Large-Scale, Precision Xenon Doping of Liquid Argon
arXiv:2006.09780 · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165575
Abstract
The detection of scintillation light from liquid argon is an experimental technique key to a number of current and future nuclear/particle physics experiments, such as neutrino physics, neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter searches. Although the idea of adding small quantities of xenon (doping) to enhance the light yield has attracted considerable interest, this technique has never been demonstrated at the necessary scale or precision. Here we report on xenon doping in a 100 l cryogenic vessel. Xenon doping was performed in four concentrations of 1.000.06 ppm, 2.00.1 ppm, 5.00.3 ppm, and 10.00.5 ppm. These measurements represent the most precise xenon doping measurements as of publishing. We observed an increase in average light yield by a factor of 1.920.12(syst)0.02(stat) at a dopant concentration of 10 ppm.
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