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Future liquid Argon detectors

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber offers an innovative technology for a new class of massive detectors for rare-event detection. It is a precise tracking device that allows three-dimensional spatial reconstruction with mm-scale…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 A. Rubbia

The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and sensitivity. The XENONnT experiment is the latest detector in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-14 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , M. Balata , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , E. J. Brookes , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , J. M. R. Cardoso , F. Cassese , A. Chiarini , D. Cichon , A. P. Cimental Chavez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , R. Corrieri , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , O. Dadoun , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , B. De Fazio , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , J. M. Disdier , D. Douillet , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , S. Form , D. Front , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Gardner , N. Garroum , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guerzoni , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , J. Howlett , C. Huhmann , M. Iacovacci , G. Iaquaniello , L. Iven , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , P. Martella , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , E. Mele , M. Messina , R. Michinelli , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , S. Nisi , U. Oberlack , D. Orlandi , R. Othegraven , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , S. Parlati , P. Paschos , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rynge , J. Shi , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , J. Stephen , M. Stern , B. K. Stillwell , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , D. Tatananni , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , J. Westermann , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

The XENON Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xenon nuclei. With a fiducial mass of 1000 kg of liquid xenon, a sufficiently low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 XENON Collaboration , Elena Aprile

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

The XeBRA platform for liquid xenon time projection chamber development

XeBRA is a flexible cryogenic platform designed to perform research and development for liquid xenon detectors searching for rare events. Its extra-large outer cryostat makes it possible to install a wide variety of detector designs. We…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-10 Daniel Baur , Alexander Bismark , Adam Brown , Julia Dierle , Horst Fischer , Robin Glade-Beucke , Jaron Grigat , Basho Kaminsky , Fabian Kuger , Sebastian Lindemann , Darryl Masson , Patrick Meinhardt , Mariana Rajado Silva , Marc Schumann , Florian Tönnies , Francesco Toschi

Operation of a dual-phase xenon detector with wavelength sensitivity from ultraviolet to infrared

Xenon, in both its gaseous and liquid phase, offers excellent scintillation and ionization properties, making it an ideal target medium for rare event searches. We report on measurements performed with a dual-phase xenon time projection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-28 Robert Hammann , Kai Böse , Steffen Form , Luisa Hötzsch , Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia

The XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon (LXe) in a time projection chamber (TPC) to search for Xe nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). In this paper we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-09 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , E. Brown , J. M. R. Cardoso , B. Choi , D. Cline , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , K. L. Giboni , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , A. Teymourian , E. Tziaferi , H. Wang , M. Yamashita

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

The XENON Dark Matter Search Experiment

The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xe nuclei. A fiducial mass of 1000 kg, distributed in ten independent liquid xenon…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Aprile , K. L. Giboni , P. Majewski , K. Ni , M. Yamashita , R. Gaitskell , P. Sorensen , L. DeViveiros , L. Baudis , A. Bernstein , C. Hagmann , C. Winant , T. Shutt , J. Kwong , U. Oberlack , D. McKinsey , R. Hasty

Liquid Xenon Detectors for Particle Physics and Astrophysics

This article reviews the progress made over the last 20 years in the development and applications of liquid xenon detectors in particle physics, astrophysics and medical imaging experiments. We begin with a summary of the fundamental…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-12-01 E. Aprile , T. Doke

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) collaboration has designed and constructed a dual-phase xenon detector, in order to conduct a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles(WIMPs), a leading dark matter candidate. The goal of the LUX…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-01-15 D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , S. Bedikian , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , C. Camp , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , A. Chiller , C. Chiller , K. Clark , T. Classen , T. Coffey , A. Curioni , E. Dahl , S. Dazeley , L. de Viveiros , 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 , B. Holbrook , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , S. Kyre , J. Kwong , R. Lander , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , Z. Marquez , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , M. Morii , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , P. D. Parker , E. K. Pease , K. Pech , P. Phelps , A. Rodionov , P. Roberts , A. Shei , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , C. J. Sofka , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Stiegler , D. Stolp , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , D. White , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

XENON1T Dark Matter Data Analysis: Signal & Background Models, and Statistical Inference

The XENON1T experiment searches for dark matter particles through their scattering off xenon atoms in a 2 tonne liquid xenon target. The detector is a dual-phase time projection chamber, which measures simultaneously the scintillation and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-03 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , 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 , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , R. Itay , F. Joerg , S. Kazama , A. Kish , 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 , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , B. Pelssers , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , 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 , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

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

Gas Electroluminescence in a Dual Phase Xenon-Doped Argon Detector

Noble element detectors using argon or xenon as the detection medium are widely used in the searches for rare neutrino and dark matter interactions. Xenon doping in liquid argon can preserve attractive properties of an argon target while…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-02 James W. Kingston , Jianyang Qi , Jingke Xu , Ethan P. Bernard , Adam D. Tidball , Alec W. Peck , Nathaniel S. Bowden , Mani Tripathi , Kaixuan Ni , Shawn Westerdale

Development of ultra-low mass and high-rate capable RPC based on Diamond-Like Carbon electrodes for MEG II experiment

A new type of resistive plate chamber with thin-film electrodes based on diamond-like carbon is under development for background identification in the MEG II experiment. Installed in a low-momentum and high-intensity muon beam, the detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-19 Kensuke Yamamoto , Sei Ban , Kei Ieki , Atsuhiko Ochi , Rina Onda , Wataru Ootani , Atsushi Oya , Masato Takahashi

A new amplification structure for time projection chambers based on electroluminescence

A simple hole-type secondary scintillation structure (2 mm-hole, 5 mm-pitch, 5 mm-thickness) is introduced and its operation demonstrated in pure xenon in the pressure range 2-10 bar. The new device, characteristically translucent, has been…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 D. González-Díaz , M. Fontaíña , D. García Castro , B. Mehl , R. de Oliveira , S. Williams , F. Monrabal , M. Querol , V. Álvarez

Design, characterization and installation of the NEXT-100 cathode and electroluminescence regions

NEXT-100 is currently being constructed at the Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees and will search for neutrinoless double beta decay using a high-pressure gaseous time projection chamber (TPC) with 100 kg of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-06 NEXT Collaboration , K. Mistry , L. Rogers , B. J. P. Jones , B. Munson , L. Norman , 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 , S. Cebrián , E. Church , L. Cid , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , F. P. Cossío , E. Dey , G. Díaz , T. Dickel , C. Echevarria , 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. J. Gómez-Cadenas , R. González , J. W. R. Grocott , R. Guenette , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando~Morata , P. Herrero-Gómez , V. Herrero , C. Hervés Carrete , Y. Ifergan , 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 , J. Molina-Canteras , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , K. E. Navarro , P. Novella , A. Nuñez , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , D. Oliver , J. Palacio , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , I. Parmaksiz , J. Pelegrin , M. Pérez Maneiro , M. Querol , A. B. Redwine , J. Renner , I. Rivilla , C. Rogero , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Seemann , 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 , A. Yubero

We characterize single- and few-electron backgrounds that are observed in dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers at timescales greatly exceeding a maximum drift time after an interaction. These instrumental backgrounds limit a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-13 Abigail Kopec , Amanda L. Baxter , Michael Clark , Rafael F. Lang , Shengchao Li , Juehang Qin , Riya Singh

The science and technology of liquid argon detectors

Liquid argon detectors are ubiquitous in particle, astroparticle, and applied physics. They reached an unprecedented level of maturity thanks to more than 20 years of R&D and the operation of large-scale facilities at CERN, Fermilab, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-30 W. M. Bonivento , F. Terranova

Construction and operation of a Double Phase LAr Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber

We successfully operated a novel kind of LAr Time Projection Chamber based on a Large Electron Multiplier (LEM) readout system. The prototype, of about 3 liters active volume, is operated in liquid-vapour (double) phase pure Ar. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-21 A. Badertscher , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , P. Otiougova , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia