12 documents found, page 1 of 2
Design, setup and routine operation of a water treatment system for the monitor...
Azevedo, C.D.R.; Baeza, A.; Chauveau, E.; Corbacho, J.A.; Díaz, J.; Domange, J.; Marquet, C.; Martínez-Roig, M.; Piquemal, F.; Roldán, C.; Vasco, J.In the TRITIUM project, an on-site monitoring system is being developed to measure tritium (3H) levels in water near nuclear power plants. The quite low-energy betas emitted by 3H have a very short average path in water (5 μm as shown by simulations for 18 keV electrons). This path would be further reduced by impurities present in the water, resulting in a significant reduction of the detection efficiency. Ther...
Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay s...
Adams, C.; Álvarez, V; Arazi, L.; Arnquist, I. J.; Azevedo, C. D. R; Bailey, K.; Ballester, F.; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M.; Borges, F. I. G. M.The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0 ) decay of 136Xe using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of enriched xenon could reach in less than 5 years of operation a sensitivity to the half-life of 0 decay better than 1027 years, improving the current limits by at least o...
Boosting background suppression in the NEXT experiment through Richardson-Lucy ...
Simón, A.; Ifergan, Y.; Redwine, A. B.; Weiss-Babai, R.; Arazi, L.; Adams, C.; Almazán, H.; Álvarez, V.; Aparicio, B.; Aranburu, A. I.; Arnquist, I. J.Submitted to JHEP; Next-generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiments aim for half-life sensitivities of ~$10^{27}$ yr, requiring suppressing backgrounds to <1 count/tonne/yr. For this, any extra background rejection handle, beyond excellent energy resolution and the use of extremely radiopure materials, is of utmost importance. The NEXT experiment exploits differences in the spatial ionization patterns...
Low-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence ...
Fernandes, A. F. M.; Henriques, C. A. O.; Mano, R.D.P.; González-Díaz, D.; Azevedo, C. D. R; Silva, P. A. O. C.; Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.; Freitas, E. D. C.High pressure xenon Time Projection Chambers (TPC) based on secondary scintillation (electroluminescence) signal amplification are being proposed for rare event detection such as directional dark matter, double electron capture and double beta decay detection. The discrimination of the rare event through the topological signature of primary ionisation trails is a major asset for this type of TPC when compared t...
Simulation results on a real-time in water tritium monitor
Azevedo, C. D. R.; Baeza, A.; Chauveau, E.; Corbacho, J. A.; Díaz, J.; Domange, J.; Marquet, C.; Martínez-Roig, M.; Piquemal, F.; Veloso, J. F. C. A.In this work we present simulation results for a modular tritium in-water real-time monitor. The system allows for scalability in order to achieve the required sensitivity. The modules are composed by 340 uncladed scintillating fibers immersed in water and 2 photosensors for light readout. Light yield and Birks' coefficient uncertainties for low energy beta particles is discussed. A study of the detection effic...
Sensitivity of NEXT-100 to neutrinoless double beta decay
NEXT Collaboration; Martín-Albo, J.; Vidal, J. Muñoz; Ferrario, P.; Nebot-Guinot, M.; Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.; Álvarez, V.; Azevedo, C. D. R.
Accurate gamma and MeV-electron track reconstruction with an ultra-low diffusio...
Gonzalez-Diaz, Diego; Alvarez, V.; Borges, F. I. G.; Camargo, M.; Carcel, S.; Cebrian, S.; Cervera, A.; Conde, C. A. N.; Dafni, T.; Diaz, J.; Esteve, R.
Radiopurity assessment of the tracking readout for the NEXT double beta decay e...
Cebrián, S.; Pérez, J.; Bandac, I.; Labarga, L.; Álvarez, V.; Barrado, A. I.; Bettini, A.; Borges, F. I. G. M.; Camargo, M.; Cárcel, S.; Cervera, A.
An improved measurement of electron-ion recombination in high-pressure xenon gas
Serra, L.; Sorel, M.; Álvarez, V.; Borges, F. I. G.; Camargo, M.; Cárcel, S.; Cebrián, S.; Cervera, A.; Conde, C. A. N.; Dafni, T.; Díaz, J.; Esteve, R.
PMT calibration of a scintillation detector using primary scintillation
Freitas, E. D. C.; Fernandes, L. M. P.; Yahlali, N.; Pérez, J.; Álvarez, V.; Borges, F. I. G.; Camargo, M.; Cárcel, S.; Cebrián, S.; Cervera, A.