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Backgrounds and sensitivity of the NEXT double beta decay experiment

NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is a neutrinoless double-beta (\beta \beta 0\nu) decay experiment that will operate at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC). It is an electroluminescent high-pressure gaseous xenon Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Nebot-Guinot , P. Ferrario , J. Martin-Albo , J. Muñoz Vidal , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas

Discovery potential of xenon-based neutrinoless double beta decay experiments in light of small angular scale CMB observations

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) has probed an expanded angular range of the CMB temperature power spectrum. Their recent analysis of the latest cosmological data prefers nonzero neutrino masses, mnu = 0.32+-0.11 eV. This result, if confirmed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-04-01 J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , J. Martin-Albo , J. Muñoz Vidal , C. Peña-Garay

Reconstructing neutrinoless double beta decay event kinematics in a xenon gas detector with vertex tagging

If neutrinoless double beta decay is discovered, the next natural step would be understanding the lepton number violating physics responsible for it. Several alternatives exist beyond the exchange of light neutrinos. Some of these…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-13 NEXT Collaboration , M. Martínez-Vara , K. Mistry , F. Pompa , B. J. P. Jones , J. Martín-Albo , M. Sorel , 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. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , A. Brodolin , N. Byrnes , S. Cárcel , A. Castillo , E. Church , L. Cid , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , F. P. Cossío , R. Coupe , E. Dey , G. Díaz , C. Echevarria , M. Elorza , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , 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 , F. Kellerer , L. Larizgoitia , A. Larumbe , P. Lebrun , F. Lopez , N. López-March , R. Madigan , R. D. P. Mano , A. P. Marques , G. Martínez-Lema , R. L. Miller , J. Molina-Canteras , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , K. E. Navarro , P. Novella , A. Nuñez , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , 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 , V. San Nacienciano , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Seemann , I. Shomroni , P. A. O. C. Silva , A. Simón , S. R. Soleti , J. Soto-Oton , J. M. R. Teixeira , S. Teruel-Pardo , J. F. Toledo , C. Tonnelé , S. Torelli , J. Torrent , A. Trettin , A. Usón , P. R. G. Valle , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. Waiton , A. Yubero-Navarro

Characterisation of NEXT-DEMO using xenon K$_{\alpha}$ X-rays

The NEXT experiment aims to observe the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe in a high pressure gas TPC using electroluminescence (EL) to amplify the signal from ionization. Understanding the response of the detector is imperative…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-06 NEXT Collaboration , D. Lorca , J. Martín-Albo , A. Laing , P. Ferrario , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , V. Álvarez , F. I. G. Borges , M. Camargo , S. Cárcel , S. Cebrián , A. Cervera , C. A. N. Conde , T. Dafni , J. Díaz , R. Esteve , L. M. P. Fernandes , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , V. M. Gehman , A. Goldschmidt , H. Gómez , D. González-Díaz , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , I. G. Irastorza , L. Labarga , I. Liubarsky , M. Losada , G. Luzón , A. Marí , G. Martínez-Lema , A. Martínez , T. Miller , F. Monrabal , M. Monserrate , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , L. M. Moutinho , J. Muñoz Vidal , M. Nebot-Guinot , D. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , J. Pérez , J. L. Pérez Aparicio , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , A. Rodríguez , J. Rodríguez , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , L. Seguí , L. Serra , D. Shuman , A. Simón , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , Z. Tsamalaidze , J. F. C. A. Veloso , R. Webb , J. T. White , N. Yahlali

NEXT-100 Technical Design Report (TDR). Executive Summary

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-10-02 NEXT Collaboration , V. Álvarez , F. I. G. M. Borges , S. Cárcel , J. M. Carmona , J. Castel , J. M. Catalá , S. Cebrián , A. Cervera , D. Chan , 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. Ferrer-Ribas , E. D. C. Freitas , V. M. Gehman , A. Gil , I. Giomataris , A. Goldschmidt , H. Gómez , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , K. González , D. González-Díaz , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , V. Herrero , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , V. Kalinnikov , D. Kiang , L. Labarga , 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 , J. M. Monzó , F. J. Mora , L. M. Moutinho , J. Muñoz Vidal , H. Natal da Luz , G. Navarro , M. Nebot , 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 , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , J. F. Toledo , A. Tomás , J. Torrent , Z. Tsamalaidze , D. Vázquez , E. Velicheva , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. C. Webb , T. Weber , J. White , N. Yahlali

Primary and secondary scintillation measurements in a xenon Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter

NEXT is a new experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay using a 100 kg radio-pure high-pressure gaseous xenon TPC. The detector requires excellent energy resolution, which can be achieved in a Xe TPC with electroluminescence…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 L. M. P. Fernandes , E. D. C. Freitas , M. Ball , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , C. M. B. Monteiro , N. Yahlali , D. Nygren , J. M. F. dos Santos

Pattern recognition techniques to reduce backgrounds in the search for the 136Xe double beta decay with gaseous TPCs

The observation of the neutrinoless double beta decay may provide essential information on the nature of neutrinos. Among the current experimental approaches, a high pressure gaseous TPC is an attractive option for the search of double beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 F. J. Iguaz , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , H. Gomez , D. C. Herrera , I. G. Irastorza , G. Luzon , L. Segui , A. Tomas

Very massive underground detectors for proton decay searches

Massive underground detectors can be considered as sort of observatories for rare physics phenomena like astrophysical neutrino detection and nucleon decay searches. We briefly overview the past tracking calorimeters developed for nucleon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Rubbia

Sensitivity of the NEXT-100 detector to neutrinoless double beta decay

A high pressure xenon gas time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification (EL HPGXe TPC) searching for the neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay offers: excellent energy resolution ($0.5-0.7\%$ FWHM at the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-11 N. Lopez-March

The NEXT double beta decay experiment

NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) aims to observe the neutrinoless double beta decay of \ensuremath{{}^{136}\rm Xe} in a high-pressure gas xenon Time Projection Chamber using electroluminescence to amplify the signal from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Paola Ferrario

Measurement of scintillation and ionization yield with high-pressure gaseous mixtures of Xe and TMA for improved neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter searches

The gaseous Xenon(Xe) time projection chamber (TPC) is an attractive detector technique for neutrinoless double beta decay and WIMP dark matter searches. While it is less dense compared to Liquid Xe detectors, it has intrinsic advantages in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-13 Y. Nakajima , A. Goldshmidt , H. S. Matis , T. Miller , D. R. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , J. Renner

Results of the material screening program of the NEXT experiment

The 'Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT)', intended to investigate neutrinoless double beta decay, requires extremely low background levels. An extensive material screening and selection process to assess the radioactivity of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-06 T. Dafni , V. Alvarez , I. Bandac , A. Bettini , F. I. G. M. Borges , M. Camargo , S. Carcel , S. Cebrian , A. Cervera , C. A. N. Conde , J. Diaz , R. Esteve , L. M. P. Fernandes , M. Fernandez , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , V. M. Gehman , A. Goldschmidt , H. Gomez , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , D. Gonzalez-Diaz , R. M. Gutierrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , L. Labarga , A. Laing , I. Liubarsky , D. Lorca , M. Losada , G. Luzon , A. Mari , J. Martin-Albo , A. Martinez , G. Martinez-Lema , 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 , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , A. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , L. Segui , 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. C. Webb , J. T. White , N. Yahlali

A Low Background Beta Detection System using a Time Projection Chamber

In this paper, we present a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) system for low-background beta radiation measurements. The system consists of a TPC with two-dimensional-strip readout Micromegas and an anti-coincidence detector with readout pads…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-01 Ruiyang Zhang , Zhiyong Zhang , Zengxuan Huang , Yong Zhou , Jianbei Liu , Songsong Tang , Yuanfei Cheng , Changqing Feng , Ming Shao , Yi Zhou

Electron drift properties in high pressure gaseous xenon

Gaseous time projection chambers (TPC) are a very attractive detector technology for particle tracking. Characterization of both drift velocity and diffusion is of great importance to correctly assess their tracking capabilities. NEXT-White…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-15 NEXT Collaboration , A. Simón , R. Felkai , G. Martínez-Lema , F. Monrabal , D. González-Díaz , M. Sorel , J. A. Hernando Morata , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , C. Adams , V. Álvarez , L. Arazi , C. D. R. Azevedo , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , A. Botas , S. Cárcel , J. V. Carrión , S. Cebrián , C. A. N. Conde , J. Díaz , M. Diesburg , J. Escada , R. Esteve , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , 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 , A. Laing , 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 , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , J. Renner , J. Repond , S. Riordan , L. Ripoll , J. Rodríguez , L. Rogers , C. Romo , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , C. Sofka , T. Stiegler , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , J. F. C. A. Veloso , R. Webb , J. T. White , N. Yahlali

Status and physics potential of NEXT-100

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

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

Initial results of NEXT-DEMO, a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-04 NEXT Collaboration , 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 , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , 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 , D. Vázquez , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. Webb , J. T White , N. Yahlali

First results of a large-area cryogenic gaseous photomultiplier coupled to a dual-phase liquid xenon TPC

We discuss recent advances in the development of cryogenic gaseous photomultipliers (GPM), for possible use in dark matter and other rare-event searches using noble-liquid targets. We present results from a 10 cm diameter GPM coupled to a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-28 L. Arazi , A. E. C. Coimbra , E. Erdal , I. Israelashvili , M. L. Rappaport , S. Shchemelinin , D. Vartsky , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Breskin

Results from the NEXT prototypes

NEXT-100 is an electroluminescent high pressure Time Projection Chamber currently under construction. It will search for the neutrino-less double beta decay in 136Xe at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. NEXT-100 aims to achieve nearly…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-16 C. A. B. Oliveira

Performance of the ReD TPC, a novel double-phase LAr detector with Silicon Photomultiplier Readout

A double-phase argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC), with an active mass of 185 g, has been designed and constructed for the Recoil Directionality (ReD) experiment. The aim of the ReD project is to investigate the directional sensitivity of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-11-19 P. Agnes , S. Albergo , I. Albuquerque , M. Arba , M. Ave , A. Boiano , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , A. Caminata , N. Canci , G. Cappello , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , S. Castellano , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , R. Cereseto , R. Cesarano , C. Cicalò , G. Covone , A. de Candia , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , S. Davini , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , G. K. Giovanetti , C. Galbiati , M. Gulino , V. Ippolito , N. Kemmerich , I. Kochanek , G. Korga , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , L. La Delfa , M. Leyton , X. Li , M. Lissia , S. M. Mari , C. J. Martoff , V. Masone , G. Matteucci , P. Musico , V. Oleynikov , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , A. Razeto , M. Rescigno , J. Rode , N. Rossi , D. Sablone , S. Sanfilippo , E. Scapparone , A. Sosa , Y. Suvorov , G. Testera , A. Tricomi , M. Tuveri , M. Wada , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale