Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage

T Stiegler; S Sangiorgio; J. P Brodsky; M Heffner; S. Al Kharusi; G Anton; I. J Arnquist; I Badhrees; P. S Barbeau; D Beck; V Belov; T Bhatta; A Bolotnikov; P. A Breur; E Brown; T Brunner; E Caden; G. F Cao; L Cao; C Chambers; B Chana; S. A Charlebois; M Chiu; B Cleveland; M Coon; A Craycraft; J Dalmasson; T Daniels; L Darroch; A. De St Croix; A Der Mesrobian-Kabakian; K Deslandes; R DeVoe; M. L Di Vacri; J Dilling; Y. Y Ding; M. J Dolinski; A Dragone; J Echevers; F Edaltafar; M Elbeltagi; L Fabris; D Fairbank; W Fairbank; J Farine; S Ferrara; S Feyzbakhsh; G Gallina; P Gautam; G Giacomini; D Goeldi; R Gornea; G Gratta; E. V Hansen; E. W Hoppe; J Hößl; A House; M Hughes; A Iverson; A Jamil; M. J Jewell; X. S Jiang; A Karelin; L. J Kaufman; T Koffas; R Krücken; A Kuchenkov; K. S Kumar; Y Lan; A Larson; K. G Leach; B. G Lenardo; D. S Leonard; G Li; S Li; Z Li; C Licciardi; P Lv; R MacLellan; N Massacret; T McElroy; M Medina-Peregrina; T Michel; B Mong; D. C Moore; K Murray; P Nakarmi; C. R Natzke; R. J Newby; K Ni; Z Ning; O Njoya; F Nolet; O Nusair; K Odgers; A Odian; M Oriunno; J. L Orrell; G. S Ortega; I Ostrovskiy; C. T Overman; S Parent; A Piepke; A Pocar; J. -F Pratte; V Radeka; E Raguzin; S Rescia; F Retière; M Richman; A Robinson; T Rossignol; P. C Rowson; N Roy; R Saldanha; K. Skarpaas Viii; A. K Soma; G St-Hilaire; V Stekhanov; X. L Sun; M Tarka; S Thibado; A Tidball; J Todd; T. I Totev; R Tsang; T Tsang; F Vachon; V Veeraraghavan; S Viel; G Visser; C Vivo-Vilches; J. -L Vuilleumier; M Wagenpfeil; T Wager; M Walent; Q Wang; W Wei; L. J Wen; U Wichoski; M Worcester; S. X Wu; W. H Wu; X Wu; Q Xia; H Yang; L Yang; O Zeldovich; J Zhao; Y Zhou; T Ziegler; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

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Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage

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Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage

T Stiegler, S Sangiorgio, J. P Brodsky, M Heffner, S. Al Kharusi, G Anton, I. J Arnquist, I Badhrees, P. S Barbeau, D Beck, …

Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.1000(na), p.165239

01/06/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165239

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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors

Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 1000 (2021) 165239 nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) experiment using liquid ^{136}Xe$ (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scintillation signals. Between the field cage and the LXe vessel, a layer of LXe ("skin" LXe) is present, where no ionization signal is collected. Only scintillation photons are detected, owing to the lack of optical barrier around the field cage. In this work, we show that the light originating in the skin LXe region can be used to improve background discrimination by 5% over previous published estimates. This improvement comes from two elements. First, a fraction of the $\gamma$-ray background is removed by identifying light from interactions with an energy deposition in the skin LXe. Second, background from ^{222}Rn$ dissolved in the skin LXe can be efficiently rejected by tagging the $\alpha$ decay in the ^{214}Bi-{}^{214}Po$ chain in the skin LXe.

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Title: Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field Cage
Creators - without role: T Stiegler - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S Sangiorgio - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
J. P Brodsky - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
M Heffner - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S. Al Kharusi - nEXO Collaboration
G Anton - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
I. J Arnquist - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
I Badhrees - Carleton University
P. S Barbeau - Duke University
D Beck - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
V Belov - Kurchatov Institute
T Bhatta - University of Kentucky
A Bolotnikov - Brookhaven National Laboratory
P. A Breur - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
E Brown - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
T Brunner - McGill University
E Caden - Laurentian University
G. F Cao - Chinese Academy of Sciences
L Cao - Chinese Academy of Sciences
C Chambers - McGill University
B Chana - McGill University
S. A Charlebois - McGill University
M Chiu - McGill University
B Cleveland - McGill University
M Coon - McGill University
A Craycraft - nEXO Collaboration
J Dalmasson - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
T Daniels - TRIUMF
L Darroch - Institute of Microelectronics
A. De St Croix - nEXO Collaboration
A Der Mesrobian-Kabakian - nEXO Collaboration
K Deslandes - Brookhaven National Laboratory
R DeVoe - McGill University
M. L Di Vacri - nEXO Collaboration
J Dilling - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Y. Y Ding - nEXO Collaboration
M. J Dolinski - nEXO Collaboration
A Dragone - nEXO Collaboration
J Echevers - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
F Edaltafar - Institute of High Energy Physics
M Elbeltagi - McGill University
L Fabris - Institute of Microelectronics
D Fairbank - Laurentian University
W Fairbank - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
J Farine - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
S Ferrara - McGill University
S Feyzbakhsh - McGill University
G Gallina - Institute of High Energy Physics
P Gautam - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
G Giacomini - Institute of High Energy Physics
D Goeldi - Laurentian University
R Gornea - McGill University
G Gratta - Institute of High Energy Physics
E. V Hansen - nEXO Collaboration
E. W Hoppe - nEXO Collaboration
J Hößl - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
A House - nEXO Collaboration
M Hughes - McGill University
A Iverson - nEXO Collaboration
A Jamil - nEXO Collaboration
M. J Jewell - nEXO Collaboration
X. S Jiang - nEXO Collaboration
A Karelin - nEXO Collaboration
L. J Kaufman - nEXO Collaboration
T Koffas - TRIUMF
R Krücken - McGill University
A Kuchenkov - nEXO Collaboration
K. S Kumar - nEXO Collaboration
Y Lan - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A Larson - nEXO Collaboration
K. G Leach - nEXO Collaboration
B. G Lenardo - nEXO Collaboration
D. S Leonard - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
G Li - Institute of High Energy Physics
S Li - McGill University
Z Li - nEXO Collaboration
C Licciardi - McGill University
P Lv - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
R MacLellan - McGill University
N Massacret - Laurentian University
T McElroy - McGill University
M Medina-Peregrina - McGill University
T Michel - TRIUMF
B Mong - McGill University
D. C Moore - nEXO Collaboration
K Murray - Brookhaven National Laboratory
P Nakarmi - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
C. R Natzke - nEXO Collaboration
R. J Newby - nEXO Collaboration
K Ni - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Z Ning - nEXO Collaboration
O Njoya - Institute of Microelectronics
F Nolet - Institute of High Energy Physics
O Nusair - Institute of Microelectronics
K Odgers - Brookhaven National Laboratory
A Odian - nEXO Collaboration
M Oriunno - McGill University
J. L Orrell - nEXO Collaboration
G. S Ortega - nEXO Collaboration
I Ostrovskiy - Brookhaven National Laboratory
C. T Overman - nEXO Collaboration
S Parent - nEXO Collaboration
A Piepke - nEXO Collaboration
A Pocar - nEXO Collaboration
J. -F Pratte - nEXO Collaboration
V Radeka - nEXO Collaboration
E Raguzin - nEXO Collaboration
S Rescia - nEXO Collaboration
F Retière - nEXO Collaboration
M Richman - nEXO Collaboration
A Robinson - nEXO Collaboration
T Rossignol - nEXO Collaboration
P. C Rowson - nEXO Collaboration
N Roy - nEXO Collaboration
R Saldanha - nEXO Collaboration
K. Skarpaas Viii - nEXO Collaboration
A. K Soma - nEXO Collaboration
G St-Hilaire - nEXO Collaboration
V Stekhanov - nEXO Collaboration
X. L Sun - nEXO Collaboration
M Tarka - nEXO Collaboration
S Thibado - nEXO Collaboration
A Tidball - nEXO Collaboration
J Todd - nEXO Collaboration
T. I Totev - nEXO Collaboration
R Tsang - nEXO Collaboration
T Tsang - nEXO Collaboration
F Vachon - nEXO Collaboration
V Veeraraghavan - nEXO Collaboration
S Viel - nEXO Collaboration
G Visser - nEXO Collaboration
C Vivo-Vilches - nEXO Collaboration
J. -L Vuilleumier - nEXO Collaboration
M Wagenpfeil - nEXO Collaboration
T Wager - nEXO Collaboration
M Walent - nEXO Collaboration
Q Wang - nEXO Collaboration
W Wei - nEXO Collaboration
L. J Wen - nEXO Collaboration
U Wichoski - nEXO Collaboration
M Worcester - nEXO Collaboration
S. X Wu - nEXO Collaboration
W. H Wu - nEXO Collaboration
X Wu - nEXO Collaboration
Q Xia - nEXO Collaboration
H Yang - nEXO Collaboration
L Yang - nEXO Collaboration
O Zeldovich - nEXO Collaboration
J Zhao - nEXO Collaboration
Y Zhou - nEXO Collaboration
T Ziegler - nEXO Collaboration
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Publication Details: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.1000(na), p.165239
Identifiers: 9918882108331
Academic Unit: King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology; King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Preprint