Mitigation of backgrounds from cosmogenic Xe-137 in xenon gas experiments using He-3 neutron capture

L. Rogers; B. J. P. Jones; A. Laing; S. Pingulkar; B. Smithers; K. Woodruff; C. Adams; V. Álvarez; L. Arazi; I. J. Arnquist; C. D. R. Azevedo; K. Bailey; F. Ballester; J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez; F. I. G. M. Borges; N. Byrnes; S. Carcel; J. Carrion; S. Cebrian; E. Church; C. A. N. Conde; T. Contreras; G. Diaz; J. Diaz; M. Diesburg; R. Dingler; 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; S. Ghosh; A. Goldschmidt; J. J. Gomez-Cadenas; D. Gonzalez-Diaz; R. Guenette; R. M. Gutierrez; J. Haefner; K. Hafidi; J. Hauptman; C. A. O. Henriques; J. A. Hernando Morata; P. Herrero; V. Herrero; Y. Ifergan; S. Johnston; M. Kekic; L. Labarga; P. Lebrun; N. Lopez-March; M. Losada; R. D. P. Mano; J. Martin-Albo; A. Martinez; G. Martinez-Lema; A. D. McDonald; 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; A. B. Redwine; J. Renner; J. Repond; S. Riordan; L. Ripoll; Y. Rodriguez Garcia; J. Rodriguez; 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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Mitigation of backgrounds from cosmogenic Xe-137 in xenon gas experiments using He-3 neutron capture

L. Rogers, B. J. P. Jones, A. Laing, S. Pingulkar, B. Smithers, K. Woodruff, C. Adams, V. Álvarez, L. Arazi, I. J. Arnquist, …

Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, Vol.47(7), 075001

07/01/2020

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/ab8915

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Xe-136 is used as the target medium for many experiments searching for 0 nu beta beta. Despite underground operation, cosmic muons that reach the laboratory can produce spallation neutrons causing activation of detector materials. A potential background that is difficult to veto using muon tagging comes in the form of Xe-137 created by the capture of neutrons on Xe-136. This isotope decays via beta decay with a half-life of 3.8 min and a Q(beta) of similar to 4.16 MeV. This work proposes and explores the concept of adding a small percentage of He-3 to xenon as a means to capture thermal neutrons and reduce the number of activations in the detector volume. When using this technique we find the contamination from Xe-137 activation can be reduced to negligible levels in tonne and multi-tonne scale high pressure gas xenon neutrinoless double beta decay experiments running at any depth in an underground laboratory.

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Title: Subtitle: Mitigation of backgrounds from cosmogenic Xe-137 in xenon gas experiments using He-3 neutron capture
Creators: L. Rogers - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
B. J. P. Jones - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
A. Laing - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
S. Pingulkar - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
B. Smithers - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
K. Woodruff - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
C. Adams - Argonne Natl Lab, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
V. Álvarez - Universitat Politècnica de València
L. Arazi - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
I. J. Arnquist - PNNL, Richland, WA 99352 USA
C. D. R. Azevedo - University of Aveiro
K. Bailey - Argonne Natl Lab, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
F. Ballester - Universitat Politècnica de València
J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
F. I. G. M. Borges - University of Coimbra
N. Byrnes - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
S. Carcel - Universitat Politècnica de València
J. Carrion - Universitat Politècnica de València
S. Cebrian - Univ Zaragoza, Ctr Astroparticulas & Fis Altas Energias CAPA, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
E. Church - PNNL, Richland, WA 99352 USA
C. A. N. Conde - University of Coimbra
T. Contreras - Harvard University
G. Diaz - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
J. Diaz - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
M. Diesburg - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
R. Dingler - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
J. Escada - University of Coimbra
R. Esteve - Universitat Politècnica de València
R. Felkai - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
A. F. M. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
L. M. P. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
P. Ferrario - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
A. L. Ferreira - University of Aveiro
E. D. C. Freitas - University of Coimbra
J. Generowicz - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
S. Ghosh - Harvard University
A. Goldschmidt - Cyclotron (Netherlands)
J. J. Gomez-Cadenas - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
D. Gonzalez-Diaz - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
R. Guenette - Harvard University
R. M. Gutierrez - Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest Ciencias Basicas & Aplicadas, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este 47 A-15, Bogota, Colombia
J. Haefner - Harvard University
K. Hafidi - Argonne Natl Lab, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
J. Hauptman - Iowa State University
C. A. O. Henriques - University of Coimbra
J. A. Hernando Morata - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
P. Herrero - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
V. Herrero - Universitat Politècnica de València
Y. Ifergan - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
S. Johnston - Argonne Natl Lab, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
M. Kekic - Universitat de València
L. Labarga - Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, Campus Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
P. Lebrun - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
N. Lopez-March - Universitat de València
M. Losada - Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest Ciencias Basicas & Aplicadas, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este 47 A-15, Bogota, Colombia
R. D. P. Mano - University of Coimbra
J. Martin-Albo - Harvard University
A. Martinez - Universitat de València
G. Martinez-Lema - Universitat de València
A. D. McDonald - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
F. Monrabal - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
C. M. B. Monteiro - University of Coimbra
F. J. Mora - Universitat Politècnica de València
J. Munoz Vidal - Universitat de València
P. Novella - Universitat de València
D. R. Nygren - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
B. Palmeiro - Universitat de València
A. Para - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Perez - Canfranc Underground Laboratory
M. Querol - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. B. Redwine - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
J. Renner - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
J. Repond - Argonne Natl Lab, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
S. Riordan - Argonne Natl Lab, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
L. Ripoll - Universitat de Girona
Y. Rodriguez Garcia - Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest Ciencias Basicas & Aplicadas, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este 47 A-15, Bogota, Colombia
J. Rodriguez - Universitat Politècnica de València
B. Romeo - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
C. Romo-Luque - Universitat de València
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 Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
M. Sorel - Universitat de València
T. Stiegler - Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
J. F. Toledo - Universitat Politècnica de València
J. Torrent - DIPC, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
A. Uson - Universitat de València
J. F. C. A. Veloso - University of Aveiro
R. Webb - Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
R. Weiss-Babai - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
J. T. White - Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
N. Yahlali - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
NEXT Collaboration
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, Vol.47(7), 075001
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/ab8915
ISSN: 0954-3899
eISSN: 1361-6471
Publisher: Iop Publishing Ltd
Number of pages: 17
Grant note: 339787-NEXT / European Research Council (ERC); Spanish Government 674896; 690575; 740055 / European Union; European Union (EU) PTDC/FIS-NUC/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) Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc PROMETEO/2016/120; SEJI/2017/011 / GVA of Spain DE-SC0019054; DE-SC0019223 / Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) FIS2014-53371-C04; SEV-2014-0398; MDM-2016-0692 / Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain; Spanish Government SFRH/BPD/109180/2015; PTDC/FIS-NUC/2525/2014; PD/BD/105921/2014 / Fundao para a Cincia e a Tecnologia; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Language: English
Date published: 07/01/2020
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984627215102771

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