Low-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence yield

Fernandes, A.F.M.; Felkai, R.; Toledo, J.F.; Guenette, R.; Haefner, J.; Church, E.; Laing, A.; Ripoll, L.; Jones, B.J.P.; Monrabal, F.; Woodruff, K.; Ferrario, P.; Querol, M.; The NEXT collaboration; Sorel, M.; Díaz, J.; Hernando Morata, J.A.; Riordan, S.; Renner, J.; Stiegler, T.; Ifergan, Y.; Fernandes, L.M.P.; Torrent, J.; Gutiérrez, R.M.; Martínez, A.; Rogers, L.; White, J.T.; Álvarez, V.; Esteve, R.; Romo-Luque, C.; Santos, F.P.; Rodríguez, J.; Byrnes, N.; Ferreira, A.L.; Novella, P.; Losada, M.; Nygren, D.R.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Simón, A.; Psihas, F.; Yahlali, N.; Díaz, G.; Escada, J.; Sofka, C.; dos Santos, J.M.F.; Generowicz, J.; Martínez-Lema, G.; Repond, J.; Para, A.; Freitas, E.D.C.; Hafidi, K.; Mora, F.J.; Goldschmidt, A.; López-March, N.; Mano, R.D.P.; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J.M.; Pérez, J.; Bailey, K.; Usón, A.; Labarga, L.; Contreras, T.; Ghosh, S.; Romeo, B.; Arnquist, I.J.; Herrero, V.; Gómez-Cadenas, J.J.; Cebrián, S.; Conde, C.A.N.; Cárcel, S.; Lebrun, P.; Carrión, J.V.; Adams, C.; Hauptman, J.; Webb, R.; Martín-Albo, J.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Azevedo, C.D.R.; McDonald, A.D.; Weiss-Babai, R.; Silva, P.A.O.C.; Henriques, C.A.O.; Johnston, S.; Diesburg, M.; Kekic, M.; González-Díaz, D.; Monteiro, C.M.B.; Veloso, J.F.C.A.; Arazi, L.; Rodríguez García, Y.; Ballester, F.; Herrero, P.; Palmeiro, B.

doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2020)034

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000089765 100__ $$aFernandes, A.F.M.
000089765 245__ $$aLow-diffusion Xe-He gas mixtures for rare-event detection: electroluminescence yield
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000089765 5203_ $$aHigh pressure xenon Time Projection Chambers (TPC) based on secondary scintillation (electroluminescence) signal amplification are being proposed for rare event detection such as directional dark matter, double electron capture and double beta decay detection. The discrimination of the rare event through the topological signature of primary ionisation trails is a major asset for this type of TPC when compared to single liquid or double-phase TPCs, limited mainly by the high electron diffusion in pure xenon. Helium admixtures with xenon can be an attractive solution to reduce the electron diffu- sion significantly, improving the discrimination efficiency of these optical TPCs. We have measured the electroluminescence (EL) yield of Xe–He mixtures, in the range of 0 to 30% He and demonstrated the small impact on the EL yield of the addition of helium to pure xenon. For a typical reduced electric field of 2.5 kV/cm/bar in the EL region, the EL yield is lowered by ~ 2%, 3%, 6% and 10% for 10%, 15%, 20% and 30% of helium concentration, respectively. This decrease is less than what has been obtained from the most recent simulation framework in the literature. The impact of the addition of helium on EL statistical fluctuations is negligible, within the experimental uncertainties. The present results are an important benchmark for the simulation tools to be applied to future optical TPCs based on Xe-He mixtures.
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