Development of a 127Xe calibration source for nEXO

Lenardo, B. G.; Hardy, C. A.; Tsang, R. H.M.; Nzobadila Ondze, J. C.; Piepke, A.; Triambak, S.; Jamil, A.; Adhikari, G.; Al Kharusi, S.; Angelico, E.; Arnquist, I. J.; Belov, V.; Bernard, E. P.; Bhat, A.; Bhatta, T.; Bolotnikov, A.; Breur, P. A.; Brodsky, J. P.; Brown, E.; Brunner, T.; Caden, E.; Cao, G. F.; Cao, L.; Chana, B.; Charlebois, S. A.; Chernyak, D.; Chiu, M.; Cohen, J. R.; Collister, R.; Dalmasson, J.; Daniels, T.; Darroch, L.; DeVoe, R.; di Vacri, M. L.; Ding, Y. Y.; Dolinski, M. J.; Echevers, J.; Eckert, B.; Elbeltagi, M.; Fabris, L.; Fairbank, D.; Fairbank, W.; Farine, J.; Fu, Y. S.; Gallina, G.; Gautam, P.; Giacomini, G.; Gillis, W.; Gingras, C.; Gornea, R.; Gratta, G.; Harouaka, K.; Heffner, M.; Hein, E.; Hößl, J.; House, A.; Iverson, A.; Jiang, X. S.; Karelin, A.; Kaufman, L. J.; Krücken, R.; Kuchenkov, A.; Kumar, K. S.; Larson, A.; Leach, K. G.; Leonard, D. S.; Li, G.; Li, S.; Li, Z.; Licciardi, C.; Lindsay, R.; MacLellan, R.; Masbou, J.; McMichael, K.; Medina Peregrina, M.; Mong, B.; Moore, D. C.; Murray, K.; Nattress, J.; Natzke, C. R.; Ngwadla, X. E.; Ni, K.; Ning, Z.; Orrell, J. L.; Ortega, G. S.; Ostrovskiy, I.; Overman, C. T.; Perna, A.; Pinto Franco, T.; Pocar, A.; Pratte, J. F.; Priel, N.; Raguzin, E.; Ramonnye, G. J.; Rasiwala, H.; Raymond, K.; Richardson, G.; Richman, M.; Ringuette, J.; Rowson, P. C.; Saldanha, R.; Sangiorgio, S.; Shang, X.; Soma, A. K.; Spadoni, F.; Stekhanov, V.; Sun, X. L.; Thibado, S.; Tidball, A.; Todd, J.; Totev, T.; Tyuka, O. A.; Vachon, F.; Veeraraghavan, V.; Viel, S.; Wamba, K.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Q.; Wei, W.; Wen, L. J.; Wichoski, U.; Wilde, S.; Wu, W. H.; Yan, W.; Yang, L.; Zeldovich, O.; Zhao, J.; Ziegler, T.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/p07028

Development of a ¹²⁷Xe calibration source for nEXO

Journal Article · Wed Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/p07028· OSTI ID:1898602

Lenardo, B. G. ^[1]; Hardy, C. A.; Tsang, R. H.M.; Nzobadila Ondze, J. C.; Piepke, A.; Triambak, S.; Jamil, A.; Adhikari, G.; Al Kharusi, S.; Angelico, E.; Arnquist, I. J.; Belov, V.; Bernard, E. P.; Bhat, A.; Bhatta, T.; Bolotnikov, A.; Breur, P. A.; Brodsky, J. P.; Brown, E.; Brunner, T. more »

Stanford Univ., CA (United States); nEXO Collaboration. et al.

Here, we study a possible calibration technique for the nEXO experiment using a ¹²⁷Xe electron capture source. nEXO is a next-generation search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) that will use a 5-tonne, monolithic liquid xenon time projection chamber (TPC). The xenon, used both as source and detection medium, will be enriched to 90% in ¹³⁶Xe. To optimize the event reconstruction and energy resolution, calibrations are needed to map the position- and time-dependent detector response. The 36.3 day half-life of ¹²⁷Xe and its small Q-value compared to that of ¹³⁶Xe 0νββ would allow a small activity to be maintained continuously in the detector during normal operations without introducing additional backgrounds, thereby enabling in-situ calibration and monitoring of the detector response. In this work we describe a process for producing the source and preliminary experimental tests. We then use simulations to project the precision with which such a source could calibrate spatial corrections to the light and charge response of the nEXO TPC.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Contributing Organization:: The nEXO Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC05-76RL01830; AC52-07NA27344; SC0012704; SC0017970

OSTI ID:: 1898602

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1902057
OSTI ID: 1903456
OSTI ID: 1922612
OSTI ID: 2202535
OSTI ID: 1984368
OSTI ID: 1992037

Report Number(s):: BNL--223681-2022-JAAM; BNL-223758-2022-JAAM; LLNL--JRNL-839806; PNNL-SA--178273; PNNL-SA-178273

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 07 Vol. 17; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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