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The EXO-200 detector, part II: Auxiliary Systems
N. Ackerman, J. Albert, M. Auger +157
The EXO-200 experiment searched for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe with a single-phase liquid xenon detector. It used an active mass of 110 kg of 80.6%-enriched liqui…
Investigation of radioactivity-induced backgrounds in EXO-200
J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau +83
The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) requires extremely low background and a good understanding of their sources and their influence on the rate in the region of pa…
Spectroscopy of Ba and Ba deposits in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO
B. Mong, S. Cook, T. Walton +73
Progress on a method of barium tagging for the nEXO double beta decay experiment is reported. Absorption and emission spectra for deposits of barium atoms and ions in solid xenon m…
Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay of Xe with EXO-200
200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty +89
EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe. Here we report on a search for various Majoron-emitting modes b…
An apparatus to manipulate and identify individual Ba ions from bulk liquid Xe
K. Twelker, S. Kravitz, M. Montero Díez +77
We describe a system to transport and identify barium ions produced in liquid xenon, as part of R&D towards the second phase of a double beta decay experiment, nEXO. The goal is to…
Search for Majorana neutrinos with the first two years of EXO-200 data
200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty +91
Many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics suggest that neutrinos should be Majorana-type fermions, but this assumption is difficult to confirm. Observation of neutr…
An improved measurement of the 2νββ half-life of Xe-136 with EXO-200
J. B. Albert, M. Auger, D. J. Auty +94
We report on an improved measurement of the 2νββ half-life of Xe-136 performed by EXO-200. The use of a large and homogeneous time projection chamber allows for the precise estimat…
Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Xe with EXO-200
M. Auger, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau +75
We report on a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe with EXO-200. No signal is observed for an exposure of 32.5 kg-yr, with a background of ~1.5 x 10^{-3} /(kg y…
The EXO-200 detector, part I: Detector design and construction
M. Auger, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau +78
EXO-200 is an experiment designed to search for double beta decay of Xe with a single-phase, liquid xenon detector. It uses an active mass of 110 kg of xenon enriched to 80…
Xenon purity analysis for EXO-200 via mass spectrometry
A. Dobi, C. Hall, S. Slutsky +73
We describe purity measurements of the natural and enriched xenon stockpiles used by the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment based on a mass spectrometry technique. The sensitivit…
Observation of Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay in Xe-136 with EXO-200
N. Ackerman, B. Aharmim, M. Auger +100
We report the observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in Xe-136 with T_1/2 = 2.11 +- 0.04 (stat.) +- 0.21 (sys.) x 10^21 yr. This second order process, predicted by the Stand…
A xenon gas purity monitor for EXO
EXO Collaboration, A. Dobi, C. Hall +57
We discuss the design, operation, and calibration of two versions of a xenon gas purity monitor (GPM) developed for the EXO double beta decay program. The devices are sensitive to…
A magnetically-driven piston pump for ultra-clean applications
F. LePort, R. Neilson, P. S. Barbeau +77
A magnetically driven piston pump for xenon gas recirculation is presented. The pump is designed to satisfy extreme purity and containment requirements, as is appropriate for the r…
A simple radionuclide-driven single-ion source
M. Montero Díez, K. Twelker, W. Fairbank +54
We describe a source capable of producing single barium ions through nuclear recoils in radioactive decay. The source is fabricated by electroplating 148Gd onto a silicon α-particl…
Characterization of large area APDs for the EXO-200 detector
R. Neilson, F. LePort, A. Pocar +49
EXO-200 uses 468 large area avalanche photodiodes (LAAPDs) for detection of scintillation light in an ultra-low-background liquid xenon (LXe) detector. We describe initial measurem…