Alvarez, V.; Aznar, F.; Borges, FIGM.; Calvet, D.; Carcel, S.; Castel, J.; Cebrian, S.... (2014). Description and commissioning of NEXT-MM prototype: first results from operation in a Xenon-Trimethylamine gas mixture. Journal of Instrumentation. 9:1-20. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/9/03/P03010
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Description and commissioning of NEXT-MM prototype: first results from operation in a Xenon-Trimethylamine gas mixture
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Author:
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Alvarez, V.
Aznar, F.
Borges, F. I. G. M.
Calvet, D.
Carcel, S.
Castel, J.
Cebrian, S.
Cervera, A.
Conde, C. A. N.
Dafni, T.
Dias, T. H. V. T.
Diaz, J.
Druillole, F.
Egorov, M.
Esteve Bosch, Raul
Evtoukhovitch, P.
Fernandes, L. M. P.
Ferrario, P.
Ferreira, A. L.
Ferrer-Ribas, E.
Freitas, E. D. C.
Gehman, V. M.
Gil, A.
Giomataris, I.
Goldschmidt, A.
Gomez, H.
Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.
Gonzalez-Diaz, D.
Gutierrez, R. M.
Hauptman, J.
Hernando Morata, J. A.
Herrera, D. C.
Iguaz, F. J.
Irastorza, I. G.
Jinete, M. A.
Labarga, L.
Laing, A.
Le Coguie, A.
Liubarsky, I.
Lopes, J. A. M.
Lorca, D.
Losada, M.
Luzon, G.
Marí Romero, Antonio Francisco
Martin-Albo, J.
Martinez, A.
Martinez-Lema, G.
Miller, T.
Moiseenko, A.
Mols, J. P.
Monrabal, F.
Monteiro, C. M. B.
Mora Mas, Francisco José
Moutinho, L. M.
Munoz Vidal, J.
Natal da Luz, H.
Navarro, G.
Nebot Guinot, M.
Nigren, D.
Oliveira, C.A.B.
Palma, R.
Perez, J.
Pérez Aparicio, José Luis
Renner, J.
Ripoll, L.
Rodriguez, A.
Rodriguez, J.
Santos, F. P.
dos Santos, J. M. F.
Segui, L.
Serra, L.
Shuman, D.
Simon, A.
Sofka, C.
Sorel, M.
Toledo Alarcón, José Francisco
Tomas, A.
Torrent, J.
Tsamalaidze, Z.
Veloso, J. F. C. A.
Villar, J.A.
Webb, R. C.
White, J. T.
Yahlali, N.
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UPV Unit:
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Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica - Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica
Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular - Institut d'Instrumentació per a Imatge Molecular
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Mecánica de los Medios Continuos y Teoría de Estructuras - Departament de Mecànica dels Medis Continus i Teoria d'Estructures
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Abstract:
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[EN] A technical description of NEXT-MM and its commissioning and first performance is reported. Having an active volume of ∼35 cm drift × 28 cm diameter, it constitutes the largest Micromegas-read TPC operated in ...[+]
[EN] A technical description of NEXT-MM and its commissioning and first performance is reported. Having an active volume of ∼35 cm drift × 28 cm diameter, it constitutes the largest Micromegas-read TPC operated in Xenon ever constructed, made by a sectorial arrangement of the 4 largest single wafers manufactured with the Microbulk
technique to date. It is equipped with a suitably pixelized readout and with a sufficiently large sensitive volume (∼23 l) so as to contain long (∼20 cm) electron tracks. First results obtained at 1 bar for Xenon and Trymethylamine (Xe-(2%)TMA) mixture are presented. The TPC can accurately reconstruct extended background tracks. An encouraging full-width half-maximum of 11.6 % was obtained for ∼29 keV gammas without resorting to any data post-processing.
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Subjects:
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Time projection chambers
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Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors)
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Double-beta decay detectors
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Copyrigths:
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Reserva de todos los derechos
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Source:
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Journal of Instrumentation. (issn:
1748-0221
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DOI:
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10.1088/1748-0221/9/03/P03010
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Publisher:
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IOP Publishing: Hybrid Open Access
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Publisher version:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/9/03/P03010
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Project ID:
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/240054
MINECO/CSD2008-0037
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/240054
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/103860/PT
MINECO/CSD2008-0037
MINECO/CSD2007- 00042
MINECO/FPA2008-03456
DOE/DE-AC02-05CH11231
MINECO/ FPA2009-13697-C04-04
DOE/DE-FC52-08NA28752
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Thanks:
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The NEXT Collaboration acknowledges funding support from the following agencies and institutions: the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad under grants CONSOLIDER-Ingenio 2010 CSD2008-0037 (CUP), Consolider-Ingenio ...[+]
The NEXT Collaboration acknowledges funding support from the following agencies and institutions: the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad under grants CONSOLIDER-Ingenio 2010 CSD2008-0037 (CUP), Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2007- 00042 (CPAN), and under contracts ref. FPA2008-03456, FPA2009-13697-C04-04; FCT(Lisbon) and FEDER under grant PTDC/FIS/103860/2008; the European Commission under the European Research Council T-REX Starting Grant ref. ERC-2009-StG-240054 of the IDEAS program of the 7th EU Framework Program; Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the US Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Part of these grants are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER). J. Renner (LBNL) acknowledges the support of a US DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship under contract no. DE-FC52-08NA28752. F.I. acknowledges the support from the Eurotalents program. We are also grateful to our colleagues of the RD-51 collaboration for helpful discussions and encouragement. Finally, authors would like to acknowledge the use of Servicio General de Apoyo a la Investigacion-SAI of the Universidad de Zaragoza and R. de Oliveira and his team at CERN for the manufacturing of the Micromegas readouts.
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Artículo
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