X-ray detectors for the BabyIAXO solar axion search

Altenmüller, K. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Biasuzzi, B. ; Castel, J. F. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Cebrián, S. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Dafni, T. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Desch, K. ; Díez-Ibañez, D. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ferrer-Ribas, E. ; Galan, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Galindo, J. ; García, J. A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; García Irastorza, I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Kaminski, J. ; Luzón, G. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Margalejo, C. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Mirallas, H. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Navick, X.F. ; Obis, L. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ortiz de Solórzano, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; von Oy, J. ; Papaevangelou, T. ; Pérez, O. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ruz, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Schiffer, T. ; Schmidt, S. ; Segui, L. ; Vogel, J.K. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: BabyIAXO is a helioscope under construction to search for an emission of the axion particle from the Sun. At the same time it serves as an intermediate stage towards the International Axion Observatory (IAXO). An integral component of this experiment is a low background X-ray detector with a high efficiency in the 1–10 keV energy range. Micromegas detectors are considered as baseline technology for BabyIAXO thanks to the relatively high efficiency and very low background level. Other detector technologies developed to reach better energy resolution while maintaining high efficiency and low background level are also under study. Inthis paper, we review the BabyIAXO design and present the analysis of data taken with he prototype of an IAXO Micromegas detector. A background level of 8.8 × 10−7 counts keV−1 cm−2 s−1 was reached.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167913

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1048 (2023), 167913 [4 pp.]
ISSN: 0168-9002

Factor impacto JCR: 1.5 (2023)

Categ. JCR: NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY rank: 16 / 40 = 0.4 (2023) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS rank: 19 / 31 = 0.613 (2023) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, NUCLEAR rank: 13 / 22 = 0.591 (2023) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION rank: 50 / 76 = 0.658 (2023) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.2 - Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Q2) - Instrumentation (Q3)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.514 - Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Q2) - Instrumentation (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/CEX2019-000918-M
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/FPA2016-76978-C3-1-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2019-108122GB-C32
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/788781/EU/Towards the detection of the axion with the International Axion Observatory/IAXOplus
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/802836/EU/Axions and relatives across different mass scales/AxScale
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/Juan de la Cierva Program-IJC2019-040686-I

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Proy. investigación HCA (Dpto. Física Teórica)
Área (Departamento): Área Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. (Dpto. Física Teórica)