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Gonzalez Diaz, Diego
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Álvarez Puerta, Vicente
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Borges, F. I. G.
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Camargo, M.
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Carcel, S.
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Cebrian, S.
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Cervera, A.
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Conde, C. A. N.
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Dafni, T.
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Esteve Bosch, Raul
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Fernandes, L. M. P.
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Mora Mas, Francisco José
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Pérez Aparicio, José Luis
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Rodríguez Samaniego, Javier
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Toledo Alarcón, José Francisco
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-06-20T12:44:57Z |
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2016-06-20T12:44:57Z |
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2015-12-21 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0168-9002 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10251/66178 |
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We report the performance of a 10 atm Xenon/trimethylamine time projection chamber (TPC) for the detection of X-rays (30 keV) and gamma-rays (0.511-1.275 MeV) in conjunction with the accurate tracking of the associated electrons. When operated at such a high pressure and in similar to 1%-admixtures, trimethylamine (TMA) endows Xenon with an extremely low electron diffusion (1.3 +/- 0.13 mm-sigma (longitudinal), 0.95 +/- 0.20 mm-sigma (transverse) along 1 m drift) besides forming a convenient Penning-Fluorescent' mixture. The TPC, that houses 1.1 kg of gas in its fiducial volume, operated continuously for 100 live-days in charge amplification mode. The readout was performed through the recently introduced microbulk Micromegas technology and the AFTER chip, providing a 3D voxelization of 8 mm x 8 mm x 1.2 mm for approximately 10 cm/MeV-long electron tracks. Resolution in energy (epsilon) at full width half maximum (R) inside the fiducial volume ranged from R = 14.6% (30 keV) to R = 4.6% (1.275 MeV).
This work was developed as part of the R&D program of the NEXT collaboration for future detector upgrades in the search of the neutrino-less double beta decay (beta beta 0 nu) in Xe-136, specifically those based on novel gas mixtures. Therefore we ultimately focus on the calorimetric and topological properties of the reconstructed MeV-electron tracks. In particular, the obtained energy resolution has been decomposed in its various contributions and improvements towards achieving the R =1.4%root MeV/epsilon levels obtained in small sensors are discussed |
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The NEXT collaboration acknowledges funding support from the following agencies and institutions: European Research Council under Advanced Grant 339787-NEXT and Starting Grant 240054-TREX, Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad under grants Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2008-0037 (CUP) and CSD2007-00042 (CPAN), contracts FPA2008-03456 and FPA2009-13697; Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia; European FEDER under grant PPTDC/FIS/103860/2008; US Department Of Energy under contract DE-AC02-05CH11231. |
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Inglés |
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Elsevier |
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
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dc.rights |
Reserva de todos los derechos |
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dc.subject |
Double-beta decay |
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Gamma and electron detection |
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Microbulk micromegas |
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Time projection chambers |
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High pressure Xenon-Trimehylamine |
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Penning-Fluorescent mixtures |
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MECANICA DE LOS MEDIOS CONTINUOS Y TEORIA DE ESTRUCTURAS |
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TECNOLOGIA ELECTRONICA |
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dc.title |
Accurate gamma and MeV-electron track reconstruction with an ultra-low diffusion Xenon/TMA TPC at 10 atm |
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dc.type |
Artículo |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.033 |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/339787/EU/Towards the NEXT generation of bb0nu experimets/ |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC//CSD2007-00042/ES/Centro Nacional de Física de Partículas, Astropartículas y Nuclear/ / |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/DOE//DE-AC02-05CH11231/ |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/103860/PT/Participation in the international collaboration "NEXT-Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC" aiming the direct detection of the neutrinoless double beta decay/ |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//FPA2008-03456/ES/PROGRAMA EXPERIMENTAL DE FISICA DE NEUTRINOS Y AXIONES DEL GRUPO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA. PARTICIPACION EN LOS EXPERIMENTOS SUPERNEMO EN EL LABORATORIO SUBTERRANEO DE CANFRANC Y CAST EN EL CERN/ |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/240054/EU/Novel Developments in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for Rare Event Searches in Underground Astroparticle EXperiments/ |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CSD2008-00037/ES/Canfranc Underground Physics/ |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//FPA2009-13697-C04/ES/Fisica Experimental De Neutrinos/ |
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dc.rights.accessRights |
Abierto |
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dc.contributor.affiliation |
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica - Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica |
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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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Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular - Institut d'Instrumentació per a Imatge Molecular |
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dc.description.bibliographicCitation |
Gonzalez Diaz, D.; Álvarez Puerta, V.; Borges, FIG.; Camargo, M.; Carcel, S.; Cebrian, S.; Cervera, A.... (2015). Accurate gamma and MeV-electron track reconstruction with an ultra-low diffusion Xenon/TMA TPC at 10 atm. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 804:8-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.033 |
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S |
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dc.relation.publisherversion |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.033 |
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dc.description.upvformatpinicio |
8 |
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dc.description.upvformatpfin |
24 |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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dc.description.volume |
804 |
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dc.relation.senia |
307801 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1872-9576 |
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U.S. Department of Energy |
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
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European Commission |
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