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  1. Book ; Online: Sensitivity of the NEXT experiment to Xe-124 double electron capture

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

    2020  

    Abstract: Double electron capture by proton-rich nuclei is a second-order nuclear process analogous to double beta decay. Despite their similarities, the decay signature is quite different, potentially providing a new channel to measure the hypothesized ... ...

    Abstract Double electron capture by proton-rich nuclei is a second-order nuclear process analogous to double beta decay. Despite their similarities, the decay signature is quite different, potentially providing a new channel to measure the hypothesized neutrinoless mode of these decays. The Standard-Model-allowed two-neutrino double electron capture ($2\nu ECEC$) has been predicted for a number of isotopes, but only observed in $^{78}$Kr, $^{130}$Ba and, recently, $^{124}$Xe. The sensitivity to this decay establishes a benchmark for the ultimate experimental goal, namely the potential to discover also the lepton-number-violating neutrinoless version of this process, $0\nu ECEC$. Here we report on the current sensitivity of the NEXT-White detector to $^{124}$Xe $2\nu ECEC$ and on the extrapolation to NEXT-100. Using simulated data for the $2\nu ECEC$ signal and real data from NEXT-White operated with $^{124}$Xe-depleted gas as background, we define an optimal event selection that maximizes the NEXT-White sensitivity. We estimate that, for NEXT-100 operated with xenon gas isotopically enriched with 1 kg of $^{124}$Xe and for a 5-year run, a sensitivity to the $2\nu ECEC$ half-life of $6 \times 10^{22}$ y (at 90% confidence level) or better can be reached.

    Comment: 23 pages, 13 figures
    Keywords High Energy Physics - Experiment ; Nuclear Experiment ; Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
    Subject code 621
    Publishing date 2020-06-12
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  2. Book ; Online: Mitigation of Backgrounds from Cosmogenic $^{137}$Xe in Xenon Gas Experiments using $^{3}$He Neutron Capture

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

    2020  

    Abstract: Xe{136} is used as the target medium for many experiments searching for \bbnonu. Despite underground operation, cosmic muons that reach the laboratory can produce spallation neutrons causing activation of detector materials. A potential background that ... ...

    Abstract \Xe{136} is used as the target medium for many experiments searching for \bbnonu. Despite underground operation, cosmic muons that reach the laboratory can produce spallation neutrons causing activation of detector materials. A potential background that is difficult to veto using muon tagging comes in the form of \Xe{137} created by the capture of neutrons on \Xe{136}. This isotope decays via beta decay with a half-life of 3.8 minutes and a \Qb\ of $\sim$4.16 MeV. This work proposes and explores the concept of adding a small percentage of \He{3} to xenon as a means to capture thermal neutrons and reduce the number of activations in the detector volume. When using this technique we find the contamination from \Xe{137} activation can be reduced to negligible levels in tonne and multi-tonne scale high pressure gas xenon neutrinoless double beta decay experiments running at any depth in an underground laboratory.
    Keywords Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ; High Energy Physics - Experiment
    Subject code 660
    Publishing date 2020-01-29
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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