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Enhancing the sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment to low energy signals

Two-phase xenon detectors, such as that at the core of the forthcoming LZ dark matter experiment, use photomultiplier tubes to sense the primary (S1) and secondary (S2) scintillation signals resulting from particle interactions in their…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2021-01-22 D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , A. Piepke , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , U. Utku , A. Vaitkus , B. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

Transmission of xenon scintillation light through PTFE

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), also known as Teflon, is a common material used in the construction of liquid xenon detectors due to its high reflectivity for the VUV scintillation light of xenon. We present transmission measurements of…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2020-09-10 Dominick Cichon , Guillaume Eurin , Florian Jörg , Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia , Natascha Rupp

Doping of a Borexino-like Liquid Scintillator with Tellurium-Diols

One promising approach for future neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) searches is the incorporation of candidate isotopes into liquid scintillator detectors. In this work, a sample of the high-performance…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2026-05-12 Hans Th. J. Steiger , Marco Beretta , Manuel Böhles , Alberto Garfagnini , Arsenii Gavrikov , Paolo Lombardi , Kai Loo , Elena Pasini , Benedetta Rasera , Andrea Serafini , Michael Wurm

First demonstration of VUV-photon detection in liquid xenon with THGEM and GEM-based Liquid Hole Multipliers

The bubble-assisted Liquid Hole-Multiplier (LHM) is a recently-introduced detection concept for noble-liquid time projection chambers. In this "local dual-phase" detection element, a gas bubble is supported underneath a perforated electrode…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2017-03-08 E. Erdal , L. Arazi , M. Rappaport , S. Shchemelinin , D. Vartsky , A. Breskin

Tl2LaCl5 (Ce3+): New Fast and Efficient Scintillator for X- and {\gamma}-ray detection

Scintillation properties of the new Tl2LaCl5: xCe3+ where x = 0, 0.5, 1 and 10 mole % (TLC: Ce3+) single crystals are presented. Two zones vertical Bridgman technique is used for the growth of this scintillation material. High Z-number (79)…

材料科学 · 物理学 2017-04-05 H. J. Kim , Gul Rooh , Sunghwan Kim

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…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2021-07-13 Abigail Kopec , Amanda L. Baxter , Michael Clark , Rafael F. Lang , Shengchao Li , Juehang Qin , Riya Singh

Approximate Differentiable Likelihoods for Astroparticle Physics Experiments

Traditionally, inference in liquid xenon direct detection dark matter experiments has used estimators of event energy or density estimation of simulated data. Such methods have drawbacks compared to the computation of explicit likelihoods,…

高能物理 - 实验 · 物理学 2024-08-20 Juehang Qin , Christopher Tunnell

Enhancement of NEST Capabilities for Simulating Low-Energy Recoils in Liquid Xenon

The Noble Element Simulation Technique (NEST) is an exhaustive collection of models explaining both the scintillation light and ionization yields of noble elements as a function of particle type (nuclear recoil, electron recoil, alphas),…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2015-06-16 Matthew Szydagis , Adalyn Fyhrie , Daniel Thorngren , Mani Tripathi

Towards an improved understanding of the relative scintillation efficiency of nuclear recoils in liquid xenon

Liquid xenon (LXe) particle detectors are a powerful technology in the field of dark matter direct detection, having shown impressive results in recent years and holding strong possibility for leading the field in sensitivity to galactic…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2010-07-23 A. Manalaysay

R2D2 TPC: first Xenon results

Radial time projection chambers (TPC), already employed in the search for rare phenomena such as light Dark Matter candidate, could provide a new detection approach for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay ($\beta\beta0\nu$). The…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2023-09-26 R. Bouet , J. Busto , V. Cecchini , C. Cerna , P. Charpentier , M. Chapellier , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , F. Druillole , C. Jollet , P. Hellmuth , M. Gros , P. Lautridou , A. Meregaglia , X. F. Navick , F. Piquemal , F. Popieul , M. Roche , I. Savvidis , B. Thomas

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

THGEM-based detectors for sampling elements in DHCAL: laboratory and beam evaluation

We report on the results of an extensive R&D program aimed at the evaluation of Thick-Gas Electron Multipliers (THGEM) as potential active elements for Digital Hadron Calorimetry (DHCAL). Results are presented on efficiency, pad…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2015-06-03 L. Arazi , A. Breskin , R. Chechik , M. Cortesi , M. Pitt , A. Rubin , H. Natal da Luz , J. M. F. dos Santos , C. D. R. Azevedo , D. S. Covita , C. A. B. Oliveira , J. F. C. A. Veloso , M. Breidenbach , D. Freytag , G. Haller , R. Herbst , S. Park , A. White , J. Yu , E. Oliveri

Design and characterization of the SiPM tracking system of NEXT-DEMO, a demonstrator prototype of the NEXT-100 experiment

NEXT-100 experiment aims at searching the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the Xe-136 isotope using a TPC filled with a 100 kg of high-pressure gaseous xenon, with 90% isotopic enrichment. The experiment will take place at the Laboratorio…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2015-03-20 NEXT Collaboration , V. Álvarez , M. Ball , F. I. G. M. Borges , S. Cárcel , J. M. Carmona , J. Castel , J. M. Catalá , S. Cebrián , A. Cervera , D. Chan , 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. Ferrer-Ribas , E. D. C. Freitas , A. N. C. Garcia , V. M. Gehman , A. Gil , I. Giomataris , A. Goldschmidt , H. Gómez , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , K. González , D. González-Díaz , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , V. Herrero , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , V. Kalinnikov , D. Kiang , L. Labarga , 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 , J. M. Monzó , F. J. Mora , L. M. Moutinho , J. Muñoz Vidal , H. Natal da Luz , G. Navarro , M. Nebot , 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 , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , J. F. Toledo , A. Tomás , J. Torrent , Z. Tsamalaidze , D. Vázquez , E. Velicheva , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. C. Webb , T. Weber , J. White , N. Yahlali

Diffusion-emission theory of photon enhanced thermionic emission solar energy harvesters

Numerical and semi-analytical models are presented for photon-enhanced-thermionic-emission (PETE) devices. The models take diffusion of electrons, inhomogeneous photogeneration, and bulk and surface recombination into account. The…

材料科学 · 物理学 2012-08-27 Aapo Varpula , Mika Prunnila

Scintillation yield from electronic and nuclear recoils in superfluid $^4$He

Superfluid $^4$He is a promising target material for direct detection of light ($<$ 1 GeV) dark matter. Possible signal channels available for readout in this medium include prompt photons, triplet excimers, and roton and phonon…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2022-05-17 HeRALD Collaboration , A. Biekert , C. Chang , C. W. Fink , M. Garcia-Sciveres , E. C. Glazer , W. Guo , S. A. Hertel , S. Kravitz , J. Lin , M. Lisovenko , R. Mahapatra , D. N. McKinsey , J. S. Nguyen , V. Novosad , W. Page , P. K. Patel , B. Penning , H. D. Pinckney , M. Pyle , R. K. Romani , A. S. Seilnacht , A. Serafin , R. J. Smith , P. Sorensen , B. Suerfu , A. Suzuki , V. Velan , G. Wang , S. L. Watkins , V. G. Yefremenko , L. Yuan , J. Zhang

New Constraints and Prospects for sub-GeV Dark Matter Scattering off Electrons in Xenon

We study in detail sub-GeV dark matter scattering off electrons in xenon, including the expected electron recoil spectra and annual modulation spectra. We derive improved constraints using low-energy XENON10 and XENON100 ionization-only…

高能物理 - 唯象学 · 物理学 2017-09-06 Rouven Essig , Tomer Volansky , Tien-Tien Yu

A Comprehensive Simulation Study of a Liquid-Xe Detector for Contraband Detection

Recently, a new detector concept, for combined imaging and spectroscopy of fast-neutrons and gamma was presented. It encompasses a liquid-xenon (LXe) converter-scintillator coupled to a UV-sensitive gaseous Thick Gas Electron Multiplier…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2015-06-23 I. Israelashvili , M. Cortesi , D. Vartsky , L. Arazi , D. Bar , E. N. Caspi , A. Breskin

A Large-Area Optical Time Projection Chamber for Hard X-ray Polarimetry with Directional Imaging of Low-Energy Electron Recoils

We report on the development of a large-volume, wide field-of-view time projection chamber (TPC) for X-ray polarimetry, featuring a triple-GEM amplification stage and optical readout. Originally developed within the CYGNO program for…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2026-03-09 Davide Fiorina , Elisabetta Baracchini , Giorgio Dho , Paolo Soffitta , Samuele Torelli , David J. M. Marques , Enrico Costa , Sergio Fabiani , Fabio Muleri , Giovanni Mazzitelli , Atul Prajapati

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…

天体物理学 · 物理学 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

Operating a large-diameter dual-phase liquid xenon TPC in the unshielded PANCAKE facility

Future liquid-xenon (LXe) based observatories for rare processes, such as XLZD, require testing of large components and sub-assemblies in cryogenic liquid or gaseous xenon environments. Here we present results from the stable operation of a…

仪器与探测器 · 物理学 2026-01-23 Julia Müller , Jaron Grigat , Robin Glade-Beucke , Sebastian Lindemann , Tiffany Luce , Gnanesh Chandra Madduri , Jens Reininghaus , Marc Schumann , Adam Softley-Brown , Andrew Stevens