. Kara , S. Lichter , S. Lindemann , T. Luce , Y. Ma , J. Müller , K. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , K. Valerius , M. Zhong

The LUX Prototype Detector: Heat Exchanger Development

The LUX (Large Underground Xenon) detector is a two-phase xenon Time Projection Chamber (TPC) designed to search for WIMP-nucleon dark matter interactions. As with all noble element detectors, continuous purification of the detector medium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-05 D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , S. Bedikian , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , S. Cahn , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , K. Clark , T. Classen , A. Curioni , C. E. Dahl , S. Dazeley , L. deViveiros , M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Hall , C. Faham , B. Holbrook , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , J. Kwong , R. Lander , D. Leonard , D. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. Mei , J. Mock , M. Morii , J. Nikkel , P. Phelps , T. Shutt , W. Skulski , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Steigler , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. White , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

SiPM and front-end electronics development for Cherenkov light detection

The Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) is involved in the development of a demonstrator for a SiPM-based camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) experiment, with a pixel size of 6$\times$6 mm$^2$. The camera houses about two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Ambrosi , F. Acerbi , E. Bissaldi , A. Ferri , F. Giordano , A. Gola , M. Ionica , R. Paoletti , C. Piemonte , G. Paternoster , D. Simone , V. Vagelli , G. Zappala , N. Zorzi

A 1 m$^3$ Gas Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout for Directional Dark Matter Searches: the CYGNO Experiment

The aim of the CYGNO project is the construction and operation of a 1~m$^3$ gas TPC for directional dark matter searches and coherent neutrino scattering measurements, as a prototype toward the 100-1000~m$^3$ (0.15-1.5 tons) CYGNUS network…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-14 E. Baracchini , R. Bedogni , F. Bellini , L. Benussi , S. Bianco , C. Capoccia , M. Caponero , G. Cavoto , I. A. Costa , E. Di Marco , G. D'Imperio , F. Iacoangeli , G. Maccarone , M. Marafini , G. Mazzitelli , A. Messina , A. Orlandi , E. Paoletti , L. Passamonti , A. Pelosi , F. Petrucci , D. Piccolo , D. Pierluigi , D. Pinci , F. Renga , A. Russo , G. Saviano , S. Tomassini