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1. Search for Majoron-emitting modes of Xe136 double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset

Author: S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, G. F. Cao, W. R. Cen, C. Chambers, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, A. Craycraft, T. Daniels, L. Darroch, S. J. Daugherty, J. Davis, S. Delaquis, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, R. DeVoe, J. Dilling, A. Dolgolenko, M. J. Dolinski, J. Echevers, W. Fairbank, D. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Feyzbakhsh, P. Fierlinger, D. Fudenberg, P. Gautam, R. Gornea, G. Gratta, C. Hall, E. V. Hansen, J. Hoessl, P. Hufschmidt, M. Hughes, A. Iverson, A. Jamil, C. Jessiman, M. J. Jewell, A. Johnson, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, T. Koffas, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, Y. Lan, A. Larson, B. G. Lenardo, D. S. Leonard, G. S. Li, S. Li, Z. Li, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, R. MacLellan, T. McElroy, T. Michel, B. Mong, D. C. Moore, K. Murray, O. Njoya, O. Nusair, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, A. Perna, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, F. Retière, A. L. Robinson, P. C. Rowson, D. Ruddell, J. Runge, S. Schmidt, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, A. K. Soma, V. Stekhanov, M. Tarka, S. Thibado, J. Todd, T. Tolba, T. I. Totev, R. Tsang, B. Veenstra, V. Veeraraghavan, P. Vogel, J.-L. Vuilleumier, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Watkins, M. Weber, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, G. Wrede, S. X. Wu, Q. Xia, D. R. Yahne, L. Yang, Y.-R. Yen, O. Ya. Zeldovich, and T. Ziegler
Subjects: 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences
Published: 2021

2. Imaging individual barium atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO

Author: X. S. Jiang, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, T. Tolba, S. Rescia, D. Fairbank, A. Piepke, Y. Y. Ding, O. Zeldovich, D. Kodroff, T. Daniels, J. Echevers, R. DeVoe, M. Hughes, Simon Johnston, R. Saldanha, O. Nusair, R. Krücken, Alexis G. Schubert, R. MacLellan, G. St-Hilaire, C. Chambers, I. J. Arnquist, Lorenzo Fabris, J.-L. Vuilleumier, N. Roy, Yuehe Lin, U. Wichoski, L. Cao, David Moore, B. T. Cleveland, John L. Orrell, S. Kravitz, F. Nolet, Veljko Radeka, Jens Dilling, B. Mong, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, T. Ziegler, J. P. Brodsky, T. Bhatta, P. C. Rowson, A.C. Odian, I. Badhrees, M. Heffner, Z. Li, Gerrit Wrede, D. Fudenberg, S. X. Wu, M. Tarka, F. Vachon, G. Li, Douglas H Beck, L. J. Wen, S. Parent, Samuele Sangiorgio, A. House, David Leonard, W. Cree, L. Darroch, J. Todd, G. Gallina, Y-R Yen, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, I. Ostrovskiy, K. S. Kumar, D. A. Harris, X.L. Sun, J. B. Zhao, S. Delaquis, T. Stiegler, A. Kuchenkov, M. J. Dolinski, X. F. Wu, A. Larson, Yunyan Zhou, O. Njoya, E. V. Hansen, Giorgio Gratta, K. Skarpaas, Ethan Brown, A. Iverson, Triveni Rao, M. Weber, Shu Li, A. Karelin, P. Hufschmidt, David A. Sinclair, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, T. Rossignol, M. J. Jewell, Qun-Yao Wang, Zhijun Ning, Y. Ito, L. J. Kaufman, Wei Wei, Rejean Fontaine, S. J. Daugherty, F. Bourque, Y. Lan, Liang Yang, R. Tsang, A. Jamil, S. Feyzbakhsh, C. Licciardi, W. R. Cen, R. Gornea, Guofu Cao, E. Raguzin, J. Farine, Eric W. Hoppe, Gerard Visser, A. Burenkov, T. Brunner, Arun Kumar Soma, Justin Albert, J. Watkins, V.N. Stekhanov, M. Coon, A. Pocar, Cory T. Overman, T. Tsang, A. Craycraft, Venkatesh Veeraraghavan, F. Retiere, Angelo Dragone, Jochen M. Schneider, Qing Xia, X. Zhang, M. Chiu, J. Hößl, P. S. Barbeau, G. S. Ortega, Jean-Francois Pratte, V. A. Belov, M. Oriunno, Serge A. Charlebois, T. I. Totev, K. Murray, Gisela Anton, T. Walton, J. Daughhetee, A. E. Robinson, K. Odgers, M. Côté, Thilo Michel, and Gabriele Giacomini
Subjects: Physics, Sapphire window, Multidisciplinary, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Analytical chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Barium, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, Background level, Xenon, chemistry, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Atom, Neutrino, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Author(s): Chambers, C; Walton, T; Fairbank, D; Craycraft, A; Yahne, DR; Todd, J; Iverson, A; Fairbank, W; Alamare, A; Albert, JB; Anton, G; Arnquist, IJ; Badhrees, I; Barbeau, PS; Beck, D; Belov, V; Bhatta, T; Bourque, F; Brodsky, JP; Brown, E; Brunner, T; Burenkov, A; Cao, GF; Cao, L; Cen, WR; Charlebois, SA; Chiu, M; Cleveland, B; Coon, M; Cree, W; Cote, M; Dalmasson, J; Daniels, T; Darroch, L; Daugherty, SJ; Daughhetee, J; Delaquis, S; Mesrobian-Kabakian, A Der; DeVoe, R; Dilling, J; Ding, YY; Dolinski, MJ; Dragone, A; Echevers, J; Fabris, L; Farine, J; Feyzbakhsh, S; Fontaine, R; Fudenberg, D; Giacomini, G; Gornea, R; Gratta, G; Hansen, EV; Heffner, M; Hoppe, EW; Hosl, J; House, A; Hufschmidt, P; Hughes, M; Ito, Y; Jamil, A; Jessiman, C; Jewell, MJ; Jiang, XS; Karelin, A; Kaufman, LJ; Kodroff, D; Koffas, T; Kravitz, S; Krucken, R; Kuchenkov, A; Kumar, KS; Lan, Y; Larson, A; Leonard, DS; Li, G; Li, S; Li, Z; Licciardi, C; Lin, YH; Lv, P; MacLellan, R; Michel, T; Mong, B; Moore, DC | Abstract: The search for neutrinoless double beta decay probes the fundamental properties of neutrinos, including whether or not the neutrino and antineutrino are distinct. Double beta detectors are large and expensive, so background reduction is essential for extracting the highest sensitivity. The identification, or 'tagging', of the $^{136}$Ba daughter atom from double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe provides a technique for eliminating backgrounds in the nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. The tagging scheme studied in this work utilizes a cryogenic probe to trap the barium atom in solid xenon, where the barium atom is tagged via fluorescence imaging in the solid xenon matrix. Here we demonstrate imaging and counting of individual atoms of barium in solid xenon by scanning a focused laser across a solid xenon matrix deposited on a sapphire window. When the laser sits on an individual atom, the fluorescence persists for $\sim$30~s before dropping abruptly to the background level, a clear confirmation of one-atom imaging. No barium fluorescence persists following evaporation of a barium deposit to a limit of $\leq$0.16\%. This is the first time that single atoms have been imaged in solid noble element. It establishes the basic principle of a barium tagging technique for nEXO.
Published: 2019

3. NEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond $10^{28}$ year half-life sensitivity

Author: G Adhikari, S Al Kharusi, E Angelico, G Anton, I J Arnquist, I Badhrees, J Bane, V Belov, E P Bernard, T Bhatta, A Bolotnikov, P A Breur, J P Brodsky, E Brown, T Brunner, E Caden, G F Cao, L Cao, C Chambers, B Chana, S A Charlebois, D Chernyak, M Chiu, B Cleveland, R Collister, S A Czyz, J Dalmasson, T Daniels, L Darroch, R DeVoe, M L Di Vacri, J Dilling, Y Y Ding, A Dolgolenko, M J Dolinski, A Dragone, J Echevers, M Elbeltagi, L Fabris, D Fairbank, W Fairbank, J Farine, S Ferrara, S Feyzbakhsh, Y S Fu, G Gallina, P Gautam, G Giacomini, W Gillis, C Gingras, D Goeldi, R Gornea, G Gratta, C A Hardy, K Harouaka, M Heffner, E W Hoppe, A House, A Iverson, A Jamil, M Jewell, X S Jiang, A Karelin, L J Kaufman, I Kotov, R Krücken, A Kuchenkov, K S Kumar, Y Lan, A Larson, K G Leach, B G Lenardo, D S Leonard, G Li, S Li, Z Li, C Licciardi, R Lindsay, R MacLellan, M Mahtab, P Martel-Dion, J Masbou, N Massacret, T McElroy, K McMichael, M Medina Peregrina, T Michel, B Mong, D C Moore, K Murray, J Nattress, C R Natzke, R J Newby, K Ni, F Nolet, O Nusair, J C Nzobadila Ondze, K Odgers, A Odian, J L Orrell, G S Ortega, C T Overman, S Parent, A Perna, A Piepke, A Pocar, J-F Pratte, N Priel, V Radeka, E Raguzin, G J Ramonnye, T Rao, H Rasiwala, S Rescia, F Retière, J Ringuette, V Riot, T Rossignol, P C Rowson, N Roy, R Saldanha, S Sangiorgio, X Shang, A K Soma, F Spadoni, V Stekhanov, X L Sun, M Tarka, S Thibado, A Tidball, J Todd, T Totev, S Triambak, R H M Tsang, T Tsang, F Vachon, V Veeraraghavan, S Viel, C Vivo-Vilches, P Vogel, J-L Vuilleumier, M Wagenpfeil, T Wager, M Walent, K Wamba, Q Wang, W Wei, L J Wen, U Wichoski, S Wilde, M Worcester, S X Wu, W H Wu, X Wu, Q Xia, W Yan, H Yang, L Yang, O Zeldovich, J Zhao, T Ziegler, Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées (SUBATECH), Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), and nEXO
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, background: effect, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], time-projection chambers, 01 natural sciences, neutrinoless double beta decay, Monte Carlo simulations, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), 0103 physical sciences, neutrino: mass, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, detector: design, xenon: liquid, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, neutrinos, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), sensitivity, time projection chamber, 3. Good health, photon: scintillation counter, copper, radioactivity, Xe-136, experimental results
Abstract: The nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is designed to use a time projection chamber and 5000 kg of isotopically enriched liquid xenon to search for the decay in $^{136}$Xe. Progress in the detector design, paired with higher fidelity in its simulation and an advanced data analysis, based on the one used for the final results of EXO-200, produce a sensitivity prediction that exceeds the half-life of $10^{28}$ years. Specifically, improvements have been made in the understanding of production of scintillation photons and charge as well as of their transport and reconstruction in the detector. The more detailed knowledge of the detector construction has been paired with more assays for trace radioactivity in different materials. In particular, the use of custom electroformed copper is now incorporated in the design, leading to a substantial reduction in backgrounds from the intrinsic radioactivity of detector materials. Furthermore, a number of assumptions from previous sensitivity projections have gained further support from interim work validating the nEXO experiment concept. Together these improvements and updates suggest that the nEXO experiment will reach a half-life sensitivity of $1.35\times 10^{28}$ yr at 90% confidence level in 10 years of data taking, covering the parameter space associated with the inverted neutrino mass ordering, along with a significant portion of the parameter space for the normal ordering scenario, for almost all nuclear matrix elements. The effects of backgrounds deviating from the nominal values used for the projections are also illustrated, concluding that the nEXO design is robust against a number of imperfections of the model., Comment: 26 pages, 19 figures, version accepted by Journal of Phys. G
Published: 2021
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4. Measurement of the Spectral Shape of the β -Decay of Xe137 to the Ground State of Cs137 in EXO-200 and Comparison with Theory

Author: T. Tolba, E. V. Hansen, Qing Xia, A. Jamil, A. Pocar, S. Thibado, V. Veeraraghavan, C. Chambers, R. DeVoe, Petr Vogel, David Leonard, R. MacLellan, Thomas Koffas, D. Fudenberg, W. M. Fairbank, M. Coon, J. Davis, M. J. Jewell, T. Daniels, F. Retiere, V.N. Stekhanov, L. J. Kaufman, J. Farine, Jouni Suhonen, A. Piepke, J. Todd, R. Tsang, M. J. Dolinski, Jens Dilling, O. Nusair, L. Darroch, R. Krücken, U. Wichoski, M. Hughes, I. Badhrees, K. Skarpaas, J. Hoessl, V. Belov, A. Robinson, T. Bhatta, A. S. Johnson, T. Ziegler, S. Feyzbakhsh, W. R. Cen, K. Murray, S. Al Kharusi, O. Ya. Zeldovich, G. S. Li, R. Gornea, Martin Breidenbach, M. Wagenpfeil, Gisela Anton, P. Hufschmidt, David A. Sinclair, P. C. Rowson, S. X. Wu, B. Mong, J. L. Vuilleumier, Arun Kumar Soma, C. Licciardi, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, Yuehe Lin, S. J. Daugherty, A. Odian, L. Yang, David Moore, Y. Lan, S. Delaquis, Z. Li, Guofu Cao, Giorgio Gratta, A. Larson, T. Brunner, C. R. Hall, A. Dolgolenko, Thilo Michel, C. Jessiman, I. Ostrovskiy, P. Nakarmi, A. Craycraft, K. S. Kumar, B. T. Cleveland, A. Kuchenkov, O. Njoya, B. G. Lenardo, J. Watkins, A. Iverson, D. R. Yahne, T. McElroy, A. Karelin, Shu Li, S. Schmidt, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, D. Fairbank, B. Veenstra, J. Kostensalo, J. Echevers, Peter Fierlinger, T. I. Totev, Gerrit Wrede, M. Tarka, Douglas H Beck, P. S. Barbeau, Y-R Yen, D. Ruddell, J. Runge, and P. Gautam
Subjects: Physics, Spectral shape analysis, General Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear data, Context (language use), Electron, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron source, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Ground state, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: We report on a comparison between the theoretically predicted and experimentally measured spectra of the first-forbidden nonunique β-decay transition ^{137}Xe(7/2^{-})→^{137}Cs(7/2^{+}). The experimental data were acquired by the EXO-200 experiment during a deployment of an AmBe neutron source. The ultralow background environment of EXO-200, together with dedicated source deployment and analysis procedures, allowed for collection of a pure sample of the decays, with an estimated signal to background ratio of more than 99 to 1 in the energy range from 1075 to 4175 keV. In addition to providing a rare and accurate measurement of the first-forbidden nonunique β-decay shape, this work constitutes a novel test of the calculated electron spectral shapes in the context of the reactor antineutrino anomaly and spectral bump.
Published: 2020

5. Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage

Author: B. Chana, N. Roy, L. Cao, O. Nusair, G. St-Hilaire, Douglas H Beck, R. Krücken, F. Nolet, E. Raguzin, P. A. Breur, T. McElroy, T. Bhatta, L. J. Kaufman, Gerard Visser, D. Goeldi, M. Coon, Eric W. Hoppe, F. Vachon, Z. Li, C. Chambers, Veljko Radeka, Cory T. Overman, L. J. Wen, J. L. Vuilleumier, Samuele Sangiorgio, L. Darroch, P. Gautam, P. Nakarmi, Kaixuan Ni, K. S. Kumar, A. De St. Croix, R. Tsang, Haijun Yang, E. V. Hansen, P. Lv, E. Caden, S. X. Wu, J. Hößl, P. S. Barbeau, Lorenzo Fabris, I. J. Arnquist, R. Gornea, P. C. Rowson, V.N. Stekhanov, X. S. Jiang, C. Licciardi, A. Jamil, A. House, A. Piepke, J. Todd, G. Gallina, S. Thibado, Y. Y. Ding, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, N. Massacret, M. Heffner, R. MacLellan, S. Viel, M. Worcester, Thilo Michel, V. Veeraraghavan, Qing Xia, M. Hughes, G. Li, Sergio Ferrara, S. Al Kharusi, R. DeVoe, A. Pocar, M. Walent, B. G. Lenardo, Arun Kumar Soma, S. Feyzbakhsh, Y. Lan, G. S. Ortega, B. T. Cleveland, K. Deslandes, T. Brunner, A. Kuchenkov, M. Medina-Peregrina, Serge A. Charlebois, F. Retiere, David Moore, M. Chiu, J. P. Brodsky, M. Tarka, F. Edaltafar, T. Wager, K. G. Leach, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, Qun-Yao Wang, Zhijun Ning, M. Oriunno, Aleksey E. Bolotnikov, K. Murray, Gisela Anton, K. Odgers, B. Mong, M. J. Dolinski, David Leonard, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, T. Tsang, T. Stiegler, Jean-Francois Pratte, Angelo Dragone, M. Elbeltagi, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, Wei Wei, H. Rasiwala, I. Ostrovskiy, Yu-Guang Zhou, S. Rescia, D. Fairbank, Guofu Cao, Mike Richman, O. Njoya, T. I. Totev, A. Iverson, K. Skarpaas Viii, Shu Li, Giorgio Gratta, U. Wichoski, L. Yang, T. Rossignol, M. J. Jewell, A. Craycraft, T. Ziegler, Gabriele Giacomini, J. Echevers, Jens Dilling, C.R. Natzke, I. Badhrees, A. Tidball, M. L. di Vacri, C. Vivo-Vilches, S. Parent, A. Odian, O. Zeldovich, R. Saldanha, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, X.L. Sun, J. B. Zhao, X. F. Wu, A. Larson, Ethan Brown, A. Karelin, J. Farine, V. Belov, and A. Robinson
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scintillation, Photon, Time projection chamber, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Field (physics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, Xenon, chemistry, Double beta decay, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Event reconstruction
Abstract: nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) experiment using liquid ${}^{136}Xe$ (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scintillation signals. Between the field cage and the LXe vessel, a layer of LXe ("skin" LXe) is present, where no ionization signal is collected. Only scintillation photons are detected, owing to the lack of optical barrier around the field cage. In this work, we show that the light originating in the skin LXe region can be used to improve background discrimination by 5% over previous published estimates. This improvement comes from two elements. First, a fraction of the $\gamma$-ray background is removed by identifying light from interactions with an energy deposition in the skin LXe. Second, background from ${}^{222}Rn$ dissolved in the skin LXe can be efficiently rejected by tagging the $\alpha$ decay in the ${}^{214}Bi-{}^{214}Po$ chain in the skin LXe., Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures
Published: 2020
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6. Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode

Author: R. Saldanha, I. Ostrovskiy, D. Kodroff, M. J. Dolinski, S. Rescia, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, P. Gautam, D. Fairbank, Z. Li, E. Caden, E. V. Hansen, Gerard Visser, J. Watkins, Mike Richman, O. Njoya, R. MacLellan, He-Run Yang, A. Iverson, Triveni Rao, K. Skarpaas Viii, Liang Yang, R. Tsang, Gabriele Giacomini, A. Jamil, Pengpeng Lv, O. Nusair, R. Krücken, Shu Li, J. Echevers, Yu-Guang Zhou, Sergio Ferrara, B. Chana, Y. Lan, M. L. di Vacri, U. Wichoski, T. Wager, J. P. Brodsky, C. Vivo-Vilches, I. J. Arnquist, D. Beck, Thilo Michel, Y-R Yen, T. Tsang, T. Tolba, J. Runge, Yuehe Lin, T. Ziegler, Qun-Yao Wang, P. Nakarmi, Guofu Cao, M. Hughes, Jens Dilling, R. Fontaine, David Leonard, M. Heffner, Angelo Dragone, J. L. Vuilleumier, M. Walent, S. Al Kharusi, I. Badhrees, M. Tarka, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, B. G. Lenardo, S. Viel, Arun Kumar Soma, T. Brunner, D. Goeldi, L. J. Kaufman, T. Stiegler, Samuele Sangiorgio, Xuan Wu, K. S. Kumar, S. Parent, M. Elbeltagi, M. Coon, K. G. Leach, David Moore, Wei Wei, Qing Xia, J. Farine, G. S. Ortega, Cory T. Overman, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, P. C. Rowson, S. X. Wu, S. J. Daugherty, Serge A. Charlebois, A. House, G. St-Hilaire, S. Feyzbakhsh, P. S. Barbeau, A. Robinson, T. Bhatta, V. A. Belov, A.C. Odian, O. Zeldovich, Eric W. Hoppe, A. Piepke, J. Todd, L. Darroch, Y. Y. Ding, M. Oriunno, C. Chambers, A. Pocar, V.N. Stekhanov, B. T. Cleveland, T. Rossignol, A. Kuchenkov, M. J. Jewell, Veljko Radeka, X. S. Jiang, C. Licciardi, G. Gallina, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, V. Veeraraghavan, A. Fucarino, Giorgio Gratta, M. Chiu, K. Murray, Gisela Anton, K. Odgers, E. Raguzin, J. Hossl, R. DeVoe, W. R. Cen, M. Medina-Peregrina, R. Gornea, F. Retiere, B. Mong, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, M. Ward, G. S. Li, X.L. Sun, J. B. Zhao, A. Larson, A. Craycraft, Ethan Brown, C.R. Natzke, A. Karelin, Jean-Francois Pratte, Z. Ning, T. I. Totev, A. De St. Croix, Lorenzo Fabris, N. Roy, L. Cao, F. Nolet, T. McElroy, F. Vachon, L. J. Wen, and Marc Weber
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Electron, medicine.disease_cause, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Photocathode, Xenon, Electric field, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Argon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Photoelectric effect, chemistry, Quantum efficiency, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Atomic physics, Ultraviolet
Abstract: Measurements of electron drift properties in liquid and gaseous xenon are reported. The electrons are generated by the photoelectric effect in a semi-transparent gold photocathode driven in transmission mode with a pulsed ultraviolet laser. The charges drift and diffuse in a small chamber at various electric fields and a fixed drift distance of 2.0 cm. At an electric field of 0.5 kV/cm, the measured drift velocities and corresponding temperature coefficients respectively are 1 . 97 ± 0 . 04 m m ∕ μ s and ( − 0 . 69 ± 0 . 05 ) %/K for liquid xenon, and 1 . 42 ± 0 . 03 m m ∕ μ s and ( + 0 . 11 ± 0 . 01 ) %/K for gaseous xenon at 1.5 bar. In addition, we measure longitudinal diffusion coefficients of 25 . 7 ± 4 . 6 cm 2 /s and 149 ± 23 cm 2 /s, for liquid and gas, respectively. The quantum efficiency of the gold photocathode is studied at the photon energy of 4.73 eV in liquid and gaseous xenon, and vacuum. These charge transport properties and the behavior of photocathodes in a xenon environment are important in designing and calibrating future large scale noble liquid detectors.
Published: 2019

7. Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset

Author: D. R. Yahne, B. T. Cleveland, A. Kuchenkov, V.N. Stekhanov, C. Chambers, J. Watkins, J. Farine, C. R. Hall, A. Dolgolenko, D. Fudenberg, A. Craycraft, Peter Fierlinger, Gerrit Wrede, M. Tarka, J. Hoessl, Jens Dilling, D. Ruddell, V. Belov, I. Badhrees, L. Darroch, R. MacLellan, A. Robinson, A. Karelin, Qing Xia, Thilo Michel, J. Runge, Yuehe Lin, A. Odian, M. Hughes, R. DeVoe, M. Wagenpfeil, U. Wichoski, L. J. Kaufman, I. Ostrovskiy, Z. Li, B. G. Lenardo, Petr Vogel, A. Pocar, T. Ziegler, M. Danilov, T. Brunner, David Leonard, Giorgio Gratta, A. Piepke, J. Todd, A. Larson, O. Nusair, R. Krücken, P. S. Barbeau, O. Njoya, Thomas Koffas, K. S. Kumar, S. X. Wu, David Moore, J. L. Vuilleumier, W. M. Fairbank, O. Ya. Zeldovich, A. Iverson, M. J. Dolinski, P. Gautam, Shu Li, S. Schmidt, J. Davis, C. Jessiman, W. R. Cen, B. Mong, Y. Lan, R. Gornea, E. V. Hansen, T. Tolba, M. J. Jewell, F. Retiere, A. S. Johnson, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, M. Coon, Douglas H Beck, T. Daniels, Guofu Cao, Y-R Yen, S. Feyzbakhsh, Arun Kumar Soma, G. S. Li, P. Hufschmidt, David A. Sinclair, D. Fairbank, C. Licciardi, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, J. Echevers, B. Veenstra, T. I. Totev, T. McElroy, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, Martin Breidenbach, S. J. Daugherty, T. Bhatta, V. Veeraraghavan, K. Murray, Gisela Anton, P. C. Rowson, and S. Delaquis
Subjects: Physics, Q value, Resolution (electron density), Detector, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, Lower limit, ddc, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, Sensitivity (control systems), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in $^{136}$Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset using a deep neural network to discriminate between $0\nu\beta\beta$ and background events. Relative to previous analyses, the signal detection efficiency has been raised from 80.8% to 96.4$\pm$3.0% and the energy resolution of the detector at the Q-value of $^{136}$Xe $0\nu\beta\beta$ has been improved from $\sigma/E=1.23\%$ to $1.15\pm0.02\%$ with the upgraded detector. Accounting for the new data, the median 90% confidence level $0\nu\beta\beta$ half-life sensitivity for this analysis is $5.0 \cdot 10^{25}$ yr with a total $^{136}$Xe exposure of 234.1 kg$\cdot$yr. No statistically significant evidence for $0\nu\beta\beta$ is observed, leading to a lower limit on the $0\nu\beta\beta$ half-life of $3.5\cdot10^{25}$ yr at the 90% confidence level., Comment: v1, 7 pages, 5 figures; v2, fix references; v3, update to accepted version
Published: 2019

8. Measurement of the scintillation and ionization response of liquid xenon at MeV energies in the EXO-200 experiment

Author: E. V. Hansen, D. Fudenberg, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, M. J. Jewell, L. Darroch, M. Wagenpfeil, Giorgio Gratta, M. J. Dolinski, P. Hufschmidt, David A. Sinclair, G. S. Li, Thilo Michel, D. Fairbank, J. L. Vuilleumier, M. Hughes, T. Bhatta, R. MacLellan, A.C. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, A. Larson, T. Tolba, P. C. Rowson, C. Jessiman, A. Pocar, C. Licciardi, J. Echevers, B. Mong, O. Ya. Zeldovich, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, R. Neilson, T. Brunner, S. Delaquis, L. J. Kaufman, T. McElroy, David Moore, A. Karelin, A. S. Johnson, J. Watkins, V. Veeraraghavan, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, Arun Kumar Soma, V.N. Stekhanov, S. X. Wu, D. R. Yahne, C. R. Hall, R. DeVoe, A. Piepke, J. Todd, Martin Breidenbach, David Leonard, S. J. Daugherty, O. Njoya, J. Farine, A. Dolgolenko, A. Craycraft, D. Beck, Thomas Koffas, Qing Xia, D. Tosi, W. M. Fairbank, A. Iverson, C. Chambers, J. Hoessl, P. S. Barbeau, J. Runge, W. R. Cen, R. Gornea, M. Coon, Y-R Yen, Shu Li, S. Schmidt, Guofu Cao, A. Robinson, F. Retiere, V. A. Belov, O. Nusair, R. Krücken, Jens Dilling, B. Veenstra, K. Murray, I. Badhrees, T. I. Totev, P. Gautam, T. Daniels, J. Davis, Gisela Anton, Z. Li, U. Wichoski, T. Ziegler, B. G. Lenardo, Peter Fierlinger, Gerrit Wrede, M. Tarka, B. T. Cleveland, A. Kuchenkov, Y. Lan, S. Feyzbakhsh, Yuehe Lin, and K. S. Kumar
Subjects: Physics, Scintillation, Range (particle radiation), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Photon, Argon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Electron, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Xenon, chemistry, Electric field, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Liquid xenon (LXe) is employed in a number of current and future detectors for rare event searches. We use the EXO-200 experimental data to measure the absolute scintillation and ionization yields generated by $\gamma$ interactions from $^{228}$Th (2615~keV), $^{226}$Ra (1764~keV) and $^{60}$Co (1332~keV and 1173~keV) calibration sources, over a range of electric fields. The $W$-value that defines the recombination-independent energy scale is measured to be $11.5~\pm~0.5$~(syst.)~$\pm~0.1$~(stat.) eV. These data are also used to measure the recombination fluctuations in the number of electrons and photons produced by the calibration sources at the MeV-scale, which deviate from extrapolations of lower-energy data. Additionally, a semi-empirical model for the energy resolution of the detector is developed, which is used to constrain the recombination efficiency, i.e., the fraction of recombined electrons that result in the emission of a detectable photon. Detailed measurements of the absolute charge and light yields for MeV-scale electron recoils are important for predicting the performance of future neutrinoless double beta decay detectors.
Published: 2019
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9. Deep Neural Networks for Energy and Position Reconstruction in EXO-200

Author: P. C. Rowson, Y.-R. Yen, A. Pocar, Douglas H Beck, J. C. Davis, W. Cree, T. Richards, Venkatesh Veeraraghavan, S. Delaquis, P. Hufschmidt, R. Krücken, M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, A. Karelin, Thomas Koffas, David Moore, W. M. Fairbank, Arun Kumar Soma, P. S. Barbeau, D. Fudenberg, A. Piepke, A. Craycraft, David A. Sinclair, M. J. Dolinski, Yuehe Lin, R. Bayerlein, Martin Breidenbach, G. S. Li, S. J. Daugherty, J. Dalmasson, V.N. Stekhanov, G. Wrede, K. S. Kumar, Stefan Schmidt, M. Tarka, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, D. A. Harris, B. Mong, T. Daniels, C. R. Hall, Y. Lan, R. DeVoe, C. Chambers, J. Farine, Giorgio Gratta, Mikhail Danilov, U. Wichoski, A. S. Johnson, J. Todd, B. T. Cleveland, W. R. Cen, A. Kuchenkov, T. Ziegler, T. Tolba, A. Robinson, M. Wagenpfeil, R. MacLellan, M. Coon, J. L. Vuilleumier, E. V. Hansen, M. J. Jewell, J. Watkins, Liang Yang, D. S. Leonard, A. Jamil, S. Feyzbakhsh, Thilo Michel, Qing Xia, P. Fierlinger, C. Licciardi, Liangjian Wen, Guofu Cao, K. Murray, Gisela Anton, T. Brunner, L. J. Kaufman, O. Ya. Zeldovich, A. Dolgolenko, J. Hoessl, A. Schubert, Marc Weber, J. Daughhetee, F. Retière, J. B. Albert, V. A. Belov, R. Gornea, I. Ostrovskiy, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, Shu Li, Jens Dilling, I. Badhrees, A. Odian, and S. Kravitz
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Artificial neural network, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer science, Calibration (statistics), Monte Carlo method, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Position (vector), 0103 physical sciences, Pattern recognition (psychology), Waveform, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Algorithm, Nuclear Experiment, Mathematical Physics, Energy (signal processing), Event reconstruction
Abstract: We apply deep neural networks (DNN) to data from the EXO-200 experiment. In the studied cases, the DNN is able to reconstruct the relevant parameters - total energy and position - directly from raw digitized waveforms, with minimal exceptions. For the first time, the developed algorithms are evaluated on real detector calibration data. The accuracy of reconstruction either reaches or exceeds what was achieved by the conventional approaches developed by EXO-200 over the course of the experiment. Most existing DNN approaches to event reconstruction and classification in particle physics are trained on Monte Carlo simulated events. Such algorithms are inherently limited by the accuracy of the simulation. We describe a unique approach that, in an experiment such as EXO-200, allows to successfully perform certain reconstruction and analysis tasks by training the network on waveforms from experimental data, either reducing or eliminating the reliance on the Monte Carlo., Accepted version. 33 pages, 28 figures
Published: 2018

10. Search for nucleon decays with EXO-200

Author: M. Hughes, E. V. Hansen, A. P. Waite, Simon Johnston, T. Tolba, A.C. Odian, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, C. R. Hall, David Moore, O. Ya. Zeldovich, G. S. Li, T. Didberidze, B. T. Cleveland, L. J. Kaufman, Martin Breidenbach, R. MacLellan, M. Coon, S. J. Daugherty, R. DeVoe, R. H. Nelson, A. Pocar, U. Wichoski, Arun Kumar Soma, C. Chambers, P. C. Rowson, Petr Vogel, P. S. Barbeau, Guofu Cao, M. Danilov, M. J. Jewell, T. Ziegler, W. Cree, Yuehe Lin, David Leonard, V. A. Belov, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, S. Delaquis, F. Retiere, K. S. Kumar, J. Zettlemoyer, S. Feyzbakhsh, V.N. Stekhanov, Douglas H Beck, J. C. Davis, Y-R Yen, A. Craycraft, B. Mong, D. Fudenberg, Samuel Homiller, J. Daughhetee, A. Piepke, K. Graham, M. J. Dolinski, C. Licciardi, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, Peter Fierlinger, R. Bayerlein, Gerrit Wrede, A. Johnson, Thilo Michel, A. Karelin, Giorgio Gratta, M. Tarka, J. Farine, A. Dolgolenko, K. Murray, Y. Lan, J. Hoessl, P. Hufschmidt, M. Wagenpfeil, David A. Sinclair, Gisela Anton, A. Robinson, T. Walton, T. Brunner, Alexis G. Schubert, A. Kuchenkov, Justin Albert, R. Tsang, W. R. Cen, R. Gornea, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, R. Krücken, Jens Dilling, I. Badhrees, T. Daniels, J.-L. Vuilleumier, S. Kravitz, I. Ostrovskiy, O. Njoya, Shu Li, and S. Schmidt
Subjects: Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Elementary particle, nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, Atomic, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Particle decay, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle and Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Isotopes of xenon, Nuclear, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, physics.ins-det, Physics, Quantum Physics, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, hep-ex, Molecular, Fermion, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear & Particles Physics, ddc, Baryon, Nucleon, Astronomical and Space Sciences
Abstract: A search for instability of nucleons bound in Xe136 nuclei is reported with 223 kg·yr exposure of Xe136 in the EXO-200 experiment. Lifetime limits of 3.3×1023 and 1.9×1023 yr are established for nucleon decay to Sb133 and Te133, respectively. These are the most stringent to date, exceeding the prior decay limits by a factor of 9 and 7, respectively.
Published: 2018

11. VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO

Author: A. Jamil, T. Ziegler, P. Hufschmidt, G. Li, L. Lupin-Jimenez, T. Michel, I. Ostrovskiy, F. Retiere, J. Schneider, M. Wagenpfeil, A. Alamre, J. B. Albert, G. Anton, I. J. Arnquist, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, F. Bourque, J. P. Brodsky, E. Brown, T. Brunner, A. Burenkov, G. F. Cao, L. Cao, W. R. Cen, C. Chambers, S. A. Charlebois, M. Chiu, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, M. Cote, A. Craycraft, W. Cree, J. Dalmasson, T. Daniels, L. Darroch, S. J. Daugherty, J. Daughhetee, S. Delaquis, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, R. DeVoe, J. Dilling, Y. Y. Ding, M. J. Dolinski, A. Dragone, J. Echevers, L. Fabris, D. Fairbank, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Feyzbakhsh, R. Fontaine, D. Fudenberg, G. Gallina, G. Giacomini, R. Gornea, G. Gratta, E. V. Hansen, D. Harris, M. Hasan, M. Heffner, J. HoBl, E. W. Hoppe, A. House, M. Hughes, Y. Ito, A. Iverson, C. Jessiman, M. J. Jewell, X. S. Jiang, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, T. Koffas, S. Kravitz, R. Krucken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, Y. Lan, A. Larson, D. S. Leonard, S. Li, Z. Li, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, P. Lv, R. MacLellan, B. Mong, D. C. Moore, K. Murray, R. J. Newby, Z. Ning, O. Njoya, F. Nolet, O. Nusair, K. Odgers, A. Odian, M. Oriunno, J. L. Orrell, G. S. Ortega, C. T. Overman, S. Parent, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, J.-F. Pratte, D. Qiu, V. Radeka, E. Raguzin, T. Rao, S. Rescia, A. Robinson, T. Rossignol, P. C. Rowson, N. Roy, R. Saldanha, S. Sangiorgio, S. Schmidt, A. Schubert, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, A. K. Soma, G. St-Hilaire, V. Stekhanov, T. Stiegler, X. L. Sun, M. Tarka, J. Todd, T. Tolba, T. I. Totev, R. Tsang, T. Tsang, F. Vachon, B. Veenstra, V. Veeraraghavan, G. Visser, J.-L. Vuilleumier, Q. Wang, J. Watkins, M. Weber, W. Wei, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, G. Wrede, S. X. Wu, W. H. Wu, Q. Xia, L. Yang, Y.-R. Yen, O. Zeldovich, X. Zhang, J. Zhao, and Y. Zhou
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photomultiplier, Scintillation, Time projection chamber, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Noble gas, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Avalanche photodiode, 01 natural sciences, Optics, Silicon photomultiplier, Xenon, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, chemistry, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 010306 general physics, business
Abstract: Future tonne-scale liquefied noble gas detectors depend on efficient light detection in the VUV range. In the past years Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) have emerged as a valid alternative to standard photomultiplier tubes or large area avalanche photodiodes. The next generation double beta decay experiment, nEXO, with a 5 tonne liquid xenon time projection chamber, will use SiPMs for detecting the $178\,\text{nm}$ xenon scintillation light, in order to achieve an energy resolution of $\sigma / Q_{\beta\beta} = 1\, \%$. This paper presents recent measurements of the VUV-HD generation SiPMs from Fondazione Bruno Kessler in two complementary setups. It includes measurements of the photon detection efficiency with gaseous xenon scintillation light in a vacuum setup and dark measurements in a dry nitrogen gas setup. We report improved photon detection efficiency at $175\,\text{nm}$ compared to previous generation devices, that would meet the criteria of nEXO. Furthermore, we present the projected nEXO detector light collection and energy resolution that could be achieved by using these SiPMs., Comment: 11 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables
Published: 2018
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12. An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases

Author: David Leonard, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, T. Daniels, F. Retière, R. MacLellan, D. Fudenberg, J. Farine, P. S. Barbeau, I. Ostrovskiy, F. Leonard, R. Gornea, Marc Weber, D. Tosi, E. Smith, P. C. Rowson, Douglas H Beck, J. Walton, Y-R Yen, K. Graham, U. Wichoski, David A. Sinclair, J. L. Vuilleumier, M. Heffner, A. Craycraft, Monica Dunford, A. Piepke, M. Hughes, A. Sabourov, T. Tolba, A. Schubert, J. B. Albert, W. Feldmeier, L. J. Kaufman, David Moore, T. Didberidze, M. Tarka, B. Mong, D. J. Auty, C. Licciardi, V.N. Stekhanov, T. Brunner, Yuehe Lin, A. Karelin, Martin Breidenbach, S. J. Daugherty, C. Benitez-Medina, Ryan Killick, R. DeVoe, Lorenzo Fabris, C. Chambers, B. T. Cleveland, K. S. Kumar, A. Pocar, C. Ouellet, A. Kuchenkov, Giorgio Gratta, S. Kravitz, V. Varentsov, Liang Yang, Jens Dilling, M. Coon, T. N. Johnson, M. J. Jewell, A. Odian, K. Twelker, X. S. Jiang, R. Krücken, T. Walton, M. P. Rozo, M. J. Dolinski, Michael G. Marino, S. Johnston, P. Fierlinger, Liangjian Wen, and Guofu Cao
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Trace Amounts, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, 01 natural sciences, Ion, Xenon, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy, Time projection chamber, Chemistry, 010401 analytical chemistry, Extraction (chemistry), Barium, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Condensed Matter Physics, 0104 chemical sciences, 13. Climate action, Atomic physics, Bar (unit)
Abstract: An RF ion-funnel technique has been developed to extract ions from a high-pressure (10 bar) noble-gas environment into a vacuum (10(-6) mbar). Detailed simulations have been performed and a prototype has been developed for the purpose of extracting Ba-136 ions from Xe gas with high efficiency. With this prototype, ions have been extracted for the first time from high-pressure xenon gas and argon gas. Systematic studies have been carried out and compared to simulations. This demonstration of extraction of ions, with mass comparable to that of the gas generating the high-pressure, has applications to Ba tagging from a Xe-gas time-projection chamber for double-beta decay, as well as to the general problem of recovering trace amounts of an ionized element in a heavy (m > 40 u) carrier gas. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2015

13. Searches for double beta decay of Xe134 with EXO-200

Author: L. J. Kaufman, Yuehe Lin, J. J. Russell, K. S. Kumar, T. Michel, Douglas H Beck, T. Daniels, Y-R Yen, J. Walton, M. Danilov, M. J. Jewell, I. Ostrovskiy, C. R. Hall, Y. Lan, David Leonard, A. S. Johnson, P. C. Rowson, J. Daughhetee, R. DeVoe, J. B. Albert, Petr Vogel, O. Ya. Zeldovich, A. Schubert, R. MacLellan, W. Cree, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, J. Hoessl, O. Njoya, S. Delaquis, A.C. Odian, F. Retiere, P. Hufschmidt, Shu Li, R. Krücken, M. Hughes, Peter Fierlinger, S. Feyzbakhsh, J. Zettlemoyer, A. P. Waite, David A. Sinclair, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, J. L. Vuilleumier, C. Licciardi, M. Tarka, P. S. Barbeau, A. Craycraft, K. Graham, Jens Dilling, I. Badhrees, C. Chambers, E. Smith, Martin Breidenbach, R. Bayerlein, A. Piepke, A. Karelin, Michael G. Marino, S. J. Daugherty, K. Murray, S. Johnston, David Moore, T. Didberidze, R. H. Nelson, B. T. Cleveland, Gisela Anton, T. Walton, A. Kuchenkov, J. Davis, M. Wagenpfeil, Guofu Cao, U. Wichoski, A. Dolgolenko, B. Mong, Giorgio Gratta, T. Ziegler, T. Tolba, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, D. Fudenberg, M. J. Dolinski, S. Kravitz, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, R. Tsang, W. R. Cen, R. Gornea, M. Coon, A. Pocar, J. Farine, V. Belov, V.N. Stekhanov, and T. Brunner
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, chemistry.chemical_element, 01 natural sciences, Beta decay, Particle detector, 3. Good health, Nuclear physics, Xenon, chemistry, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Isotopes of xenon, Nuclear astrophysics, 010306 general physics, Radioactive decay
Abstract: Searches for double beta decay of ^(134)Xe were performed with EXO-200, a single-phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of ^(136)Xe. Using an exposure of 29.6 kg⋅yr, the lower limits of T^(2νββ_+(1/2) > 8.7×10^(20) yr and T^(0νββ)_(1/2) > 1.1×10^(23) yr at 90% confidence level were derived, with corresponding half-life sensitivities of 1.2×10^(21) yr and 1.9×10^(23) yr. These limits exceed those in the literature for ^(134)Xe, improving by factors of nearly 105 and 2 for the two antineutrino and neutrinoless modes, respectively.
Published: 2017

14. Sensitivity and discovery potential of the proposed nEXO experiment to neutrinoless double beta decay

Author: J. L. Vuilleumier, B. Mong, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, A. Piepke, J. Todd, Y. Y. Ding, M. Heffner, Yuehe Lin, John L. Orrell, E. Raguzin, X.L. Sun, J. B. Zhao, C. T. Overman, R. Krücken, D. Qiu, Z. Li, Giorgio Gratta, A. Burenkov, M. Hasan, Arun Kumar Soma, L. J. Kaufman, R. DeVoe, S. J. Daugherty, Samuele Sangiorgio, M. Hughes, K. S. Kumar, V. Veeraraghavan, Y. Lan, Wei Wei, Petr Vogel, Rejean Fontaine, J. Daughhetee, A. Craycraft, U. Wichoski, Ethan Brown, F. Bourque, M. J. Jewell, M. Coon, D. Harris, Yu-Guang Zhou, T. Ziegler, T. Tolba, G. St-Hilaire, T. Tsang, Qun-Yao Wang, T. Stiegler, M. Chiu, J. P. Brodsky, David Moore, F. Retiere, Y. Ito, J. Zettlemoyer, Douglas H Beck, M. Oriunno, Zhijun Ning, S. Johnston, O. Zeldovich, G. Visser, A. Karelin, J. Hößl, A. Pocar, R. Tsang, T. Didberidze, S. Kravitz, Guofu Cao, T. N. Johnson, J. Schneider, P. Hufschmidt, E. V. Hansen, Y-R Yen, David A. Sinclair, F. Vachon, Ryan Killick, David Leonard, K. Murray, Liang Yang, R. J. Newby, Thomas Koffas, A. Jamil, D. Fudenberg, W. M. Fairbank, Gisela Anton, M. Côté, P. C. Rowson, T. Daniels, K. Graham, G. S. Ortega, B. T. Cleveland, M. J. Dolinski, V.N. Stekhanov, K. Odgers, Angelo Dragone, A. House, S. Rescia, A. Kuchenkov, W. Cree, Jean-Francois Pratte, Veljko Radeka, T. Rossignol, S. Feyzbakhsh, R. Saldanha, S. Delaquis, T. Brunner, W. R. Cen, Serge A. Charlebois, C. Licciardi, G. S. Li, R. Gornea, K. Skarpaas, G. Wrede, I. J. Arnquist, M. Tarka, Wei Wu, X. S. Jiang, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, C. Chambers, A.C. Odian, G. Giacomini, A. Schubert, S. Parent, J. Farine, V. Belov, A. Robinson, L. Cao, F. Nolet, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, S. X. Wu, Lorenzo Fabris, J. B. Albert, R. MacLellan, Thilo Michel, P. S. Barbeau, Jens Dilling, Xuan Zhang, I. Badhrees, I. Ostrovskiy, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, Shu Li, S. Schmidt, T. Rao, N. Roy, and E. W. Hoppe
Subjects: Physics, Time projection chamber, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Active medium, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, 3. Good health, Nuclear physics, Homogeneous, 0103 physical sciences, Sensitivity (control systems), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Enriched Xenon Observatory, Nuclear Experiment, Order of magnitude
Abstract: The next-generation Enriched Xenon Observatory (nEXO) is a proposed experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay in $^{136}$Xe with a target half-life sensitivity of approximately $10^{28}$ years using $5\times10^3$ kg of isotopically enriched liquid-xenon in a time projection chamber. This improvement of two orders of magnitude in sensitivity over current limits is obtained by a significant increase of the $^{136}$Xe mass, the monolithic and homogeneous configuration of the active medium, and the multi-parameter measurements of the interactions enabled by the time projection chamber. The detector concept and anticipated performance are presented based upon demonstrated realizable background rates., Comment: v2 as published
Published: 2017

15. Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Upgraded EXO-200 Detector

Author: M. Wagenpfeil, S. Feyzbakhsh, S. Johnston, Martin Breidenbach, M. Coon, P. Fierlinger, Liangjian Wen, S. J. Daugherty, Guofu Cao, K. Graham, C. Licciardi, S. Kravitz, O. Ya. Zeldovich, R. Bayerlein, A. Piepke, R. H. Nelson, A. Schubert, U. Wichoski, Marc Weber, B. T. Cleveland, E. V. Hansen, B. Mong, P. C. Rowson, Giorgio Gratta, A. Kuchenkov, T. Ziegler, P. S. Barbeau, W. Cree, J. Davis, R. Krücken, S. Delaquis, K. Murray, David Leonard, R. Tsang, M. J. Jewell, A. Karelin, V. A. Belov, Gisela Anton, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, J. J. Russell, J. Farine, J. B. Albert, T. Walton, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, M. Danilov, W. R. Cen, R. Gornea, J. Hoessl, Y. Lan, P. Hufschmidt, R. DeVoe, L. J. Kaufman, Douglas H Beck, J. Zettlemoyer, David A. Sinclair, Y-R Yen, J. Daughhetee, Yuehe Lin, C. Chambers, J. L. Vuilleumier, C. R. Hall, R. MacLellan, K. S. Kumar, A. Craycraft, T. Tolba, Thilo Michel, T. Brunner, A. S. Johnson, A. Dolgolenko, V.N. Stekhanov, A. Pocar, D. Fudenberg, M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, David Moore, T. Didberidze, Petr Vogel, F. Retiere, G. S. Li, M. J. Dolinski, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, I. Ostrovskiy, O. Njoya, Shu Li, S. Schmidt, Jens Dilling, I. Badhrees, A. Odian, Gerrit Wrede, M. Tarka, and T. Daniels
Subjects: Cryostat, Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, General Physics and Astronomy, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Radon, 01 natural sciences, Confidence interval, High Energy Physics - Experiment, ddc, Nuclear physics, Lead shielding, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Upgrade, chemistry, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Results from a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay $0\nu\beta\beta$ of $^{136}$Xe are presented using the first year of data taken with the upgraded EXO-200 detector. Relative to previous searches by EXO-200, the energy resolution of the detector has been improved to $\sigma/E$=1.23%, the electric field in the drift region has been raised by 50%, and a system to suppress radon in the volume between the cryostat and lead shielding has been implemented. In addition, analysis techniques that improve topological discrimination between $0\nu\beta\beta$ and background events have been developed. Incorporating these hardware and analysis improvements, the median 90% confidence level $0\nu\beta\beta$ half-life sensitivity after combining with the full data set acquired before the upgrade has increased 2-fold to $3.7 \times 10^{25}$ yr. No statistically significant evidence for $0\nu\beta\beta$ is observed, leading to a lower limit on the $0\nu\beta\beta$ half-life of $1.8\times10^{25}$ yr at the 90% confidence level., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, final version submitted to PRL
Published: 2017
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16. Characterization of an Ionization Readout Tile for nEXO

Author: T. Stiegler, Douglas H Beck, R. Tsang, K. Murray, Gisela Anton, D. Fudenberg, R. Saldanha, Angelo Dragone, J. Todd, Y. Y. Ding, R. Krücken, Jochen M. Schneider, Y-R Yen, Jean-Francois Pratte, P. C. Rowson, K. Skarpaas, S. Kravitz, E. V. Hansen, Liang Yang, S. Feyzbakhsh, A. House, V. Veeraraghavan, R. J. Newby, A. Jamil, Ethan Brown, M. Chiu, W. Cree, A. Burenkov, S. Delaquis, M. Hughes, M. Côté, T. Daniels, Gabriele Giacomini, A. Pocar, Maulik R. Patel, M. Hasan, J. Farine, A. Karelin, R. DeVoe, Jens Dilling, Arun Kumar Soma, Zhijun Ning, T. Tolba, M. J. Jewell, I. Badhrees, David Moore, A. Robinson, T. Didberidze, B. Mong, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, I. J. Arnquist, Xiaoshan Jiang, Yuehe Lin, Veljko Radeka, A. Piepke, Gerrit Wrede, V.N. Stekhanov, J. B. Zhao, S. Parent, U. Wichoski, M. Oriunno, W. R. Cen, C. Chambers, R. Gornea, M. Heffner, A. Odian, D. Qiu, M. Tarka, S. Johnston, T. Ziegler, I. Ostrovskiy, John L. Orrell, E. Raguzin, Z. Li, T. Brunner, S. Rescia, S. X. Wu, Eric W. Hoppe, M. Coon, S. J. Daugherty, A. Schubert, O. Zeldovich, Cory T. Overman, G. Visser, Wei Wu, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, Triveni Rao, Y. Lan, Thomas Tsang, Shu Li, S. Schmidt, J. Daughhetee, Qian Wang, David Leonard, G. S. Ortega, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, Samuele Sangiorgio, Giorgio Gratta, J. L. Vuilleumier, B. T. Cleveland, K. Odgers, Serge A. Charlebois, R. MacLellan, Yumei Zhou, Wei Wei, K. S. Kumar, Rejean Fontaine, A. Kuchenkov, P. Hufschmidt, David A. Sinclair, F. Bourque, J. P. Brodsky, G. St-Hilaire, D. Harris, Y. Ito, L. J. Kaufman, M. J. Dolinski, A. Craycraft, Liangjian Wen, Guofu Cao, G. S. Li, Thilo Michel, T. Rossignol, Xiaoyang Sun, C. Licciardi, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, N. Roy, L. Cao, F. Nolet, F. Vachon, Marc Weber, F. Retière, J. B. Albert, X. Zhang, J. Hößl, P. S. Barbeau, V. A. Belov, and Lorenzo Fabris
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, STRIPS, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Optics, Xenon, law, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, Wafer, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Time projection chamber, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Anode, chemistry, visual_art, visual_art.visual_art_medium, Tile, business
Abstract: A new design for the anode of a time projection chamber, consisting of a charge-detecting "tile", is investigated for use in large scale liquid xenon detectors. The tile is produced by depositing 60 orthogonal metal charge-collecting strips, 3~mm wide, on a 10~\si{\cm} $\times$ 10~\si{\cm} fused-silica wafer. These charge tiles may be employed by large detectors, such as the proposed tonne-scale nEXO experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Modular by design, an array of tiles can cover a sizable area. The width of each strip is small compared to the size of the tile, so a Frisch grid is not required. A grid-less, tiled anode design is beneficial for an experiment such as nEXO, where a wire tensioning support structure and Frisch grid might contribute radioactive backgrounds and would have to be designed to accommodate cycling to cryogenic temperatures. The segmented anode also reduces some degeneracies in signal reconstruction that arise in large-area crossed-wire time projection chambers. A prototype tile was tested in a cell containing liquid xenon. Very good agreement is achieved between the measured ionization spectrum of a $^{207}$Bi source and simulations that include the microphysics of recombination in xenon and a detailed modeling of the electrostatic field of the detector. An energy resolution $\sigma/E$=5.5\% is observed at 570~\si{keV}, comparable to the best intrinsic ionization-only resolution reported in literature for liquid xenon at 936~V/\si{cm}., Comment: 18 pages, 13 figures, as published
Published: 2017
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17. Search for2νββdecay ofXe136to the01+excited state ofBa136with the EXO-200 liquid xenon detector

Author: A.C. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, David Leonard, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, O. Ya. Zeldovich, S. Feyzbakhsh, E. Smith, R. Krücken, D. Beck, M. Coon, D. Fudenberg, T. Brunner, J. King, O. Njoya, R. DeVoe, Peter Fierlinger, Justin Albert, K. Graham, Monica Dunford, A. Pocar, R. H. Nelson, U. Wichoski, M. Weber, T. Walton, Petr Vogel, M. Tarka, C. Licciardi, C. R. Hall, T. Tolba, C. Chambers, Q. Y. Xu, Ryan Killick, R. Tsang, M. Danilov, J. Walton, P. C. Rowson, D. J. Auty, A. Kuchenkov, Jens Dilling, J. Chaves, W. Feldmeier, F. Retiere, B. Mong, C.Y. Prescott, A. Craycraft, Martin Breidenbach, S. J. Daugherty, R. Gornea, L. J. Kaufman, T. Daniels, M. Hughes, J. Farine, S. Delaquis, A. P. Waite, Simon Johnston, J. C. Davis, Y-R Yen, Guofu Cao, T. N. Johnson, Yuehe Lin, Giorgio Gratta, J. L. Wood, David Moore, J. J. Russell, T. Didberidze, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, J.-L. Vuilleumier, K. S. Kumar, B. T. Cleveland, Liang Yang, M. J. Dolinski, S. Kravitz, A. Piepke, A. Burenkov, A. Karelin, A. Johnson, V.N. Stekhanov, David A. Sinclair, T. A. Winick, M. J. Jewell, K. Twelker, L. J. Wen, Alexis G. Schubert, R. MacLellan, M. G. Marino, P. S. Barbeau, V. A. Belov, and A. Dolgolenko
Subjects: Semileptonic decay, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, chemistry.chemical_element, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Lower limit, Xenon, chemistry, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Single phase, Atomic physics, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Ground state
Abstract: EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless ββ decay of ^(136)Xe to the ground state of ^(136)Ba. We report here on a search for the two-neutrino ββ decay of 136Xe to the first 0+ excited state, 0^+_1, of ^(136)Ba based on a 100 kg yr exposure of ^(136)Xe. Using a specialized analysis employing a machine learning algorithm, we obtain a 90% CL half-life sensitivity of 1.7 × 10^(24) yr. We find no statistically significant evidence for the 2νββ decay to the excited state resulting in a lower limit of T^(2ν)_(1/2)(0^+ → 0^+_1) > 6.9 ×10^(23) yr at 90% CL. This observed limit is consistent with the estimated half-life of 2.5 × 10^(25) yr.
Published: 2016

18. An Optimal Energy Estimator to Reduce Correlated Noise for the EXO-200 Light Readout

Author: A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, Yuehe Lin, A. Pocar, S. Kravitz, Monica Dunford, C. Y. Prescott, M. Coon, R. Tsang, A. Craycraft, J. L. Wood, V.N. Stekhanov, Liang Yang, K. S. Kumar, W. R. Cen, R. Gornea, K. Graham, J. J. Russell, J. Farine, M. Danilov, Peter Fierlinger, A. Karelin, A. Dolgolenko, R. DeVoe, Douglas H Beck, David Leonard, V. Belov, M. Tarka, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, Y-R Yen, Michael G. Marino, T. Daniels, S. Johnston, T. Brunner, C. G. Davis, O. Ya. Zeldovich, T. Walton, Liangjian Wen, A. S. Johnson, Guofu Cao, Martin Breidenbach, S. J. Daugherty, L. J. Kaufman, A. Burenkov, B. Mong, E. Smith, R. Krücken, F. Retière, J. B. Albert, David A. Sinclair, A. Schubert, Ryan Killick, R. H. Nelson, M. J. Dolinski, U. Wichoski, B. T. Cleveland, P. S. Barbeau, T. Tolba, A. Kuchenkov, S. Feyzbakhsh, Marc Weber, C. Licciardi, C. R. Hall, J. L. Vuilleumier, J. Walton, A. Piepke, Giorgio Gratta, W. Feldmeier, J. Davis, M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, M. J. Jewell, K. Twelker, David Moore, T. Didberidze, T. N. Johnson, D. Fudenberg, R. MacLellan, C. Chambers, P. C. Rowson, S. Delaquis, Jens Dilling, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, and O. Njoya
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, Noise (electronics), Particle detector, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Optics, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Nuclear Experiment, Mathematical Physics, Physics, Scintillation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Estimator, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), High Energy Physics::Experiment, business, Energy (signal processing), Radioactive decay
Abstract: The energy resolution of the EXO-200 detector is limited by electronics noise in the measurement of the scintillation response. Here we present a new technique to extract optimal scintillation energy measurements for signals split across multiple channels in the presence of correlated noise. The implementation of these techniques improves the energy resolution of the detector at the neutrinoless double beta decay Q-value from $\left[1.9641\pm 0.0039\right]\%$ to $\left[1.5820\pm 0.0044\right]\%$., Comment: 21 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
Published: 2016
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19. Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility ofα−andβ-decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector

Author: A. Craycraft, James G. Davis, I. Ostrovskiy, M. J. Dolinski, A. Karelin, C. G. Davis, Martin Breidenbach, S. J. Daugherty, David A. Sinclair, T. Walton, R. MacLellan, Liang Yang, M. J. Jewell, K. Twelker, B. Mong, A. Schubert, K. Graham, Giorgio Gratta, David Leonard, R. DeVoe, M. Weber, M. G. Marino, V.N. Stekhanov, Douglas H Beck, M. Danilov, P. Fierlinger, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, R. Nelson, Y-R Yen, K. O'Sullivan, Guofu Cao, S. Johnston, X. S. Jiang, J. Wood, D. J. Auty, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, Ryan Killick, L. J. Kaufman, R. Tsang, E. Smith, A. Burenkov, M. Coon, B. T. Cleveland, R. Gornea, Yuehe Lin, C. Chambers, A. Kuchenkov, T. Tolba, W. Feldmeier, A. Piepke, P. C. Rowson, L. J. Wen, A. Pocar, J. J. Russell, J.-L. Vuilleumier, K. S. Kumar, S. Delaquis, S. Kravitz, C. Licciardi, O. Ya. Zeldovich, A. Dolgolenko, M. Tarka, J. Farine, V. Belov, A. Robinson, T. Brunner, Justin Albert, Monica Dunford, U. Wichoski, J. D. Wright, T. N. Johnson, A.C. Odian, A. S. Johnson, P. S. Barbeau, C.Y. Prescott, T. Daniels, C. R. Hall, J. Walton, D. Fudenberg, M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, David Moore, and T. Didberidze
Subjects: Physics, Semileptonic decay, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, Ion, Ionization, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Alpha decay, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Crystal Ball
Abstract: Alpha decays in the EXO-200 detector are used to measure the fraction of charged $^{218}\text{Po}$ and $^{214}\text{Bi}$ daughters created from $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ and $\ensuremath{\beta}$ decays, respectively. $^{222}\text{Rn} \ensuremath{\alpha}$ decays in liquid xenon (LXe) are found to produce $^{218}\text{Po}^{+}$ ions $50.3\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3.0%$ of the time, while the remainder of the $^{218}\text{Po}$ atoms are neutral. The fraction of $^{214}\text{Bi}^{+}$ from $^{214}\text{Pb} \ensuremath{\beta}$ decays in LXe is found to be $76.4\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}5.7%$, inferred from the relative rates of $^{218}\text{Po}$ and $^{214}\text{Po} \ensuremath{\alpha}$ decays in the LXe. The average velocity of $^{218}\text{Po}$ ions is observed to decrease for longer drift times. Initially the ions have a mobility of $0.390\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.006\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\text{cm}}^{2}/(\text{kV}\text{s})$, and at long drift times the mobility is $0.219\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.004\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\text{cm}}^{2}/(\text{kV}\text{s})$. Time constants associated with the change in mobility during drift of the $^{218}\text{Po}^{+}$ ions are found to be proportional to the electron lifetime in the LXe.
Published: 2015

20. Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200

Author: T. Daniels, C. Y. Prescott, A. S. Johnson, Douglas H Beck, T. N. Johnson, M. J. Jewell, A. Dolgolenko, D. Fudenberg, Y-R Yen, K. Twelker, J. B. Albert, P. C. Rowson, A. Pocar, M. Hughes, A. Piepke, A. P. Waite, I. Ostrovskiy, J. Farine, R. MacLellan, B. Mong, R. Nelson, U. Wichoski, S. Delaquis, V. Belov, S. Herrin, A Rivas, M. Danilov, A. Craycraft, C. R. Hall, David Moore, A. Schubert, T. Didberidze, A.C. Odian, C. G. Davis, Yuehe Lin, C. Benitez-Medina, Giorgio Gratta, J. Wood, Martin Breidenbach, D. J. Auty, T. Tolba, S. J. Daugherty, J. L. Vuilleumier, P. S. Barbeau, T. Walton, G. Giroux, J. Walton, V.N. Stekhanov, T. Brunner, J. J. Russell, R. Gornea, K. S. Kumar, W. Feldmeier, Marc Weber, David A. Sinclair, Ryan Killick, David Leonard, Thomas Koffas, B. T. Cleveland, W. M. Fairbank, Monica Dunford, A. Kuchenkov, C. Chambers, K. Graham, M. Coon, O. Ya. Zeldovich, A. Karelin, J. Davis, M. Tarka, C. Licciardi, L. J. Kaufman, R. DeVoe, X. S. Jiang, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, E. Smith, S. Kravitz, Liang Yang, M. J. Dolinski, Michael G. Marino, S. Johnston, P. Fierlinger, Liangjian Wen, Guofu Cao, A. Burenkov, and R. Tsang
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Parameter space, 01 natural sciences, Beta decay, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Beta (velocity), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta}) requires extremely low background and a good understanding of their sources and their influence on the rate in the region of parameter space relevant to the 0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta} signal. We report on studies of various {\beta}- and {\gamma}-backgrounds in the liquid- xenon-based EXO-200 0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta} experiment. With this work we try to better understand the location and strength of specific background sources and compare the conclusions to radioassay results taken before and during detector construction. Finally, we discuss the implications of these studies for EXO-200 as well as for the next-generation, tonne-scale nEXO detector., Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables
Published: 2015

21. Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay ofXe136with EXO-200

Author: J. L. Vuilleumier, David A. Sinclair, W. Feldmeier, R. Gornea, M. Danilov, L. J. Kaufman, I. Ostrovskiy, J. Farine, D. J. Auty, Peter Fierlinger, X. S. Jiang, D. Tosi, V. Belov, V.N. Stekhanov, T. N. Johnson, C. G. Davis, Martin Breidenbach, R. Nelson, M. Tarka, Michael G. Marino, Douglas H Beck, S. Johnston, S. J. Daugherty, A.C. Odian, Y-R Yen, B. Mong, J. Davis, Liangjian Wen, Guofu Cao, Giorgio Gratta, T. Daniels, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Coon, C. Chambers, Ryan Killick, Monica Dunford, A. Dolgolenko, David Leonard, B. T. Cleveland, M. J. Jewell, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, P. C. Rowson, A. Kuchenkov, K. Twelker, E. Beauchamp, G. Giroux, Yuehe Lin, R. DeVoe, R. Tsang, T. Walton, Petr Vogel, J. J. Russell, J. Chaves, S. Delaquis, A Rivas, K. S. Kumar, Marc Weber, A. Karelin, A. Schubert, U. Wichoski, C. Y. Prescott, S. Herrin, C. R. Hall, R. MacLellan, A. S. Johnson, J. B. Albert, F. Leonard, A. Burenkov, T. Brunner, E. Smith, O. Ya. Zeldovich, S. Kravitz, M. P. Rozo, A. Piepke, K. Graham, Liang Yang, A. Pocar, C. Ouellet, M. J. Dolinski, A. Craycraft, C. Licciardi, P. S. Barbeau, J. Walton, D. Fudenberg, M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, David Moore, T. Didberidze, and T. Tolba
Subjects: Coupling constant, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectral index, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, chemistry.chemical_element, 01 natural sciences, Beta decay, Lower limit, Xenon, chemistry, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Single phase, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Majoron
Abstract: EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of ^(136)Xe. Here, we report on a search for various Majoron-emitting modes based on 100 kg yr exposure of ^(136)Xe. A lower limit of T^(136)Xe_(1/2) > 1.2 × 10^(24) yr at 90% C.L. on the half-life of the spectral index=1 Majoron decay was obtained, corresponding to a constraint on the Majoron-neutrino coupling constant of |⟨g^(M)_(ee)⟩| < (0.8–1.7) × 10^(−5).
Published: 2014

22. Improved measurement of the2νββhalf-life of136Xe with the EXO-200 detector

Author: J. L. Vuilleumier, K. Hall, Peter Fierlinger, R. DeVoe, M. Tarka, S. Kravitz, S. Herrin, C. R. Hall, S. Johnston, R. MacLellan, W. Feldmeier, Petr Vogel, Y. B. Zhao, M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, Y.-R. Yen, S. Cook, V. Strickland, J. Wodin, M. J. Dolinski, G. Giroux, David Moore, K. Graham, M. Danilov, A Rivas, A. Piepke, O. Ya. Zeldovich, D. Tosi, J. Chaves, Liang Yang, Martin Auger, D. Fudenberg, D. J. Auty, D. Franco, J. Bonatt, David A. Sinclair, R. H. Nelson, M. P. Rozo, U. Wichoski, C. G. Davis, A. Dobi, V.N. Stekhanov, Ryan Killick, Marc Weber, C. K. Hargrove, K. O'Sullivan, Michael G. Marino, Martin Breidenbach, T. Daniels, S. J. Daugherty, B. Mong, J. J. Russell, C. Benitez-Medina, B. T. Cleveland, J. D. Wright, T. Tolba, J. Walton, A.C. Odian, K. S. Kumar, A. Kuchenkov, A. Dolgolenko, A. Pocar, M. Montero Díez, F. Leonard, C. Ouellet, J. Davis, Guofu Cao, C. Y. Prescott, A. Burenkov, A. Craycraft, P. S. Barbeau, Giorgio Gratta, L. J. Wen, D. Beck, I. Ostrovskiy, V. A. Belov, X. S. Jiang, T. Brunner, David Leonard, S. Slutsky, A. S. Johnson, W. M. Fairbank, A. Karelin, Monica Dunford, A. Sabourov, T. N. Johnson, K. Twelker, E. Beauchamp, L. J. Kaufman, J. B. Albert, T. Walton, J. Farine, C. Licciardi, R. Gornea, C. Chambers, P. C. Rowson, S. Delaquis, and K. Skarpaas
Subjects: Systematic error, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Time projection chamber, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Half-life, 01 natural sciences, Beta decay, Nuclear physics, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Homogeneous, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Fiducial marker
Abstract: We report on an improved measurement of the 2νββ half-life of ^(136)Xe performed by EXO-200. The use of a large and homogeneous time-projection chamber allows for the precise estimate of the fiducial mass used for the measurement, resulting in a small systematic uncertainty. We also discuss in detail the data-analysis methods used for double-β decay searches with EXO-200, while emphasizing those directly related to the present measurement. The ^(136)Xe 2νββ half-life is found to be T^(2νββ)_(1/2) = 2.165±0.016(stat)±0.059(sys)×10^(21) yr. This is the most precisely measured half-life of any 2νββ decay to date.
Published: 2014

23. Cosmogenic backgrounds to 0νββ in EXO-200

Author: A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, Ryan Killick, B. T. Cleveland, J. Walton, A. Kuchenkov, Douglas H Beck, Y-R Yen, T. Daniels, David A. Sinclair, Peter Fierlinger, E. Smith, M. Tarka, Yuehe Lin, T. Tolba, T. Walton, R. Tsang, J. Davis, A. Craycraft, C. Chambers, M. Danilov, Jens Dilling, D. Fudenberg, M. J. Jewell, J. L. Wood, R. Gornea, K. Twelker, Michael G. Marino, D. J. Auty, A. Pocar, S. Johnston, A. Dolgolenko, David Leonard, A. Odian, K. S. Kumar, R. Krücken, Guofu Cao, R. DeVoe, R. MacLellan, M. Hughes, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, I. Ostrovskiy, A. P. Waite, S. Herrin, Monica Dunford, J. L. Vuilleumier, O. Njoya, P. C. Rowson, O. Ya. Zeldovich, T. Brunner, Giorgio Gratta, K. Graham, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, Martin Breidenbach, David Moore, B. Mong, W. Feldmeier, T. Didberidze, V.N. Stekhanov, R. H. Nelson, U. Wichoski, S. J. Daugherty, S. Delaquis, A. S. Johnson, S. Feyzbakhsh, M. J. Dolinski, L. J. Kaufman, C. Licciardi, J. J. Russell, C. Y. Prescott, M. Coon, C. R. Hall, J. B. Albert, A. Burenkov, T. N. Johnson, A. Schubert, J. Farine, V. Belov, S. Kravitz, Liang Yang, A. Piepke, A. Karelin, F. Retière, and P. S. Barbeau
Subjects: Physics, Radionuclide, Time projection chamber, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cosmic background radiation, chemistry.chemical_element, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Xenon, chemistry, 13. Climate action, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics
Abstract: As neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments become more sensitive and intrinsic radioactivity in detector materials is reduced, previously minor contributions to the background must be understood and eliminated. With this in mind, cosmogenic backgrounds have been studied with the EXO-200 experiment. Using the EXO-200 TPC, the muon flux (through a flat horizontal surface) underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has been measured to be Φ = 4.07 ± 0.14 (sys) ± 0.03 (stat) × 10−7cm−2 s−1, with a vertical intensity of Iv = 2.97 −0.13 (sys) ± 0.02 (stat) × 10−7cm−2 s−1 sr−1. Simulations of muon-induced backgrounds identified several potential cosmogenic radionuclides, though only 137Xe is a significant background for the 136Xe 0νββ search with EXO-200. Muon-induced neutron backgrounds were measured using γ-rays from neutron capture on the detector materials. This provided a measurement of 137Xe yield, and a test of the accuracy of the neutron production and transport simulations. The independently measured rates of 136Xe neutron capture and of 137Xe decay agree within uncertainties. Geant4 and FLUKA simulations were performed to estimate neutron capture rates, and these estimates agreed to within ∼40% or better with measurements. The ability to identify 136Xe(n, γ) events will allow for rejection of 137Xe backgrounds in future 0νββ analyses.
Published: 2016

24. Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay inXe136with EXO-200

Author: M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, A. R. Müller, D. Tosi, R. Gornea, T. Brunner, Monica Dunford, P. C. Rowson, A. Sabourov, C. Benitez-Medina, E. Beauchamp, A. Pocar, C. Ouellet, S. Delaquis, T. Walton, W. Feldmeier, F. Leonard, A. Burenkov, K. Graham, J. Farine, V. Belov, G. Giroux, P. S. Barbeau, C. K. Hargrove, Martin Auger, K. Hall, R. DeVoe, Petr Vogel, T. N. Johnson, Y.-R. Yen, V.N. Stekhanov, Marc Weber, I. Ostrovskiy, A. Piepke, D. J. Auty, K. O'Sullivan, S. Slutsky, K. Pushkin, O. Ya. Zeldovich, U. Wichoski, J. L. Vuilleumier, M. Montero Díez, R. MacLellan, A.C. Odian, Liang Yang, R. Neilson, D. Mackay, Peter Fierlinger, D. Franco, Michael G. Marino, A. S. Johnson, A. Kuchenkov, J. Wodin, B. Cleveland, M. J. Dolinski, C. G. Davis, Martin Breidenbach, T. Daniels, C. Y. Prescott, S. Herrin, C. R. Hall, A. Dolgolenko, L. J. Kaufman, A. Karelin, R. Nelson, A. Dobi, J. J. Russell, K. S. Kumar, B. Mong, M. Danilov, Giorgio Gratta, David A. Sinclair, K. Twelker, T. Tolba, S. Cook, J. D. Wright, David Leonard, and W. M. Fairbank
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Time projection chamber, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Beta decay, Lower limit, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), MAJORANA, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Several properties of neutrinos, such as their absolute mass, their possible Majorana nature or the mechanisms that lead to small neutrino masses, are still unknown. The EXO-200 experiment is trying to answer some of these questions by searching for the hypothetical neutrinoless double beta decay of the isotope 136 Xe. This thesis describes an analysis of two years of detector data, which yields a lower limit on the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay of 136 Xe of 1.1·10 25 years.
Published: 2012

25. Observation of Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay inXe136with the EXO-200 Detector

Author: C. Y. Prescott, A Rivas, R. Conley, A. R. Müller, D. Tosi, D. J. Auty, D. Franco, J. Wodin, Peter Fierlinger, C. Hagemann, Michael G. Marino, A. Dobi, B. T. Cleveland, P. S. Barbeau, E. Beauchamp, A. S. Johnson, A. Kuchenkov, B. Mong, J. J. Russell, G. Giroux, K. S. Kumar, T. Walton, David Leonard, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, M. Swift, P. Morgan, M. J. Dolinski, M. Danilov, C. K. Hargrove, J. Farine, Z. Djurcic, V. Belov, K. Barry, J. Davis, V. Strickland, Giorgio Gratta, J. Cook, Marc Weber, U. Wichoski, R. DeVoe, Petr Vogel, Y.-R. Yen, L. Bartoszek, A. Coppens, E. Conti, R. MacLellan, B. Aharmim, K. Pushkin, I. Counts, S. Cook, J.-L. Vuilleumier, V.N. Stekhanov, K. Twelker, K. Wamba, Liang Yang, G. Haller, Monica Dunford, C. G. Davis, A. Sabourov, Martin Breidenbach, K. Hall, J. D. Wright, K. Donato, D. Mackay, David A. Sinclair, L. J. Kaufman, E. Rollin, F. Leonard, J. Hodgson, K. Skarpaas, O. Ya. Zeldovich, A. Burenkov, M. Auger, W. W. Craddock, A. Pocar, C. Ouellet, K. Graham, K. O'Sullivan, D. R. Freytag, Y. Martin, S. Waldman, A. Karelin, R. Nelson, J. M. Vuilleumier, M. Montero Díez, F. LePort, M. Hughes, A. P. Waite, Nicole Ackerman, S. Herrin, C. R. Hall, R. Herbst, A. Dolgolenko, S. Slutsky, Amit Kumar, M. P. Green, C. Benitez-Medina, T. Daniels, A. Piepke, A.C. Odian, R. Neilson, P. C. Rowson, and R. Gornea
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, General Physics and Astronomy, Elementary particle, 01 natural sciences, Beta decay, Nuclear physics, MAJORANA, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Isotopes of xenon, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Radioactive decay, Lepton
Abstract: We report the observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in ^(136)Xe with T_(1/2)=2.11±0.04(stat)±0.21(syst)×10^(21) yr. This second-order process, predicted by the standard model, has been observed for several nuclei but not for ^(136)Xe. The observed decay rate provides new input to matrix element calculations and to the search for the more interesting neutrinoless double-beta decay, the most sensitive probe for the existence of Majorana particles and the measurement of the neutrino mass scale.
Published: 2011

26. A magnetically driven piston pump for ultra-clean applications

Author: A. Burenkov, Y.-R. Yen, G. Giroux, K. Donato, P. Morgan, M. Swift, F. Juget, K. Pushkin, M. P. Green, L. Bartoszek, M. Dixit, R. MacLellan, T. Daniels, S. Slutsky, A. Pocar, A. Piepke, E. Rollin, K. Graham, A. Dobi, C. Benitez-Medina, C. Green, K. S. Kumar, Guillaume Lutter, A. R. Müller, B. T. Cleveland, V.N. Stekhanov, K. Twelker, B. Aharmim, K. O'Sullivan, B. Schmoll, Liang Yang, J. Cook, J. M. Vuilleumier, D. Mackay, A. Kuchenkov, C. K. Hargrove, B. Mong, A. Odian, V. Strickland, J. Hodgson, J. Farine, D. Hallman, W. Craddock, C. Hagemann, A. Karelin, Giorgio Gratta, P. S. Barbeau, V. Belov, K. Barry, James G. Davis, S. Herrin, R. Conley, C. R. Hall, M. J. Dolinski, I. Counts, J. L. Vuilleumier, A Rivas, D. Franco, David A. Sinclair, L. J. Kaufman, Michael G. Marino, P. Fierlinger, David Leonard, Martin Breidenbach, C. Y. Prescott, W. M. Fairbank, R. Gornea, P. C. Rowson, S. Cook, R. Neilson, U. Wichoski, K. Skarpaas, M. Hughes, M. Montero Díez, F. LePort, K. Hall, M. Auger, J. Ku, R. DeVoe, and J. Wodin
Subjects: Piston pump, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Time projection chamber, Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gasket, Nuclear engineering, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Differential pressure, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, 6. Clean water, Xenon, chemistry, Torr, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation
Abstract: A magnetically driven piston pump for xenon gas recirculation is presented. The pump is designed to satisfy extreme purity and containment requirements, as is appropriate for the recirculation of isotopically enriched xenon through the purification system and large liquid xenon TPC of EXO-200. The pump, using sprung polymer gaskets, is capable of pumping more than 16 standard liters per minute (SLPM) of xenon gas with 750 torr differential pressure., 6 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2011

27. Characterization of large area APDs for the EXO-200 detector

Author: M. Montero Díez, F. LePort, David A. Sinclair, S. Cook, D. Mackay, Nicole Ackerman, V. Strickland, Y.-R. Yen, S. Herrin, R. DeVoe, R. Neilson, J. Wodin, M. Auger, K. Twelker, K. Wamba, K. O'Sullivan, Martin Breidenbach, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, B. Flatt, A. Burenkov, K. S. Kumar, D. Hallman, V. Tenev, C. Y. Prescott, C. R. Hall, Giorgio Gratta, B. Mong, R. Gornea, David Leonard, P. C. Rowson, R. Conley, E. Niner, W. M. Fairbank, U. Wichoski, L. J. Kaufman, S. Slutsky, J.-L. Vuilleumier, J. Hodgson, D. Akimov, V.N. Stekhanov, K. Skarpaas, A. Odian, M. J. Dolinski, K. Hall, C. Benitez-Medina, M. P. Green, J. Farine, A. G. Kovalenko, P. Fierlinger, Liang Yang, and C. K. Hargrove
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, APDS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Medical Physics, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, Particle detector, High Energy Physics - Experiment, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Xenon, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Physics, Scintillation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Avalanche photodiode, Photodiode, chemistry, Scintillation counter, Optoelectronics, business
Abstract: EXO-200 uses 468 large area avalanche photodiodes (LAAPDs) for detection of scintillation light in an ultra-low-background liquid xenon (LXe) detector. We describe initial measurements of dark noise, gain and response to xenon scintillation light of LAAPDs at temperatures from room temperature to 169K - the temperature of liquid xenon. We also describe the individual characterization of more than 800 LAAPDs for selective installation in the EXO-200 detector., Comment: 10 pages, 17 figures
Published: 2009
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28. The EXO-200 detector, part I: detector design and construction

Author: A. Coppens, E. Beauchamp, J. M. Vuilleumier, R. DeVoe, T. Walton, C. Ouellet, M. Hughes, J. Wodin, A. Piepke, A. Sabourov, C. Benitez-Medina, G. Giroux, K. Graham, P. C. Rowson, David Leonard, David A. Sinclair, A. Pocar, S. Herrin, W. M. Fairbank, K. O'Sullivan, C. R. Hall, D. Franco, M. Swift, D. Chauhan, Michael G. Marino, C. Hagemann, J. Hodgson, J. Farine, M. Dunford, Julie Kirk, M. Montero Díez, S. Cook, P. Fierlinger, Marc Weber, A. Karelin, K. Twelker, F. LePort, S. Slutsky, K. Skarpaas, R. Neilson, F. Leonard, D. J. Auty, B. Mong, U. Wichoski, James G. Davis, R. MacLellan, J. D. Wright, A. Odian, M. Auger, M. J. Dolinski, Giorgio Gratta, R. Gornea, B. T. Cleveland, A. Kuchenkov, Liang Yang, D. Mackay, A Rivas, V.N. Stekhanov, E. Baussan, E. Rollin, J. L. Vuilleumier, R. Conley, A. R. Müller, D. Tosi, W. Craddock, J. Cook, T. Daniels, L. J. Kaufman, Y.-R. Yen, K. Hall, K. Merkle, K. Pushkin, C. Y. Prescott, C. K. Hargrove, A. Dobi, V. Strickland, K. S. Kumar, C. G. Davis, Martin Breidenbach, P. S. Barbeau, and L. Bartoszek
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Resolution (mass spectrometry), FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Optics, Xenon, Ionization, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Physics, Scintillation, Time projection chamber, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), chemistry, business, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: EXO-200 is an experiment designed to search for double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe with a single-phase, liquid xenon detector. It uses an active mass of 110 kg of xenon enriched to 80.6% in the isotope 136 in an ultra-low background time projection chamber capable of simultaneous detection of ionization and scintillation. This paper describes the EXO-200 detector with particular attention to the most innovative aspects of the design that revolve around the reduction of backgrounds, the efficient use of the expensive isotopically enriched xenon, and the optimization of the energy resolution in a relatively large volume.
Published: 2012

29. A simple radionuclide-driven single-ion source

Author: D. Hallman, R. Gornea, P. C. Rowson, Nicole Ackerman, B. Aharmin, C. Y. Prescott, A. Pocar, A. Karelin, K. S. Kumar, L. J. Kaufman, A. Piepke, C. Hagemann, R. DeVoe, J. Wodin, V.N. Stekhanov, G. Giroux, K. O'Sullivan, Martin Breidenbach, M. Montero Díez, Liang Yang, A. R. Müller, F. LePort, K. Donato, S. Herrin, C. R. Hall, K. Hall, D. Mackay, Y.-R. Yen, S. Slutsky, E. Rollin, M. P. Green, A. Burenkov, J. Lacey, C. Benitez-Medina, K. Pushkin, A. Odian, M. J. Dolinski, M. Auger, A. Kuchenkov, K. Graham, R. MacLellan, J. Farine, T. Daniels, K. Barry, S. Cook, R. Neilson, U. Wichoski, David Leonard, W. M. Fairbank, P. S. Barbeau, E. Niner, J.-L. Vuilleumier, B. Mong, C. K. Hargrove, Giorgio Gratta, David A. Sinclair, and K. Twelker
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Silicon, Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Substrate (electronics), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Physics - Atomic Physics, Ion, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Radionuclide, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Chemical species, chemistry, Optoelectronics, Alpha decay, business, Radioactive decay
Abstract: We describe a source capable of producing single barium ions through nuclear recoils in radioactive decay. The source is fabricated by electroplating 148Gd onto a silicon {\alpha}-particle detector and vapor depositing a layer of BaF2 over it. 144Sm recoils from the alpha decay of 148Gd are used to dislodge Ba+ ions from the BaF2 layer and emit them in the surrounding environment. The simultaneous detection of an {\alpha} particle in the substrate detector allows for tagging of the nuclear decay and of the Ba+ emission. The source is simple, durable, and can be manipulated and used in different environments. We discuss the fabrication process, which can be easily adapted to emit most other chemical species, and the performance of the source.
Published: 2010

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1. Search for Majoron-emitting modes of Xe136 double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset

2. Imaging individual barium atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO

3. NEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond $10^{28}$ year half-life sensitivity

4. Measurement of the Spectral Shape of the β -Decay of Xe137 to the Ground State of Cs137 in EXO-200 and Comparison with Theory

5. Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage

6. Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode

7. Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset

8. Measurement of the scintillation and ionization response of liquid xenon at MeV energies in the EXO-200 experiment

9. Deep Neural Networks for Energy and Position Reconstruction in EXO-200

10. Search for nucleon decays with EXO-200

11. VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO

12. An RF-only ion-funnel for extraction from high-pressure gases

13. Searches for double beta decay of Xe134 with EXO-200

14. Sensitivity and discovery potential of the proposed nEXO experiment to neutrinoless double beta decay

15. Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Upgraded EXO-200 Detector

16. Characterization of an Ionization Readout Tile for nEXO

17. Search for2νββdecay ofXe136to the01+excited state ofBa136with the EXO-200 liquid xenon detector

18. An Optimal Energy Estimator to Reduce Correlated Noise for the EXO-200 Light Readout

19. Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility ofα−andβ-decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector

20. Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200

21. Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay ofXe136with EXO-200

22. Improved measurement of the2νββhalf-life of136Xe with the EXO-200 detector

23. Cosmogenic backgrounds to 0νββ in EXO-200

24. Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay inXe136with EXO-200

25. Observation of Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay inXe136with the EXO-200 Detector

26. A magnetically driven piston pump for ultra-clean applications

27. Characterization of large area APDs for the EXO-200 detector

28. The EXO-200 detector, part I: detector design and construction

29. A simple radionuclide-driven single-ion source

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