Two-phase Cryogenic Avalanche Detector with electroluminescence gap operated in argon doped with nitrogen
arXiv:1605.08729 · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.109
Abstract
A two-phase Cryogenic Avalanche Detector (CRAD) with electroluminescence (EL) gap, operated in argon doped with a minor (497 ppm) admixture of nitrogen, has been studied. The EL gap was optically read out using cryogenic PMTs located on the perimeter of the gap. We present the results of the measurements of the N content, detector sensitivity to X-ray-induced signals, EL gap yield and electron lifetime in the liquid. The detector sensitivity, at a drift field in liquid Ar of 0.6 kV/cm, was measured to be 9 and 16 photoelectrons recorded at the PMTs per keV of deposited energy at 23 and 88 keV respectively. Such two-phase detectors, with enhanced sensitivity to the S2 (ionization-induced) signal, are relevant in the field of argon detectors for dark matter search and low energy neutrino detection.
4 pages, 5 figures. Presented at Vienna Conference of Instrumentation (2016). To be published in Nucl. Instr. Meth. A
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