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Title: High voltage insulation and gas absorption of polymers in high pressure argon and xenon gases

Abstract

High pressure gas time projection chambers (HPGTPCs) are made with a variety of materials, many of which still await proper characterization in high pressure noble gas environments. Further, as HPGTPCs increase in size toward ton-scale detectors, assemblies become larger and more complex, creating a need for detailed understanding of how structural supports and high voltage insulators behave. This includes identification of materials with predictable mechanical properties and without surface charge accumulation that may lead to field deformation or sparking. This paper explores the mechanical and electrical effects of high pressure gas environments on insulating polymers PTFE, HDPE, PEEK, POM and UHMW in argon and xenon, including studying gas absorption, swelling and high voltage insulation strength.

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  1. Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States)
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Paterna (Spain)
  4. Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheeva (Israel)
  5. Univ. de Aveiro (Portugal)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  7. Univ. Politècnica de València (Spain)
  8. Univ. of Coimbra (Portugal)
  9. Univ. de Zaragoza (Spain)
  10. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  11. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Paterna (Spain); Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao (Spain); Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) (Spain)
  12. Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) (Spain)
  13. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  14. Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  15. Univ. Antonio Nariño, Bagota (Columbia)
  16. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  17. Autonomous Univ. of Madrid (Spain)
  18. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Paterna (Spain); Univ. de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  19. Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States); Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) (Spain)
  20. Univ. de Girona (Spain)
  21. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Paterna (Spain); Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
  22. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO); European Union - Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme
Contributing Org.:
The NEXT Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1487141
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1550815; OSTI ID: 1908629
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC02-07CH11359; FG02-13ER42020; SC0011686; SC0017721; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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Rogers, L., Clark, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., McDonald, A. D., Nygren, D. R., Psihas, F., Adams, C., Álvarez, V., Arazi, L., Azevedo, C. D. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. I. G. M., Botas, A., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Conde, C. A. N., Díaz, J., Diesburg, M., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Fernandes, A. F. M., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González-Díaz, D., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. A. O., Hernandez, A. I., Morata, J. A. Hernando, Herrero, V., Johnston, S., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Laing, A., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. D. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez, A., Martínez-Lema, G., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. M. B., Mora, F. J., Vidal, J. Muñoz, Musti, M., Nebot-Guinot, M., Novella, P., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Querol, M., Renner, J., Repond, J., Riordan, S., Ripoll, L., Rodríguez, J., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., Santos, J. M. F. dos, Simón, A., Sofka, C., Sorel, M., Stiegler, T., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Veloso, J. F. C. A., Webb, R., White, J. T., and Yahlali, N. High voltage insulation and gas absorption of polymers in high pressure argon and xenon gases. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10002.
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Rogers, L., Clark, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., McDonald, A. D., Nygren, D. R., Psihas, F., Adams, C., Álvarez, V., Arazi, L., Azevedo, C. D. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. I. G. M., Botas, A., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Conde, C. A. N., Díaz, J., Diesburg, M., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Fernandes, A. F. M., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González-Díaz, D., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. A. O., Hernandez, A. I., Morata, J. A. Hernando, Herrero, V., Johnston, S., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Laing, A., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. D. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez, A., Martínez-Lema, G., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. M. B., Mora, F. J., Vidal, J. Muñoz, Musti, M., Nebot-Guinot, M., Novella, P., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Querol, M., Renner, J., Repond, J., Riordan, S., Ripoll, L., Rodríguez, J., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., Santos, J. M. F. dos, Simón, A., Sofka, C., Sorel, M., Stiegler, T., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Veloso, J. F. C. A., Webb, R., White, J. T., & Yahlali, N. High voltage insulation and gas absorption of polymers in high pressure argon and xenon gases. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10002
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Rogers, L., Clark, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., McDonald, A. D., Nygren, D. R., Psihas, F., Adams, C., Álvarez, V., Arazi, L., Azevedo, C. D. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. I. G. M., Botas, A., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Conde, C. A. N., Díaz, J., Diesburg, M., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Fernandes, A. F. M., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González-Díaz, D., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. A. O., Hernandez, A. I., Morata, J. A. Hernando, Herrero, V., Johnston, S., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Laing, A., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. D. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez, A., Martínez-Lema, G., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. M. B., Mora, F. J., Vidal, J. Muñoz, Musti, M., Nebot-Guinot, M., Novella, P., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Querol, M., Renner, J., Repond, J., Riordan, S., Ripoll, L., Rodríguez, J., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., Santos, J. M. F. dos, Simón, A., Sofka, C., Sorel, M., Stiegler, T., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Veloso, J. F. C. A., Webb, R., White, J. T., and Yahlali, N. Mon . "High voltage insulation and gas absorption of polymers in high pressure argon and xenon gases". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1487141.
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@article{osti_1487141,
title = {High voltage insulation and gas absorption of polymers in high pressure argon and xenon gases},
author = {Rogers, L. and Clark, R. A. and Jones, B. J. P. and McDonald, A. D. and Nygren, D. R. and Psihas, F. and Adams, C. and Álvarez, V. and Arazi, L. and Azevedo, C. D. R. and Bailey, K. and Ballester, F. and Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M. and Borges, F. I. G. M. and Botas, A. and Cárcel, S. and Carrión, J. V. and Cebrián, S. and Conde, C. A. N. and Díaz, J. and Diesburg, M. and Escada, J. and Esteve, R. and Felkai, R. and Fernandes, A. F. M. and Fernandes, L. M. P. and Ferrario, P. and Ferreira, A. L. and Freitas, E. D. C. and Generowicz, J. and Goldschmidt, A. and Gómez-Cadenas, J. J. and González-Díaz, D. and Guenette, R. and Gutiérrez, R. M. and Hafidi, K. and Hauptman, J. and Henriques, C. A. O. and Hernandez, A. I. and Morata, J. A. Hernando and Herrero, V. and Johnston, S. and Kekic, M. and Labarga, L. and Laing, A. and Lebrun, P. and López-March, N. and Losada, M. and Mano, R. D. P. and Martín-Albo, J. and Martínez, A. and Martínez-Lema, G. and Monrabal, F. and Monteiro, C. M. B. and Mora, F. J. and Vidal, J. Muñoz and Musti, M. and Nebot-Guinot, M. and Novella, P. and Palmeiro, B. and Para, A. and Pérez, J. and Querol, M. and Renner, J. and Repond, J. and Riordan, S. and Ripoll, L. and Rodríguez, J. and Romo-Luque, C. and Santos, F. P. and Santos, J. M. F. dos and Simón, A. and Sofka, C. and Sorel, M. and Stiegler, T. and Toledo, J. F. and Torrent, J. and Veloso, J. F. C. A. and Webb, R. and White, J. T. and Yahlali, N.},
abstractNote = {High pressure gas time projection chambers (HPGTPCs) are made with a variety of materials, many of which still await proper characterization in high pressure noble gas environments. Further, as HPGTPCs increase in size toward ton-scale detectors, assemblies become larger and more complex, creating a need for detailed understanding of how structural supports and high voltage insulators behave. This includes identification of materials with predictable mechanical properties and without surface charge accumulation that may lead to field deformation or sparking. This paper explores the mechanical and electrical effects of high pressure gas environments on insulating polymers PTFE, HDPE, PEEK, POM and UHMW in argon and xenon, including studying gas absorption, swelling and high voltage insulation strength.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10002},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
number = 10,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {10}
}
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