Electron drift and longitudinal diffusion in high pressure xenon-helium gas mixtures

A. D. McDonald; K. Woodruff; B. Al Atoum; D. Gonzalez-Diaz; B. J. P. Jones; C. Adams; V. Álvarez; L. Arazi; I. J. Arnquist; C. D. R. Azevedo; K. Bailey; F. Ballester; J. M. Benlloch-Rodirguez; F. I. G. M. Borges; S. Carcel; J. Carrion; S. Cebrian; E. Church; C. A. N. Conde; G. Diaz; J. Diaz; M. Diesburg; J. Escada; R. Esteve; R. Felkai; A. F. M. Fernandes; L. M. P. Fernandes; P. Ferrario; A. L. Ferreira; E. D. C. Freitas; J. Generowicz; A. Goldschmidt; J. J. Gomez-Cadenas; R. Guenette; R. M. Gutierrez; J. Haefner; K. Hafidi; J. Hauptman; C. A. O. Henriques; J. A. Hernando Morata; P. Herrero; V. Herrero; S. Johnston; M. Kekic; L. Labarga; A. Laing; P. Lebrun; N. Lopez-March; M. Losada; R. D. P. Mano; J. Martin-Albo; A. Martinez; G. Martinez-Lema; F. Monrabal; C. M. B. Monteiro; F. J. Mora; J. Munoz Vidal; P. Novella; D. R. Nygren; B. Palmeiro; A. Para; J. Perez; M. Querol; J. Renner; J. Repond; S. Riordan; L. Ripoll; Y. Rodriguez Garcia; J. Rodirguez; L. Rogers; B. Romeo; C. Romo-Luque; F. P. Santos; J. M. F. dos Santos; A. Simon; C. Sofka; M. Sorel; T. Stiegler; J. F. Toledo; J. Torrent; A. Uson; J. F. C. A. Veloso; R. Webb; R. Weiss-Babai; J. T. White; N. Yahlali; NEXT Collaboration

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Electron drift and longitudinal diffusion in high pressure xenon-helium gas mixtures

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Electron drift and longitudinal diffusion in high pressure xenon-helium gas mixtures

A. D. McDonald, K. Woodruff, B. Al Atoum, D. Gonzalez-Diaz, B. J. P. Jones, C. Adams, V. Álvarez, L. Arazi, I. J. Arnquist, C. D. R. Azevedo, …

Journal of instrumentation, Vol.14(8), pp.P08009/1-P08009/19

08/01/2019

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08009

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We report new measurements of the drift velocity and longitudinal diffusion coefficients of electrons in pure xenon gas and in xenon-helium gas mixtures at 1-9 bar and electric field strengths of 50-300 V/cm. In pure xenon we find excellent agreement with world data at all E/P, for both drift velocity and diffusion coefficients. However, a larger value of the longitudinal diffusion coefficient than theoretical predictions is found at low E/P in pure xenon, below the range of reduced fields usually probed by TPC experiments. A similar effect is observed in xenon-helium gas mixtures at somewhat larger E/P. Drift velocities in xenon-helium mixtures are found to be theoretically well predicted. Although longitudinal diffusion in xenon-helium mixtures is found to be larger than anticipated, extrapolation based on the measured longitudinal diffusion coefficients suggest that the use of helium additives to reduce transverse diffusion in xenon gas remains a promising prospect.

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Title: Subtitle: Electron drift and longitudinal diffusion in high pressure xenon-helium gas mixtures
Creators: A. D. McDonald - The University of Texas at Arlington
K. Woodruff - The University of Texas at Arlington
B. Al Atoum - The University of Texas at Arlington
D. Gonzalez-Diaz - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
B. J. P. Jones - The University of Texas at Arlington
C. Adams - Harvard University
V. Álvarez - Universitat Politècnica de València
L. Arazi - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
I. J. Arnquist - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
C. D. R. Azevedo - University of Aveiro
K. Bailey - Argonne National Laboratory
F. Ballester - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. M. Benlloch-Rodirguez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
F. I. G. M. Borges - University of Coimbra
S. Carcel - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Carrion - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
S. Cebrian - Universidad de Zaragoza
E. Church - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
C. A. N. Conde - University of Coimbra
G. Diaz - Donostia International Physics Center
J. Diaz - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Diesburg - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Escada - University of Coimbra
R. Esteve - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
R. Felkai - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. F. M. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
L. M. P. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
P. Ferrario - Ikerbasque
A. L. Ferreira - University of Aveiro
E. D. C. Freitas - University of Coimbra
J. Generowicz - Donostia International Physics Center
A. Goldschmidt - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
J. J. Gomez-Cadenas - Ikerbasque
R. Guenette - Harvard University
R. M. Gutierrez - Universidad Antonio Nariño
J. Haefner - Harvard University
K. Hafidi - Argonne National Laboratory
J. Hauptman - Iowa State University
C. A. O. Henriques - University of Coimbra
J. A. Hernando Morata - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
P. Herrero - Donostia International Physics Center
V. Herrero - Universitat Politècnica de València
S. Johnston - Argonne National Laboratory
M. Kekic - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
L. Labarga - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
A. Laing - The University of Texas at Arlington
P. Lebrun - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
N. Lopez-March - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Losada - Universidad Antonio Nariño
R. D. P. Mano - University of Coimbra
J. Martin-Albo - Harvard University
A. Martinez - Donostia International Physics Center
G. Martinez-Lema - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
F. Monrabal - Donostia International Physics Center
C. M. B. Monteiro - University of Coimbra
F. J. Mora - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. Munoz Vidal - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
P. Novella - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
D. R. Nygren - The University of Texas at Arlington
B. Palmeiro - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. Para - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Perez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Querol - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Renner - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Repond - Argonne National Laboratory
S. Riordan - Argonne National Laboratory
L. Ripoll - Universitat de Girona
Y. Rodriguez Garcia - Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest Ciencias Basicas & Aplicadas, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este 47A-15, Bogota, Colombia
J. Rodirguez - Universitat Politècnica de València
L. Rogers - The University of Texas at Arlington
B. Romeo - Donostia International Physics Center
C. Romo-Luque - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
F. P. Santos - University of Coimbra
J. M. F. dos Santos - University of Coimbra
A. Simon - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
C. Sofka - Texas A&M University
M. Sorel - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
T. Stiegler - Texas A&M University
J. F. Toledo - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. Torrent - Donostia International Physics Center
A. Uson - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. F. C. A. Veloso - University of Aveiro
R. Webb - Texas A&M University
R. Weiss-Babai - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
J. T. White - Texas A&M University
N. Yahlali - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
NEXT Collaboration
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of instrumentation, Vol.14(8), pp.P08009/1-P08009/19
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08009
ISSN: 1748-0221
eISSN: 1748-0221
Publisher: Iop Publishing Ltd
Number of pages: 19
Grant note: PTDC/FISNUC/2525/2014; UID/FIS/04559/2013; PD/BD/105921/2014; SFRH/BPD/109180/2015; SFRH/BPD/76842/2011 / Portuguese FCT; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) PD/BD/105921/2014; SFRH/BPD/109180/2015 / Fundao para a Cincia e a Tecnologia; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) RYC-2015-18820 / MINECO (Spain) under the Ramon y Cajal program 339787-NEXT / European Research Council (ERC); European Commission; Spanish Government DE-SC0019223 / Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) PROMETEO/2016/120; SEJI/2017/011 / GVA of Spain DE-SC0019054 / Department of Energy under Early Career Award; United States Department of Energy (DOE) FIS2014-53371-C04; SEV-2014-0398; MDM-2016-0692 / Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain; Spanish Government 674896; 690575; 740055 / European Union's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant; Marie Curie Actions
Language: English
Date published: 08/01/2019
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984627334902771

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