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NEXT-CRAB-0: a high pressure gaseous xenon time projection chamber with a direct VUV camera based readout

NEXT

Collaboration

•

N.K. Byrnes
(
- Texas U., Arlington
)

Apr 12, 2023

30 pages

Published in:

JINST 18 (2023) 08, P08006

Published: Aug 8, 2023

e-Print:

2304.06091 [physics.ins-det]

DOI:

10.1088/1748-0221/18/08/P08006

Report number:

FERMILAB-PUB-23-156-CSAID-ND

Experiments:

NEXT,
LSC, Canfranc-NON-NEXT

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Abstract: (IOP)

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay(0νββ) remains one of the most compelling experimentalavenues for the discovery in the neutrino sector.Electroluminescent gas-phase time projection chambers are wellsuited to 0νββ searches due to their intrinsicallyprecise energy resolution and topological event identificationcapabilities. Scalability to ton- and multi-ton masses requiresreadout of large-area electroluminescent regions with fine spatialresolution, low radiogenic backgrounds, and a scalable dataacquisition system. This paper presents a detector prototype thatrecords event topology in an electroluminescent xenon gas TPC viaVUV image-intensified cameras. This enables an extendable readoutof large tracking planes with commercial devices that reside almostentirely outside of the active medium. Following furtherdevelopment in intermediate scale demonstrators, this technique mayrepresent a novel and enlargeable method for topological eventimaging in 0νββ.

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30 Pages, 22 figures, Updated to match current JINST submission

Double-beta decay detectors
Optical detector readout concepts
Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors)
Time projection chambers
double-beta decay: (0neutrino)
xenon: gas
time projection chamber: xenon
pressure: high
energy resolution
data acquisition

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