Event reconstruction in a liquid xenon Time Projection Chamber with an optically-open field cage

T. Stiegler; S. Sangiorgio; J. P. Brodsky; M. Heffner; S. Al Kharusi; G. Anton; I. J. Arnquist; I. Badhrees; P. S. Barbeau; D. Beck; V. Belov; T. Bhatta; A. Bolotnikov; P. A. Breur; E. Brown; T. Brunner; E. Caden; G. F. Cao; L. Cao; C. Chambers; B. Chana; S. A. Charlebois; M. Chiu; B. Cleveland; M. Coon; A. Craycraft; J. Dalmasson; T. Daniels; L. Darroch; A. De; A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian; K. Deslandes; R. DeVoe; M. L. Di Vacri; J. Dilling; Y. Y. Ding; M. J. Dolinski; A. Dragone; J. Echevers; F. Edaltafar; M. Elbeltagi; L. Fabris; D. Fairbank; W. Fairbank; J. Farine; S. Ferrara; S. Feyzbakhsh; G. Gallina; P. Gautam; G. Giacomini; D. Goeldi; R. Gornea; G. Gratta; E. V. Hansen; E. W. Hoppe; J. Hößl; A. House; M. Hughes; A. Iverson; A. Jamil; M. J. Jewell; X. S. Jiang; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; T. Koffas; R. Krücken; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; Y. Lan; A. Larson; K. G. Leach; B. G. Lenardo; D. S. Leonard; G. Li; S. Li; Z. Li; C. Licciardi; P. Lv; R. MacLellan; N. Massacret; T. McElroy; M. Medina-Peregrina; T. Michel; B. Mong; D. C. Moore; K. Murray; P. Nakarmi; C. R. Natzke; R. J. Newby; K. Ni; Z. Ning; O. Njoya; F. Nolet; O. Nusair; K. Odgers; A. Odian; M. Oriunno; J. L. Orrell; G. S. Ortega; I. Ostrovskiy; C. T. Overman; S. Parent; A. Piepke; A. Pocar; J. F. Pratte; V. Radeka; E. Raguzin; H. Rasiwala; S. Rescia; F. Retière; M. Richman; A. Robinson; T. Rossignol; P. C. Rowson; N. Roy; R. Saldanha; K. Skarpaas; A. K. Soma; G. St-Hilaire; V. Stekhanov; X. L. Sun; M. Tarka; S. Thibado; A. Tidball; J. Todd; T. I. Totev; R. Tsang; T. Tsang; F. Vachon; V. Veeraraghavan; S. Viel; G. Visser; C. Vivo-Vilches; J. L. Vuilleumier; M. Wagenpfeil; T. Wager; M. Walent; Q. Wang; W. Wei; L. J. Wen; U. Wichoski; M. Worcester; S. X. Wu; W. H. Wu; X. Wu; Q. Xia; H. Yang; L. Yang; O. Zeldovich; J. Zhao; Y. Zhou; T. Ziegler

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165239

Event reconstruction in a liquid xenon Time Projection Chamber with an optically-open field cage

T. Stiegler, S. Sangiorgio, J. P. Brodsky, M. Heffner, S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton, I. J. Arnquist, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, A. Bolotnikov, P. A. Breur, E. Brown, T. Brunner, E. Caden, G. F. Cao, L. Cao, C. ChambersB. Chana, S. A. Charlebois, M. Chiu, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, A. Craycraft, J. Dalmasson, T. Daniels, L. Darroch, A. De, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, K. Deslandes, R. DeVoe, M. L. Di Vacri, J. Dilling, Y. Y. Ding, M. J. Dolinski, A. Dragone, J. Echevers, F. Edaltafar, M. Elbeltagi, L. Fabris, D. Fairbank, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Ferrara, S. Feyzbakhsh, G. Gallina, P. Gautam, G. Giacomini, D. Goeldi, R. Gornea, G. Gratta, E. V. Hansen, E. W. Hoppe, J. Hößl, A. House, M. Hughes, A. Iverson, A. Jamil, M. J. Jewell, X. S. Jiang, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, T. Koffas, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, Y. Lan, A. Larson, K. G. Leach, B. G. Lenardo, D. S. Leonard, G. Li, S. Li, Z. Li, C. Licciardi, P. Lv, R. MacLellan, N. Massacret, T. McElroy, M. Medina-Peregrina, T. Michel, B. Mong, D. C. Moore, K. Murray, P. Nakarmi, C. R. Natzke, R. J. Newby, K. Ni, Z. Ning, O. Njoya, F. Nolet, O. Nusair, K. Odgers, A. Odian, M. Oriunno, J. L. Orrell, G. S. Ortega, I. Ostrovskiy, C. T. Overman, S. Parent, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, J. F. Pratte, V. Radeka, E. Raguzin, H. Rasiwala, S. Rescia, F. Retière, M. Richman, A. Robinson, T. Rossignol, P. C. Rowson, N. Roy, R. Saldanha, K. Skarpaas, A. K. Soma, G. St-Hilaire, V. Stekhanov, X. L. Sun, M. Tarka, S. Thibado, A. Tidball, J. Todd, T. I. Totev, R. Tsang, T. Tsang, F. Vachon, V. Veeraraghavan, S. Viel, G. Visser, C. Vivo-Vilches, J. L. Vuilleumier, M. Wagenpfeil, T. Wager, M. Walent, Q. Wang, W. Wei, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, M. Worcester, S. X. Wu, W. H. Wu, X. Wu, Q. Xia, H. Yang, L. Yang, O. Zeldovich, J. Zhao, Y. Zhou, T. Ziegler

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Abstract

nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) experiment using liquid ¹³⁶Xe (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scintillation signals. Between the field cage and the LXe vessel, a layer of LXe (“skin” LXe) is present, where no ionization signal is collected. Only scintillation photons are detected, owing to the lack of optical barrier around the field cage. In this work, we show that the light originating in the skin LXe region can be used to improve background discrimination by 5% over previous published estimates. This improvement comes from two elements. First, a fraction of the γ-ray background is removed by identifying light from interactions with an energy deposition in the skin LXe. Second, background from ²²²Rn dissolved in the skin LXe can be efficiently rejected by tagging the α decay in the ²¹⁴Bi-²¹⁴Po chain in the skin LXe.

Original language	English
Article number	165239
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1000
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165239
State	Published - Jun 1 2021

Funding

Support for nEXO comes from the Office of Nuclear Physics of the Department of Energy and NSF in the United States, from NSERC , CFI , FRQNT , NRC , and the McDonald Institute (CFREF) in Canada, from The Institute for Basic Science, Center for Underground Physics, Republic of Korea , from RFBR ( 18-02-00550 ) in Russia, and from CAS and NSFC in China. LLNL-JRNL-814563.

Keywords

Liquid xenon detectors
Monte Carlo methods
Neutrinoless double beta decay
Time-projection chambers

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Stiegler, T., Sangiorgio, S., Brodsky, J. P., Heffner, M., Kharusi, S. A., Anton, G., Arnquist, I. J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P. S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Bolotnikov, A., Breur, P. A., Brown, E., Brunner, T., Caden, E., Cao, G. F., Cao, L., ... Ziegler, T. (2021). Event reconstruction in a liquid xenon Time Projection Chamber with an optically-open field cage. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1000, Article 165239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165239

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T1 - Event reconstruction in a liquid xenon Time Projection Chamber with an optically-open field cage

AU - Stiegler, T.

AU - Sangiorgio, S.

AU - Brodsky, J. P.

AU - Heffner, M.

AU - Kharusi, S. Al

AU - Anton, G.

AU - Arnquist, I. J.

AU - Badhrees, I.

AU - Barbeau, P. S.

AU - Beck, D.

AU - Belov, V.

AU - Bhatta, T.

AU - Bolotnikov, A.

AU - Breur, P. A.

AU - Brown, E.

AU - Brunner, T.

AU - Caden, E.

AU - Cao, G. F.

AU - Cao, L.

AU - Chambers, C.

AU - Chana, B.

AU - Charlebois, S. A.

AU - Chiu, M.

AU - Cleveland, B.

AU - Coon, M.

AU - Craycraft, A.

AU - Dalmasson, J.

AU - Daniels, T.

AU - Darroch, L.

AU - De, A.

AU - Mesrobian-Kabakian, A. Der

AU - Deslandes, K.

AU - DeVoe, R.

AU - Di Vacri, M. L.

AU - Dilling, J.

AU - Ding, Y. Y.

AU - Dolinski, M. J.

AU - Dragone, A.

AU - Echevers, J.

AU - Edaltafar, F.

AU - Elbeltagi, M.

AU - Fabris, L.

AU - Fairbank, D.

AU - Fairbank, W.

AU - Farine, J.

AU - Ferrara, S.

AU - Feyzbakhsh, S.

AU - Gallina, G.

AU - Gautam, P.

AU - Giacomini, G.

AU - Goeldi, D.

AU - Gornea, R.

AU - Gratta, G.

AU - Hansen, E. V.

AU - Hoppe, E. W.

AU - Hößl, J.

AU - House, A.

AU - Hughes, M.

AU - Iverson, A.

AU - Jamil, A.

AU - Jewell, M. J.

AU - Jiang, X. S.

AU - Karelin, A.

AU - Kaufman, L. J.

AU - Koffas, T.

AU - Krücken, R.

AU - Kuchenkov, A.

AU - Kumar, K. S.

AU - Lan, Y.

AU - Larson, A.

AU - Leach, K. G.

AU - Lenardo, B. G.

AU - Leonard, D. S.

AU - Li, G.

AU - Li, S.

AU - Li, Z.

AU - Licciardi, C.

AU - Lv, P.

AU - MacLellan, R.

AU - Massacret, N.

AU - McElroy, T.

AU - Medina-Peregrina, M.

AU - Michel, T.

AU - Mong, B.

AU - Moore, D. C.

AU - Murray, K.

AU - Nakarmi, P.

AU - Natzke, C. R.

AU - Newby, R. J.

AU - Ni, K.

AU - Ning, Z.

AU - Njoya, O.

AU - Nolet, F.

AU - Nusair, O.

AU - Odgers, K.

AU - Odian, A.

AU - Oriunno, M.

AU - Orrell, J. L.

AU - Ortega, G. S.

AU - Ostrovskiy, I.

AU - Overman, C. T.

AU - Parent, S.

AU - Piepke, A.

AU - Pocar, A.

AU - Pratte, J. F.

AU - Radeka, V.

AU - Raguzin, E.

AU - Rasiwala, H.

AU - Rescia, S.

AU - Retière, F.

AU - Richman, M.

AU - Robinson, A.

AU - Rossignol, T.

AU - Rowson, P. C.

AU - Roy, N.

AU - Saldanha, R.

AU - Skarpaas, K.

AU - Soma, A. K.

AU - St-Hilaire, G.

AU - Stekhanov, V.

AU - Sun, X. L.

AU - Tarka, M.

AU - Thibado, S.

AU - Tidball, A.

AU - Todd, J.

AU - Totev, T. I.

AU - Tsang, R.

AU - Tsang, T.

AU - Vachon, F.

AU - Veeraraghavan, V.

AU - Viel, S.

AU - Visser, G.

AU - Vivo-Vilches, C.

AU - Vuilleumier, J. L.

AU - Wagenpfeil, M.

AU - Wager, T.

AU - Walent, M.

AU - Wang, Q.

AU - Wei, W.

AU - Wen, L. J.

AU - Wichoski, U.

AU - Worcester, M.

AU - Wu, S. X.

AU - Wu, W. H.

AU - Wu, X.

AU - Xia, Q.

AU - Yang, H.

AU - Yang, L.

AU - Zeldovich, O.

AU - Zhao, J.

AU - Zhou, Y.

AU - Ziegler, T.

PY - 2021/6/1

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N2 - nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) experiment using liquid 136Xe (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scintillation signals. Between the field cage and the LXe vessel, a layer of LXe (“skin” LXe) is present, where no ionization signal is collected. Only scintillation photons are detected, owing to the lack of optical barrier around the field cage. In this work, we show that the light originating in the skin LXe region can be used to improve background discrimination by 5% over previous published estimates. This improvement comes from two elements. First, a fraction of the γ-ray background is removed by identifying light from interactions with an energy deposition in the skin LXe. Second, background from 222Rn dissolved in the skin LXe can be efficiently rejected by tagging the α decay in the 214Bi-214Po chain in the skin LXe.

AB - nEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) experiment using liquid 136Xe (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scintillation signals. Between the field cage and the LXe vessel, a layer of LXe (“skin” LXe) is present, where no ionization signal is collected. Only scintillation photons are detected, owing to the lack of optical barrier around the field cage. In this work, we show that the light originating in the skin LXe region can be used to improve background discrimination by 5% over previous published estimates. This improvement comes from two elements. First, a fraction of the γ-ray background is removed by identifying light from interactions with an energy deposition in the skin LXe. Second, background from 222Rn dissolved in the skin LXe can be efficiently rejected by tagging the α decay in the 214Bi-214Po chain in the skin LXe.

KW - Liquid xenon detectors

KW - Monte Carlo methods

KW - Neutrinoless double beta decay

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M1 - 165239

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