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A portable neutron scatter camera with isotropic sensitivity
S. G. Yoon, L. Larizgoitia, C. M. Lewis +2
We describe the design and characterization of a neutron scatter camera specifically developed for the study of neutron fields (flux, energy, direction) in experimental areas of sp…
Demonstrating topological identification capabilities of the NEXT experiment at low pressure
J. Waiton, H. Almazán, B. Palmeiro +109
The NEXT-100 detector is a high-pressure xenon time projection chamber utilising electroluminescence amplification for sub-1% FWHM energy resolution and topological discrimination,…
Detection of scintillation light in noble gases with wavelength-shifting optical fibers
S. R. Soleti, S. Torelli, G. Martínez-Lema +110
Wavelength-shifting (WLS) techniques enable particle detectors based on noble gases, whose scintillation light is predominantly emitted in the vacuum-ultraviolet. We investigate WL…
Electroluminescence Yield Measurements in Xenon Gas with the NEXT-DEMO++ Detector
NEXT Collaboration, J. Renner, J. D. Villamil +111
The NEXT-DEMO++ detector, a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber serving as a prototype for the NEXT-100 experiment, was used to measure the electroluminescence (EL) yie…
Radon-induced backgrounds in the NEXT-100 experiment
NEXT Collaboration, C. Cortes-Parra, P. Novella +111
The NEXT-100 detector at the LSC aims at the first competitive search for the \bbnonu decay using a high-pressure \Xe{136} electroluminescent time projection chamber. The first low…
Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
J. I. Collar, Ivan Esteban, J. J. Gomez-Cadenas +8
The Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) currently delivers a 1 MW, 3 GeV proton beam to the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). Power is expected…
A journey to ITACA: Ion Tracking with Ammonium Cations Apparatus
J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, L. Arazi, M. Elorza +6
A unique feature of gas xenon electroluminescent time projection chambers (GXeEL TPCs) in searches is their ability to reconstruct event topology, in particular to distingui…
Demonstration of Sub-Percent Energy Resolution in the NEXT-100 Detector
NEXT Collaboration, M. Pérez Maneiro, M. Martínez-Vara +111
NEXT-100 is a high-pressure xenon time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification, designed to operate with up to approximately 70.5 kg at 13.5 bar. It is the most re…
First results of the NEXT-100 detector using Kr decays
NEXT Collaboration, G. Martínez-Lema, C. Hervés Carrete +113
The NEXT collaboration is investigating the double beta decay of Xe using high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chambers, which provide excellent energy reso…
CRYSP: a Total-Body PET based on cryogenic cesium iodide crystals
S. R. Soleti, P. Dietz, R. Esteve +11
Total Body PET (TBPET) scanners have the potential to substantially reduce both acquisition time and administered radiation dose, owing to their high sensitivity. However, their wi…
Fundamental Nuclear and Particle Physics At Neutron Sources
H. Abele, J. Amaral, W. R. Anthony +121
Fundamental neutron and neutrino physics at neutron sources, combining precision measurements and theory, can probe new physics at energy scales well beyond the highest energies pr…
The NEXT-100 Detector
NEXT Collaboration, C. Adams, H. Almazán +114
The NEXT collaboration is dedicated to the study of double beta decays of Xe using a high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chamber. This advanced technology…
High Voltage Delivery and Distribution for the NEXT-100 Time Projection Chamber
NEXT Collaboration, C. Adams, H. Almazán +105
A critical element in the realization of large liquid and gas time projection chambers (TPCs) is the delivery and distribution of high voltages into and around the detector. Such e…
The Gaseous Prototype (GaP): a GanESS demonstrator
L. Larizgoitia, A. Simón, E. Oblak +6
The GanESS experiment will exploit the high-pressure noble gas time projection chamber technology to detect coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) at the European S…
Performance of an Optical TPC Geant4 Simulation with Opticks GPU-Accelerated Photon Propagation
NEXT Collaboration, I. Parmaksiz, K. Mistry +113
We investigate the performance of Opticks, a NVIDIA OptiX API 7.5 GPU-accelerated photon propagation tool compared with a single-threaded Geant4 simulation. We compare the simulati…
Reconstructing neutrinoless double beta decay event kinematics in a xenon gas detector with vertex tagging
NEXT Collaboration, M. Martínez-Vara, K. Mistry +108
If neutrinoless double beta decay is discovered, the next natural step would be understanding the lepton number violating physics responsible for it. Several alternatives exist bey…
Ion Transport on Phased Radiofrequency Carpets in Xenon Gas
E. Dey, B. J. P. Jones, Y. Mei +7
We present the design and performance of a four-phased radiofrequency (RF) carpet system for ion transport in high-pressure xenon gas. The RF carpet, designed with a 160 m pitch…
Evaluation of Coincidence Time Resolution in a liquid xenon detector with silicon photomultipliers
N. Salor-Iguiñiz, J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez, R. Esteve +16
This work explores the combination of liquid xenon as a scintillating medium and silicon photomultipliers as a readout in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for enhanced Time-Of-Fl…
Fluorescence Imaging of Individual Ions and Molecules in Pressurized Noble Gases for Barium Tagging in Xe
NEXT Collaboration, N. Byrnes, E. Dey +112
The imaging of individual Ba ions in high pressure xenon gas is one possible way to attain background-free sensitivity to neutrinoless double beta decay and hence establish…
Measurement of Energy Resolution with the NEXT-White Silicon Photomultipliers
T. Contreras, B. Palmeiro, H. Almazán +107
The NEXT-White detector, a high-pressure gaseous xenon time projection chamber, demonstrated the excellence of this technology for future neutrinoless double beta decay searches us…
Design, characterization and installation of the NEXT-100 cathode and electroluminescence regions
NEXT Collaboration, K. Mistry, L. Rogers +107
NEXT-100 is currently being constructed at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees and will search for neutrinoless double beta decay using a high-pressure…
Towards a realistic setup for a dynamical measurement of deviations from Newton's law: the impact of air viscosity
Jorge Baeza-Ballesteros, Andrea Donini, Gabriel Molina-Terriza +2
A novel experimental setup to measure deviations from the distance dependence of Newtonian gravity was proposed in arXiv:1609.05654. The underlying theoretical idea was to…
Demonstration of Event Position Reconstruction based on Diffusion in the NEXT-White Detector
J. Haefner, K. E. Navarro, R. Guenette +108
Noble element time projection chambers are a leading technology for rare event detection in physics, such as for dark matter and neutrinoless double beta decay searches. Time proje…
Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT
NEXT Collaboration, P. Novella, M. Sorel +112
The NEXT experiment aims at the sensitive search of the neutrinoless double beta decay in Xe, using high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chambers. The NEXT-…