Microscopic simulation of xenon-based optical TPCs in the presence of molecular additives

Azevedo, C.D.R. ; González-Díaz, D. ; Biagi, S.F. ; Oliveira, C.A.B. ; Henriques, C.A.O. ; Escada, J. ; Monrabal, F. ; Gómez-Cadenas, J.J. ; Álvarez, V. ; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J.M. ; Borges, F.I.G.M. ; Botas, A. ; Cárcel, S. ; Carrión, J.V. ; Cebrián, S. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Conde, C.A.N. ; Díaz, J. ; Diesburg, M. ; Esteve, R. ; Felkai, R. ; Fernandes, L.M.P. ; Ferrario, P. ; Ferreira, A.L. ; Freitas, E.D.C. ; Goldschmidt, A. ; Gutiérrez, R.M. ; Hauptman, J. ; Hernandez, A.I. ; Morata, J.A.H. ; Herrero, V. ; Jones, B.J.P. ; Labarga, L. ; Laing, A. ; Lebrun, P. ; Liubarsky, I. ; Lopez-March, N. ; Losada, M. ; Martín-Albo, J. ; Martínez-Lema, G. ; Martínez, A. ; McDonald, A.D. ; Monteiro, C.M.B. ; Mora, F.J. ; Moutinho, L.M. ; Vidal, J.M. ; Musti, M. ; Nebot-Guinot, M. ; Novella, P. ; Nygren, D. ; Palmeiro, B. ; Para, A. ; Pérez, J. ; Querol, M. ; Renner, J. ; Ripoll, L. ; Rodríguez, J. ; Rogers, L. ; Santos, F.P. ; dos Santos, J.M.F. ; Serra, L. ; Shuman, D. ; Simón, A. ; Sofka, C. ; Sorel, M. ; Stiegler, T. ; Toledo, J.F. ; Torrent, J. ; Tsamalaidze, Z. ; Veloso, J.F.C.A. ; Webb, R. ; White, J.T. ; Yahlali, N. [...] Mostrar todos los autores (72)

Resumen: We introduce a simulation framework for the transport of high and low energy electrons in xenon-based optical time projection chambers (OTPCs). The simulation relies on elementary cross sections (electron–atom and electron–molecule) and incorporates, in order to compute the gas scintillation, the reaction/quenching rates (atom–atom and atom–molecule) of the first 41 excited states of xenon and the relevant associated excimers, together with their radiative cascade. The results compare positively with observations made in pure xenon and its mixtures with CO2 and CF4 in a range of pressures from 0.1 to 10 bar. This work sheds some light on the elementary processes responsible for the primary and secondary xenon-scintillation mechanisms in the presence of additives, that are of interest to the OTPC technology.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.049

Año: 2018

Publicado en: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT 877 (2018), 157-172
ISSN: 0168-9002

Factor impacto JCR: 1.433 (2018)

Categ. JCR: NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY rank: 11 / 34 = 0.324 (2018) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, NUCLEAR rank: 12 / 19 = 0.632 (2018) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION rank: 39 / 61 = 0.639 (2018) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS rank: 23 / 29 = 0.793 (2018) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.686 - Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Q1) - Instrumentation (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/339787/EU/Towards the NEXT generation of bb0nu experimets/NEXT
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FIS2014-53371-C04
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/SEV-2014-0398

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

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