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Title: Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches

Abstract

We report that large detectors employing xenon are a leading technology in existing and planned searches for new physics, including searches for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) and dark matter. While upcoming detectors will employ target masses of a ton or more, further extending gas- or liquid-phase Xe detectors to the kton scale would enable extremely sensitive next-generation searches for rare phenomena. The key challenge to extending this technology to detectors well beyond the ton scale is the acquisition of the Xe itself. We describe the motivation for extending Xe time-projection chambers to the kton scale and possible avenues for Xe acquisition that avoid existing supply chains. If acquisition of Xe in the required quantities is successful, kton-scale detectors of this type could enable a new generation of experiments, including searches for 0νββ at half-life sensitivities as long as 1030 yr.

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  1. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  3. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  4. McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada); TRIUMF, Vancouver (Canada)
  5. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  6. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  8. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
  9. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
  10. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  11. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  12. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
  13. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  14. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  15. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1865416
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1838577; OSTI ID: 1860341; OSTI ID: 1888092
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-827379
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; DE-AC52-07NA27344; TRN: US2305876
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; neutrinoless double beta decay; dark matter detectors; neutrino detectors; time-projection chambers

Citation Formats

Avasthi, A., Bowyer, T.  W., Bray, C., Brunner, T., Catarineu, N., Church, E., Guenette, R., Haselschwardt, S.  J., Hayes, J.  C., Heffner, M., Hertel, S.  A., Humble, P.  H., Jamil, A., Kim, S.  H., Lang, R.  F., Leach, K.  G., Lenardo, B.  G., Lippincott, W.  H., Marino, A., McKinsey, D.  N., Miller, E.  H., Moore, D.  C., Mong, B., Monreal, B., Monzani, M.  E., Olcina, I., Orrell, J.  L., Pang, S., Pocar, A., Rowson, P.  C., Saldanha, R., Sangiorgio, S., Stanford, C., and Visser, A. Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevd.104.112007.
Avasthi, A., Bowyer, T.  W., Bray, C., Brunner, T., Catarineu, N., Church, E., Guenette, R., Haselschwardt, S.  J., Hayes, J.  C., Heffner, M., Hertel, S.  A., Humble, P.  H., Jamil, A., Kim, S.  H., Lang, R.  F., Leach, K.  G., Lenardo, B.  G., Lippincott, W.  H., Marino, A., McKinsey, D.  N., Miller, E.  H., Moore, D.  C., Mong, B., Monreal, B., Monzani, M.  E., Olcina, I., Orrell, J.  L., Pang, S., Pocar, A., Rowson, P.  C., Saldanha, R., Sangiorgio, S., Stanford, C., & Visser, A. Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.104.112007
Avasthi, A., Bowyer, T.  W., Bray, C., Brunner, T., Catarineu, N., Church, E., Guenette, R., Haselschwardt, S.  J., Hayes, J.  C., Heffner, M., Hertel, S.  A., Humble, P.  H., Jamil, A., Kim, S.  H., Lang, R.  F., Leach, K.  G., Lenardo, B.  G., Lippincott, W.  H., Marino, A., McKinsey, D.  N., Miller, E.  H., Moore, D.  C., Mong, B., Monreal, B., Monzani, M.  E., Olcina, I., Orrell, J.  L., Pang, S., Pocar, A., Rowson, P.  C., Saldanha, R., Sangiorgio, S., Stanford, C., and Visser, A. Mon . "Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.104.112007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1865416.
@article{osti_1865416,
title = {Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches},
author = {Avasthi, A. and Bowyer, T.  W. and Bray, C. and Brunner, T. and Catarineu, N. and Church, E. and Guenette, R. and Haselschwardt, S.  J. and Hayes, J.  C. and Heffner, M. and Hertel, S.  A. and Humble, P.  H. and Jamil, A. and Kim, S.  H. and Lang, R.  F. and Leach, K.  G. and Lenardo, B.  G. and Lippincott, W.  H. and Marino, A. and McKinsey, D.  N. and Miller, E.  H. and Moore, D.  C. and Mong, B. and Monreal, B. and Monzani, M.  E. and Olcina, I. and Orrell, J.  L. and Pang, S. and Pocar, A. and Rowson, P.  C. and Saldanha, R. and Sangiorgio, S. and Stanford, C. and Visser, A.},
abstractNote = {We report that large detectors employing xenon are a leading technology in existing and planned searches for new physics, including searches for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) and dark matter. While upcoming detectors will employ target masses of a ton or more, further extending gas- or liquid-phase Xe detectors to the kton scale would enable extremely sensitive next-generation searches for rare phenomena. The key challenge to extending this technology to detectors well beyond the ton scale is the acquisition of the Xe itself. We describe the motivation for extending Xe time-projection chambers to the kton scale and possible avenues for Xe acquisition that avoid existing supply chains. If acquisition of Xe in the required quantities is successful, kton-scale detectors of this type could enable a new generation of experiments, including searches for 0νββ at half-life sensitivities as long as 1030 yr.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevd.104.112007},
journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 11,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Mon Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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