Initial results of NEXT-DEMO, a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 experiment

V. Álvarez; F. I.G. Borges; S. Cárcel; J. Castel; S. Cebrián; A. Cervera; C. A.N. Conde; T. Dafni; T. H.V.T. Dias; J. Díaz; M. Egorov; R. Esteve; P. Evtoukhovitch; L. M.P. Fernandes; P. Ferrario; A. L. Ferreira; E. D.C. Freitas; V. M. Gehman; A. Gil; A. Goldschmidt; H. Gómez; J. J. Gómez-Cadenas; D. González-Díaz; R. M. Gutiérrez; J. Hauptman; J. A. Hernando Morata; D. C. Herrera; F. J. Iguaz; I. G. Irastorza; M. A. Jinete; L. Labarga; A. Laing; I. Liubarsky; J. A.M. Lopes; D. Lorca; M. Losada; G. Luzón; A. Marí; J. Martín-Albo; A. Martínez; T. Miller; A. Moiseenko; F. Monrabal; C. M.B. Monteiro; F. J. Mora; L. M. Moutinho; J. Muñoz Vidal; H. Natal Da Luz; G. Navarro; M. Nebot-Guinot; D. Nygren; C. A.B. Oliveira; R. Palma; J. Pérez; J. L. Pérez Aparicio; J. Renner; L. Ripoll; A. Rodríguez; J. Rodríguez; F. P. Santos; J. M.F. Dos Santos; L. Seguí; L. Serra; D. Shuman; A. Simón; C. Sofka; M. Sorel; J. F. Toledo; A. Tomás; J. Torrent; Z. Tsamalaidze; D. Vázquez; J. F.C.A. Veloso; J. A. Villar; R. Webb; J. T. White; N. Yahlali

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Initial results of NEXT-DEMO, a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 experiment

V. Álvarez, F. I.G. Borges, S. Cárcel, J. Castel, S. Cebrián, A. Cervera, C. A.N. Conde, T. Dafni, T. H.V.T. Dias, J. Díaz, M. Egorov, R. Esteve, P. Evtoukhovitch, L. M.P. Fernandes, P. Ferrario, A. L. Ferreira, E. D.C. Freitas, V. M. Gehman, A. Gil, A. GoldschmidtH. Gómez, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, D. González-Díaz, R. M. Gutiérrez, J. Hauptman, J. A. Hernando Morata, D. C. Herrera, F. J. Iguaz, I. G. Irastorza, M. A. Jinete, L. Labarga, A. Laing, I. Liubarsky, J. A.M. Lopes, D. Lorca, M. Losada, G. Luzón, A. Marí, J. Martín-Albo, A. Martínez, T. Miller, A. Moiseenko, F. Monrabal, C. M.B. Monteiro, F. J. Mora, L. M. Moutinho, J. Muñoz Vidal, H. Natal Da Luz, G. Navarro, M. Nebot-Guinot, D. Nygren, C. A.B. Oliveira, R. Palma, J. Pérez, J. L. Pérez Aparicio, J. Renner, L. Ripoll, A. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez, F. P. Santos, J. M.F. Dos Santos, L. Seguí, L. Serra, D. Shuman, A. Simón, C. Sofka, M. Sorel, J. F. Toledo, A. Tomás, J. Torrent, Z. Tsamalaidze, D. Vázquez, J. F.C.A. Veloso, J. A. Villar, R. Webb, J. T. White, N. Yahlali

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NEXT-DEMO is a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 detector, an electroluminescent time projection chamber that will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of ₁₃₆XE using 100-150 kg of enriched xenon gas. NEXT-DEMO was built to prove the expected performance of NEXT-100, namely, energy resolution better than 1% FWHM at 2.5 MeV and event topological reconstruction. In this paper we describe the prototype and its initial results. A resolution of 1.75% FWHM at 511 keV (which extrapolates to 0.8% FWHM at 2.5 MeV) was obtained at 10 bar pressure using a gamma-ray calibration source. Also, a basic study of the event topology along the longitudinal coordinate is presented, proving that it is possible to identify the distinct dE/dx of electron tracks in high-pressure xenon using an electroluminescence TPC.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	P04002
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/04/P04002
State	Published - Apr 2013

Keywords

Double-beta decay detectors
Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods
Time projection chambers

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Mathematical Physics

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Álvarez, V., Borges, F. I. G., Cárcel, S., Castel, J., Cebrián, S., Cervera, A., Conde, C. A. N., Dafni, T., Dias, T. H. V. T., Díaz, J., Egorov, M., Esteve, R., Evtoukhovitch, P., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., Gehman, V. M., Gil, A., ... Yahlali, N. (2013). Initial results of NEXT-DEMO, a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 experiment. Journal of Instrumentation, 8(4), Article P04002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/04/P04002

Álvarez, V, Borges, FIG, Cárcel, S, Castel, J, Cebrián, S, Cervera, A, Conde, CAN, Dafni, T, Dias, THVT, Díaz, J, Egorov, M, Esteve, R, Evtoukhovitch, P, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Freitas, EDC, Gehman, VM, Gil, A, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez, H, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González-Díaz, D, Gutiérrez, RM, Hauptman, J, Hernando Morata, JA, Herrera, DC, Iguaz, FJ, Irastorza, IG, Jinete, MA, Labarga, L, Laing, A, Liubarsky, I, Lopes, JAM, Lorca, D, Losada, M, Luzón, G, Marí, A, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez, A, Miller, T, Moiseenko, A, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Moutinho, LM, Muñoz Vidal, J, Natal Da Luz, H, Navarro, G, Nebot-Guinot, M, Nygren, D, Oliveira, CAB, Palma, R, Pérez, J, Pérez Aparicio, JL, Renner, J, Ripoll, L, Rodríguez, A, Rodríguez, J, Santos, FP, Dos Santos, JMF, Seguí, L, Serra, L, Shuman, D, Simón, A, Sofka, C, Sorel, M, Toledo, JF, Tomás, A, Torrent, J, Tsamalaidze, Z, Vázquez, D, Veloso, JFCA, Villar, JA, Webb, R, White, JT & Yahlali, N 2013, 'Initial results of NEXT-DEMO, a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 experiment', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 8, no. 4, P04002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/04/P04002

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