11 results on '"H. Contrera"'
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2. Strategic and Standardized Simulation of a Distribution Network - A Case for a Drugstore Company in Mexico.
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Homero H. Contrera, José Pablo Nuño, Eric Porras, and Eduardo Zelaya
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- 2012
3. Transmission Mechanisms of the Fermi-Contact Term of Spin–Spin Couplings
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Rubén H Contrera, Lucas C. Ducati, and Cláudio F. Tormena
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Coupling ,Theoretical physics ,Fermi contact interaction ,Geminal ,Series (mathematics) ,Chemistry ,Computational chemistry ,Molecular orbital ,Term (logic) ,Spin-½ ,Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope - Abstract
In this chapter, several n J XY SSCC trends involving the X and Y light atoms are discussed with considerable detail for different values of n , the number of formal bonds separating both coupling nuclei. First, couplings contributed mainly by the FC interaction are considered. Insight into their transmission mechanisms is obtained using at least one of the following three approaches: (a) the qualitative model described in Chapter 2 ; (b) the FCCP-CMO approach, that is, studying Fermi contact coupling pathways in terms of canonical molecular orbitals; and (c) by using explicitly the known connection between the Fermi Hole and the FC term transmissions. Among others, the following interesting examples are mentioned, the “Perlin effect” for n = 1 and X = C and Y = either C or H. The different signs known experimentally for analogous geminal couplings are discussed in terms of exchange interactions taking place in the region where both bonds overlap. For multicyclic compounds with n = 4, the FC transmission between bridgehead carbon atoms is rationalized in terms of series of concatenated sequences of hyperconjugative interactions involving those bridgehead atoms. Although the main emphasis is put on the FC term for different SSCCs, some discussions include also “noncontact” terms, where the PSO and DSO terms are described in some detail. In some cases, they are discussed in terms of the qualitative model described in Chapter 2 , and examples where the “geometric effect” can be envisaged on physical grounds are described. This is only a brief description of some of the many interesting examples discussed within this chapter.
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- 2013
4. Estudio exploratorio de la variabilidad radial y apical del tamaño y frecuencia de los canales resiníferos en Pino radiata
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R. A. Ananías, J. Lastra, L. Salvo, H. Contreras, C. Barría, and M. Peredo
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size and frequency of resin canals ,resin canal area ,resin-bleeding ,softwoods ,frecuencia y tamaño de canales resiníferos ,área de canales resiníferos ,Forestry ,SD1-669.5 ,Manufactures ,TS1-2301 - Abstract
En este trabajo se cuantifica la variabilidad radial y apical de los canales resiníferos de pino radiata (Pinus radiata) de 14 años. Se determinó la frecuencia y el tamaño de los canales resiníferos en muestras microtomadas usando un software comercial. Las muestras fueron extraídas de árboles en pie presentando tres niveles diferentes de resinación externa, es decir, moderada/leve, e intensa. Se evaluó la variabilidad de los canales resiníferos según la posición radial a tres diferentes alturas: base, DAP, y al comienzo de la copa del árbol. Los resultados muestran que la variación radial y apical del tamaño y la frecuencia de canales resiníferos aparece débilmente correlacionada con el nivel de intensidad de resinación observada en árboles en pie de pino radiata. Abstract Radial and apical variation in resin canals of radiata pine were studied. The frequency and size of resin canals were examined, using microscopic techniques from a commercial software. Wood samples from standing trees were taken, showing three different levels of external resin-bleeding intensity: moderate, light and intense. The variability of the resin canals were examined according to the radial position at three different heights ; bottom, breast height diameter and at the beginning of the tree top. The results show that the apical and radial variation of the size and frequency of resin canals appeared weakly correlated with the intensity level of the tree resin-bleeding of the standing radiata pine trees.
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- 2014
5. First Axion Results from the XENON100 Experiment
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Xenon, The Collaboration, Aprile, E., Agostini, F., Alfonsi, M., Arisaka, K., Arneodo, F., Auger, M., Balan, C., Barrow, P., Baudis, L., Bauermeister, B., Behrens, A., Beltrame, P., Bokeloh, K., Brown, A., Brown, E., Bruenner, S., Bruno, G., Budnik, R., Cardoso, J. M. R., Colijn, A. P., Contreras, H., Cussonneau, J. P., Decowski, M. P., Duchovni, E., Fattori, S., Ferella, A. D., Fulgione, W., Gao, F., Garbini, M., Geis, C., Goetzke, L. W., Grignon, C., Gross, E., Hampel, W., Itay, R., Kaether, F., Kessler, G., Kish, A., Landsman, H., Lang, R. F., Le Calloch, M., Lellouch, D., Levy, C., Lindemann, S., Lindner, M., Lopes, J. A. M., Lung, K., Lyashenko, A., Macmullin, S., Marrodan Undagoitia, T., Masbou, J., Massoli, F. V., Mayani Paras, D., Melgarejo Fernandez, A. J., Meng, Y., Messina, M., Miguez, B., Molinario, A., Murra, M., Naganoma, J., Oberlack, U., Orrigo, S. E. A., Pantic, E., Persiani, R., Piastra, F., Pienaar, J., Plante, G., Priel, N., Reichard, S., Reuter, C., Rizzo, A., Rosendahl, S., Dos Santos, J. M. F., Sartorelli, G., Schindler, S., Schreiner, J., Schumann, M., Scotto Lavina, L., Selvi, M., Shagin, P., Simgen, H., Teymourian, A., Thers, D., Tiseni, A., Gian Carlo Trinchero, Vitells, O., Wang, H., Weber, M., Weinheimer, C., Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), XENON100, Astroparticle Physics (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), E. Aprile, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, M. Auger, C. Balan, P. Barrow, L. Baudi, B. Bauermeister, A. Behren, P. Beltrame, K. Bokeloh, A. Brown, E. Brown, S. Bruenner, G. Bruno, R. Budnik, J. M. R. Cardoso, A. P. Colijn, H. Contrera, J. P. Cussonneau, M. P. Decowski, E. Duchovni, S. Fattori, A. D. Ferella, W. Fulgione, F. Gao, M. Garbini, C. Gei, L. W. Goetzke, C. Grignon, E. Gro, W. Hampel, R. Itay, F. Kaether, G. Kessler, A. Kish, H. Landsman, R. F. Lang, M. Le Calloch, D. Lellouch, C. Levy, S. Lindemann, M. Lindner, J. A. M. Lope, K. Lung, A. Lyashenko, S. MacMullin, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, J. Masbou, F. V. Massoli, D. Mayani Para, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, Y. Meng, M. Messina, B. Miguez, A. Molinario, M. Murra, J. Naganoma, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, S. E. A. Orrigo, E. Pantic, R. Persiani, F. Piastra, J. Pienaar, G. Plante, N. Priel, S. Reichard, C. Reuter, A. Rizzo, S. Rosendahl, J. M. F. dos Santo, G. Sartorelli, S. Schindler, J. Schreiner, M. Schumann, L. Scotto Lavina, M. Selvi, P. Shagin, H. Simgen, A. Teymourian, D. Ther, A. Tiseni, G. Trinchero, O. Vitell, H. Wang, M. Weber, C. Weinheimer, and The XENON100 Collaboration
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Astrophysics and Astronomy ,Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,astro-ph.GA ,Dark matter ,chemistry.chemical_element ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Cosmology ,dark matter ,Xenon ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,Assioni ,0103 physical sciences ,010306 general physics ,Axion ,Liquid Xenon ,Coupling ,Coupling constant ,Quantum chromodynamics ,Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,hep-ph ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,Galaxy ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,chemistry ,[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph] ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,astro-ph.CO ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We present the first results of searches for axions and axion-like-particles with the XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, $g_{Ae}$, has been tested by exploiting the axio-electric effect in liquid xenon. A profile likelihood analysis of 224.6 live days $\times$ 34 kg exposure has shown no evidence for a signal. By rejecting $g_{Ae}$, larger than $7.7 \times 10^{-12}$ (90% CL) in the solar axion search, we set the best limit to date on this coupling. In the frame of the DFSZ and KSVZ models, we exclude QCD axions heavier than 0.3 eV/c$^2$ and 80 eV/c$^2$, respectively. For axion-like-particles, under the assumption that they constitute the whole abundance of dark matter in our galaxy, we constrain $g_{Ae}$, to be lower than $1 \times 10^{-12}$ (90% CL) for masses between 5 and 10 keV/c$^2$. We present the first results of searches for axions and axionlike particles with the XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, gAe, has been probed by exploiting the axioelectric effect in liquid xenon. A profile likelihood analysis of 224.6 live days × 34-kg exposure has shown no evidence for a signal. By rejecting gAe larger than 7.7×10-12 (90% C.L.) in the solar axion search, we set the best limit to date on this coupling. In the frame of the DFSZ and KSVZ models, we exclude QCD axions heavier than 0.3 and 80 eV/c2, respectively. For axionlike particles, under the assumption that they constitute the whole abundance of dark matter in our galaxy, we constrain gAe to be lower than 1×10-12 (90% C.L.) for masses between 5 and 10 keV/c2. We present the first results of searches for axions and axion-like-particles with the XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, $g_{Ae}$, has been probed by exploiting the axio-electric effect in liquid xenon. A profile likelihood analysis of 224.6 live days $\times$ 34 kg exposure has shown no evidence for a signal. By rejecting $g_{Ae}$, larger than $7.7 \times 10^{-12}$ (90\% CL) in the solar axion search, we set the best limit to date on this coupling. In the frame of the DFSZ and KSVZ models, we exclude QCD axions heavier than 0.3 eV/c$^2$ and 80 eV/c$^2$, respectively. For axion-like-particles, under the assumption that they constitute the whole abundance of dark matter in our galaxy, we constrain $g_{Ae}$, to be lower than $1 \times 10^{-12}$ (90\% CL) for mass range from 1 to 40 keV/c$^2$, and set the best limit to date as well.
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- 2014
6. Response of the XENON100 dark matter detector to nuclear recoils
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Aprile, E., Alfonsi, M., Arisaka, K., Arneodo, F., Balan, C., Baudis, L., Bauermeister, B., Behrens, A., Beltrame, P., Bokeloh, K., Brown, A., Brown, E., Brünner, S., Bruno, G., Budnik, R., Cardoso, J., Chen, W., Choi, B., Colijn, A., Contreras, H., Cussonneau, J., Decowski, M., Duchovni, E., Fattori, S., Ferella, A., Fulgione, W., Gao, F., Garbini, M., Geis, C., Ghag, C., Giboni, K., Goetzke, L., Grignon, C., Gross, E., Hampel, W., Itay, R., Kaether, F., Kessler, G., Kish, A., Lamblin, J., Landsman, H., Lang, R., Calloch, M., Levy, C., Lim, K., Lin, Q., Lindemann, S., Lindner, M., Lopes, J., Lung, K., Marrodan Undagoitia, T., Undagoitia, T., Fernandez, A., Meng, Y., Messina, M., Molinario, A., Ni, K., Oberlack, U., Orrigo, S., Pantic, E., Persiani, R., Plante, G., Priel, N., Rizzo, A., Rosendahl, S., Santos, J., Sartorelli, G., Schreiner, J., Schumann, M., Lavina, L., Scovell, P., Selvi, M., Shagin, P., Simgen, H., Teymourian, A., Thers, D., Vitells, O., Wang, H., Weber, M., Weinheimer, C., Schuhmacher, H., Wiegel, B., Astroparticle Physics (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), XENON100, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, C. Balan, L. Baudi, B. Bauermeister, A. Behren, P. Beltrame, K. Bokeloh, A. Brown, E. Brown, S. Bruenner, G. Bruno, R. Budnik, J. M. R. Cardoso, W.-T. Chen, B. Choi, A. P. Colijn, H. Contrera, J. P. Cussonneau, M. P. Decowski, E. Duchovni, S. Fattori, A. D. Ferella, W. Fulgione, F. Gao, M. Garbini, C. Gei, C. Ghag, K.-L. Giboni, L. W. Goetzke, C. Grignon, E. Gro, W. Hampel, R. Itay, F. Kaether, G. Kessler, A. Kish, H. Landsman, R. F. Lang, M. Le Calloch, C. Levy, K. E. Lim, Q. Lin, S. Lindemann, M. Lindner, J. A. M. Lope, K. Lung, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, F. V. Massoli, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, Y. Meng, M. Messina, A. Molinario, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, S. E. A. Orrigo, E. Pantic, R. Persiani, G. Plante, N. Priel, A. Rizzo, S. Rosendahl, J. M. F. dos Santo, G. Sartorelli, J. Schreiner, M. Schumann, L. Scotto Lavina, P. R. Scovell, M. Selvi, P. Shagin, H. Simgen, A. Teymourian, D. Ther, O. Vitell, H. Wang, M. Weber, C. Weinheimer, H. Schuhmacher, B. Wiegel, and XENON Collaboration
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Monte Carlo method ,Dark matter ,FOS: Physical sciences ,01 natural sciences ,dark matter ,Particle detector ,Nuclear physics ,[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] ,Recoil ,Ionization ,0103 physical sciences ,010306 general physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Physics ,Scintillation ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Detector ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Neutron source ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
Results from the nuclear recoil calibration of the XENON100 dark matter detector installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy are presented. Data from measurements with an external 241AmBe neutron source are compared with a detailed Monte Carlo simulation which is used to extract the energy dependent charge-yield Qy and relative scintillation efficiency Leff. A very good level of absolute spectral matching is achieved in both observable signal channels - scintillation S1 and ionization S2 - along with agreement in the 2-dimensional particle discrimination space. The results confirm the validity of the derived signal acceptance in earlier reported dark matter searches of the XENON100 experiment., Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures. Matches version accepted by PRD. Contains revised representation of expected WIMP event signature. Conclusions remain unaffected
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- 2013
7. Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections from 225 live days of XENON100 data
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Marc Schumann, P. Shagin, A. Behrens, Ehud Duchovni, E. Pantic, M. Messina, J. A. M. Lopes, A. Kish, M. Garbini, K. Arisaka, Jean-Pierre Cussonneau, Hardy Simgen, A. D. Ferella, D. Thers, Boris Bauermeister, R. F. Lang, João Cardoso, K. Lung, A. P. Colijn, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, Ch. Weinheimer, Laura Baudis, Hui Wang, F. Gao, M. P. Decowski, Manfred Lindner, C. Ghag, C. Levy, M. Selvi, W. T. Chen, J. Lamblin, H. Landsman, Daniel Lellouch, P. R. Scovell, H. Contreras, P. Beltrame, Florian Kaether, Kaixuan Ni, Ran Budnik, F. V. Massoli, A. Molinario, Qing Lin, B. Choi, J.M.F. dos Santos, L. Scotto Lavina, Sebastian Lindemann, S. Rosendahl, S. Fattori, A. Teymourian, N. Priel, C. Balan, W. Hampel, Karl Giboni, W. Fulgione, Ethan Brown, Elena Aprile, F. Arneodo, April S. Brown, Uwe Oberlack, K. E. Lim, Jochen Schreiner, C. Grignon, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, M. Le Calloch, M. Alfonsi, O. Vitells, A. Rizzo, S. E. A. Orrigo, Y. Meng, Giacomo Bruno, G. Sartorelli, M. Weber, G. Plante, Luke Goetzke, K. Bokeloh, E. K. U. Gross, R. Persiani, Astroparticle Physics (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), XENON100, E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, C. Balan, L. Baudi, B. Bauermeister, A. Behren, P. Beltrame, K. Bokeloh, A. Brown, E. Brown, G. Bruno, R. Budnik, J. M. R. Cardoso, W.-T. Chen, B. Choi, A. P. Colijn, H. Contrera, J. P. Cussonneau, M. P. Decowski, E. Duchovni, S. Fattori, A. D. Ferella, W. Fulgione, F. Gao, M. Garbini, C. Ghag, K.-L. Giboni, L. W. Goetzke, C. Grignon, E. Gro, W. Hampel, F. Kaether, A. Kish, J. Lamblin, H. Landsman, R. F. Lang, M. Le Calloch, D. Lellouch, C. Levy, K. E. Lim, Q. Lin, S. Lindemann, M. Lindner, J. A. M. Lope, K. Lung, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, F. V. Massoli, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, Y. Meng, M. Messina, A. Molinario, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, S. E. A. Orrigo, E. Pantic, R. Persiani, G. Plante, N. Priel, A. Rizzo, S. Rosendahl, J. M. F. dos Santo, G. Sartorelli, J. Schreiner, M. Schumann, L. Scotto Lavina, P. R. Scovell, M. Selvi, P. Shagin, H. Simgen, A. Teymourian, D. Ther, O. Vitell, H. Wang, M. Weber, C. Weinheimer, and XENON100 collaboration
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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Dark matter ,General Physics and Astronomy ,FOS: Physical sciences ,01 natural sciences ,dark matter ,Particle detector ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Nuclear physics ,Cross section (physics) ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,WIMP ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,010306 general physics ,Pseudovector ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Spin-½ ,Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph] ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Nucleon ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We present new experimental constraints on the elastic, spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section using recent data from the XENON100 experiment, operated in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. An analysis of 224.6 live days x 34 kg of exposure acquired during 2011 and 2012 revealed no excess signal due to axial-vector WIMP interactions with 129-Xe and 131-Xe nuclei. This leads to the most stringent upper limits on WIMP-neutron cross sections for WIMP masses above 6 GeV, with a minimum cross section of 3.5 x 10^{-40} cm^2 at a WIMP mass of 45 GeV, at 90% confidence level., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures; corrected caption of figure 3
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- 2013
8. The distributed Slow Control System of the XENON100 experiment
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Y. Mei, E. Pantic, Jean-Pierre Cussonneau, F. V. Massoli, Qing Lin, A. Manzur, K. E. Lim, O. Vitells, A. C. C. Ribeiro, Giacomo Bruno, W. Fulgione, A. Rizzo, B. Choi, J. A. M. Lopes, L. Scotto Lavina, A. Kish, Ethan Brown, Gabriella Sartorelli, E. Duchovni, Laura Baudis, W. Hampel, A. D. Ferella, M. Weber, S. E. A. Orrigo, João Cardoso, M. Selvi, F. Gao, G. Plante, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, Kaixuan Ni, Ch. Weinheimer, P. Beltrame, R. Persiani, Hui Wang, W. T. Chen, S. Rosendahl, Marc Schumann, P. Shagin, A. Molinario, A. Teymourian, K. Arisaka, H. Simgen, Uwe Oberlack, P. R. Scovell, S. Fattori, Daniel McKinsey, H. Contreras, F. Arneodo, M. Garbini, Eilam Gross, Luke Goetzke, A. Behrens, K. Bokeloh, Y. Meng, Elena Aprile, E. Nativ, Ran Budnik, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, K. Lung, C. Levy, M. Alfonsi, J.M.F. dos Santos, R. F. Lang, M. Le Calloch, Stefan Lindemann, J. Lamblin, J. Schreiner, M. P. Decowski, Manfred Lindner, C. Balan, N. Priel, D. Thers, C. Grignon, K. L. Giboni, J. V. Patricio, E Aprile, M Alfonsi, K Arisaka, F Arneodo, C Balan, L Baudi, A Behren, P Beltrame, K Bokeloh, E Brown, G M Bruno, R Budnik, M Le Calloch, J M Cardoso, W -T Chen, B Choi, H Contrera, J -P Cussonneau, M P Decowski, E Duchovni, S Fattori, A D Ferella, W Fulgione, F Gao, M Garbini, K -L Giboni, L W Goetzke, C Grignon, E Gro, W Hampel, D N McKinsey, A Kish, J Lamblin, R F Lang, C Levy, K E Lim, Q Lin, S Lindemann, M Lindner, J A M Lope, K Lung, A Manzur, T Marrodán Undagoitia, F V Massoli, Y Mei, A J Melgarejo Fernandez, Y Meng, A Molinario, E Nativ, K Ni, U Oberlack, S E A Orrigo, E Pantic, J V Patricio, R Persiani, G Plante, N Priel, A C C Ribeiro, A Rizzo, S Rosendahl, J M F dos Santo, G Sartorelli, J Schreiner, M Schumann, L Scotto Lavina, P R Scovell, M Selvi, P Shagin, H Simgen, A Teymourian, D Ther, O Vitell, H Wang, M Weber, C Weinheimer, Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), XENON100, IoP (FNWI), Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, GRAPPA (ITFA, IoP, FNWI), Faculty of Science, and Other Research IHEF (IoP, FNWI)
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,architecture ,[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Java ,Computer science ,Real-time computing ,FOS: Physical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Control and monitor systems online ,Control systems ,Detector control systems (detector and experiment monitoring and slow-control systems, architecture, hardware, algorithms, databases) ,algorithms ,01 natural sciences ,Xenon ,0103 physical sciences ,hardware ,DETECTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,CONTROL SYSTEMS ,010306 general physics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Instrumentation ,Mathematical Physics ,computer.programming_language ,Time projection chamber ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,business.industry ,Detector control systems (detector and experiment monitoring and slow-control systems ,Emphasis (telecommunications) ,Volume (computing) ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,Modular design ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,chemistry ,Control system ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,databases) ,business ,computer ,System software - Abstract
The XENON100 experiment, in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, was designed to search for evidence of dark matter interactions inside a volume of liquid xenon using a dual-phase time projection chamber. This paper describes the Slow Control System (SCS) of the experiment with emphasis on the distributed architecture as well as on its modular and expandable nature. The system software was designed according to the rules of Object-Oriented Programming and coded in Java, thus promoting code reusability and maximum flexibility during commissioning of the experiment. The SCS has been continuously monitoring the XENON100 detector since mid 2008, remotely recording hundreds of parameters on a few dozen instruments in real time, and setting emergency alarms for the most important variables., Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures
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- 2012
9. Observation and applications of single-electron charge signals in the XENON100 experiment
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F. V. Massoli, Qing Lin, W. Fulgione, Y. Meng, H. Landsman, Uwe Oberlack, M. Garbini, João Cardoso, B. Choi, F. Gao, W. T. Chen, S. E. A. Orrigo, M. Messina, K. Arisaka, A. Behrens, M. Weber, Auke-Pieter Colijn, K. E. Lim, F. Piastra, S. Fattori, Abbe Brown, G. Kessler, G. Plante, W. Hampel, O. Vitells, R. Persiani, R. Itay, J. Naganoma, F. Arneodo, M. Selvi, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, Kaixuan Ni, Hui Wang, E. Pantic, H. Simgen, M. Le Calloch, M. Alfonsi, C. Grignon, K. L. Giboni, Florian Kaether, Boris Bauermeister, C. Balan, J. A. M. Lopes, A. Kish, Elena Aprile, Eilam Gross, Giacomo Bruno, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, Luke Goetzke, S. Bruenner, Ch. Weinheimer, C. Ghag, K. Bokeloh, C. Levy, J. Schreiner, M. P. Decowski, H. Contreras, Manfred Lindner, R. F. Lang, A. Molinario, N. Priel, Jean-Pierre Cussonneau, P. Beltrame, S. Rosendahl, A. Teymourian, A. Rizzo, Ethan Brown, Marc Schumann, P. Shagin, J. Lamblin, D. Thers, E. Duchovni, Laura Baudis, Ran Budnik, Gabriella Sartorelli, L. Scotto Lavina, K. Lung, A. D. Ferella, J.M.F. dos Santos, Sebastian Lindemann, E Aprile, M Alfonsi, K Arisaka, F Arneodo, C Balan, L Baudi, B Bauermeister, A Behren, P Beltrame, K Bokeloh, A Brown, E Brown, S Bruenner, G Bruno, R Budnik, J M R Cardoso, W-T Chen, B Choi, A P Colijn, H Contrera, J P Cussonneau, M P Decowski, E Duchovni, S Fattori, A D Ferella, W Fulgione, F Gao, M Garbini, C Ghag, K-L Giboni, L W Goetzke, C Grignon, E Gro, W Hampel, R Itay, F Kaether, G Kessler, A Kish, J Lamblin, H Landsman, R F Lang, M Le Calloch, C Levy, K E Lim, Q Lin, S Lindemann, M Lindner, J A M Lope, K Lung, T Marrodán Undagoitia, F V Massoli, A J Melgarejo Fernandez, Y Meng, M Messina, A Molinario, J Naganoma, K Ni, U Oberlack, S E A Orrigo, E Pantic, R Persiani, F Piastra, G Plante, N Priel, A Rizzo, S Rosendahl, J M F dos Santo, G Sartorelli, J Schreiner, M Schumann, L Scotto Lavina, M Selvi, P Shagin, H Simgen, A Teymourian, D Ther, O Vitell, H Wang, M Weber, C Weinheimer, Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), XENON100, Astroparticle Physics (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), and The XENON100 collaboration
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Drift velocity ,[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Dark matter ,chemistry.chemical_element ,FOS: Physical sciences ,double phase TPC ,01 natural sciences ,dark matter ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Xenon ,WIMP ,photoionization ,single electron ,xenon ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,010306 general physics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Physics ,Time projection chamber ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Scattering ,Detector ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,3. Good health ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,chemistry ,Weakly interacting massive particles ,Atomic physics ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics - Abstract
The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon in a time projection chamber (TPC) to measure xenon nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). In this paper, we report the observation of single-electron charge signals which are not related to WIMP interactions. These signals, which show the excellent sensitivity of the detector to small charge signals, are explained as being due to the photoionization of impurities in the liquid xenon and of the metal components inside the TPC. They are used as a unique calibration source to characterize the detector. We explain how we can infer crucial parameters for the XENON100 experiment: the secondary-scintillation gain, the extraction yield from the liquid to the gas phase and the electron drift velocity., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
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10. Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment
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Y. Meng, M. Murra, N. Priel, Jean-Pierre Cussonneau, M. Messina, Florian Kaether, M. Selvi, K. Arisaka, Gian Carlo Trinchero, Eilam Gross, A. Rizzo, A. Behrens, C. Reuter, S. Schindler, Luke Goetzke, S. E. A. Orrigo, J. A. M. Lopes, J. Naganoma, Auke-Pieter Colijn, A. Kish, D. Mayani Paras, Gabriella Sartorelli, A. Lyashenko, R. Persiani, S. Reichard, A. Molinario, L. Levinson, B. Miguez, F. Arneodo, P. Barrow, Giacomo Bruno, F. V. Massoli, A. Teymourian, S. Fattori, W. Hampel, Amos Breskin, Boris Bauermeister, R. F. Lang, E. Pantic, K. Bokeloh, D. Lellouch, Ethan Brown, João Cardoso, L. Scotto Lavina, W. Fulgione, J. Schreiner, M. Weber, S. MacMullin, M. P. Decowski, Manfred Lindner, Ran Budnik, A. D. Ferella, G. Kessler, K. Lung, D. Thers, G. Plante, A. Tiseni, Hongwei Wang, C. Grignon, F. Piastra, J.M.F. dos Santos, Marc Schumann, P. Shagin, Julien Masbou, H. Simgen, J. Pienaar, F. Agostini, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, M. Auger, M. Alfonsi, P. Beltrame, S. Rosendahl, Sebastian Lindemann, C. Balan, G. Morana, Elena Aprile, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, Ch. Weinheimer, Uwe Oberlack, April S. Brown, R. Itay, M. Garbini, E. Duchovni, Laura Baudis, M. Le Calloch, S. Bruenner, C. Levy, O. Vitells, C. Geis, H. Contreras, H. Landsman, E. Aprile, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, M. Auger, C. Balan, P. Barrow, L. Baudi, B. Bauermeister, A. Behren, P. Beltrame, K. Bokeloh, A. Breskin, A. Brown, E. Brown, S. Bruenner, G. Bruno, R. Budnik, J.M.R. Cardoso, A.P. Colijn, H. Contrera, J.P. Cussonneau, M.P. Decowski, E. Duchovni, S. Fattori, A.D. Ferella, W. Fulgione, M. Garbini, C. Gei, L.W. Goetzke, C. Grignon, E. Gro, W. Hampel, R. Itay, F. Kaether, G. Kessler, A. Kish, H. Landsman, R.F. Lang, M. Le Calloch, D. Lellouch, L. Levinson, C. Levy, S. Lindemann, M. Lindner, J.A.M. Lope, K. Lung, A. Lyashenko, S. MacMullin, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, J. Masbou, F.V. Massoli, D. Mayani Para, A.J. Melgarejo Fernandez, Y. Meng, M. Messina, B. Miguez, A. Molinario, G. Morana, M. Murra, J. Naganoma, U. Oberlack, S.E.A. Orrigo, E. Pantic, R. Persiani, F. Piastra, J. Pienaar, G. Plante, N. Priel, S. Reichard, C. Reuter, A. Rizzo, S. Rosendahl, J.M.F. dos Santo, G. Sartorelli, S. Schindler, J. Schreiner, M. Schumann, L. Scotto Lavina, M. Selvi, P. Shagin, H. Simgen, A. Teymourian, D. Ther, A. Tiseni, G. Trinchero, O. Vitell, H. Wang, M. Weber, C. Weinheimer, Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), XENON100, Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, IHEF (IoP, FNWI), IoP (FNWI), Faculty of Science, Other Research IHEF (IoP, FNWI), GRAPPA (ITFA, IoP, FNWI), and The XENON100 Collabration
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axions ,Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Cherenkov and transition radiation ,Cherenkov detector ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Dark matter ,Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter ,chemistry.chemical_element ,FOS: Physical sciences ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Nuclear physics ,Xenon ,WIMP ,law ,Cherenkov and transition radiation, Detector modelling and simulations, Cherenkov detectors, Dark Matter detectors ,etc.) ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,010306 general physics ,Instrumentation ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs ,Mathematical Physics ,Cherenkov radiation ,etc) ,Physics ,Muon ,Time projection chamber ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Cherenkov detectors ,Detector ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,interaction of photons with matter ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.) ,interaction of hadrons with matter, etc) ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,interaction of hadrons with matter ,chemistry ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics - Abstract
XENON is a direct detection dark matter project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) that uses xenon in double phase as a sensitive detection medium. XENON100, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, is one of the most sensitive experiments of its field. During the operation of XENON100, the design and construction of the next generation detector (of ton-scale mass) of the XENON project, XENON1T, is taking place. XENON1T is being installed at LNGS as well. It has the goal to reduce the background by two orders of magnitude compared to XENON100, aiming at a sensitivity of $2 \cdot 10^{-47} \mathrm{cm}^{\mathrm{2}}$ for a WIMP mass of 50 GeV/c$^{2}$. With this goal, an active system that is able to tag muons and their induced backgrounds is crucial. This active system will consist of a water Cherenkov detector realized with a water volume $\sim$10 m high and $\sim$10 m in diameter, equipped with photomultipliers of 8 inches diameter and a reflective foil. In this paper we present the design and optimization study for this muon veto water Cherenkov detector, which has been carried out with a series of Monte Carlo simulations, based on the GEANT4 toolkit. This study showed the possibility to reach very high detection efficiencies in tagging the passage of both the muon and the shower of secondary particles coming from the interaction of the muon in the rock: >99.5% for the former type of events (which represent $\sim$ 1/3 of all the cases) and >70% for the latter type of events (which represent $\sim$ 2/3 of all the cases). In view of the upgrade of XENON1T, that will aim to an improvement in sensitivity of one order of magnitude with a rather easy doubling of the xenon mass, the results of this study have been verified in the upgraded geometry, obtaining the same conclusions.
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11. Dark matter results from 225 live days of XENON100 data
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W. Hampel, M. Garbini, J.M.F. dos Santos, J. Lamblin, K. Bokeloh, Jean-Pierre Cussonneau, S. Rosendahl, Ethan Brown, M. Selvi, Sebastian Lindemann, Eilam Gross, Boris Bauermeister, P. Beltrame, Jochen Schreiner, Luke Goetzke, Hardy Simgen, A. D. Ferella, G. Sartorelli, A. Teymourian, F. Arneodo, Laura Baudis, H. Landsman, M. Le Calloch, J. A. M. Lopes, S. Fattori, Y. Meng, O. Vitells, A. Rizzo, David B. Cline, S. E. A. Orrigo, A. Kish, João Cardoso, K. Arisaka, R. Persiani, L. Scotto Lavina, C. Grignon, K. L. Giboni, H. Contreras, F. Gao, A. Behrens, E. Pantic, C. Balan, D. Thers, Ehud Duchovni, W. T. Chen, K. E. Lim, M. Weber, Auke-Pieter Colijn, R. F. Lang, Uwe Oberlack, Elena Aprile, Kaixuan Ni, E. Nativ, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, G. Plante, B. Choi, Ch. Weinheimer, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, P. R. Scovell, C. Ghag, F. V. Massoli, Qing Lin, M. Alfonsi, K. Lung, A. Molinario, W. Fulgione, Giacomo Bruno, C. Levy, N. Priel, Hui Wang, Florian Kaether, M. P. Decowski, Manfred Lindner, Marc Schumann, P. Shagin, Ran Budnik, Astroparticle Physics (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, C. Balan, L. Baudi, B. Bauermeister, A. Behren, P. Beltrame, K. Bokeloh, E. Brown, G. Bruno, R. Budnik, J. M. R. Cardoso, W.-T. Chen, B. Choi, D. Cline, A. P. Colijn, H. Contrera, J. P. Cussonneau, M. P. Decowski, E. Duchovni, S. Fattori, A. D. Ferella, W. Fulgione, F. Gao, M. Garbini, C. Ghag, K.-L. Giboni, L. W. Goetzke, C. Grignon, E. Gro, W. Hampel, F. Kaether, A. Kish, J. Lamblin, H. Landsman, R. F. Lang, M. Le Calloch, C. Levy, K. E. Lim, Q. Lin, S. Lindemann, M. Lindner, J. A. M. Lope, K. Lung, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, F. V. Massoli, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, Y. Meng, A. Molinario, E. Nativ, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, S. E. A. Orrigo, E. Pantic, R. Persiani, G. Plante, N. Priel, A. Rizzo, S. Rosendahl, J. M. F. dos Santo, G. Sartorelli, J. Schreiner, M. Schumann, L. Scotto Lavina, P. R. Scovell, M. Selvi, P. Shagin, H. Simgen, A. Teymourian, D. Ther, O. Vitell, H. Wang, M. Weber, C. Weinheimer, Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), and XENON100
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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) ,Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Large Underground Xenon experiment ,Dark matter ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,WIMP Argon Programme ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Particle detector ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Nuclear physics ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,WIMP ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,010306 general physics ,Liquid Xenon ,Physics ,Range (particle radiation) ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,DARK MATTER ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph] ,DAMA/NaI ,TPC ,PandaX ,Direct search for Dark Matter ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We report on a search for particle dark matter with the XENON100 experiment, operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) for 13 months during 2011 and 2012. XENON100 features an ultra-low electromagnetic background of (5.3 \pm 0.6) \times 10^-3 events (kg day keVee)^-1 in the energy region of interest. A blind analysis of 224.6 live days \times 34 kg exposure has yielded no evidence for dark matter interactions. The two candidate events observed in the pre-defined nuclear recoil energy range of 6.6-30.5 keVnr are consistent with the background expectation of (1.0 \pm 0.2) events. A Profile Likelihood analysis using a 6.6-43.3 keVnr energy range sets the most stringent limit on the spin-independent elastic WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section for WIMP masses above 8 GeV/c^2, with a minimum of 2 \times 10^-45 cm^2 at 55 GeV/c^2 and 90% confidence level., 6 pages, 5 figures. Matches version accepted by PRL. Includes limits up to 10 TeV/c^2, published as supplementary material: http://prl.aps.org/supplemental/PRL/v109/i18/e181301 Please cite high mass limits as "Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 181301 (2012), online supplementary material."
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