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Liquid xenon scintillation measurements and pulse shape discrimination in the LUX dark matter detector

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a leading candidate for dark matter and are expected to produce nuclear recoil (NR) events within liquid xenon time-projection chambers. We present a measurement of the scintillation timing…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2018-06-20 The LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , P. Brás , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , V. Velan , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Precision measurements of the scintillation pulse shape for low-energy recoils in liquid xenon

We present measurements of the scintillation pulse shape in liquid xenon for nuclear recoils (NR) and electronic recoils (ER) at electric fields of 0 to 0.5 kV/cm for energies $<$ 15 keV and $<$ 70 keV electron-equivalent, respectively. The…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2018-05-24 E. Hogenbirk , J. Aalbers , P. A. Breur , M. P. Decowski , K. van Teutem , A. P. Colijn

Discrimination of electronic recoils from nuclear recoils in two-phase xenon time projection chambers

We present a comprehensive analysis of electronic recoil vs. nuclear recoil discrimination in liquid/gas xenon time projection chambers, using calibration data from the 2013 and 2014-16 runs of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment.…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2020-12-11 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. Leason , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , C. Rhyne , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , C. Zhang

Scintillation-only Based Pulse Shape Discrimination for Nuclear and Electron Recoils in Liquid Xenon

In a dedicated test setup at the Kamioka Observatory we studied pulse shape discrimination (PSD) in liquid xenon (LXe) for dark matter searches. PSD in LXe was based on the observation that scintillation light from electron events was…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2015-05-28 K. Ueshima , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , S. Hirano , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , Y. Koshio , J. Liu , K. Martens , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , H. Nishiie , H. Ogawa , H. Sekiya , A. Shinozaki , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , M. Yamashita , K. Fujii , I. Murayama , S. Nakamura , K. Otsuka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. Fukuda , K. Nishijima , D. Motoki , Y. Itow , K. Masuda , Y. Nishitani , H. Uchida , S. Tasaka , H. Ohsumi , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , J. S. Lee the XMASS Collaboration

Scintillation time dependence and pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon

Using a single-phase liquid argon detector with a signal yield of 4.85 photoelectrons per keV of electronic-equivalent recoil energy (keVee), we measure the scintillation time dependence of both electronic and nuclear recoils in liquid…

核实验 · 物理学 2014-11-18 W. H. Lippincott , K. J. Coakley , D. Gastler , A. Hime , E. Kearns , D. N. McKinsey , J. A. Nikkel , L. C. Stonehill

Modeling Pulse Characteristics in Xenon with NEST

A comprehensive model for describing the characteristics of pulsed signals, generated by particle interactions in xenon detectors, is presented. An emphasis is laid on two-phase time projection chambers, but the models presented are also…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2015-06-17 Jeremy Mock , Nichole Barry , Kareem Kazkaz , Matthew Szydagis , Mani Tripathi , Sergey Uvarov , Michael Woods , Nicholas Walsh

Field dependence of electronic recoil signals in a dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber

We present measurements of light and charge signals in a dual-phase time projection chamber at electric fields varying from 10 V/cm up to 500 V/cm and at zero field using 511 keV gamma rays from a $^{22}$Na source. We determine the drift…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2018-11-01 E. Hogenbirk , M. P. Decowski , K. McEwan , A. P. Colijn

Scintillation of liquid neon from electronic and nuclear recoils

We have measured the time dependence of scintillation light from electronic and nuclear recoils in liquid neon, finding a slow time constant of 15.4+-0.2 us. Pulse shape discrimination is investigated as a means of identifying event type in…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2008-11-26 J. A. Nikkel , R. Hasty , W. H. Lippincott , D. N. McKinsey

Pushing the Limits of Pulse Shape Discrimination in a Large Liquid Xenon Detector

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment is a direct-detection dark matter experiment, optimized to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) through WIMP-nucleon interactions. The main challenge in dark matter detection is…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2026-03-31 D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , B. J. Almquist , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , E. E. Barillier , K. Beattie , A. Bhatti , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , E. Bishop , G. M. Blockinger , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Carter , A. Chawla , H. Chen , Y. T. Chin , N. I. Chott , S. Contreras , M. V. Converse , R. Coronel , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , C. E. Dahl , I. Darlington , S. Dave , A. David , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , L. Di Felice , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Dubey , C. L. Dunbar , S. R. Eriksen , N. M. Fearon , N. Fieldhouse , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. M. A. Fruth , P. W. Gaemers , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , J. Ghamsari , A. Ghosh , S. Ghosh , R. Gibbons , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. J. Haiston , C. R. Hall , T. Hall , R. H. Hampp , S. J. Haselschwardt , M. A. Hernandez , S. A. Hertel , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , E. Jacquet , R. S. James , K. Jenkins , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , M. K. Kannichankandy , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , J. Kim , Y. D. Kim , D. Kodroff , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , C. Lawes , E. B. Leon , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , W. H. Lippincott , J. Long , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , W. Ma , V. Mahajan , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , R. J. Matheson , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , J. B. McLaughlin , R. McMonigle , B. Mitra , E. Mizrachi , M. E. Monzani , K. Morå , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , C. L. O'Brien , F. H. O'Shea , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. Y. Oyulmaz , K. J. Palladino , N. J. Pannifer , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , S. S. Poudel , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , G. R. C. Rischbieter , E. Ritchey , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , N. J. Rowe , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , S. Saltão , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , G. Sehr , B. Shafer , S. Shaw , W. Sherman , K. Shi , T. Shutt , C. Silva , G. Sinev , J. Siniscalco , A. M. Slivar , A. M. Softley-Brown , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , T. J. Sumner , A. Swain , M. Szydagis , D. R. Tiedt , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , K. Trengove , M. Tripathi , A. Usón , A. C. Vaitkus , O. Valentino , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , L. Weeldreyer , T. J. Whitis , K. Wild , M. Williams , J. Winnicki , L. Wolf , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , J. Xu , Y. Xu , M. Yeh , D. Yeum , J. Young , W. Zha , H. Zhang , T. Zhang , Y. Zhou

Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX

We present a novel analysis technique for liquid xenon time projection chambers that allows for a lower threshold by relying on events with a prompt scintillation signal consisting of single detected photons. The energy threshold of the LUX…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2020-02-19 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , E. Grace , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazka , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , N. A. Larsen , E. Leason , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , B. López-Paredes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , L. Reichhart , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Pulse-shape discrimination and energy resolution of a liquid-argon scintillator with xenon doping

Liquid-argon scintillation detectors are used in fundamental physics experiments and are being considered for security applications. Previous studies have suggested that the addition of small amounts of xenon dopant improves performance in…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2014-06-23 Christopher G. Wahl , Ethan P. Bernard , W. Hugh Lippincott , James A. Nikkel , Yunchang Shin , Daniel N. McKinsey

Feasibility of Liquid-phase Xenon Proportional Scintillation for Low-energy Physics

Dual phase xenon time projection chambers (TPCs) detect both the scintillation photons and ionization electrons created by energy depositions within the liquid xenon (LXe) volume. The electrons are extracted from the interaction site…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2025-02-24 Jianyang Qi , Kaixuan Ni , Haiwen Xu , Yue Ma , Yuechen Liu

Measurement of scintillation from proportional electron multiplication in liquid xenon using a needle

Charge amplification in liquids could provide single-phase xenon time projection chambers with background discrimination and fiducialisation capabilities similar to those found in dual-phase detectors. Although efforts to achieve the high…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2024-01-05 P. Knights , H. Sekiya , I. Katsioulas , K. Nikolopoulos , K. Kanzawa , I. Giomataris

Pulse Shape Discrimination Techniques in Scintillating CsI(Tl) Crystals

There are recent interests with CsI(Tl) scintillating crystals for Dark Matter experiments. The key merit is the capability to differentiate nuclear recoil (nr) signatures from the background $\beta / \gamma$-events due to ambient…

数据分析、统计与概率 · 物理学 2009-11-10 S. C. Wu

Prospects of charge signal analyses in liquid xenon TPCs with proportional scintillation in the liquid phase

As liquid xenon TPCs increase in target mass while pursuing the direct detection of WIMP dark matter, the technical challenges arising due to their size call for new solutions and open the discussion on alternative detector concepts.…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2022-04-14 Fabian Kuger , Julia Dierle , Horst Fischer , Marc Schumann , 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…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2025-07-28 Robert Hammann , Kai Böse , Steffen Form , Luisa Hötzsch , Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia

Pulse Shape Discrimination of low-energy nuclear and electron recoils for improved particle identification in NaI:Tl

The scintillation mechanism in NaI:Tl crystals produces different pulse shapes that are dependent on the incoming particle type. The time distribution of scintillation light from nuclear recoil events decays faster than for electron recoil…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2022-12-28 N. J. Spinks , L. J. Bignell , G. J. Lane , A. Akber , E. Barberio , T. Baroncelli , B. J. Coombes , J. T. H. Dowie , T. K. Eriksen , M. S. M. Gerathy , T. J. Gray , I. Mahmood , B. P. McCormick , W. J. D. Melbourne , A. J. Mitchell , F. Nuti , M. S. Rahman , F. Scutti , A. E. Stuchbery , H. Timmers , P. Urquijo , Y. Y. Zhong , M. J. Zurowski

A Model for the Secondary Scintillation Pulse Shape from a Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter

Proportional scintillation counters (PSCs), both single- and dual-phase, can measure the scintillation (S1) and ionization (S2) channels from particle interactions within the detector volume. The signal obtained from these detectors depends…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2016-03-23 Kareem Kazkaz , Tenzing Henry Yatish Joshi

Measurements of Scintillation Efficiency and Pulse-Shape for Low Energy Recoils in Liquid Xenon

Results of observations of low energy nuclear and electron recoil events in liquid xenon scintillator detectors are given. The relative scintillation efficiency for nuclear recoils is 0.22 +/- 0.01 in the recoil energy range 40 keV - 70…

高能物理 - 实验 · 物理学 2009-11-07 D. Akimov , A. Bewick , D. Davidge , J. Dawson , A. S. Howard , I. Ivaniouchenkov , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , V. Lebedenko , M. J. Lehner , P. K. Lightfoot , I. Liubarsky , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , C. D. Peak , J. J. Quenby , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , D. R. Tovey , C. K. Ward

Pulse-Shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility

Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is one of the most distinctive features of liquid scintillators. Since the introduction of the scintillation techniques in the field of particle detection, many studies have been carried out to characterize…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2008-11-26 H. O. Back et al.