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Observation and applications of single-electron charge signals in the XENON100 experiment
E. Aprile
M. Alfonsi
K. Arisaka
F. Arneodo
C. Balan
L. Baudis
B. Bauermeister
A. Behrens
Philippe Beltrame
K. Bokeloh
A. Brown
E. Brown
S. Bruenner
G. Bruno
R. Budnik
J. M. R. Cardoso
W. -T. Chen
1
B. Choi
A. P. Colijn
H. Contreras
Jean-Pierre Cussonneau
1
M. P. Decowski
E. Duchovni
S. Fattori
A. D. Ferella
W. Fulgione
F. Gao
M. Garbini
C. Ghag
K. -L. Giboni
L. W. Goetzke
C. Grignon
E. Gross
W. Hampel
R. Itay
F. Kaether
G. Kessler
A. Kish
J. Lamblin
H. Landsman
R. F. Lang
M. Le Calloch
1
C. Levy
K. E. Lim
Q. Lin
S. Lindemann
M. Lindner
J. A. M. Lopes
K. Lung
T. Marrodan Undagoitia
F. V. Massoli
A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez
Y. Meng
M. Messina
A. Molinario
J. Naganoma
K. Ni
U. Oberlack
S. E. A. Orrigo
E. Pantic
R. Persiani
F. Piastra
G. Plante
N. Priel
A. Rizzo
S. Rosendahl
J. M. F. Dos Santos
G. Sartorelli
J. Schreiner
M. Schumann
L. Scotto Lavina
1
M. Selvi
P. Shagin
H. Simgen
A. Teymourian
D. Thers
1
O. Vitells
H. Wang
M. Weber
C. Weinheimer
Jean-Pierre Cussonneau 1
Author IdHAL : jean-pierre-cussonneau
M. P. Decowski
Author
E. Duchovni
Author
S. Fattori
Author
J. Schreiner
Author
M. Schumann
Author
L. Scotto Lavina 1
Author IdHAL : luca-scotto-lavina arXiv : https://arxiv.org/a/scotto ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3483-8800
M. Selvi
Author
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SUBATECH - Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (4, rue Alfred Kastler - 44070 Nantes Cedex 03 - France)
- Mines Nantes - Mines Nantes (La Chantrerie - 4, rue Alfred Kastler - BP 20722 - 44307 Nantes cedex 3 - France)
- UN - Université de Nantes (1, quai de Tourville - BP 13522 - 44035 Nantes cedex 1 - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6457 (France)
Abstract : The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon in a time projection chamber (TPC) to measure xenon nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). In this paper, we report the observation of single-electron charge signals which are not related to WIMP interactions. These signals, which show the excellent sensitivity of the detector to small charge signals, are explained as being due to the photoionization of impurities in the liquid xenon and of the metal components inside the TPC. They are used as a unique calibration source to characterize the detector. We explain how we can infer crucial parameters for the XENON100 experiment: the secondary-scintillation gain, the extraction yield from the liquid to the gas phase and the electron drift velocity.
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- HAL Id : in2p3-00919335, version 1
- ARXIV : 1311.1088
- DOI : 10.1088/0954-3899/41/3/035201
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E. Aprile, M. Alfonsi, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, C. Balan, et al.. Observation and applications of single-electron charge signals in the XENON100 experiment. Journal of Physics G Nuclear Physics, Institute of Physics (IOP), 2014, 41, pp.035201. ⟨10.1088/0954-3899/41/3/035201⟩. ⟨in2p3-00919335⟩
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