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1. Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO

Author: G. Gallina, Y. Guan, F. Retiere, G. Cao, A. Bolotnikov, I. Kotov, S. Rescia, A. K. Soma, T. Tsang, L. Darroch, T. Brunner, J. Bolster, J. R. Cohen, T. Pinto Franco, W. C. Gillis, H. Peltz Smalley, S. Thibado, A. Pocar, A. Bhat, A. Jamil, D. C. Moore, G. Adhikari, S. Al Kharusi, E. Angelico, I. J. Arnquist, P. Arsenault, I. Badhrees, J. Bane, V. Belov, E. P. Bernard, T. Bhatta, P. A. Breur, J. P. Brodsky, E. Brown, E. Caden, L. Cao, C. Chambers, B. Chana, S. A. Charlebois, D. Chernyak, M. Chiu, B. Cleveland, R. Collister, M. Cvitan, J. Dalmasson, T. Daniels, K. Deslandes, R. DeVoe, M. L. di Vacri, Y. Ding, M. J. Dolinski, A. Dragone, J. Echevers, B. Eckert, M. Elbeltagi, L. Fabris, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, Y. S. Fu, D. Gallacher, P. Gautam, G. Giacomini, C. Gingras, D. Goeldi, R. Gornea, G. Gratta, C. A. Hardy, S. Hedges, M. Heffner, E. Hein, J. Holt, E. W. Hoppe, J. Hößl, A. House, W. Hunt, A. Iverson, X. S. Jiang, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, A. Larson, K. G. Leach, B. G. Lenardo, D. S. Leonard, G. Lessard, G. Li, S. Li, Z. Li, C. Licciardi, R. Lindsay, R. MacLellan, M. Mahtab, S. Majidi, C. Malbrunot, P. Margetak, P. Martel-Dion, L. Martin, J. Masbou, N. Massacret, K. McMichael, B. Mong, K. Murray, J. Nattress, C. R. Natzke, X. E. Ngwadla, J. C. Nzobadila Ondze, A. Odian, J. L. Orrell, G. S. Ortega, C. T. Overman, S. Parent, A. Perna, A. Piepke, N. Pletskova, J. F. Pratte, V. Radeka, E. Raguzin, G. J. Ramonnye, T. Rao, H. Rasiwala, K. Raymond, B. M. Rebeiro, G. Richardson, J. Ringuette, V. Riot, T. Rossignol, P. C. Rowson, L. Rudolph, R. Saldanha, S. Sangiorgio, X. Shang, F. Spadoni, V. Stekhanov, X. L. Sun, A. Tidball, T. Totev, S. Triambak, R. H. M. Tsang, O. A. Tyuka, F. Vachon, M. Vidal, S. Viel, G. Visser, M. Wagenpfeil, M. Walent, K. Wamba, Q. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, M. Watts, W. Wei, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, S. Wilde, M. Worcester, W. H. Wu, X. Wu, L. Xie, W. Yan, H. Yang, L. Yang, O. Zeldovich, J. Zhao, and T. Ziegler
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract Liquid xenon time projection chambers are promising detectors to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β ), due to their response uniformity, monolithic sensitive volume, scalability to large target masses, and suitability for extremely low background operations. The nEXO collaboration has designed a tonne-scale time projection chamber that aims to search for 0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β of $$^{136}$$ 136 Xe with projected half-life sensitivity of $$1.35\times 10^{28}$$ 1.35 × 10 28 yr. To reach this sensitivity, the design goal for nEXO is $$\le $$ ≤ 1% energy resolution at the decay Q-value ( $$2458.07\pm 0.31$$ 2458.07 ± 0.31 keV). Reaching this resolution requires the efficient collection of both the ionization and scintillation produced in the detector. The nEXO design employs Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) to detect the vacuum ultra-violet, 175 nm scintillation light of liquid xenon. This paper reports on the characterization of the newest vacuum ultra-violet sensitive Fondazione Bruno Kessler VUVHD3 SiPMs specifically designed for nEXO, as well as new measurements on new test samples of previously characterised Hamamatsu VUV4 Multi Pixel Photon Counters (MPPCs). Various SiPM and MPPC parameters, such as dark noise, gain, direct crosstalk, correlated avalanches and photon detection efficiency were measured as a function of the applied over voltage and wavelength at liquid xenon temperature (163 K). The results from this study are used to provide updated estimates of the achievable energy resolution at the decay Q-value for the nEXO design.
Published: 2022
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2. Generative Adversarial Networks for Scintillation Signal Simulation in EXO-200.

Author: S. Li, I. Ostrovskiy, Z. Li, L. Yang, 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 Jr., D. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Feyzbakhsh, P. Fierlinger, Y. S. Fu, 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, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, R. MacLellan, T. McElroy, T. Michel, B. Mong, D. C. Moore, K. Murray, O. Njoya, O. Nusair, A. Odian, A. Perna, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, F. Retière, A. L. Robinson, P. C. Rowson, J. Runge, S. Schmidt, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, A. K. Soma, V. Stekhanov, M. Tarka, S. Thibado, J. Todd, T. Tolba, T. I. Totev, and R. Tsang
Published: 2023
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3. 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

4. Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches

Author: A. Avasthi, T. W. Bowyer, C. Bray, T. Brunner, N. Catarineu, E. Church, R. Guenette, S. J. Haselschwardt, J. C. Hayes, M. Heffner, S. A. Hertel, P. H. Humble, A. Jamil, S. H. Kim, R. F. Lang, K. G. Leach, B. G. Lenardo, W. H. Lippincott, A. Marino, D. N. McKinsey, E. H. Miller, D. C. Moore, B. Mong, B. Monreal, M. E. Monzani, I. Olcina, J. L. Orrell, S. Pang, A. Pocar, P. C. Rowson, R. Saldanha, S. Sangiorgio, C. Stanford, and A. Visser
Subjects: Quantum Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Molecular, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Atomic, Nuclear & Particles Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Astronomical and Space Sciences
Abstract: Large detectors employing xenon are a leading technology in existing and planned searches for new physics, including searches for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) and dark matter. While upcoming detectors will employ target masses of a ton or more, further extending gas or liquid phase Xe detectors to the kton scale would enable extremely sensitive next-generation searches for rare phenomena. The key challenge to extending this technology to detectors well beyond the ton scale is the acquisition of the Xe itself. We describe the motivation for extending Xe time projection chambers (TPCs) to the kton scale and possible avenues for Xe acquisition that avoid existing supply chains. If acquisition of Xe in the required quantities is successful, kton-scale detectors of this type could enable a new generation of experiments, including searches for $0\nu\beta\beta$ at half-life sensitivities as long as $10^{30}$ yr., Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures; published version
Published: 2021

5. The EXO-200 detector, part II: Auxiliary Systems

Author: N. Ackerman, J. Albert, M. Auger, D.J. Auty, I. Badhrees, P.S. Barbeau, L. Bartoszek, E. Baussan, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, T. Bhatta, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, G.F. Cao, W.R. Cen, C. Chambers, B. Cleveland, R. Conley, S. Cook, M. Coon, W. Craddock, A. Craycraft, W. Cree, T. Daniels, L. Darroch, S.J. Daugherty, J. Daughhetee, C.G. Davis, J. Davis, S. Delaquis, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, R. deVoe, T. Didberidze, J. Dilling, A. Dobi, A.G. Dolgolenko, M.J. Dolinski, M. Dunford, J. Echevers, L. Espic, W. Fairbank, D. Fairbank, J. Farine, W. Feldmeier, S. Feyzbakhsh, P. Fierlinger, K. Fouts, D. Franco, D. Freytag, D. Fudenberg, P. Gautam, G. Giroux, R. Gornea, K. Graham, G. Gratta, C. Hagemann, C. Hall, K. Hall, G. Haller, E.V. Hansen, C. Hargrove, R. Herbst, S. Herrin, J. Hodgson, M. Hughes, A. Iverson, A. Jamil, C. Jessiman, M.J. Jewell, A. Johnson, T.N. Johnson, S. Johnston, A. Karelin, L.J. Kaufman, R. Killick, T. Koffas, S. Kravitz, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K.S. Kumar, Y. Lan, A. Larson, D.S. Leonard, F. Leonard, F. LePort, G.S. Li, S. Li, Z. Li, C. Licciardi, Y.H. Lin, D. Mackay, R. MacLellan, M. Marino, J.-M. Martin, Y. Martin, T. McElroy, K. McFarlane, T. Michel, B. Mong, D.C. Moore, K. Murray, R. Neilson, R. Nelson, O. Njoya, O. Nusair, K. O'Sullivan, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, C. Ouellet, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, C.Y. Prescott, K. Pushkin, F. Retiere, A. Rivas, A.L. Robinson, E. Rollin, P.C. Rowson, M.P. Rozo, J. Runge, J.J. Russell, S. Schmidt, A. Schubert, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, S. Slutsky, E. Smith, A.K. Soma, V. Stekhanov, V. Strickland, M. Swift, M. Tarka, J. Todd, T. Tolba, D. Tosi, T.I. Totev, R. Tsang, K. Twelker, B. Veenstra, V. Veeraraghavan, J.-L. Vuilleumier, J.-M. Vuilleumier, M. Wagenpfeil, A. Waite, J. Walton, T. Walton, K. Wamba, J. Watkins, M. Weber, L.J. Wen, U. Wichoski, M. Wittgen, J. Wodin, J. Wood, G. Wrede, S.X. Wu, Q. Xia, L. Yang, Y.-R. Yen, O.Ya. Zeldovich, and T. Ziegler
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Instrumentation, Nuclear Experiment, Mathematical Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The EXO-200 experiment searched for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe with a single-phase liquid xenon detector. It used an active mass of 110 kg of 80.6%-enriched liquid xenon in an ultra-low background time projection chamber with ionization and scintillation detection and readout. This paper describes the design and performance of the various support systems necessary for detector operation, including cryogenics, xenon handling, and controls. Novel features of the system were driven by the need to protect the thin-walled detector chamber containing the liquid xenon, to achieve high chemical purity of the Xe, and to maintain thermal uniformity across the detector., Manuscript updated in response to JINST reviewer comments
Published: 2021

6. Reflectivity of VUV-sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers in Liquid Xenon

Author: M. Heffner, Thilo Michel, M. Hughes, F. Vachon, Jean-Francois Pratte, Aleksey E. Bolotnikov, A. Craycraft, R. DeVoe, C. Gingras, C.R. Natzke, A. De St. Croix, T. I. Totev, K. Murray, Gisela Anton, J. C. Nzobadila Ondze, S. Al Kharusi, R. Saldanha, O. Nusair, J. Ringuette, R. Krücken, W. M. Fairbank, M. Worcester, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, N. Massacret, Lorenzo Fabris, David Moore, Wen-Qi Yan, K. Harouaka, R. Gornea, E. Hansen, C. T. Overman, Samuele Sangiorgio, I. Ostrovskiy, H. Rasiwala, M. Tarka, K. S. Kumar, M. Elbeltagi, R. Tsang, A. Larson, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, E. Caden, F. Retière, Z. Li, Mike Richman, N. Roy, S. Feyzbakhsh, G. Giacomini, M. Murra, G. Li, E. Raguzin, A. Pocar, A. Iverson, Ethan Brown, B. Mong, C. Licciardi, F. Nolet, J. P. Brodsky, A. Tidball, T. McElroy, Shu Li, T. Rossignol, V. A. Belov, R. MacLellan, O. Zeldovich, M. Medina Peregrina, A. Karelin, B. T. Cleveland, K. Odgers, I. Badhrees, Venkatesh Veeraraghavan, D. Fairbank, A. Kuchenkov, M. Wagenpfeil, M. Walent, Giorgio Gratta, Qing Xia, Sergio Ferrara, C. Vivo-Vilches, D. Schulte, Govinda Adhikari, G. S. Ortega, J. Todd, Arun Kumar Soma, C. Weinheimer, T. Brunner, D. S. Leonard, Serge A. Charlebois, A. Odian, L. Darroch, S. Rescia, C. Huhmann, M. J. Dolinski, M. J. Jewell, R. Lindsay, D. Chernyak, L. Althueser, V.N. Stekhanov, M. L. Di Vacri, T. Ziegler, Y. Lan, S. Parent, L. J. Kaufman, A. Gorham, S. X. Wu, P. A. Breur, J. Bane, A. E. Robinson, Eric W. Hoppe, J. Echevers, D. Goeldi, G.J. Ramonnye, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, S. Thibado, C. Richard, M. Chiu, J. Farine, P. Martel-Dion, Guofu Cao, T. Bhatta, J. Nattress, E. Angelico, B. Chana, Douglas H Beck, T. Stiegler, J. Schneider, K. Deslandes, P. C. Rowson, A. House, A. Fieguth, C.A. Hardy, U. Wichoski, S. Viel, G. Gallina, A. Piepke, I. J. Arnquist, P. Gautam, K. G. Leach, R.J. Newby, S. Triambak, F. Spadoni, and C. Chambers
Subjects: Materials science, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, APDS, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Optics, Silicon photomultiplier, Xenon, law, 0103 physical sciences, Wafer, Angular resolution, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Avalanche photodiode, chemistry, Angle of incidence (optics), business
Abstract: Silicon photomultipliers are regarded as a very promising technology for next-generation, cutting-edge detectors for low-background experiments in particle physics. This work presents systematic reflectivity studies of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) and other samples in liquid xenon at vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) wavelengths. A dedicated setup at the University of M\"unster has been used that allows to acquire angle-resolved reflection measurements of various samples immersed in liquid xenon with 0.45{\deg} angular resolution. Four samples are investigated in this work: one Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPM, one FBK VUV-HD SiPM, one FBK wafer sample and one Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode (LA-APD) from EXO-200. The reflectivity is determined to be 25-36% at an angle of incidence of 20{\deg} for the four samples and increases to up to 65% at 70{\deg} for the LA-APD and the FBK samples. The Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPM shows a decline with increasing angle of incidence. The reflectivity results will be incorporated in upcoming light response simulations of the nEXO detector., Comment: 18 pages, 11 figures
Published: 2021

7. 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

8. 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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9. Acute Shortage Ventilator

Author: David M. Gaba, A. Ames, Eric Charles, Ryan Herbst, S. Luitz, P. A. Breur, D. S. Akerib, B. Mong, E. H. Miller, M. Wittgen, C. M. Ignarra, Michael A. Bressack, Martin Breidenbach, and T. A. Shutt
Subjects: Resuscitator, Microcontroller, business.product_category, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Computer science, Laptop, Operations management, Economic shortage, business, Unit cost, Artificial lung
Abstract: We have implemented an “Acute Shortage Ventilator” (ASV) motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of severe ventilator shortages in the near future. The unit cost per ventilator is less than $400 US excluding the patient circuit parts. The ASV mechanically compresses a self-inflating bag resuscitator, uses a modified patient circuit, and is commanded by a microcontroller and an optional laptop. It operates in both Volume-Controlled Assist-Control mode and a Pressure-Controlled Assist-Control mode. It has been tested using an artificial lung against the EURS guidelines. The key design goals were to develop a simple device with high performance for short-term use, made primarily from common hospital parts and generally-available non-medical components, and at low cost and ease in manufacturing.
Published: 2020

10. Measurement of the onset of nucleate boiling in liquid xenon

Author: R. Saldanha, G. S. Ortega, Changki Mo, P. C. Rowson, B. Mong, P. A. Breur, and M. Oriunno
Subjects: Materials science, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn), chemistry.chemical_element, Thermodynamics, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics - Fluid Dynamics, Superheating, Subcooling, Physics::Fluid Dynamics, Xenon, chemistry, Heat flux, Boiling, Fluid dynamics, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Nucleate boiling, Bar (unit)
Abstract: We report the first precision measurement of the superheat temperature required for bubble nucleation in liquid xenon of $\Delta T_{wall,ONB}$ = (16.9$\pm$0.5) K and $\Delta T_{wall,ONB}$ = (19.2$^{+0.4}_{-1.1}$) K at pressures of P = $(0.98\pm0.02)$ bar and P = $(1.32^{+0.05}_{-0.01})$ bar, respectively. Both are measured at a subcooled bulk fluid temperature of $\sim$ 162 K. A dedicated liquid xenon setup is used to measure the temperature at which bubble nucleation first appears on the flat surface of a resistor. The associated average heat flux at the surface of the resistor is determined using fluid dynamics simulations. Future experiments can use these experimental results to determine the likelihood of boiling in liquid xenon and to design effective thermal sinks that prevent bubble nucleation., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures
Published: 2020

11. 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

12. Measurement of the Spectral Shape of the β-Decay of ^{137}Xe to the Ground State of ^{137}Cs in EXO-200 and Comparison with Theory

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, J, Kostensalo, 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, P, Nakarmi, O, Njoya, O, Nusair, A, Odian, I, Ostrovskiy, 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, J, Suhonen, 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
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

13. 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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14. 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

15. 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

16. Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO

Author: P. Giampa, G. Li, D. Kodroff, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, Eric W. Hoppe, N. Roy, David Leonard, J. Blatchford, Thomas Koffas, E. V. Hansen, W. M. Fairbank, P. Gautam, B. T. Cleveland, K. Odgers, L. Cao, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, S. Rescia, T. Stiegler, E. Raguzin, M. Elbeltagi, R. MacLellan, A. Kuchenkov, Arun Kumar Soma, F. Nolet, X.L. Sun, T. Bhatta, D. Fairbank, J. B. Zhao, T. McElroy, A. Larson, Jean-Francois Pratte, B. Mong, F. Vachon, Marc Weber, G. St-Hilaire, P. Margetak, P. Nakarmi, M. Chiu, J. Farine, J. Echevers, C. Chambers, G. Zhang, M. Oriunno, P. C. Rowson, A. Robinson, I. J. Arnquist, S. X. Wu, Douglas H Beck, Qing Xia, U. Wichoski, Ethan Brown, A. House, K. Murray, Y-R Yen, L. Darroch, G. S. Ortega, R. DeVoe, Gisela Anton, T. Ziegler, O. Zeldovich, J. P. Brodsky, T. I. Totev, M. Heffner, Qun-Yao Wang, T. Tolba, W. R. Cen, S. J. Daugherty, A. De St. Croix, G. Gallina, R. Gornea, Serge A. Charlebois, T. Rossignol, Zhijun Ning, M. Tarka, M. J. Jewell, Lorenzo Fabris, J. L. Vuilleumier, M. Walent, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, R. Tsang, B. G. Lenardo, T. Brunner, K. Skarpaas, P. Lv, V. Veeraraghavan, A. Karelin, J. Todd, Y. Y. Ding, O. Nusair, R. Krücken, Veljko Radeka, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, M. Hughes, R. Saldanha, S. Al Kharusi, Giorgio Gratta, Martin Ward, He-Run Yang, David Moore, M. Alfaris, S. Feyzbakhsh, A. Craycraft, Y. Ito, L. J. Kaufman, Y. Lan, Yuehe Lin, Z. Li, Samuele Sangiorgio, Wei Wei, F. Retière, K. S. Kumar, J. Hößl, P. S. Barbeau, V. A. Belov, Thilo Michel, J. Kroeger, Xuan Wu, A. Pocar, A. Piepke, V.N. Stekhanov, D. Qiu, M. Coon, Cory T. Overman, T. Tsang, Angelo Dragone, Gabriele Giacomini, Jens Dilling, I. Badhrees, S. Parent, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, Gerard Visser, Mike Richman, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, Shu Li, J. Watkins, M. Medina-Peregrina, X. S. Jiang, C. Licciardi, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, Yu-Guang Zhou, Liangjian Wen, Luca Doria, Guofu Cao, Rejean Fontaine, and M. J. Dolinski
Subjects: 010302 applied physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scintillation, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Analytical chemistry, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, Xenon, chemistry, 0103 physical sciences, Saturation (graph theory), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Instrumentation, Photon detection, Dark current
Abstract: In this paper we report on the characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 (S/N: S13370-6152) Vacuum Ultra-Violet (VUV) sensitive Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPC)s as part of the development of a solution for the detection of liquid xenon scintillation light for the nEXO experiment. Various MPPC features, such as: dark noise, gain, correlated avalanches, direct crosstalk and Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE) were measured in a dedicated setup at TRIUMF. MPPCs were characterized in the range 163 K ≤ T ≤ 233 K . At an over voltage of 3 . 1 ± 0 . 2 V and at T = 163 K we report a number of Correlated Avalanches (CAs) per pulse in the 1 μ s interval following the trigger pulse of 0 . 161 ± 0 . 005 . At the same settings the Dark-Noise (DN) rate is 0 . 137 ± 0 . 002 Hz/mm 2 . Both the number of CAs and the DN rate are within nEXO specifications. The PDE of the Hamamatsu VUV4 was measured for two different devices at T = 233 K for a mean wavelength of 189 ± 7 nm . At 3 . 6 ± 0 . 2 V and 3 . 5 ± 0 . 2 V of over voltage we report a PDE of 13 . 4 ± 2 . 6 % and 11 ± 2 % , corresponding to a saturation PDE of 14 . 8 ± 2 . 8 % and 12 . 2 ± 2 . 3 % , respectively. Both values are well below the 24 % saturation PDE advertised by Hamamatsu. More generally, the second device tested at 3 . 5 ± 0 . 2 V of over voltage is below the nEXO PDE requirement. The first one instead yields a PDE that is marginally close to meeting the nEXO specifications. This suggests that with modest improvements the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs could be considered as an alternative to the FBK-LF Silicon Photo-Multipliers for the final design of the nEXO detector.
Published: 2019

17. Reflectance of Silicon Photomultipliers at Vacuum Ultraviolet Wavelengths

Author: E. Caden, S. Rescia, D. Fairbank, G. St-Hilaire, Thilo Michel, A. Craycraft, Jens Dilling, I. Badhrees, A. De St. Croix, X. S. Jiang, C. Licciardi, J. Farine, M. Walent, S. Feyzbakhsh, V. Belov, C.R. Natzke, B. G. Lenardo, A. Robinson, P. Nakarmi, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, T. Brunner, L. Darroch, J. Echevers, Xuan Wu, S. Parent, A. Odian, A. Fucarino, Jean-Francois Pratte, Yu-Guang Zhou, E. Raguzin, T. Rossignol, Z. Li, O. Nusair, J. L. Vuilleumier, R. Krücken, M. Hughes, V. Veeraraghavan, M. J. Jewell, R. Saldanha, T. I. Totev, P. A. Breur, K. Skarpaas, Gerard Visser, S. Al Kharusi, I. Ostrovskiy, B. T. Cleveland, A. Kuchenkov, Liangjian Wen, Luca Doria, Guofu Cao, Samuele Sangiorgio, Wei Wei, K. S. Kumar, Mike Richman, David Moore, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, T. Bhatta, M. Chiu, G. S. Li, Thomas Tsang, Shu Li, Y. Lan, B. Chana, Douglas H Beck, L. Yang, M. Oriunno, J. P. Brodsky, P. S. Barbeau, He-Run Yang, R. DeVoe, K. Murray, J. Watkins, M. Tarka, Gisela Anton, R. Tsang, M. L. di Vacri, K. Odgers, M. J. Dolinski, M. Medina-Peregrina, C. Vivo-Vilches, F. Retiere, U. Wichoski, Sergio Ferrara, O. Zeldovich, K. G. Leach, T. Ziegler, R. Gornea, K. Deslandes, David Leonard, Giorgio Gratta, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, P. C. Rowson, T. Stiegler, M. Elbeltagi, Lorenzo Fabris, J. Hobl, A. House, N. Roy, L. Cao, F. Nolet, N. Massacret, T. McElroy, S. X. Wu, F. Vachon, C. Chambers, R. MacLellan, A. Pocar, V.N. Stekhanov, P. Gautam, F. Edaltafar, D. Goeldi, M. Coon, I. J. Arnquist, J. Runge, Cory T. Overman, M. Heffner, S. Viel, G. Gallina, Angelo Dragone, Gabriele Giacomini, P. Lv, A. Piepke, J. Todd, Y. Y. Ding, Veljko Radeka, T. Wager, Qun-Yao Wang, Zhijun Ning, E. V. Hansen, A. Jamil, Arun Kumar Soma, Qing Xia, S. Byrne Mamahit, Ethan Brown, A. Karelin, G. S. Ortega, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, X.L. Sun, J. B. Zhao, A. Larson, Serge A. Charlebois, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, B. Mong, L. J. Kaufman, and Eric W. Hoppe
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Silicon, chemistry.chemical_element, Photodetector, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Xenon, Silicon photomultiplier, 0103 physical sciences, Wafer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear Energy and Engineering, chemistry, Optoelectronics, Diffuse reflection, Photonics, business, Refractive index
Abstract: Characterization of the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) reflectance of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) is important for large-scale SiPM-based photodetector systems. We report the angular dependence of the specular reflectance in a vacuum of SiPMs manufactured by Fondazionc Bruno Kessler (FBK) and Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (HPK) over wavelengths ranging from 120 nm to 280 nm. Refractive index and extinction coefficient of the thin silicon-dioxide film deposited on the surface of the FBK SiPMs are derived from reflectance data of a FBK silicon wafer with the same deposited oxide film as SiPMs. The diffuse reflectance of SiPMs is also measured at 193 nm. We use the VUV spectral dependence of the optical constants to predict the reflectance of the FBK silicon wafer and FBK SiPMs in liquid xenon.
Published: 2019
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18. Simulation of charge readout with segmented tiles in nEXO

Author: F. Retière, M. Medina-Peregrina, Venkatesh Veeraraghavan, J. Hößl, Gerard Visser, J. L. Vuilleumier, L. Darroch, M. Chiu, J. Watkins, V. A. Belov, Yang Haibo, A. De St. Croix, V. Radeka, D. Fairbank, T. McElroy, T. Bhatta, A. Pocar, D. S. Leonard, J. Echevers, E. Caden, A. Craycraft, R. DeVoe, Lorenzo Fabris, C. T. Overman, E. Raguzin, C. Vivo-Vilches, Qing Xia, M. J. Jewell, Xiaoyang Sun, R. Gornea, J. Dalmasson, S. Feyzbakhsh, P. Gautam, G. S. Ortega, A. Piepke, I. Ostrovskiy, P. Lv, M. Hughes, Thilo Michel, T. Ziegler, C.R. Natzke, Z. Ning, Xuan Wu, F. Vachon, Sergio Ferrara, Serge A. Charlebois, S. X. Wu, V.N. Stekhanov, M. Walent, S. Al Kharusi, J. B. Zhao, A. Larson, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, A. E. Robinson, Mike Richman, B. G. Lenardo, T. Brunner, A. Fucarino, David Moore, N. Roy, L. Cao, F. Nolet, J. Todd, M. Heffner, D. Kodroff, T. Tolba, Jean-Francois Pratte, M. Oriunno, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, B. Mong, Rejean Fontaine, Ethan Brown, Qian Wang, Y. Lan, K. Murray, G. Giacomini, T. Stiegler, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, K. Skarpaas Viii, Thomas Tsang, R. Saldanha, Shu Li, Y. Y. Ding, Z. Li, Gisela Anton, O. Zeldovich, Marc Weber, E. Hansen, A. Karelin, O. Nusair, R. Krücken, Jens Dilling, R. MacLellan, B. Chana, Giorgio Gratta, P. S. Barbeau, Yumei Zhou, I. Badhrees, R. Tsang, Martin Ward, T. I. Totev, D. Goeldi, M. Coon, Liangjian Wen, Douglas H Beck, Guofu Cao, Angelo Dragone, W. R. Cen, S. J. Daugherty, Thomas Koffas, Xiaoshan Jiang, W. M. Fairbank, M. Elbeltagi, Y-R Yen, S. Rescia, M. J. Dolinski, A. Odian, S. Parent, J. Runge, J. P. Brodsky, P. Nakarmi, U. Wichoski, S. Viel, C. Licciardi, G. Gallina, T. Rossignol, M. L. Di Vacri, L. J. Kaufman, Eric W. Hoppe, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, Arun Kumar Soma, Yuehe Lin, Samuele Sangiorgio, Wei Wei, K. S. Kumar, J. Farine, I. J. Arnquist, K. G. Leach, G. St-Hilaire, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, P. C. Rowson, A. House, M. Tarka, G. Li, B. T. Cleveland, K. Odgers, A. Kuchenkov, M. Wagenpfeil, and C. Chambers
Subjects: Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Time projection chamber, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Charge (physics), Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Anode, Nuclear physics, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Xenon, chemistry, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Beta (velocity), Sensitivity (control systems), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract: nEXO is a proposed experiment to search for the neutrino-less double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of $^{136}$Xe in a tonne-scale liquid xenon time projection chamber (TPC). The nEXO TPC will be equipped with charge collection tiles to form the anode. In this work, the charge reconstruction performance of this anode design is studied with a dedicated simulation package. A multi-variate method and a deep neural network are developed to distinguish simulated $0\nu\beta\beta$ signals from backgrounds arising from trace levels of natural radioactivity in the detector materials. These simulations indicate that the nEXO TPC with charge-collection tiles shows promising capability to discriminate the $0\nu\beta\beta$ signal from backgrounds. The estimated half-life sensitivity for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is improved by $\sim$20$~(32)\%$ with the multi-variate~(deep neural network) methods considered here, relative to the sensitivity estimated in the nEXO pre-conceptual design report.
Published: 2019
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19. Reflectivity and PDE of VUV4 Hamamatsu SiPMs in Liquid Xenon

Author: Gerard Visser, M. Walent, B. G. Lenardo, T. Brunner, V. Veeraraghavan, T. Bhatta, Giorgio Gratta, F. Edaltafar, T. Rossignol, M. J. Jewell, J. Watkins, P. Nakarmi, Arun Kumar Soma, Ethan Brown, L. Darroch, O. Nusair, R. Krücken, S. X. Wu, David Leonard, J. Blatchford, E. Caden, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, T. Stiegler, M. Elbeltagi, L. J. Kaufman, M. Hughes, X. S. Jiang, C. Licciardi, A. Craycraft, Eric W. Hoppe, S. Al Kharusi, A. Karelin, G. Gallina, P. Gautam, R. Saldanha, M. Chiu, J. L. Vuilleumier, T. Wager, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, David Moore, C. Chambers, M. Oriunno, E. V. Hansen, M. Alfaris, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, Sergio Ferrara, R. MacLellan, Qun-Yao Wang, K. Murray, Gabriele Giacomini, I. J. Arnquist, Liang Yang, Y. Lan, U. Wichoski, C.R. Natzke, S. Feyzbakhsh, A. Jamil, Gisela Anton, J. Runge, Zhijun Ning, T. Ziegler, K. G. Leach, R. Tsang, X.L. Sun, J. B. Zhao, M. Heffner, K. Odgers, S. Viel, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, A. Fucarino, A. Larson, Z. Li, B. Chana, Douglas H Beck, Samuele Sangiorgio, K. S. Kumar, Veljko Radeka, P. C. Rowson, A. House, N. Massacret, Jean-Francois Pratte, P. Lv, J. Todd, Angelo Dragone, B. Mong, Y. Y. Ding, M. Ward, T. I. Totev, G. S. Li, M. L. di Vacri, R. DeVoe, C. Vivo-Vilches, Qing Xia, S. Byrne Mamahit, G. S. Ortega, R. Fontaine, J. Farine, Serge A. Charlebois, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, V. Belov, A. Robinson, N. Roy, L. Cao, F. Nolet, T. McElroy, F. Vachon, Marc Weber, A. De St. Croix, Lorenzo Fabris, B. T. Cleveland, D. Goeldi, M. Coon, A. Kuchenkov, Cory T. Overman, S. Rescia, D. Fairbank, G. St-Hilaire, J. P. Brodsky, He-Run Yang, A. Piepke, M. Tarka, V.N. Stekhanov, J. Echevers, A. Pocar, O. Zeldovich, Yu-Guang Zhou, Liangjian Wen, Luca Doria, Guofu Cao, Thilo Michel, Wei Wei, I. Ostrovskiy, M. J. Dolinski, E. Raguzin, P. A. Breur, Xuan Wu, Mike Richman, F. Retière, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, M. Medina-Peregrina, J. Hößl, K. Skarpaas Viii, P. S. Barbeau, Thomas Tsang, Shu Li, R. Gornea, Jens Dilling, I. Badhrees, S. Parent, and A. Odian
Subjects: Materials science, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, APDS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Photodetector, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Photodetection, 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment, 03 medical and health sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0302 clinical medicine, Silicon photomultiplier, Optics, Xenon, law, 0103 physical sciences, Specular reflection, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Scintillation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Wavelength, chemistry, business
Abstract: Understanding reflective properties of materials and photodetection efficiency (PDE) of photodetectors is important for optimizing energy resolution and sensitivity of the next generation neutrinoless double beta decay, direct detection dark matter, and neutrino oscillation experiments that will use noble liquid gases, such as nEXO, DARWIN, DarkSide-20k, and DUNE. Little information is currently available about reflectivity and PDE in liquid noble gases, because such measurements are difficult to conduct in a cryogenic environment and at short enough wavelengths. Here we report a measurement of specular reflectivity and relative PDE of Hamamatsu VUV4 silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) with 50 micrometer micro-cells conducted with xenon scintillation light (~175 nm) in liquid xenon. The specular reflectivity at 15 deg. incidence of three samples of VUV4 SiPMs is found to be 30.4+/-1.4%, 28.6+/-1.3%, and 28.0+/-1.3%, respectively. The PDE at normal incidence differs by +/-8% (standard deviation) among the three devices. The angular dependence of the reflectivity and PDE was also measured for one of the SiPMs. Both the reflectivity and PDE decrease as the angle of incidence increases. This is the first measurement of an angular dependence of PDE and reflectivity of a SiPM in liquid xenon., Comment: 21 pages, 15 figures, 6 tables. As accepted by JINST
Published: 2019
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20. 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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21. 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

22. 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

23. 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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24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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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28. 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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29. 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

30. 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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31. 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

32. Study of silicon photomultiplier performance in external electric fields

Author: A. Alamre, T. Stiegler, John L. Orrell, T. Daniels, M. Côté, J. Schneider, Z. Li, N. Roy, L. Cao, F. Nolet, M. Oriunno, M. Hughes, Ethan Brown, J. Farine, D. Fairbank, D. Qiu, Y. Ito, M. Coon, Thilo Michel, Qing Xia, V.N. Stekhanov, C. T. Overman, M. Chiu, G. S. Ortega, A. Karelin, A. Pocar, D. S. Leonard, T. Tolba, Venkatesh Veeraraghavan, J. Hößl, Marc Weber, S. Kravitz, Yuehe Lin, David Moore, Y. Lan, R. DeVoe, Serge A. Charlebois, K. Murray, A. Craycraft, J. Echevers, Gisela Anton, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Dalmasson, T. Brunner, E. Raguzin, O. Nusair, Jens Dilling, R. Krücken, Z. Ning, Samuele Sangiorgio, Wei Wei, K. S. Kumar, S. X. Wu, Gerard Visser, P. S. Barbeau, D. A. Harris, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, J. B. Zhao, A. Larson, D. Fudenberg, O. Zeldovich, A. Piepke, I. Badhrees, Angelo Dragone, M. J. Jewell, F. Vachon, Rejean Fontaine, Jean-Francois Pratte, R. Saldanha, L. Darroch, D. Kodroff, B. Veenstra, F. Bourque, S. Parent, S. Rescia, Lorenzo Fabris, T. Bhatta, A. Odian, S. J. Daugherty, J. Watkins, I. Ostrovskiy, R. MacLellan, G. Giacomini, J. P. Brodsky, T. I. Totev, Stefan Schmidt, R. Tsang, O. Njoya, A. Iverson, Triveni Rao, K. Skarpaas Viii, T. Rossignol, G. Wrede, B. Mong, Thomas Tsang, Shu Li, P. Fierlinger, W. R. Cen, Liangjian Wen, Guofu Cao, L. J. Kaufman, A. E. Robinson, M. Tarka, J. B. Albert, Qian Wang, G. Li, S. Feyzbakhsh, Giorgio Gratta, Yumei Zhou, M. J. Dolinski, P. Hufschmidt, David A. Sinclair, B. T. Cleveland, K. Odgers, A. Kuchenkov, U. Wichoski, G. St-Hilaire, C. Licciardi, V. Radeka, T. Ziegler, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, Xilei Sun, I. J. Arnquist, Wei Wu, R.J. Newby, P. C. Rowson, A. House, W. Cree, S. Delaquis, Xiaoshan Jiang, C. Chambers, G. Gallina, P. Lv, J. Todd, Y. Y. Ding, E. V. Hansen, Liang Yang, A. Jamil, Douglas H Beck, A. Burenkov, Y-R Yen, J. L. Vuilleumier, Arun Kumar Soma, C. Jessiman, M. K. Moe, Eric W. Hoppe, M. Heffner, J. Daughhetee, R. Gornea, F. Retière, and V. A. Belov
Subjects: 010302 applied physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, FOS: Physical sciences, Observable, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Silicon photomultiplier, Electric field, 0103 physical sciences, Optoelectronics, business, Instrumentation, Photon detection, Mathematical Physics
Abstract: We report on the performance of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) light sensors operating in electric field strength up to 30 kV/cm and at a temperature of 149K, relative to their performance in the absence of an external electric field. The SiPM devices used in this study show stable gain, photon detection efficiency, and rates of correlated pulses, when exposed to external fields, within the estimated uncertainties. No observable physical damage to the bulk or surface of the devices was caused by the exposure., Comment: 16 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables and two conferences (INPC2016 and TIPP2017)
Published: 2018

33. A linear RFQ ion trap for the Enriched Xenon Observatory

Author: David A. Sinclair, S. Waldman, C. R. Hall, K. O'Sullivan, B. Flatt, M. Montero Díez, F. LePort, V. Strickland, A. Odian, J. Wodin, David Leonard, D. Hallman, Yul Martin, L. Ounalli, M. Hauger, W. M. Fairbank, Martin Breidenbach, F. Juget, M. P. Green, P. C. Rowson, J.-M. Vuilleuimier, K. Wamba, D. Mackay, C. Y. Prescott, C. Virtue, Giorgio Gratta, K. Skarpaas, C. K. Hargrove, R. Neilson, J.-L. Vuilleuimier, R. DeVoe, A. Pocar, P. Fierlinger, J. Hodgson, J. Farine, E. Baussan, R. Conley, A. Piepke, B. Mong, P. Weber, D. Schenker, and K. Hall
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Fluorescence spectroscopy, Ion, Decay energy, Double beta decay, Ion trap, Atomic physics, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation, Enriched Xenon Observatory
Abstract: The design, construction, and performance of a linear radio-frequency ion trap (RFQ) intended for use in the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) are described. EXO aims to detect the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe to $^{136}$Ba. To suppress possible backgrounds EXO will complement the measurement of decay energy and, to some extent, topology of candidate events in a Xe filled detector with the identification of the daughter nucleus ($^{136}$Ba). The ion trap described here is capable of accepting, cooling, and confining individual Ba ions extracted from the site of the candidate double-beta decay event. A single trapped ion can then be identified, with a large signal-to-noise ratio, via laser spectroscopy., Comment: 18 pages, pdflatex, submitted to NIM A
Published: 2007

34. 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

35. Spectroscopy of Ba andBa+deposits in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO

Author: Michael G. Marino, S. Johnston, T. Tolba, Guofu Cao, I. Ostrovskiy, C. Benitez-Medina, M. J. Dolinski, P. C. Rowson, S. Kravitz, D. Fudenberg, Yuehe Lin, K. Graham, K. Twelker, David Leonard, Jens Dilling, L. J. Wen, Marc Weber, M. Hughes, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, T. Brunner, K. Hall, J. L. Vuilleumier, Martin Breidenbach, T. Daniels, David Moore, Liang Yang, T. Didberidze, S. J. Daugherty, D. J. Auty, S. Cook, J. Walton, W. Feldmeier, K. S. Kumar, M. P. Rozo, J. Farine, Lorenzo Fabris, R. Gornea, B. Mong, R. Krücken, U. Wichoski, G. Giroux, David A. Sinclair, R. MacLellan, Ryan Killick, C. Chambers, T. N. Johnson, B. T. Cleveland, Douglas H Beck, A. Kuchenkov, L. J. Kaufman, Y-R Yen, A. Schubert, Giorgio Gratta, A.C. Odian, A. Piepke, E. Smith, Monica Dunford, F. Retière, Peter Fierlinger, A. Pocar, C. Licciardi, V. Basque, P. S. Barbeau, M. Tarka, M. Heffner, M. Coon, V.N. Stekhanov, X. S. Jiang, R. DeVoe, Y. B. Zhao, T. Walton, A. Craycraft, A. Karelin, and J. B. Albert
Subjects: Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), Analytical chemistry, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Barium, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Type (model theory), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physics - Atomic Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Ion, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Xenon, chemistry, Atom, Physics::Atomic Physics, Emission spectrum, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Absorption (chemistry), Atomic physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Progress on a method of barium tagging for the nEXO double beta decay experiment is reported. Absorption and emission spectra for deposits of barium atoms and ions in solid xenon matrices are presented. Excitation spectra for prominent emission lines, temperature dependence, and bleaching of the fluorescence reveal the existence of different matrix sites. A regular series of sharp lines observed in ${\mathrm{Ba}}^{+}$ deposits is identified with some type of barium hydride molecule. Lower limits for the fluorescence quantum efficiency of the principal Ba emission transition are reported. Under current conditions, an image of fewer than or equal to ${10}^{4}$ Ba atoms can be obtained. Prospects for imaging single Ba atoms in solid xenon are discussed.
Published: 2015

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector

Author: N, Ackerman, B, Aharmim, M, Auger, D J, Auty, P S, Barbeau, K, Barry, L, Bartoszek, E, Beauchamp, V, Belov, C, Benitez-Medina, M, Breidenbach, A, Burenkov, B, Cleveland, R, Conley, E, Conti, J, Cook, S, Cook, A, Coppens, I, Counts, W, Craddock, T, Daniels, M V, Danilov, C G, Davis, J, Davis, R, deVoe, Z, Djurcic, A, Dobi, A G, Dolgolenko, M J, Dolinski, K, Donato, M, Dunford, W, Fairbank, J, Farine, P, Fierlinger, D, Franco, D, Freytag, G, Giroux, R, Gornea, K, Graham, G, Gratta, M P, Green, C, Hägemann, C, Hall, K, Hall, G, Haller, C, Hargrove, R, Herbst, S, Herrin, J, Hodgson, M, Hughes, A, Johnson, A, Karelin, L J, Kaufman, T, Koffas, A, Kuchenkov, A, Kumar, K S, Kumar, D S, Leonard, F, Leonard, F, LePort, D, Mackay, R, MacLellan, M, Marino, Y, Martin, B, Mong, M Montero, Díez, P, Morgan, A R, Müller, R, Neilson, R, Nelson, A, Odian, K, O'Sullivan, C, Ouellet, A, Piepke, A, Pocar, C Y, Prescott, K, Pushkin, A, Rivas, E, Rollin, P C, Rowson, J J, Russell, A, Sabourov, D, Sinclair, K, Skarpaas, S, Slutsky, V, Stekhanov, V, Strickland, M, Swift, D, Tosi, K, Twelker, P, Vogel, J-L, Vuilleumier, J-M, Vuilleumier, A, Waite, S, Waldman, T, Walton, K, Wamba, M, Weber, U, Wichoski, J, Wodin, J D, Wright, L, Yang, Y-R, Yen, and O Ya, Zeldovich
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

43. 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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44. Observation of single collisionally cooled trapped ions in a buffer gas

Author: Yul Martin, M. K. Moe, R. DeVoe, J. M. Vuilleumier, P. C. Rowson, David Leonard, W. M. Fairbank, P. Weber, J. Wodin, S. Waldman, R. Conley, M. Montero Díez, David A. Sinclair, J.-L. Vuilleumier, R. Neilson, K. O'Sullivan, K. Skarpaas, C. K. Hargrove, K. Hall, F. LePort, B. Flatt, J. Hodgson, J. Farine, D. Schenker, E. Baussan, V. Strickland, C. J. Virtue, Giorgio Gratta, Martin Breidenbach, D. Hallman, B. Mong, K. Wamba, A. Odian, A. Pocar, D. Mackay, A. Piepke, C. R. Hall, M. P. Green, C.Y. Prescott, and P. Fierlinger
Subjects: Physics, Condensed Matter::Quantum Gases, Argon, Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), Buffer gas, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Charged particle, Ion, Physics - Atomic Physics, Xenon, chemistry, Resonance fluorescence, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Atomic physics, Quadrupole ion trap, Nuclear Experiment, Helium
Abstract: Individual Ba ions are trapped in a gas-filled linear ion trap and observed with a high signal-to-noise ratio by resonance fluorescence. Single-ion storage times of ~5 min (~1 min) are achieved using He (Ar) as a buffer gas at pressures in the range 8e-5 - 4e-3 torr. Trap dynamics in buffer gases are experimentally studied in the simple case of single ions. In particular, the cooling effects of light gases such as He and Ar and the destabilizing properties of heavier gases such as Xe are studied. A simple model is offered to explain the observed phenomenology., 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A. Minor text and figure changes
Published: 2007

45. An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe

Author: J. L. Vuilleumier, W. Feldmeier, T. N. Johnson, V.N. Stekhanov, M. Dunford, J. Farine, R. Gornea, R. Krücken, P. S. Barbeau, D. Tosi, L. J. Kaufman, Lorenzo Fabris, Douglas H Beck, Liang Yang, D. J. Auty, R. DeVoe, C. Ouellet, D. Fudenberg, T. Daniels, A. Pocar, C. Benitez-Medina, C. G. Davis, Martin Breidenbach, A. Karelin, David Leonard, T. Brunner, E. Smith, Justin Albert, S. J. Daugherty, C. Chambers, P. C. Rowson, J. Walton, S. Johnston, Thomas Koffas, W. M. Fairbank, M. Montero Díez, Marc Weber, S. Delaquis, M. Coon, A. Schubert, T. Walton, F. Leonard, M. Hughes, Yuehe Lin, R. Killick, F. Retière, A. Piepke, M. P. Rozo, C. Licciardi, David Moore, K. S. Kumar, T. Didberidze, Xiaoshan Jiang, M. Heffner, G. Giroux, S. Kravitz, U. Wichoski, R. MacLellan, T. Tolba, I. Ostrovskiy, M. Tarka, S. Herrin, C. R. Hall, Jens Dilling, A. Odian, B. T. Cleveland, A. Kuchenkov, K. Graham, M. J. Dolinski, Y. B. Zhao, Y.-R. Yen, Michael G. Marino, P. Fierlinger, Liangjian Wen, Guofu Cao, A. Craycraft, K. Twelker, David A. Sinclair, B. Mong, and Giorgio Gratta
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Analytical chemistry, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Barium, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Mass spectrometry, Ion, Xenon, chemistry, Double beta decay, Decay product, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation, Radioactive decay
Abstract: We describe a system to transport and identify barium ions produced in liquid xenon, as part of R&D towards the second phase of a double beta decay experiment, nEXO. The goal is to identify the Ba ion resulting from an extremely rare nuclear decay of the isotope $^{136}$Xe, hence providing a confirmation of the occurrence of the decay. This is achieved through Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (RIS). In the test setup described here, Ba ions can be produced in liquid xenon or vacuum and collected on a clean substrate. This substrate is then removed to an analysis chamber under vacuum, where laser-induced thermal desorption and RIS are used with time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectroscopy for positive identification of the barium decay product., 12 pages, 13 figures
Published: 2014

46. 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

47. Prospects for Barium Tagging in Gaseous Xenon

Author: J. L. Vuilleumier, A. Piepke, A Mommers, A. Burenkov, G Gornea, P. C. Rowson, A. R. Müller, C. K. Hargrove, G. Giroux, E. Niner, A. Pocar, Liang Yang, C. Ouellet, N Ackeran, M. Montero Díez, K. Graham, B. Mong, F. LePort, A. Dobi, M. J. Dolinski, A. Coppens, Martin Auger, K. O'Sullivan, B. Aharmin, J. Farine, V.N. Stekhanov, R. DeVoe, K. Hall, R. Neilson, D. Hallman, J. Wodin, C. Hagemann, Martin Breidenbach, A. Odian, S. Slutsky, S. Herrin, C. Benitez-Medina, Jeffrey C. Smith, Y.-R. Yen, E. Rollin, K Donato, C. Y. Prescott, D. Mackay, P. S. Barbeau, K. Pushkin, Norvik Voskanian, S. Cook, R MacLennan, M. P. Green, U. Wichoski, L K Kaufman, T. Daniels, Giorgio Gratta, David Leonard, David A. Sinclair, C. R. Hall, W. M. Fairbank, and K. Twelker
Subjects: History, Alkaline earth metal, Analytical chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Barium, Particle detector, Charged particle, Computer Science Applications, Education, Ion, Xenon, chemistry, Double beta decay, Radioactive decay, Nuclear chemistry
Abstract: Tagging events with the coincident detection of a barium ion would greatly reduce the background for a neutrino-less double beta decay search in xenon. This paper describes progress towards realizing this goal. It outlines a source that can produce large quantities of Ba++ in gas, shows that this can be extracted to vacuum, and demonstrates a mechanism by which the Ba++ can be efficiently converted to Ba+ as required for laser identification.
Published: 2011

48. 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

49. Perpendicularly magnetized YIG-film resonators and waveguides with high operating power

Author: M. Balinskiy, B. Mongolov, D. Gutierrez, H. Chiang, A. Slavin, and A. Khitun
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: We propose a novel technique for building YIG film-based resonators and waveguides for high power operating microwave devices. Our approach is based on the effect of total internal reflection (TIR) at the interface between the non-metalized and metalized regions of YIG film, which take place for forward volume magnetostatic spin waves in perpendicularly magnetized YIG films. Prototype resonators and waveguides were designed, fabricated, and tested. The obtained experimental data demonstrate high quality factor of 50 dB and a high power operation up to +15 dBm in the frequency range from 1.8 GHz to 5.1 GHz. Application of such resonators and waveguides in electrically tunable microwave oscillators promises an extremely low phase noises about −135 dB/Hz at 10 kHz offset.
Published: 2017
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50. Observed and simulated time evolution of HCl, ClONO2, and HF total column abundances

Author: B.-M. Sinnhuber, C. Senten, C. Servais, M. Schneider, C. P. Rinsland, E. Rozanov, M. Rettinger, Th. Reddmann, U. Raffalski, C. Paton-Walsh, M. Palm, H. Nakajima, I. Murata, I. Morino, B. Monge-Sanz, R. L. Mittermeier, E. Mahieu, R. Lindenmaier, W. Kouker, O. Kirner, Y. Kasai, I. Kaiser, A. Kagawa, N. B. Jones, F. Hase, J. W. Hannigan, K. Hamann, D. W. T. Griffith, A. Goldman, W. Feng, H. Fast, M. T. Coffey, P. Demoulin, Th. Blumenstock, R. D. Blatherwick, R. L. Batchelor, S. Barthlott, M. De Mazière, J. Notholt, M. P. Chipperfield, R. Ruhnke, R. Kohlhepp, D. Smale, K. Strong, R. Sussmann, J. R. Taylor, G. Vanhaelewyn, T. Warneke, C. Whaley, M. Wiehle, and S. W. Wood
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999, Chemistry, QD1-999
Abstract: Time series of total column abundances of hydrogen chloride (HCl), chlorine nitrate (ClONO2), and hydrogen fluoride (HF) were determined from ground-based Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra recorded at 17 sites belonging to the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) and located between 80.05° N and 77.82° S. By providing such a near-global overview on ground-based measurements of the two major stratospheric chlorine reservoir species, HCl and ClONO2, the present study is able to confirm the decrease of the atmospheric inorganic chlorine abundance during the last few years. This decrease is expected following the 1987 Montreal Protocol and its amendments and adjustments, where restrictions and a subsequent phase-out of the prominent anthropogenic chlorine source gases (solvents, chlorofluorocarbons) were agreed upon to enable a stabilisation and recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer. The atmospheric fluorine content is expected to be influenced by the Montreal Protocol, too, because most of the banned anthropogenic gases also represent important fluorine sources. But many of the substitutes to the banned gases also contain fluorine so that the HF total column abundance is expected to have continued to increase during the last few years. The measurements are compared with calculations from five different models: the two-dimensional Bremen model, the two chemistry-transport models KASIMA and SLIMCAT, and the two chemistry-climate models EMAC and SOCOL. Thereby, the ability of the models to reproduce the absolute total column amounts, the seasonal cycles, and the temporal evolution found in the FTIR measurements is investigated and inter-compared. This is especially interesting because the models have different architectures. The overall agreement between the measurements and models for the total column abundances and the seasonal cycles is good. Linear trends of HCl, ClONO2, and HF are calculated from both measurement and model time series data, with a focus on the time range 2000–2009. This period is chosen because from most of the measurement sites taking part in this study, data are available during these years. The precision of the trends is estimated with the bootstrap resampling method. The sensitivity of the trend results with respect to the fitting function, the time of year chosen and time series length is investigated, as well as a bias due to the irregular sampling of the measurements. The measurements and model results investigated here agree qualitatively on a decrease of the chlorine species by around 1% yr−1. The models simulate an increase of HF of around 1% yr−1. This also agrees well with most of the measurements, but some of the FTIR series in the Northern Hemisphere show a stabilisation or even a decrease in the last few years. In general, for all three gases, the measured trends vary more strongly with latitude and hemisphere than the modelled trends. Relative to the FTIR measurements, the models tend to underestimate the decreasing chlorine trends and to overestimate the fluorine increase in the Northern Hemisphere. At most sites, the models simulate a stronger decrease of ClONO2 than of HCl. In the FTIR measurements, this difference between the trends of HCl and ClONO2 depends strongly on latitude, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.
Published: 2012
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