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Title: The NEXT White (NEW) detector

Abstract

Conceived to host 5 kg of xenon at a pressure of 15 bar in the fiducial volume, the NEXT-White apparatus is currently the largest high pressure xenon gas TPC using electroluminescent amplification in the world. It is also a 1:2 scale model of the NEXT-100 detector for 136Xe ββ0ν decay searches, scheduled to start operations in 2019. Both detectors measure the energy of the event using a plane of photomultipliers located behind a transparent cathode. They can also reconstruct the trajectories of charged tracks in the dense gas of the TPC with the help of a plane of silicon photomultipliers located behind the anode. A sophisticated gas system, common to both detectors, allows the high gas purity needed to guarantee a long electron lifetime. NEXT-White has been operating since October 2016 at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC), in Spain. This paper describes the detector and associated infrastructures, as well as the main aspects of its initial operation.

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Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
European Research Council (ERC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
The NEXT Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1494680
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Double-beta decay detectors; Particle tracking detectors; Scintillators; Time projection chambers; scintillation and light emission processes (solid gas and liquid scintillators)

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Monrabal, F., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., Toledo, J. F., Laing, A., Álvarez, V., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Herrero, V., Martínez, A., Musti, M., Querol, M., Rodríguez, J., Simón, A., Sofka, C., Torrent, J., Webb, R., White, J. T., Adams, C., Arazi, L., Azevedo, C. D. R., Bailey, K., Borges, F. I. G. M., Botas, A., Cebrián, S., Conde, C. A. N., Díaz, J., Diesburg, M., Escada, J., Fernandes, A. F. M., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., González-Díaz, D., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. A. O., Hernandez, A. I., Morata, J. A. Hernando, Johnston, S., Jones, B. J. P., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. D. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez-Lema, G., McDonald, A., Monteiro, C. M. B., Mora, F. J., Vidal, J. Muñoz, Nebot-Guinot, M., Novella, P., Nygren, D. R., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Renner, J., Repond, J., Riordan, S., Ripoll, L., Rogers, L., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., Santos, J. M. F. dos, Sorel, M., Stiegler, T., Veloso, J. F. C. A., and Yahlali, N. The NEXT White (NEW) detector. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12010.
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Monrabal, F., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., Toledo, J. F., Laing, A., Álvarez, V., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Herrero, V., Martínez, A., Musti, M., Querol, M., Rodríguez, J., Simón, A., Sofka, C., Torrent, J., Webb, R., White, J. T., Adams, C., Arazi, L., Azevedo, C. D. R., Bailey, K., Borges, F. I. G. M., Botas, A., Cebrián, S., Conde, C. A. N., Díaz, J., Diesburg, M., Escada, J., Fernandes, A. F. M., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., González-Díaz, D., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. A. O., Hernandez, A. I., Morata, J. A. Hernando, Johnston, S., Jones, B. J. P., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. D. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez-Lema, G., McDonald, A., Monteiro, C. M. B., Mora, F. J., Vidal, J. Muñoz, Nebot-Guinot, M., Novella, P., Nygren, D. R., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Renner, J., Repond, J., Riordan, S., Ripoll, L., Rogers, L., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., Santos, J. M. F. dos, Sorel, M., Stiegler, T., Veloso, J. F. C. A., & Yahlali, N. The NEXT White (NEW) detector. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12010
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Monrabal, F., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., Toledo, J. F., Laing, A., Álvarez, V., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Herrero, V., Martínez, A., Musti, M., Querol, M., Rodríguez, J., Simón, A., Sofka, C., Torrent, J., Webb, R., White, J. T., Adams, C., Arazi, L., Azevedo, C. D. R., Bailey, K., Borges, F. I. G. M., Botas, A., Cebrián, S., Conde, C. A. N., Díaz, J., Diesburg, M., Escada, J., Fernandes, A. F. M., Fernandes, L. M. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Freitas, E. D. C., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., González-Díaz, D., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. A. O., Hernandez, A. I., Morata, J. A. Hernando, Johnston, S., Jones, B. J. P., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. D. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez-Lema, G., McDonald, A., Monteiro, C. M. B., Mora, F. J., Vidal, J. Muñoz, Nebot-Guinot, M., Novella, P., Nygren, D. R., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Renner, J., Repond, J., Riordan, S., Ripoll, L., Rogers, L., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., Santos, J. M. F. dos, Sorel, M., Stiegler, T., Veloso, J. F. C. A., and Yahlali, N. Thu . "The NEXT White (NEW) detector". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1494680.
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@article{osti_1494680,
title = {The NEXT White (NEW) detector},
author = {Monrabal, F. and Gómez-Cadenas, J. J. and Toledo, J. F. and Laing, A. and Álvarez, V. and Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M. and Cárcel, S. and Carrión, J. V. and Esteve, R. and Felkai, R. and Herrero, V. and Martínez, A. and Musti, M. and Querol, M. and Rodríguez, J. and Simón, A. and Sofka, C. and Torrent, J. and Webb, R. and White, J. T. and Adams, C. and Arazi, L. and Azevedo, C. D. R. and Bailey, K. and Borges, F. I. G. M. and Botas, A. and Cebrián, S. and Conde, C. A. N. and Díaz, J. and Diesburg, M. and Escada, J. 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 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 Johnston, S. and Jones, B. J. P. and Kekic, M. and Labarga, L. and Lebrun, P. and López-March, N. and Losada, M. and Mano, R. D. P. and Martín-Albo, J. and Martínez-Lema, G. and McDonald, A. and Monteiro, C. M. B. and Mora, F. J. and Vidal, J. Muñoz and Nebot-Guinot, M. and Novella, P. and Nygren, D. R. and Palmeiro, B. and Para, A. and Pérez, J. and Renner, J. and Repond, J. and Riordan, S. and Ripoll, L. and Rogers, L. and Romo-Luque, C. and Santos, F. P. and Santos, J. M. F. dos and Sorel, M. and Stiegler, T. and Veloso, J. F. C. A. and Yahlali, N.},
abstractNote = {Conceived to host 5 kg of xenon at a pressure of 15 bar in the fiducial volume, the NEXT-White apparatus is currently the largest high pressure xenon gas TPC using electroluminescent amplification in the world. It is also a 1:2 scale model of the NEXT-100 detector for 136Xe ββ0ν decay searches, scheduled to start operations in 2019. Both detectors measure the energy of the event using a plane of photomultipliers located behind a transparent cathode. They can also reconstruct the trajectories of charged tracks in the dense gas of the TPC with the help of a plane of silicon photomultipliers located behind the anode. A sophisticated gas system, common to both detectors, allows the high gas purity needed to guarantee a long electron lifetime. NEXT-White has been operating since October 2016 at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC), in Spain. This paper describes the detector and associated infrastructures, as well as the main aspects of its initial operation.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12010},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
number = 12,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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