| Title: |
Energy calibration of the NEXT-White detector with 1% resolution near Qββ of 136Xe |
| Authors: |
Renner, Joshua; Díaz López, G.; Ferrario, Paola; Hernando Morata, J.A.; Kekic, M.; Martínez Lema, Gonzalo; Monrabal Capilla, Francesc; Gómez Cadenas, Juan José; Adams, C.; Álvarez Puerta, Vicente; Arazi, L.; Arnquist, I.J.; Azevedo, C.D.R.; Bailey, K.; Ballester Merelo, Francisco José; Benlloch Rodríguez, J.M.; Borges, Filipa I.G.M.; Byrnes, N.; Cárcel García, Sara; Carrión, J.V.; Cebrián, Susana; Church, E.; Conde, Carlos A.N.; Contreras, T.; Díaz Medina, José; Diesburg, M.; Escada, J.; Esteve, Raúl; Felkai, R.; Fernandes, A.F.M.; Fernandes, L.M.P.; Ferreira, Antonio Luis; Freitas, Elisabete D.C.; Generowicz, J.; Ghosh, S.; Goldschmidt, Azriel; González-Díaz, Diego; Guenette, R.; Gutiérrez, Rafael María; Haefner, J.; Hafidi, K.; Hauptman, John M.; Henriques, C.A.O.; Herrero, P.; Herrero, Vicente; Ifergan, Y.; Johnston, S.; Jones, Benjamin J.P.; Labarga, Luis A.; Laing, Andrew; Lebrun, P.; López-March, N.; Losada, Marta; Mano, R.D.P.; Martín-Albo Simón, Justo; Martínez Pérez, Alberto; McDonald, Alison D.; Monteiro, Cristina M.B.; Mora, Francisco José; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Novella, P.; Nygren, David R.; Palmeiro, B.; Para, A.; Pérez Pérez, Javier; Psihas, F.; Querol, M.; Repond, J.; Riordan, S.; Ripoll Masferrer, Lluís; Rodríguez García, Y.; Rodríguez Samaniego, Javier; Rogers, L.; Romeo, B.; Romo-Luque, C.; Santos, Filomena P.; dos Santos, Joaquim M.F.; Simón Estévez, Ander; Sofka, C.; Sorel, Michel; Stiegler, T.; Toledo, J.F.; Torrent Collell, Jordi; Usón, A.; Veloso, João F.C.A.; Webb, R.C.; Weiss-Babai, R.; White, James T.; Woodruff, K.; Yahlali Haddou, Nadia |
| Source: |
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019, vol. 2019, art.num.230 ; Articles publicats (D-EMCI) |
| Publisher Information: |
Springer Verlag |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
Universitat de Girona: DUGiDocs (UdG Digital Repository) |
| Subject Terms: |
Calibratge; Calibration; Detectors; Física -- Mesuraments; Physical measurements |
| Description: |
Excellent energy resolution is one of the primary advantages of electroluminescent high-pressure xenon TPCs. These detectors are promising tools in searching for rare physics events, such as neutrinoless double-beta decay (ββ0ν), which require precise energy measurements. Using the NEXT-White detector, developed by the NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) collaboration, we show for the first time that an energy resolution of 1% FWHM can be achieved at 2.6 MeV, establishing the present technology as the one with the best energy resolution of all xenon detectors for ββ0ν searches ; The NEXT Collaboration acknowledges support from the following agencies and institutions: the European Research Council (ERC) under the Advanced Grant 339787- NEXT; the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (2014–2020) under the Marie Sk lodowska-Curie Grant Agreements No. 674896, 690575 and 740055; the Ministerio de Econom´ıa y Competitividad and the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci´on y Universidades of Spain under grants FIS2014-53371-C04, RTI2018-095979, the Severo Ochoa Program SEV-2014-0398 and the María de Maetzu Program MDM-2016-0692; the GVA of Spain under grants PROMETEO/2016/120 and SEJI/2017/011; the Portuguese FCT under project PTDC/FIS-NUC/2525/2014, under project UID/FIS/04559/2013 to fund the activities of LIBPhys, and under grants PD/BD/105921/2014, SFRH/BPD/109180/2015 and SFRH/BPD/76842/2011; the U.S. Department of Energy under contracts number DE-AC02-06CH11357 (Argonne National Laboratory), DE-AC02-07CH11359 (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), DE-FG02- 13ER42020 (Texas A&M) and DE-SC0019223 / DE-SC0019054 (University of Texas at Arlington); and the University of Texas at Arlington. DGD acknowledges Ramon y Cajal program (Spain) under contract number RYC-2015-18820. We also warmly acknowledge the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and the Dark Side collaboration for their help with TPB coating of various parts of the NEXT-White TPC. Finally, we are ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1126-6708; 1029-8479 |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1126-6708; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1029-8479; https://hdl.handle.net/10256/18137 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10256/18137 |
| Rights: |
Attribution 4.0 International ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.25D14FAE |
| Database: |
BASE |