High Voltage in Noble Liquids for High Energy Physics

Abstract

A workshop was held at Fermilab November 8-9, 2013 to discuss the challenges of using high voltage in noble liquids. The participants spanned the fields of neutrino, dark matter, and electric dipole moment physics. All presentations at the workshop were made in plenary sessions. This document summarizes the experiences and lessons learned from experiments in these fields at developing high voltage systems in noble liquids.

arXiv comment64 pages, 41 figures, 2 tables

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• Gaseous and dual-phase time projection chambers for imaging rare processes
• The Next White (NEW) detector
• Study and mitigation of spurious electron emission from cathodic wires in noble liquid time projection chambers
• Kiloton-scale xenon detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay and other new physics searches
• Direct comparison of high voltage breakdown measurements in liquid argon and liquid xenon
• Design and performance of the field cage for the XENONnT experiment
• Design and construction of Xenoscope -- a full-scale vertical demonstrator for the DARWIN observatory
• A study of DC electrical breakdown in liquid helium through analysis of the empirical breakdown field distributions
• Reduction of ${}^{222}$Rn-induced Backgrounds in a Hermetic Dual-Phase Xenon Time Projection Chamber
• Cavallo's Multiplier for in situ Generation of High Voltage
• Study of dielectric breakdown in liquid xenon with the XeBrA experiment
• The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
• Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber