Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber
Abstract
The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a powerful tool for direct-detection experiments searching for WIMP dark matter, other dark matter models, and neutrinoless double-beta decay. Successful operation of such a TPC is critically dependent on the ability to hold high electric fields in the bulk liquid, across the liquid surface, and in the gas. Careful design and construction of the electrodes used to establish these fields is therefore required. We present the design and production of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment's high-voltage electrodes, a set of four woven mesh wire grids. Grid design drivers are discussed, with emphasis placed on design of the electron extraction region. Here, we follow this with a description of the grid production process and a discussion of steps taken to validate the LZ grids prior to integration into the TPC.
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- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States); South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of London, Egham (United Kingdom); STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL), Didcot (United Kingdom)
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL), Didcot (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of London, Egham (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of Albany (SUNY), NY (United States)
- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); U.K. Science & Technology Facilities Council
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1872110
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1798801; OSTI ID: 1855185; OSTI ID: 1972281
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; SC0020216; SC0019193; SC0015535; AC02-76SF00515; UW PRJ82AJ; ST/M003655/1; ST/S000739/1; ST/K502042/1
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1031; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; xenon; TPC; HV; electrode; noble liquid
Citation Formats
Linehan, R., Mannino, R. L., Fan, A., Ignarra, C. M., Luitz, S., Skarpaas, K., Shutt, T. A., Akerib, D. S., Alsum, S. K., Anderson, T. J., Araújo, H. M., Arthurs, M., Auyeung, H., Bailey, A. J., Biesiadzinski, T. P., Breidenbach, M., Cherwinka, J. J., Conley, R. A., Genovesi, J., Gilchriese, M. G.D., Glaenzer, A., Gonda, T. G., Hanzel, K., Hoff, M. D., Ji, W., Kaboth, A. C., Kravitz, S., Kurita, N. R., Lambert, A. R., Lesko, K. T., Lorenzon, W., Majewski, P. A., Miller, E. H., Monzani, M. E., Palladino, K. J., Ratcliff, B. N., Saba, J. S., Santone, D., Shutt, G. W., Stifter, K., Szydagis, M., Tomás, A., Va’vra, J., Waldron, W. L., Webb, R. C., White, R. G., Whitis, T. J., Wilson, K., and Wisniewski, W. J. Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165955.
Linehan, R., Mannino, R. L., Fan, A., Ignarra, C. M., Luitz, S., Skarpaas, K., Shutt, T. A., Akerib, D. S., Alsum, S. K., Anderson, T. J., Araújo, H. M., Arthurs, M., Auyeung, H., Bailey, A. J., Biesiadzinski, T. P., Breidenbach, M., Cherwinka, J. J., Conley, R. A., Genovesi, J., Gilchriese, M. G.D., Glaenzer, A., Gonda, T. G., Hanzel, K., Hoff, M. D., Ji, W., Kaboth, A. C., Kravitz, S., Kurita, N. R., Lambert, A. R., Lesko, K. T., Lorenzon, W., Majewski, P. A., Miller, E. H., Monzani, M. E., Palladino, K. J., Ratcliff, B. N., Saba, J. S., Santone, D., Shutt, G. W., Stifter, K., Szydagis, M., Tomás, A., Va’vra, J., Waldron, W. L., Webb, R. C., White, R. G., Whitis, T. J., Wilson, K., & Wisniewski, W. J. Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165955
Linehan, R., Mannino, R. L., Fan, A., Ignarra, C. M., Luitz, S., Skarpaas, K., Shutt, T. A., Akerib, D. S., Alsum, S. K., Anderson, T. J., Araújo, H. M., Arthurs, M., Auyeung, H., Bailey, A. J., Biesiadzinski, T. P., Breidenbach, M., Cherwinka, J. J., Conley, R. A., Genovesi, J., Gilchriese, M. G.D., Glaenzer, A., Gonda, T. G., Hanzel, K., Hoff, M. D., Ji, W., Kaboth, A. C., Kravitz, S., Kurita, N. R., Lambert, A. R., Lesko, K. T., Lorenzon, W., Majewski, P. A., Miller, E. H., Monzani, M. E., Palladino, K. J., Ratcliff, B. N., Saba, J. S., Santone, D., Shutt, G. W., Stifter, K., Szydagis, M., Tomás, A., Va’vra, J., Waldron, W. L., Webb, R. C., White, R. G., Whitis, T. J., Wilson, K., and Wisniewski, W. J. Tue .
"Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165955. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1872110.
@article{osti_1872110,
title = {Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber},
author = {Linehan, R. and Mannino, R. L. and Fan, A. and Ignarra, C. M. and Luitz, S. and Skarpaas, K. and Shutt, T. A. and Akerib, D. S. and Alsum, S. K. and Anderson, T. J. and Araújo, H. M. and Arthurs, M. and Auyeung, H. and Bailey, A. J. and Biesiadzinski, T. P. and Breidenbach, M. and Cherwinka, J. J. and Conley, R. A. and Genovesi, J. and Gilchriese, M. G.D. and Glaenzer, A. and Gonda, T. G. and Hanzel, K. and Hoff, M. D. and Ji, W. and Kaboth, A. C. and Kravitz, S. and Kurita, N. R. and Lambert, A. R. and Lesko, K. T. and Lorenzon, W. and Majewski, P. A. and Miller, E. H. and Monzani, M. E. and Palladino, K. J. and Ratcliff, B. N. and Saba, J. S. and Santone, D. and Shutt, G. W. and Stifter, K. and Szydagis, M. and Tomás, A. and Va’vra, J. and Waldron, W. L. and Webb, R. C. and White, R. G. and Whitis, T. J. and Wilson, K. and Wisniewski, W. J.},
abstractNote = {The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a powerful tool for direct-detection experiments searching for WIMP dark matter, other dark matter models, and neutrinoless double-beta decay. Successful operation of such a TPC is critically dependent on the ability to hold high electric fields in the bulk liquid, across the liquid surface, and in the gas. Careful design and construction of the electrodes used to establish these fields is therefore required. We present the design and production of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment's high-voltage electrodes, a set of four woven mesh wire grids. Grid design drivers are discussed, with emphasis placed on design of the electron extraction region. Here, we follow this with a description of the grid production process and a discussion of steps taken to validate the LZ grids prior to integration into the TPC.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2021.165955},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 1031,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Tue Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
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