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The EXO-200 detector, part II: Auxiliary Systems

The EXO-200 experiment searched for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe with a single-phase liquid xenon detector. It used an active mass of 110 kg of 80.6%-enriched liquid xenon in an ultra-low background time projection chamber…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-23 N. Ackerman , J. Albert , M. Auger , D. J. Auty , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , L. Bartoszek , E. Baussan , V. Belov , C. Benitez-Medina , T. Bhatta , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , G. F. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , B. Cleveland , R. Conley , S. Cook , M. Coon , W. Craddock , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , C. G. Davis , J. Davis , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. deVoe , T. Didberidze , J. Dilling , A. Dobi , A. G. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , M. Dunford , J. Echevers , L. Espic , W. Fairbank , D. Fairbank , J. Farine , W. Feldmeier , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , K. Fouts , D. Franco , D. Freytag , D. Fudenberg , P. Gautam , G. Giroux , R. Gornea , K. Graham , G. Gratta , C. Hagemann , C. Hall , K. Hall , G. Haller , E. V. Hansen , C. Hargrove , R. Herbst , S. Herrin , J. Hodgson , M. Hughes , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , C. Jessiman , M. J. Jewell , A. Johnson , 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 , A. Larson , D. S. Leonard , F. Leonard , F. LePort , G. S. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , D. Mackay , R. MacLellan , M. Marino , J. -M. Martin , Y. Martin , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , R. Neilson , O. Njoya , O. Nusair , K. O'Sullivan , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , C. Ouellet , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , C. Y. Prescott , K. Pushkin , F. Retiere , A. Rivas , A. L. Robinson , E. Rollin , P. C. Rowson , M. P. Rozo , J. Runge , J. J. Russell , S. Schmidt , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , K. Skarpaas , S. Slutsky , E. Smith , A. K. Soma , V. Stekhanov , V. Strickland , M. Swift , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. Tolba , D. Tosi , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , K. Twelker , B. Veenstra , V. Veeraraghavan , J. -L. Vuilleumier , J. -M. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , A. Waite , J. Walton , T. Walton , K. Wamba , J. Watkins , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , M. Wittgen , J. Wodin , J. Wood , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , Q. Xia , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya Zeldovich , T. Ziegler

Radiogenic and Muon-Induced Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Detector

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment aims to detect rare low-energy interactions from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). The radiogenic backgrounds in the LUX detector have been measured and compared with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-25 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. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , 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

Development of a low-$\alpha$-emitting $\mu$-PIC as a readout device for direction-sensitive dark matter detectors

Direction sensitivity could provide robust evidence for the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles constituting dark matter. However, the sensitivity of this method remains low due to the radioactive backgrounds. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 Takashi Hashimoto , Kentaro Miuchi , Tomonori Ikeda , Hirohisa Ishiura , Kiseki D. Nakamura , Hiroshi Ito , Koichi Ichimura , Ko Abe , Kazuyoshi Kobayashi , Atsushi Takada , Atsuhiko Ochi , Takuma Nakamura , Takuya Shimada

Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT

We report on a blinded analysis of low-energy electronic-recoil data from the first science run of the XENONnT dark matter experiment. Novel subsystems and the increased 5.9 tonne liquid xenon target reduced the background in the (1, 30)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-16 E. Aprile , K. Abe , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , M. Clark , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , P. Di Gangi , S. Di Pede , A. Di Giovanni , R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Gardner , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , N. Kato , 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 , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , P. Paschos , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , 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 , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200

We report results from a systematic measurement campaign conducted to identify low radioactivity materials for the construction of the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment. Partial results from this campaign have already been reported in a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-14 D. S. Leonard , D. Auty , T. Didberidze , R. Gornea , P. Grinberg , R. MacLellan , B. Methven , A. Piepke , J. -L. Vuilleumier , J. B. Albert , G. Anton , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , R. Bayerlein , D. Beck , V. Belov , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , G. F. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , T. Daniels , M. Danilov , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , J. Davis , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. DeVoe , J. Dilling , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , D. Fudenberg , K. Graham , G. Gratta , C. Hall , S. Herrin , J. Hoessl , P. Hufschmidt , M. Hughes , A. Jamil , M. J. Jewell , A. Johnson , S. Johntson , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , F. LePort , S. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , D. Mackay , M. G. Marino , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. Moore , K. Murray , R. Neilson , R. Nelson , O. Njoya , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , A. Pocar , K. Pushkin , F. Retière , P. C. Rowson , J. J. Russell , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , E. Smith , V. Stekhanov , M. Tarka , T. Tolba , R. Tsang , M. Wagenpfeil , A. Waite , J. Walton , T. Walton , K. Wamba , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , J. Wodin , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya. Zeldovich , J. Zettlemoyer , T. Ziegler

Results on MeV-scale dark matter from a gram-scale cryogenic calorimeter operated above ground

Models for light dark matter particles with masses below 1 GeV/c$^2$ are a natural and well-motivated alternative to so-far unobserved weakly interacting massive particles. Gram-scale cryogenic calorimeters provide the required detector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-25 G. Angloher , P. Bauer , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , X. Defay , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , P. Gorla , A. Gütlein , D. Hauff , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , J. -C. Lanfranchi , A. Langenkämper J. Loebell , M. Mancuso , E. Mondragon , A. Münster , L. Oberauer , C. Pagliarone , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , R. Puig , F. Reindl , J. Rothe , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , M. Stahlberg , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , H. H. Trinh Thi , C. Türkoglu , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

Latest results of NEXT-DEMO, the prototype of the NEXT 100 double beta decay experiment

NEXT-DEMO is a 1:4.5 scale prototype of the NEXT100 detector, a high-pressure xenon gas TPC that will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe. X-ray energy depositions produced by the de-excitation of Xenon atoms after…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 L. Serra , D. Lorca , J. Martin-Albo , M. Sorel , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas

Radiopurity of Micromegas readout planes

Micromesh Gas Amplification Structures (Micromegas) are being used in an increasing number of Particle Physics applications since their conception fourteen years ago. More recently, they are being used or considered as readout of Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-23 S. Cebrián , T. Dafni , E. Ferrer-Ribas , J. Galán , I. Giomataris , H. Gómez , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , G. Luzón , R. de Oliveira , A. Rodríguez , L. Seguí , A. Tomás , J. A. Villar

Discovery potential of multi-ton xenon detectors in neutrino electromagnetic properties

Next-generation xenon detectors with multi-ton-year exposure are powerful direct probes of dark matter candidates, in particular the favorite weakly-interacting massive particles. Coupled with the features of low thresholds and backgrounds,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-09 Chung-Chun Hsieh , Lakhwinder Singh , Chih-Pan Wu , Jiunn-Wei Chen , Hsin-Chang Chi , C. -P. Liu , Mukesh K. Pandey , Henry T. Wong

Upgrade plans and ageing studies for the CMS muon system in preparation of HL-LHC

The CMS muon system operates gas-based detectors. Upgrades of the detectors and trigger components are needed to cope with increasingly challenging conditions of the HL-LHC. New irradiation tests are performed to ensure that the muon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-09-07 Jian Wang

Towards a new generation of solid total-energy detectors for neutron-capture time-of-flight experiments with intense neutron beams

Challenging neutron-capture cross-section measurements of small cross sections and samples with a very limited number of atoms require high-flux time-of-flight facilities. In turn, such facilities need innovative detection setups that are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-02 J. Balibrea-Correa , V. Babiano-Suarez , J. Lerendegui-Marco , C. Domingo-Pardo , I. Ladarescu , A. Tarifeño-Saldivia , G. de la Fuente-Rosales , B. Gameiro , N. Zaitseva , V. Alcayne , D. Cano-Ott , E. González-Romero , T. Martínez , E. Mendoza , A. Pérez de Rada , J. Plaza del Olmo , A. Sánchez-Caballero , A. Casanovas , F. Calviño , S. Valenta , O. Aberle , S. Altieri , S. Amaducci , J. Andrzejewski , M. Bacak , C. Beltrami , S. Bennett , A. P. Bernardes , E. Berthoumieux , R. Beyer , M. Boromiza , D. Bosnar , M. Caamaño , M. Calviani , D. M. Castelluccio , F. Cerutti , G. Cescutti , S. Chasapoglou , E. Chiaveri , P. Colombetti , N. Colonna , P. Console Camprini , G. Cortés , M. A. Cortés-Giraldo , L. Cosentino , S. Cristallo , S. Dellmann , M. Di Castro , S. Di Maria , M. Diakaki , M. Dietz , R. Dressler , E. Dupont , I. Durán , Z. Eleme , S. Fargier , B. Fernández , B. Fernández-Domínguez , P. Finocchiaro , S. Fiore , V. Furman , F. García-Infantes , A. Gawlik-Ramikega , G. Gervino , S. Gilardoni , C. Guerrero , F. Gunsing , C. Gustavino , J. Heyse , W. Hillman , D. G. Jenkins , E. Jericha , A. Junghans , Y. Kadi , K. Kaperoni , G. Kaur , A. Kimura , I. Knapová , M. Kokkoris , Y. Kopatch , M. Krtìvcka , N. Kyritsis , C. Lederer-Woods , G. Lerner , A. Manna , A. Masi , C. Massimi , P. Mastinu , M. Mastromarco , E. A. Maugeri , A. Mazzone , A. Mengoni , V. Michalopoulou , P. M. Milazzo , R. Mucciola , F. Murtas , E. Musacchio-Gonzalez , A. Musumarra , A. Negret , P. Pérez-Maroto , N. Patronis , J. A. Pavón-Rodríguez , M. G. Pellegriti , J. Perkowski , C. Petrone , E. Pirovano , S. Pomp , I. Porras , J. Praena , J. M. Quesada , R. Reifarth , D. Rochman , Y. Romanets , C. Rubbia , M. Sabaté-Gilarte , P. Schillebeeckx , D. Schumann , A. Sekhar , A. G. Smith , N. V. Sosnin , M. E. Stamati , A. Sturniolo , G. Tagliente , D. Tarrío , P. Torres-Sánchez , E. Vagena , V. Variale , P. Vaz , G. Vecchio , D. Vescovi , V. Vlachoudis , R. Vlastou , A. Wallner , P. J. Woods , T. Wright , R. Zarrella , P. Zugec

Muon Spectrometer Phase-I Upgrade for the ATLAS Experiment: the New Small Wheel project

The instantaneous luminosity of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN will be increased by up to a factor of five to seven with respect to the design value. To maintain an excellent detection and background rejection capability in the forward…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-03 Benoit Lefebvre

Background contributions in the electron-tracking Compton camera onboard SMILE-2+

The Mega electron volt (MeV) gamma-ray observation is a promising diagnostic tool for observing the universe. However, the sensitivity of MeV gamma-ray telescopes is limited due to peculiar backgrounds, restricting the application of MeV…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-29 Tomonori Ikeda , Atsushi Takada , Taito Takemura , Kei Yoshikawa , Yuta nakamura , Ken Onozaka , Mitsuru Abe , Toru Tanimori

The potential of large germanium detector arrays for solar-axion searches utilizing the axio-electric effect for detection

The sensitivities of large arrays of low-background germanium detectors for solar axion searches are investigated in the context of three coupling scenarios. A search was made for the 14.4-keV axion branch from the M1-transition in the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-06 F. T. Avignone

Ageing studies of resistive Micromegas detectors for the HL-LHC

Resistive-anode Micromegas detectors are in development since several years, in an effort to solve the problem of sparks when working in high flux and high radiations environment like in the HL-LHC (ten times the luminosity of the LHC).…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-09 J. Galan , D. Attie , E. Ferrer-Ribas , A. Giganon , I. Giomataris , S. Herlant , F. Jeanneau , A. Peyaud , Ph. Schune , T. Alexopoulos , M. Byszewski , G. Iakovidis , P. Iengo , K. Ntekas , S. Leontsinis , R. de Oliveira , Y. Tsipolitis , J. Wotschack

Final results of CALDER: Kinetic inductance light detectors to search for rare events

The next generation of bolometric experiments searching for rave events, in particular for the neutrino-less double beta decay, needs fast, high-sensitivity and easy-to-scale cryogenic light detectors. The CALDER project (2014-2020)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-04 Laura Cardani , Nicola Casali , Ivan Colantoni , Angelo Cruciani , Sergio Di Domizio , Maria Martinez , Valerio Pettinacci , Giorgio Pettinari , Marco Vignati

First results of the CERN Resonant WISP Search (CROWS)

The CERN Resonant WISP Search (CROWS) probes the existence of Weakly Interacting Sub-eV Particles (WISPs) like axions or hidden sector photons. It is based on the principle of an optical light shining through the wall experiment, adapted to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-10-31 M. Betz , F. Caspers , M. Gasior , M. Thumm , S. W. Rieger

Passive low-energy nuclear recoil detection with color centers

Crystal damage events such as tracks and point defects have been used to record and detect radiation for a long time and recently they have been proposed as a means for dark matter detection. Color centers can be read out optically and we…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-11-22 Bernadette K. Cogswell , Apurva Goel , Patrick Huber

Studies of the nature of the low-energy, gamma-like background for Cherenkov Telescope Array

The upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project is expected to provide unprecedented sensitivity in the low-energy ( <~100 GeV) range for Cherenkov telescopes. In order to exploit fully the potential of the telescopes the standard…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Julian Sitarek , Dorota Sobczyńska , Michał Szanecki , Katarzyna Adamczyk

Design Study of a Low Energy IACT Array for Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Recently, ground-based very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy achieved a remarkable advancement in the development of the observational technique for the registration and study of gamma-ray emission above 100 GeV. Construction of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-30 A. Konopelko , J. P. Finley , G. Urbanski