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Electroluminescence TPCs at the thermal diffusion limit

The NEXT experiment aims at searching for the hypothetical neutrinoless double-beta decay from the ${}^{136}$Xe isotope using a high-purity xenon TPC. Efficient discrimination of the events through pattern recognition of the topology of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-30 C. A. O. Henriques , C. M. B. Monteiro , D. González-Díaz , C. D. R Azevedo , E. D. C. Freitas , R. D. P. Mano , M. R. Jorge , A. F. M. Fernandes , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , L. M. P. Fernandes , C. Adams , V. Álvarez , L. Arazi , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , 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 , R. Felkai , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , A. I. Hernandez , J. A. Hernando Morata , 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 , G. Martínez-Lema , A. McDonald , F. Monrabal , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , M. Musti , M. Nebot-Guinot , P. Novella , D. R. Nygren , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , F. Psihas , M. Querol , J. Renner , J. Repond , S. Riordan , L. Ripoll , J. Rodríguez , L. Rogers , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Simón , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , T. Stiegler , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , J. F. C. A. Veloso , R. Webb , J. T. White , N. Yahlali

The electronics of the energy plane of the NEXT-White detector

This paper describes the electronics of NEXT-White (NEW) detector PMT plane, a high pressure xenon TPC with electroluminescent amplification (HPXe-EL) currently operating at the Laboratorio Subterra\'aneo de Canfranc (LSC) in Huesca, Spain.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-26 V. Álvarez , V. Herrero , R. Esteve , A. Laing , J. Rodríguez , M. Querol , F. Monrabal , J. F. Toledo , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas

Status Report of the GERDA Phase II Startup

The GERmanium Detector Array GERDA experiment, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of INFN, searches for $0\nu\beta\beta$ of $^{76}$Ge. Germanium diodes enriched to $\sim 86~\%$ in the double beta emitter $^{76}$Ge…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Valerio D'Andrea

Systematic study of trace radioactive impurities in candidate construction materials for EXO-200

The Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) will search for double beta decays of 136Xe. We report the results of a systematic study of trace concentrations of radioactive impurities in a wide range of raw materials and finished parts considered…

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Supernemo: A Next Generation Project to Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

The SuperNEMO project aims to search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) up to a sensitivity of 10$^{26}$ years for the $0\nu\beta\beta$ half-life (down to 50 meV in the effective Majorana neutrino mass), using $\sim$100…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-07-22 Yu. Shitov

The RED-100 experiment

The RED-100 two-phase xenon emission detector has been deployed at 19-m distance from the reactor core of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in 2021 - 2022 for investigation of the possibility to observe reactor antineutrinos using the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-07 D. Yu. Akimov , I. S. Alexandrov , R. R. Alyev , V. A. Belov , A. I. Bolozdynya , A. V. Etenko , A. V. Galavanov , E. M. Glagovsky , Y. V. Gusakov , A. V. Khromov , S. M. Kiselev , A. M. Konovalov , V. N. Kornoukhov , A. G. Kovalenko , E. S. Kozlova , A. V. Kumpan , A. V. Lukyashin , A. V. Pinchuk , O. E. Razuvaeva , D. G. Rudik , A. V. Shakirov , G. E. Simakov , V. V. Sosnovtsev , A. A. Vasin

Measurement of the Drift Velocity and Transverse Diffusion of Electrons in Liquid Xenon with the EXO-200 Detector

The EXO-200 Collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay using a liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chamber. This measurement relies on modeling the transport of charge deposits produced by interactions in the LXe to allow…

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The first dual-phase xenon TPC equipped with silicon photomultipliers and characterisation with $^{37}$Ar

For the first time, a small dual-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber was equipped with a top array of silicon photomultipliers for light and charge readout. Here we describe the instrument in detail, as well as the data…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-02 L. Baudis , Y. Biondi , M. Galloway , F. Girard , S. Hochrein , S. Reichard , P. Sanchez-Lucas , K. Thieme , J. Wulf

Development of a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber prototype for the RELICS experiment

The RELICS (REactor neutrino LIquid xenon Coherent elastic Scattering) experiment aims to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering from reactor antineutrinos using a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. To validate the…

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Searching for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{136}$Xe -- towards the tonne-scale and beyond

The quest for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is a promising experimental approach to search for lepton number violation in weak interactions, a key ingredient in generating the matter-antimatter asymmetry through models…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-04-06 Thomas Brunner , Lindley Winslow

Energy resolution and linearity of XENON1T in the MeV energy range

Xenon dual-phase time projection chambers designed to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles have so far shown a relative energy resolution which degrades with energy above $\sim$200 keV due to the saturation effects. This has…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-10 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , E. Angelino , J. Angevaare , F. Arneodo , D. Barge , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , B. Cimmino , M. Clark , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , A. Depoian P. Di Gangi A. Di Giovanni R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , L. Grandi , C. Hasterok , C. Hils , K. Hiraide , L. Hoetzsch , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , F. Joerg , N. Kato , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , L. Manenti , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , K. Morå , S. Moriyama , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , J. Palacio , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante J. Qin , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , G. Volta , O. Wack , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss Xu , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Ye , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

Search for Double Beta Decay of $^{136}$Xe to the $0^+_1$ Excited State of $^{136}$Ba with PandaX-4T

We perform a search of double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe to the excited state, $0^+_1$, of $^{136}$Ba (2$\nu \beta \beta$-0$_1^+$), using the dual-phase xenon detector of PandaX-4T with the first 94.9-day commissioning data. The multi-site…

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Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe with EXO-200

EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe. Here we report on a search for various Majoron-emitting modes based on 100 kg$\cdot$yr exposure of $^{136}$Xe. A lower…

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A LN$_2$ Based Cooling System for a Next Generation Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detector

In recent years cooling technology for Liquid Xenon (LXe) detectors has advanced driven by the development of Dark Matter (DM) detectors with target mass in the 100 - 1,000 kg range. The next generation of DM detectors based on LXe will be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-24 K. L. Giboni , P. Juyal , E. Aprile , Y. Zhang , J. Naganoma

GraXe, graphene and xenon for neutrinoless double beta decay searches

We propose a new detector concept, GraXe (to be pronounced as grace), to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in Xe-136. GraXe combines a popular detection medium in rare-event searches, liquid xenon, with a new, background-free…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-02-28 J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , F. Guinea , M. M. Fogler , M. I. Katsnelson , J. Martin-Albo , F. Monrabal , J. Muñoz-Vidal

A Segmented, Enriched N-type Germanium Detector for Neutrinoless Double Beta-Decay Experiments

We present data characterizing the performance of the first segmented, N-type Ge detector, isotopically enriched to 85% $^{76}$Ge. This detector, based on the Ortec PT6x2 design and referred to as SEGA (Segmented, Enriched Germanium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 L. E. Leviner , C. E. Aalseth , M. W. Ahmed , F. T. Avignone , H. O. Back , A. S. Barabash , M. Boswell , L. De Braeckeleer , V. B. Brudanin , Y-D Chan , V. G. Egorov , S. R. Elliott , V. M. Gehman , T. W. Hossbach , J. D. Kephart , M. F. Kidd , S. I. Konovalov , K. T. Lesko , Jingyi Li , D-M Mei , S. Mikhailov , H. Miley , D. C. Radford , J. Reeves , V. G. Sandukovsky , V. I. Umatov , T. A. Underwood , W. Tornow , Y. K. Wu , A. R. Young

High Resolution Gamma Ray Detection in a Dual Phase Xenon Time Projection Chamber

Dual phase Xenon Time Projection Chambers (XeTPCs) are being used by several experiments as a promising technique for direct detection of dark matter. We report on the design and performance of a small 3-D sensitive dual phase XeTPC. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 Qing Lin , Yuehuan Wei , Jie Bao , Jie Hu , Xinran Li , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Kaixuan Ni , Michael Schubnell , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiang Xiao

Search for neutrinoless double beta decay with the NEMO-3 detector : First results

The NEMO 3 detector has been running since February 2003 with several double beta emitters. New results are given for Mo100, Se82, Nd150, Zr96, Ca48. The NEMO 3 detector properties are presented for tracking reconstruction, identification…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Lalanne

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

Micromegas readouts for double beta decay searches

Double beta $\beta\beta$ decay experiments are one of the most active research topics in Neutrino Physics. The measurement of the neutrinoless mode $0\nu\beta\beta$ could give unique information on the neutrino mass scale and nature. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-11-15 S. Cebrián , T. Dafni , E. Ferrer-Ribas , J. Galán , J. A. García , I. Giomataris , H. Gómez , D. C. Herrera , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , G. Luzón , A. Rodríguez , L. Seguí , A. Tomás