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MOTION, a liquid xenon time projection chamber platform for high voltage technologies in dark matter detectors
Yanina Biondi, Alexander Jansen, Keyu Ding +3
The XLZD observatory is a next-generation experiment designed to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) and other rare events using a 60-80 tonne liquid xenon time…
KATRIN Sensitivity to keV Sterile Neutrinos with the TRISTAN Detector Upgrade
H. Acharya, M. Aker, D. Batzler +127
Sterile neutrinos in the keV mass range are a well-motivated extension of the Standard Model and viable dark matter candidates. Their existence can be probed in laboratory experime…
Measurement of the inhomogeneity of the KATRIN tritium source electric potential by high-resolution spectroscopy of conversion electrons from Kr
H. Acharya, M. Aker, D. Batzler +130
Precision spectroscopy of the electron spectrum of the tritium -decay near the kinematic endpoint is a direct method to determine the effective electron antineutrino mass. The K…
First constraints on general neutrino interactions based on KATRIN data
M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +130
The precision measurement of the tritium -decay spectrum performed by the KATRIN experiment provides a unique way to search for general neutrino interactions (GNI). All theoreti…
Commissioning of the 2.6 m tall two-phase xenon time projection chamber of Xenoscope
M. Adrover, M. Babicz, L. Baudis +14
Xenoscope is a demonstrator for a next-generation xenon-based observatory for astroparticle physics, as proposed by the XLZD (XENON-LUX-ZEPLIN-DARWIN) collaboration. It houses a 2.…
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory
XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441
The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60 to 80 t capable of probing the remaining WIMP-nucleon interaction parameter…
The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics
XLZD Collaboration, J. Aalbers, K. Abe +441
This report describes the experimental strategy and technologies for XLZD, the next-generation xenon observatory sensitive to dark matter and neutrino physics. In the baseline desi…
Model-independent searches of new physics in DARWIN with a semi-supervised deep learning pipeline
J. Aalbers, K. Abe, M. Adrover +231
We present a novel deep learning pipeline to perform a model-independent, likelihood-free search for anomalous (i.e., non-background) events in the proposed next generation multi-t…
Measurement of the electric potential and the magnetic field in the shifted analysing plane of the KATRIN experiment
M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +135
The projected sensitivity of the effective electron neutrino-mass measurement with the KATRIN experiment is below 0.3 eV (90 % CL) after five years of data acquisition. The sensiti…
Direct neutrino-mass measurement based on 259 days of KATRIN data
M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +146
The fact that neutrinos carry a non-vanishing rest mass is evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model of elementary particles. Their absolute mass bears important relevance from…
Cosmogenic background simulations for the DARWIN observatory at different underground locations
M. Adrover, L. Althueser, B. Andrieu +180
Xenon dual-phase time projections chambers (TPCs) have proven to be a successful technology in studying physical phenomena that require low-background conditions. With 40t of liqui…
Electron transport measurements in liquid xenon with Xenoscope, a large-scale DARWIN demonstrator
L. Baudis, Y. Biondi, A. Bismark +10
There is a compelling physics case for a large, xenon-based underground detector devoted to dark matter and other rare-event searches. A two-phase time projection chamber as inner…
The upgraded low-background germanium counting facility Gator for high-sensitivity -ray spectrometry
G. R. Araujo, L. Baudis, Y. Biondi +2
We describe the upgrade and performance of the high-purity germanium counting facility Gator, which is dedicated to low-background -ray spectrometry. Gator is operated at the Gr…
A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics
J. Aalbers, K. Abe, V. Aerne +591
The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the leadi…
GPU-based optical simulation of the DARWIN detector
L. Althueser, B. Antunović, E. Aprile +77
Understanding propagation of scintillation light is critical for maximizing the discovery potential of next-generation liquid xenon detectors that use dual-phase time projection ch…
Design and construction of Xenoscope -- a full-scale vertical demonstrator for the DARWIN observatory
L. Baudis, Y. Biondi, M. Galloway +6
The DARWIN observatory is a proposed next-generation experiment to search for particle dark matter and other rare interactions. It will operate a 50 t liquid xenon detector, with 4…
Solar Neutrino Detection Sensitivity in DARWIN via Electron Scattering
J. Aalbers, F. Agostini, S. E. M. Ahmed Maouloud +163
We detail the sensitivity of the liquid xenon (LXe) DARWIN observatory to solar neutrinos via elastic electron scattering. We find that DARWIN will have the potential to measure th…
Sensitivity of the DARWIN observatory to the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe
F. Agostini, S. E. M. Ahmed Maouloud, L. Althueser +92
The DARWIN observatory is a proposed next-generation experiment to search for particle dark matter and for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe. Out of its 50t tota…
The first dual-phase xenon TPC equipped with silicon photomultipliers and characterisation with Ar
L. Baudis, Y. Biondi, M. Galloway +6
For the first time, a small dual-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber was equipped with a top array of silicon photomultipliers for light and charge readout. Here we de…
A Dual-phase Xenon TPC for Scintillation and Ionisation Yield Measurements in Liquid Xenon
Laura Baudis, Yanina Biondi, Chiara Capelli +6
A small-scale, two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber (Xurich II) was designed, constructed and is under operation at the University of Zurich. Its main purpose is to…