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Muon veto system for the CROSS double-beta decay search experiment
A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé, M. Buchynska +36
In preparation to the CROSS experiment at the Canfranc underground laboratory (Spain) aiming to search for neutrinoless double-beta () decay of Mo using low-tempe…
Cryogenic light detectors with thermal signal amplification for search experiments
A. Armatol, A. S. Barabash, D. Baudin +44
As a step towards the realization of cryogenic-detector experiments to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (such as CROSS, BINGO, and CUPID), we investigated a batch of 10 Ge…
The NEXT-100 Detector
NEXT Collaboration, C. Adams, H. Almazán +114
The NEXT collaboration is dedicated to the study of double beta decays of Xe using a high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chamber. This advanced technology…
High Voltage Delivery and Distribution for the NEXT-100 Time Projection Chamber
NEXT Collaboration, C. Adams, H. Almazán +105
A critical element in the realization of large liquid and gas time projection chambers (TPCs) is the delivery and distribution of high voltages into and around the detector. Such e…
Performance of an Optical TPC Geant4 Simulation with Opticks GPU-Accelerated Photon Propagation
NEXT Collaboration, I. Parmaksiz, K. Mistry +113
We investigate the performance of Opticks, a NVIDIA OptiX API 7.5 GPU-accelerated photon propagation tool compared with a single-threaded Geant4 simulation. We compare the simulati…
Development of large-volume TeO bolometers for the CROSS decay search experiment
F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, V. Berest +36
We report on the development of thermal detectors based on large-size tellurium dioxide crystals (45x45x45 mm), containing tellurium enriched in Te to about 91%, for the CR…
BINGO innovative assembly for background reduction in bolometric experiments
A. Armatol, C. Augier, I. C. Bandac +45
BINGO is a project aiming to set the grounds for large-scale bolometric neutrinoless double-beta-decay experiments capable of investigating the effective Majorana neutrino mass at…
Design, characterization and installation of the NEXT-100 cathode and electroluminescence regions
NEXT Collaboration, K. Mistry, L. Rogers +107
NEXT-100 is currently being constructed at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees and will search for neutrinoless double beta decay using a high-pressure…
Test of CdWO and LiMoO scintillating bolometers in the CROSS underground facility with upgraded detector suspension
A. Ahmine, I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash +38
In preparation to the CROSS decay experiment, we installed a new detector suspension with magnetic dumping inside a pulse-tube cryostat of a dedicated low-background facility…
LiMoO Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments
I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé +35
We report on the development of scintillating bolometers based on lithium molybdate crystals containing molybdenum depleted in the double- active isotope Mo (Li$^{10…
Twelve-crystal prototype of LiMoO scintillating bolometers for CUPID and CROSS experiments
CUPID, CROSS collaborations, : +182
An array of twelve 0.28 kg lithium molybdate (LMO) low-temperature bolometers equipped with 16 bolometric Ge light detectors, aiming at optimization of detector structure for CROSS…
Enhanced light signal for the suppression of pile-up events in Mo-based bolometers for the decay search
A. Ahmine, A. Armatol, I. Bandac +24
Random coincidences of events could be one of the main sources of background in the search for neutrino-less double-beta decay of Mo with macro-bolometers, due to their mod…
A Compact Dication Source for Ba Tagging and Heavy Metal Ion Sensor Development
K. E. Navarro, B. J. P. Jones, J. Baeza-Rubio +107
We present a tunable metal ion beam that delivers controllable ion currents in the picoamp range for testing of dry-phase ion sensors. Ion beams are formed by sequential atomic eva…
Reflectance and fluorescence characteristics of PTFE coated with TPB at visible, UV, and VUV as a function of thickness
J. Haefner, A. Fahs, J. Ho +100
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is an excellent diffuse reflector widely used in light collection systems for particle physics experiments. In noble element systems, it is often coa…
Review on dark matter searches
Susana Cebrián
Dark matter particles populating our galactic halo could be directly detected by measuring their scattering off target nuclei or electrons in a suitable detector. As this interacti…
Microbulk Micromegas in non-flammable mixtures of argon and neon at high pressure
F. J. Iguaz, T. Dafni, C. Canellas +7
We report on a systematic characterization of microbulk Micromegas readouts in high-pressure Ar+1%iC4H10 and Ne+2%iC4H10 mixtures. Experimental data on gain, electron transmission…
Long term measurement of the Rn concentration in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
J. Amaré, I. Bandac, A. Blancas +17
We report the results of six years (2013-2018) of measurements of Rn air concentration, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure and temperature in the halls A, B and C of t…
Neutral Bremsstrahlung emission in xenon unveiled
C. A. O. Henriques, P. Amedo, J. M. R. Teixeira +90
We present evidence of non-excimer-based secondary scintillation in gaseous xenon, obtained using both the NEXT-White TPC and a dedicated setup. Detailed comparison with first-prin…
Design of new resonant haloscopes in the search for the darkmatter axion: a review of the first steps in the RADES collaboration
A. Díaz-Morcillo, J. M. García Barceló, A. J. Lozano-Guerrero +15
Within the increasing interest in the dark matter axion detection through haloscopes, in which different international groups are currently involved, the RADES group was establishe…
Background model of the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment
J Amare, S Cebrian, D Cintas +10
The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation or refutation of the DAMA/LIBRA positive annual modulation signal in the low energy det…
Phonon-mediated crystal detectors with metallic film coating capable of rejecting and events induced by surface radioactivity
I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé +33
Phonon-mediated particle detectors based on single crystals and operated at millikelvin temperatures are used in rare-event experiments for neutrino physics and dark-matter searche…
Boosting background suppression in the NEXT experiment through Richardson-Lucy deconvolution
A. Simón, Y. Ifergan, A. B. Redwine +100
Next-generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiments aim for half-life sensitivities of ~ yr, requiring suppressing backgrounds to <1 count/tonne/yr. For this, any e…
Cosmogenic activation in double beta decay experiments
Susana Cebrian
Double beta decay is a very rare nuclear process and, therefore, experiments intended to detect it must be operated deep underground and in ultra-low background conditions. Long-li…
Demonstration of background rejection using deep convolutional neural networks in the NEXT experiment
NEXT Collaboration, M. Kekic, C. Adams +88
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are widely used state-of-the-art computer vision tools that are becoming increasingly popular in high energy physics. In this paper, we attempt…