Operation and first results of the NEXT-DEMO prototype using a silicon photomultiplier tracking array

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; G. Martínez; T. Miller; A. Moiseenko; F. Monrabal; M. Monserrate; 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; J. F.C.A. Veloso; J. A. Villar; R. Webb; J. T. White; N. Yahlali

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/09/P09011

Operation and first results of the NEXT-DEMO prototype using a silicon photomultiplier tracking array

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, G. Martínez, T. Miller, A. Moiseenko, F. Monrabal, M. Monserrate, 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, J. F.C.A. Veloso, J. A. Villar, R. Webb, J. T. White, N. Yahlali

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NEXT-DEMO is a high-pressure xenon gas TPC which acts as a technological test-bed and demonstrator for the NEXT-100 neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. In its current configuration the apparatus fully implements the NEXT-100 design concept. This is an asymmetric TPC, with an energy plane made of photomultipliers and a tracking plane made of silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) coated with TPB. The detector in this new configuration has been used to reconstruct the characteristic signature of electrons in dense gas, demonstrating the ability to identify the MIP and ''blob'' regions. Moreover, the SiPM tracking plane allows for the definition of a large fiducial region in which an excellent energy resolution of 1.82% FWHM at 511 keV has been measured (a value which extrapolates to 0.83% at the xenon Qββ).

Original language	English (US)
Article number	P09011
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	8
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/09/P09011
State	Published - Sep 2013

Keywords

Double-beta decay detectors
Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors)
Pattern recognition
Time projection chambers
calibration and fitting methods
cluster finding

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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). Operation and first results of the NEXT-DEMO prototype using a silicon photomultiplier tracking array. Journal of Instrumentation, 8(9), Article P09011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/09/P09011

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, Martínez, G, Miller, T, Moiseenko, A, Monrabal, F, Monserrate, M, 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, Veloso, JFCA, Villar, JA, Webb, R, White, JT & Yahlali, N 2013, 'Operation and first results of the NEXT-DEMO prototype using a silicon photomultiplier tracking array', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 8, no. 9, P09011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/09/P09011

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