Low-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence yield

A. F. M. Fernandes; C. A. O. Henriques; R. D. P. Mano; D. González-Díaz; C. D. R Azevedo; P. A. O. C. Silva; J. J. Gómez-Cadenas; E. D. C. Freitas; L. M. P. Fernandes; C. M. B. Monteiro; C. Adams; V. Álvarez; L. Arazi; I. J. Arnquist; K. Bailey; F. Ballester; J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez; F. I. G. M. Borges; N. Byrnes; S. Cárcel; J. V. Carrión; S. Cebrián; E. Church; C. A. N. Conde; T. Contreras; G. Díaz; J. Díaz; M. Diesburg; J. Escada; R. Esteve; R. Felkai; P. Ferrario; A. L. Ferreira; J. Generowicz; S. Ghosh; A. Goldschmidt; R. Guenette; R. M. Gutiérrez; J. Haefner; K. Hafidi; J. Hauptman; J. A. Hernando Morata; P. Herrero; V. Herrero; Y. Ifergan; S. Johnston; B. J. P. Jones; M. Kekic; L. Labarga; A. Laing; P. Lebrun; N. López-March; M. Losada; J. Martín-Albo; A. Martínez; G. Martínez-Lema; A. D. McDonald; F. Monrabal; F. J. Mora; J. Muñoz Vidal; P. Novella; D. R. Nygren; B. Palmeiro; A. Para; J. Pérez; F. Psihas; M. Querol; J. Renner; J. Repond; S. Riordan; L. Ripoll; Y. Rodríguez García; J. Rodríguez; L. Rogers; B. Romeo; C. Romo-Luque; F. P. Santos; J. M. F. dos Santos; A. Simón; C. Sofka; M. Sorel; T. Stiegler; J. F. Toledo; J. Torrent; A. Usón; J. F. C. A. Veloso; R. Webb; R. Weiss-Babai; J. T. White; K. Woodruff; NEXT collaboration; N. Yahlali

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Low-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence yield

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Low-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence yield

A. F. M. Fernandes, C. A. O. Henriques, R. D. P. Mano, D. González-Díaz, C. D. R Azevedo, P. A. O. C. Silva, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, E. D. C. Freitas, L. M. P. Fernandes, C. M. B. Monteiro, …

The journal of high energy physics, Vol.2020(4), pp.1-18

04/01/2020

DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2020)034

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A bstract High pressure xenon Time Projection Chambers (TPC) based on secondary scintillation (electroluminescence) signal amplification are being proposed for rare event detection such as directional dark matter, double electron capture and double beta decay detection. The discrimination of the rare event through the topological signature of primary ionisation trails is a major asset for this type of TPC when compared to single liquid or double-phase TPCs, limited mainly by the high electron diffusion in pure xenon. Helium admixtures with xenon can be an attractive solution to reduce the electron diffu- sion significantly, improving the discrimination efficiency of these optical TPCs. We have measured the electroluminescence (EL) yield of Xe–He mixtures, in the range of 0 to 30% He and demonstrated the small impact on the EL yield of the addition of helium to pure xenon. For a typical reduced electric field of 2.5 kV/cm/bar in the EL region, the EL yield is lowered by ∼ 2%, 3%, 6% and 10% for 10%, 15%, 20% and 30% of helium concentration, respectively. This decrease is less than what has been obtained from the most recent simulation framework in the literature. The impact of the addition of helium on EL statistical fluctuations is negligible, within the experimental uncertainties. The present results are an important benchmark for the simulation tools to be applied to future optical TPCs based on Xe-He mixtures.

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Title: Subtitle: Low-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence yield
Creators: A. F. M. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
C. A. O. Henriques - University of Coimbra
R. D. P. Mano - University of Coimbra
D. González-Díaz - Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
C. D. R Azevedo - University of Aveiro
P. A. O. C. Silva - University of Coimbra
J. J. Gómez-Cadenas - Ikerbasque
E. D. C. Freitas - University of Coimbra
L. M. P. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
C. M. B. Monteiro - University of Coimbra
C. Adams - Argonne National Laboratory
V. Álvarez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
L. Arazi - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
I. J. Arnquist - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
K. Bailey - Argonne National Laboratory
F. Ballester - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
F. I. G. M. Borges - University of Coimbra
N. Byrnes - The University of Texas at Arlington
S. Cárcel - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. V. Carrión - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
S. Cebrián - Universidad de Zaragoza
E. Church - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
C. A. N. Conde - University of Coimbra
T. Contreras - Harvard University
G. Díaz - Donostia International Physics Center
J. Díaz - 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
P. Ferrario - Donostia International Physics Center
A. L. Ferreira - Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro
J. Generowicz - Donostia International Physics Center
S. Ghosh - Harvard University
A. Goldschmidt - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
R. Guenette - Harvard University
R. M. Gutiérrez - Universidad Antonio Nariño
J. Haefner - Harvard University
K. Hafidi - Argonne National Laboratory
J. Hauptman - Iowa State University
J. A. Hernando Morata - Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
P. Herrero - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
V. Herrero - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
Y. Ifergan - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
S. Johnston - Argonne National Laboratory
B. J. P. Jones - The University of Texas at Arlington
M. Kekic - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
L. Labarga - Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
A. Laing - The University of Texas at Arlington
P. Lebrun - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
N. López-March - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Losada - Universidad Antonio Nariño
J. Martín-Albo - Harvard University
A. Martínez - Donostia International Physics Center
G. Martínez-Lema - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. D. McDonald - The University of Texas at Arlington
F. Monrabal - Donostia International Physics Center
F. J. Mora - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. Muñoz 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. Pérez - Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
F. Psihas - The University of Texas at Arlington
M. Querol - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Renner - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Repond - Argonne National Laboratory
S. Riordan - Argonne National Laboratory
L. Ripoll - Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Girona
Y. Rodríguez García - Universidad Antonio Nariño
J. Rodríguez - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
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. Simón - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
C. Sofka - The University of Texas at Austin
M. Sorel - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
T. Stiegler - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
J. F. Toledo - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. Torrent - Donostia International Physics Center
A. Usón - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. F. C. A. Veloso - Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro
R. Webb - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
R. Weiss-Babai - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
J. T. White - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
K. Woodruff - The University of Texas at Arlington
NEXT collaboration
N. Yahlali - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The journal of high energy physics, Vol.2020(4), pp.1-18
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2020)034
ISSN: 1126-6708
eISSN: 1029-8479
Language: English
Date published: 04/01/2020
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984627322702771

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