Further studies of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase argon
arXiv:1705.05101 · doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/05/C05016
Abstract
The study of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase argon is relevant in the field of noble-gas liquid detectors for dark matter search and low-energy neutrino experiments. In this work, we continued to study proportional electroluminescence (EL) in two-phase argon doped with a minor (9 ppm) admixture of nitrogen, in the VUV, UV and visible spectral ranges. We confirmed the effect of enhancement of the EL yield, as well as the presence of non-VUV component in addition to that of VUV, in proportional electroluminescence in two-phase Ar. On the other hand, the contribution of non-VUV component determined here within the model of N2 emission in the UV, turned out to be insufficient to explain the EL yield enhancement effect. Accordingly, the problem of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase Ar remains unresolved.
arXiv comment12 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. Presented at Instrumentation for Colliding Beam Physics Conference (INSTR17). To be published in JINST
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