Study of the loss of xenon scintillation in xenon-trimethylamine mixtures

A. M. F. Trindade; J. Escada; A. F. Cortez; F. I. G. M. Borges; F. P. Santos; C. Adams; V. Álvarez; L. Arazi; C. D. R. Azevedo; F. Ballester; J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez; A. Botas; S. Carcel; J. Carrion; S. Cebrian; C. A. N. Conde; J. Diaz; M. Diesburg; R. Felkai; L. M. P. Fernandes; P. Ferrario; A. L. Ferreira; E. D. C. Freitas; A. Goldschmidt; J. J. Gomez-Cadenas; D. Gonzalez-Diaz; R. Guenette; R. M. Gutierrez; K. Hafidi; J. Hauptman; C. A. O. Henriques; A. Hernandez; J. A. Hernando Morata; V. Herrero; S. Johnston; B. J. P. Jones; L. Labarga; A. Laing; P. Lebrun; N. Lopez-March; I. Liubarsky; M. Losada; J. Martin-Albo; G. Martinez-Lema; A. Martinez; A. D. McDonald; F. Monrabal; C. M. B. Monteiro; F. J. Mora; L. M. Moutinho; J. Munoz Vidal; M. Musti; M. Nebot-Guinot; P. Novella; D. R. Nygren; B. Palmeiro; A. Para; J. Perez; M. Querol; J. Renner; J. Repond; S. Riordan; L. Ripoll; J. Rodriguez; L. Rogers; J. M. F. dos Santos; A. Simon; C. Sofka; M. Sorel; T. Stiegler; J. F. Toledo; J. Torrent; Z. Tsamalaidze; J. F. C. A. Veloso; R. Webb; J. T. White; N. Yahlali; Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

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Study of the loss of xenon scintillation in xenon-trimethylamine mixtures

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Study of the loss of xenon scintillation in xenon-trimethylamine mixtures

A. M. F. Trindade, J. Escada, A. F. Cortez, F. I. G. M. Borges, F. P. Santos, C. Adams, V. Álvarez, L. Arazi, C. D. R. Azevedo, F. Ballester, …

Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.905(C), pp.22-28

10/11/2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.07.020

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This work investigates the capability of TMA ((CH3)(3)N) molecules to shift the wavelength of Xe VUV emission (160-188 nm) to a longer, more manageable, wavelength (260-350 nm). Light emitted from a Xe lamp was passed through a gas chamber filled with Xe-TMA mixtures at 800 Torr and detected with a photomultiplier tube. Using bandpass filters in the proper transmission ranges, no reemitted light was observed experimentally. Considering the detection limit of the experimental system, if reemission by TMA molecules occurs, it is below 0.3% of the scintillation absorbed in the 160-188 nm range. An absorption coefficient value for xenon VUV light by TMA of 0.43 +/- 0.03 cm(-1) Torr(-1) was also obtained. These results can be especially important for experiments considering TMA as a molecular additive to Xe in large volume optical time projection chambers.

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Title: Subtitle: Study of the loss of xenon scintillation in xenon-trimethylamine mixtures
Creators: A. M. F. Trindade - University of Coimbra
J. Escada - University of Coimbra
A. F. Cortez - University of Coimbra
F. I. G. M. Borges - University of Coimbra
F. P. Santos - University of Coimbra
C. Adams - Harvard University
V. Álvarez - Universitat Politècnica de València
L. Arazi - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
C. D. R. Azevedo - University of Aveiro
F. Ballester - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. M. Benlloch-Rodriguez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. Botas - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
S. Carcel - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Carrion - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
S. Cebrian - Universidad de Zaragoza
C. A. N. Conde - University of Coimbra
J. Diaz - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Diesburg - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
R. Felkai - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
L. M. P. Fernandes - University of Coimbra
P. Ferrario - University of Coimbra
A. L. Ferreira - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
E. D. C. Freitas - University of Coimbra
A. Goldschmidt - Cyclotron (Netherlands)
J. J. Gomez-Cadenas - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
D. Gonzalez-Diaz - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
R. Guenette - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
R. M. Gutierrez - Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest Ciencias Basicas & Aplicadas, Carretera 3 Este 47 A-15, Bogota, Colombia
K. Hafidi - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Hauptman - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
C. A. O. Henriques - University of Coimbra
A. Hernandez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. A. Hernando Morata - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
V. Herrero - Universitat Politècnica de València
S. Johnston - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
B. J. P. Jones - Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
L. Labarga - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. Laing - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
P. Lebrun - University of Coimbra
N. Lopez-March - University of Coimbra
I. Liubarsky - CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Calle Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Valencia 46980, Spain
M. Losada - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Martin-Albo - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
G. Martinez-Lema - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Martinez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
A. D. McDonald - Harvard University
F. Monrabal - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
C. M. B. Monteiro - University of Coimbra
F. J. Mora - Universitat Politècnica de València
L. M. Moutinho - University of Aveiro
J. Munoz Vidal - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Musti - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
M. Nebot-Guinot - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
P. Novella - University of Coimbra
D. R. Nygren - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
B. Palmeiro - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Para - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Perez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
M. Querol - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Renner - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Repond - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
S. Riordan - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
L. Ripoll - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. Rodriguez - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
L. Rogers - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. M. F. dos Santos - University of Coimbra
A. Simon - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
C. Sofka - University of Coimbra
M. Sorel - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
T. Stiegler - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. F. Toledo - Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular
J. Torrent - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
Z. Tsamalaidze - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. F. C. A. Veloso - University of Aveiro
R. Webb - Instituto de Física Corpuscular
J. T. White - Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
N. Yahlali - University of Coimbra
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.905(C), pp.22-28
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.07.020
ISSN: 0168-9002
eISSN: 1872-9576
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 7
Grant note: PTDC/FIS-NUC2525/2014 / Portuguese FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) SFRH/BD/116825/2016; SFRH/BPD/90283/2012; SFRH/BD/52333/2013 / FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) 339787-NEXT / European Research Council (ERC); European Commission; Spanish Government DE-AC02-07CH11359; DE-FG02-13ER42020 / U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) SFRH/BD/116825/2016 / Fundao para a Cincia e a Tecnologia; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) PROMETEO/2016/120 / GVA of Spain University of Texas at Arlington FIS2014-53371-C04; SEV-2014-0398 / Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain; Spanish Government
Language: English
Date published: 10/11/2018
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984627328802771

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