Improved measurements of the β -decay response of liquid xenon with the LUX detector

Akerib, D. S.; Alsum, S.; Araújo, H. M.; Bai, X.; Balajthy, J.; Baxter, A.; Beltrame, P.; Bernard, E. P.; Bernstein, A.; Biesiadzinski, T. P.; Boulton, E. M.; Boxer, B.; Brás, P.; Burdin, S.; Byram, D.; Carmona-Benitez, M. C.; Chan, C.; Cutter, J. E.; de Viveiros, L.; Druszkiewicz, E.; Fallon, S. R.; Fan, A.; Fiorucci, S.; Gaitskell, R. J.; Genovesi, J.; Ghag, C.; Gilchriese, M. G.  D.; Gwilliam, C.; Hall, C. R.; Haselschwardt, S. J.; Hertel, S. A.; Hogan, D. P.; Horn, M.; Huang, D. Q.; Ignarra, C. M.; Jacobsen, R. G.; Jahangir, O.; Ji, W.; Kamdin, K.; Kazkaz, K.; Khaitan, D.; Korolkova, E. V.; Kravitz, S.; Kudryavtsev, V. A.; Leason, E.; Lenardo, B. G.; Lesko, K. T.; Liao, J.; Lin, J.; Lindote, A.; Lopes, M. I.; Manalaysay, A.; Mannino, R. L.; Marangou, N.; Marzioni, M. F.; McKinsey, D. N.; Mei, D. -M.; Moongweluwan, M.; Morad, J. A.; Murphy, A. St.  J.; Naylor, A.; Nehrkorn, C.; Nelson, H. N.; Neves, F.; Nilima, A.; Oliver-Mallory, K. C.; Palladino, K. J.; Pease, E. K.; Riffard, Q.; Rischbieter, G. R.  C.; Rhyne, C.; Rossiter, P.; Shaw, S.; Shutt, T. A.; Silva, C.; Solmaz, M.; Solovov, V. N.; Sorensen, P.; Sumner, T. J.; Szydagis, M.; Taylor, D. J.; Taylor, R.; Taylor, W. C.; Tennyson, B. P.; Terman, P. A.; Tiedt, D. R.; To, W. H.; Tripathi, M.; Tvrznikova, L.; Utku, U.; Uvarov, S.; Vacheret, A.; Velan, V.; Webb, R. C.; White, J. T.; Whitis, T. J.; Witherell, M. S.; Wolfs, F. L.  H.; Woodward, D.; Xu, J.; Zhang, C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.022002

Title: Improved measurements of the $β$ -decay response of liquid xenon with the LUX detector

Journal Article · 09 July 2019 · Physical Review D

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.022002 · OSTI ID:1544434

Akerib, D. S. ^[1]; Alsum, S.; Araújo, H. M.; Bai, X.; Balajthy, J.; Baxter, A.; Beltrame, P.; Bernard, E. P.; Bernstein, A.; Biesiadzinski, T. P.; Boulton, E. M.; Boxer, B.; Brás, P.; Burdin, S.; Byram, D.; Carmona-Benitez, M. C.; Chan, C.; Cutter, J. E.; de Viveiros, L.; Druszkiewicz, E. more »

Nuclear Science and Security Consortium

Here, we report results from an extensive set of measurements of the β-decay response in liquid xenon. These measurements are derived from high-statistics calibration data from injected sources of both ³H and ¹⁴C in the LUX detector. The mean light-to-charge ratio is reported for 13 electric field values ranging from 43 to 491 V/cm, and for energies ranging from 1.5 to 145 keV.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-20); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: LUX Collaboration; Nuclear Science and Security Consortium

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003180; SC0008475

OSTI ID:: 1544434

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1546494; OSTI ID: 1546713; OSTI ID: 1561935; OSTI ID: 1870086; OSTI ID: 1658375; OSTI ID: 1596294

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 100; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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