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The PandaX-III experiment searches the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe with a high-pressure xenon gaseous time projection chamber~(TPC). Thermal-bonding Micromegas modules are used for charge collection. Benefitting from the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-11-23 Wenming Zhang , Heng Lin , Yuanchun Liu , Ke Han , Kaixiang Ni , Shaobo Wang , Wenchang Zhai

A small liquid argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) was operated for the first time in a magnetic field of 0.55 Tesla. The imaging properties of the detector were not affected by the magnetic field. In a test run with cosmic rays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Badertscher , M. Laffranchi , A. Meregaglia , A. Mueller , A. Rubbia

We investigate the detection prospects for two-neutrino and neutrinoless second order weak decays of $^{124}$Xe -- double electron capture ($0/2\nu\text{ECEC}$), electron capture with positron emission ($0/2\nu\text{EC}\beta^+$) and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-12-30 Christian Wittweg , Brian Lenardo , Alexander Fieguth , Christian Weinheimer

Within the framework of xenon-based double beta decay experiments, we propose the possibility to improve the background rejection of an electroluminescent Time Projection Chamber (EL TPC) by reducing the diffusion of the drifting electrons…

The NEXT experiment aims at the sensitive search of the neutrinoless double beta decay in $^{136}$Xe, using high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chambers. The NEXT-White detector is the first radiopure demonstrator of this…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-10-04 NEXT Collaboration , P. Novella , M. Sorel , A. Usón , 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 , S. Bounasser , 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 , A. Fahs , 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 , R. Guenette , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero-Gómez , V. Herrero , C. Hervés Carrete , J. Ho , P. Ho , Y. Ifergan , B. J. P. Jones , L. Labarga , L. Larizgoitia , A. Larumbe , P. Lebrun , F. Lopez , D. Lopez Gutierrez , 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 , K. E. Navarro , A. Nuñez , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , M. Odriozola-Gimeno , 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 , A. Simón , S. R. Soleti , C. Stanford , J. M. R. Teixeira , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , J. F. C. A. Veloso , T. T. Vuong , J. Waiton , J. T. White

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…

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…

We develop a novel approach for a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) concept suitable for deployment in kilotonne scale detectors, with a charge-readout system free from reconstruction ambiguities, and a robust TPC design that reduces…

This proposal describes an experimental search for sterile neutrinos beyond the Standard Model with a new CERN-SPS neutrino beam. The experiment is based on two identical LAr-TPC's followed by magnetized spectrometers, observing the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-03-30 M. Antonello , D. Bagliani , B. Baibussinov , H. Bilokon , F. Boffelli , M. Bonesini , E. Calligarich , N. Canci , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , D. Dequal , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , M. De Gerone , S. Dussoni , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , G. T. Garvey , F. Gatti , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , F. Guber , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , A. Ivashkin , M. Kirsanov , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , A. Kurepin , J. Łagoda , G. Lucchini , W. C. Louis , S. Mania , G. Mannocchi , S. Marchini , V. Matveev , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , G. B. Mills , C. Montanari , M. Nicoletto , S. Otwinowski , T. J. Palczewski , G. Passardi , F. Perfetto , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Płoński , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , D. Stefan , J. Stepaniak , R. Sulej , O. Suvorova , M. Terrani , D. Tlisov , R. G. Van de Water , G. Trinchero , M. Turcato , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , H. G. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zani , K. Zaremba , M. Benettoni , P. Bernardini , A. Bertolin , C. Bozza , R. Brugnera , A. Cecchetti , S. Cecchini , G. Collazuol , P. Creti , F. Dal Corso , I. De Mitri , G. De Robertis , M. De Serio , L. Degli Esposti , D. Di Ferdinando , U. Dore , S. Dusini , P. Fabbricatore , C. Fanin , R. A. Fini , G. Fiore , A. Garfagnini , G. Giacomelli , R. Giacomelli , G. Grelli , C. Guandalini , M. Guerzoni , U. Kose , G. Laurenti , M. Laveder , I. Lippi , F. Loddo , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , G. Mancarella , G. Mandrioli , A. Margiotta , G. Marsella , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , A. Mengucci , M. Mezzetto , R. Michinelli , M. T. Muciaccia , D. Orecchini , A. Paoloni , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , M. Pozzato , R. Rescigno , G. Rosa , S. Simone , M. Sioli , G. Sirri , M. Spurio , L. Stanco , S. Stellacci , A. Surdo , M. Tenti , V. Togo , M. Ventura , M. Zago

Dark matter searches using dual-phase xenon time-projection chambers (LXe-TPCs) rely on their ability to reject background electron recoils (ERs) while searching for signal-like nuclear recoils (NRs). ER response is typically calibrated…

The next-generation Enriched Xenon Observatory (nEXO) is a proposed experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay in $^{136}$Xe with a target half-life sensitivity of approximately $10^{28}$ years using…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-10-23 nEXO Collaboration , J. B. Albert , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , F. Bourque , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , S. A. Charlebois , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , M. Côté , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , R. DeVoe , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , T. Didberidze , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , L. Fabris , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Feyzbakhsh , R. Fontaine , D. Fudenberg , G. Giacomini , R. Gornea , K. Graham , G. Gratta , E. V. Hansen , D. Harris , M. Hasan , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , P. Hufschmidt , M. Hughes , Y. Ito , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , M. J. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , T. N. Johnson , S. Johnston , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Killick , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , R. MacLellan , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , R. J. Newby , Z. Ning , O. Njoya , F. Nolet , K. Odgers , A. Odian , M. Oriunno , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , D. Qiu , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , T. Rao , S. Rescia , F. Retière , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , S. Schmidt , J. Schneider , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , K. Skarpaas VIII , A. K. Soma , G. St-Hilaire , V. Stekhanov , T. Stiegler , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. Tolba , R. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , G. Visser , P. Vogel , J. -L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , Q. Wang , M. Weber , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Zeldovich , J. Zettlemoyer , X. Zhang , J. Zhao , Y. Zhou , T. Ziegler

We analyse the performance of a gas time projection chamber (TPC) as a high-performance gamma-ray telescope and polarimeter in the e$^+$e$^-$ pair creation regime. We use data collected at a gamma-ray beam of known polarisation. The TPC…

Precision measurements of solar neutrinos emitted by specific nuclear reaction chains in the Sun are of great interest for developing an improved understanding of star formation and evolution. Given the expected neutrino fluxes and known…

Grand Unification of the strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions into a single unified gauge group is an extremely appealing idea which has been vigorously pursued theoretically and experimentally for many years. The detection of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-10-27 A. Bueno , Z. Dai , Y. Ge , M. Laffranchi , A. J. Melgarejo , A. Meregaglia , S. Navas , A. Rubbia

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,…

NEXT-DEMO is a high-pressure xenon gas TPC which acts as a technological test-bed and demonstrator for the NEXT-100 neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. In its current configuration the apparatus fully implements the NEXT-100 design…

Spherical proportional counters (SPCs) are gaseous particle detectors sensitive to single ionization electrons in their target media, with large detector volumes and low background rates. The $\mbox{NEWS-G}$ collaboration employs this…

We examine the performance of a TPC as a gamma-ray telescope above the pair-creation threshold. The contributions to the photon angular resolution are studied and their dependence on energy is obtained. The effective area per detector unit…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-15 Denis Bernard

NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is an experiment to search neutrinoless double beta decay processes (bb0nu) in Xe136. The NEXT technology is based in the use of time projection chambers operating at a typical pressure of 15 bar…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-11 Juan Jose Gomez-Cadenas
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