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The XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment
- Source :
- European Physical Journal C, 77(12):881. Springer New York, BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, Eur.Phys.J.C, Eur.Phys.J.C, 2017, 77 (12), pp.881. 〈10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5326-3〉, Eur.Phys.J.C, 2017, 77 (12), pp.881. ⟨10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5326-3⟩, European Physical Journal C, European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 77, Iss 12, Pp 1-23 (2017), European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields, 77 (12
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is the first WIMP dark matter detector operating with a liquid xenon target mass above the ton-scale. Out of its 3.2 t liquid xenon inventory, 2.0 t constitute the active target of the dual-phase time projection chamber. The scintillation and ionization signals from particle interactions are detected with low-background photomultipliers. This article describes the XENON1T instrument and its subsystems as well as strategies to achieve an unprecedented low background level. First results on the detector response and the performance of the subsystems are also presented. © 2017, The Author(s).<br />info:eu-repo/semantics/published
- Subjects :
- xenon: target
Photomultiplier
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
WIMP
[ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Dark matter
chemistry.chemical_element
FOS: Physical sciences
lcsh:Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
XENON
Xenon
background: low
[ PHYS.HEXP ] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]
Ionization
0103 physical sciences
lcsh:QB460-466
[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]
Dark Matter
lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
010306 general physics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
[ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
Astrophysique
Physics
Scintillation
xenon: liquid
Time projection chamber
photomultiplier
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Detector
Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
dark matter: detector
time projection chamber
chemistry
lcsh:QC770-798
TPC
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
performance
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14346044
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Physical Journal C
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....204685979f8eecf291ddb8b6c2b5fed4