Journal article
Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, v 1000(na), p165239
21 Sep 2020
Abstract
Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 1000 (2021)
165239 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.
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- Title
- Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage
- Creators
- T Stiegler - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryS Sangiorgio - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryJ. P Brodsky - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryM Heffner - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryS. Al Kharusi - nEXO CollaborationG Anton - University of Erlangen-NurembergI. J Arnquist - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryI Badhrees - Carleton UniversityP. S Barbeau - Duke UniversityD Beck - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignV Belov - Kurchatov InstituteT Bhatta - University of KentuckyA Bolotnikov - Brookhaven National LaboratoryP. A Breur - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryE Brown - Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteT Brunner - McGill UniversityE Caden - Laurentian UniversityG. F Cao - Chinese Academy of SciencesL Cao - Chinese Academy of SciencesC Chambers - McGill UniversityB Chana - Carleton UniversityS. A Charlebois - Université de SherbrookeM Chiu - Brookhaven National LaboratoryB Cleveland - Laurentian UniversityM Coon - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignA Craycraft - Colorado State UniversityJ Dalmasson - Stanford UniversityT Daniels - University of North Carolina WilmingtonL Darroch - McGill UniversityA. De St Croix - nEXO CollaborationA Der Mesrobian-Kabakian - Laurentian UniversityK Deslandes - Université de SherbrookeR DeVoe - Stanford UniversityM. L Di Vacri - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryJ Dilling - University of British ColumbiaY. Y Ding - Chinese Academy of SciencesM. J Dolinski - Drexel UniversityA Dragone - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryJ Echevers - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignF Edaltafar - TRIUMFM Elbeltagi - Carleton UniversityL Fabris - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryD Fairbank - Colorado State UniversityW Fairbank - Colorado State UniversityJ Farine - Laurentian UniversityS Ferrara - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryS Feyzbakhsh - University of Massachusetts AmherstG Gallina - University of British ColumbiaP Gautam - Drexel UniversityG Giacomini - Brookhaven National LaboratoryD Goeldi - Carleton UniversityR Gornea - Carleton UniversityG Gratta - Stanford UniversityE. V Hansen - Drexel UniversityE. W Hoppe - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryJ Hößl - University of Erlangen-NurembergA House - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryM Hughes - University of AlabamaA Iverson - Colorado State UniversityA Jamil - Wright LaboratoryM. J Jewell - Stanford UniversityX. S Jiang - Chinese Academy of SciencesA Karelin - Kurchatov InstituteL. J Kaufman - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryT Koffas - Carleton UniversityR Krücken - University of British ColumbiaA Kuchenkov - Kurchatov InstituteK. S Kumar - University of Massachusetts AmherstY Lan - University of British ColumbiaA Larson - University of South DakotaK. G Leach - Colorado School of MinesB. G Lenardo - Stanford UniversityD. S Leonard - nEXO CollaborationG Li - Chinese Academy of SciencesS Li - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignZ Li - Wright LaboratoryC Licciardi - Laurentian UniversityP Lv - Chinese Academy of SciencesR MacLellan - University of KentuckyN Massacret - TRIUMFT McElroy - McGill UniversityM Medina-Peregrina - McGill UniversityT Michel - University of Erlangen-NurembergB Mong - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryD. C Moore - Wright LaboratoryK Murray - McGill UniversityP Nakarmi - University of AlabamaC. R Natzke - Colorado School of MinesR. J Newby - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryK Ni - University of California, San DiegoZ Ning - Chinese Academy of SciencesO Njoya - Stony Brook UniversityF Nolet - Université de SherbrookeO Nusair - University of AlabamaK Odgers - Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteA Odian - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryM Oriunno - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryJ. L Orrell - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryG. S Ortega - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryI Ostrovskiy - University of AlabamaC. T Overman - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryS Parent - Université de SherbrookeA Piepke - University of AlabamaA Pocar - University of Massachusetts AmherstJ. -F Pratte - Université de SherbrookeV Radeka - Brookhaven National LaboratoryE Raguzin - Brookhaven National LaboratoryS Rescia - Brookhaven National LaboratoryF Retière - TRIUMFM Richman - Drexel UniversityA Robinson - Laurentian UniversityT Rossignol - Université de SherbrookeP. C Rowson - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryN Roy - Université de SherbrookeR Saldanha - Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryK. Skarpaas Viii - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryA. K Soma - Drexel UniversityG St-Hilaire - Université de SherbrookeV Stekhanov - Kurchatov InstituteX. L Sun - Chinese Academy of SciencesM Tarka - University of Massachusetts AmherstS Thibado - University of Massachusetts AmherstA Tidball - Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteJ Todd - Colorado State UniversityT. I Totev - McGill UniversityR Tsang - University of AlabamaT Tsang - Brookhaven National LaboratoryF Vachon - Université de SherbrookeV Veeraraghavan - University of AlabamaS Viel - Carleton UniversityG Visser - Indiana UniversityC Vivo-Vilches - nEXO CollaborationJ. -L Vuilleumier - University of BernM Wagenpfeil - University of Erlangen-NurembergT Wager - Colorado State UniversityM Walent - Laurentian UniversityQ Wang - Chinese Academy of SciencesW Wei - Chinese Academy of SciencesL. J Wen - Chinese Academy of SciencesU Wichoski - Laurentian UniversityM Worcester - Brookhaven National LaboratoryS. X Wu - Stanford UniversityW. H Wu - Chinese Academy of SciencesX Wu - Chinese Academy of SciencesQ Xia - Wright LaboratoryH Yang - Chinese Academy of SciencesL Yang - University of California, San DiegoO Zeldovich - Kurchatov InstituteJ Zhao - Chinese Academy of SciencesY Zhou - Chinese Academy of SciencesT Ziegler - University of Erlangen-NurembergSLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Publication Details
- Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, v 1000(na), p165239
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000640493300010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85102966110
- Other Identifier
- 991019168859504721
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