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Measurement of single electron emission in two-phase xenon
Edwards, B.; Araújo, H. M.; Chepel, V.; Cline, D.; Durkin, T.; Gao, J.; Ghag, C.; Korolkova, E. V.; Lebedenko, V. N.; Lindote, A.; Lopes, M. I.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ1-4SWWT2R-1/1/e220f50dd0c4e31ff6877963d6b26778
Measurements of neutrons produced by high-energy muons at the Boulby Undergroun...
Araújo, H. M.; Blockley, J.; Bungau, C.; Carson, M. J.; Chagani, H.; Daw, E.; Edwards, B.; Ghag, C.; Korolkova, E. V.; Kudryavtsev, V. A.We present the first measurements of the muon-induced neutron flux at the Boulby Underground Laboratory. The experiment was carried out with an 0.73 tonne liquid scintillator that also served as an anticoincidence system for the ZEPLIN-II direct dark matter search. The experimental method exploited the delayed coincidences between high-energy muon signals and gamma-rays from radiative neutron capture on hydroge...
The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition system and data reduction
Alner, G. J.; Araújo, H. M.; Bewick, A.; Bungau, C.; Camanzi, B.; Carson, M. J.; Chagani, H.; Chepel, V.; Cline, D.; Davidge, D.; Davies, J. C.; Daw, E.ZEPLIN II is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon dark matter detector searching for WIMP-nucleon interactions. In this paper we describe the data acquisition system used to record the data from ZEPLIN II and the reduction procedures which parameterise the data for subsequent analysis. ; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4R40SHG-9/1/eea3463e234b214a8a5d521b721d303a
First limits on WIMP nuclear recoil signals in ZEPLIN-II: A two-phase xenon det...
Alner, G. J.; Araújo, H. M.; Bewick, A.; Bungau, C.; Camanzi, B.; Carson, M. J.; Cashmore, R. J.; Chagani, H.; Chepel, V.; Cline, D.; Davidge, D.Results are presented from the first underground data run of ZEPLIN-II, a 31 kg two-phase xenon detector developed to observe nuclear recoils from hypothetical weakly interacting massive dark matter particles. Discrimination between nuclear recoils and background electron recoils is afforded by recording both the scintillation and ionisation signals generated within the liquid xenon, with the ratio of these sig...
The ZEPLIN III Detector; Results from Surface Calibrations
Sumner, T. J.; Akimov, D. Yu.; Alner, G. J.; Araújo, H. M.; Bewick, A.; Bungau, C.; Burenkov, A. A.; Carson, M. J.; Chagani, H.; Chepel, V.; Cline, D.ZEPLIN-III is a direct dark-matter search instrument using liquid xenon as a target.Both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge are measured.The instrument has been built and it is currently being testing in a surface laboratory.We present results from some of the initial testing, including design thermal control system verification, photomultiplier calibration (including spectral measurements with 6...
Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the first ZEPLIN-II data
Alner, G. J.; Araújo, H. M.; Bewick, A.; Bungau, C.; Camanzi, B.; Carson, M. J.; Cashmore, R. J.; Chagani, H.; Chepel, V.; Cline, D.; Davidge, D.The first underground data run of the ZEPLIN-II experiment has set a limit on the nuclear recoil rate in the two-phase xenon detector for direct dark matter searches. In this Letter the results from this run are converted into the limits on spin-dependent WIMP-proton and WIMP-neutron cross-sections. The minimum of the curve for WIMP-neutron cross-section corresponds to 7×10-2 pb at a WIMP mass of around 65 GeV....
Status and outlook of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN
Gunsing, F.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Alvarez, H.; Álvarez-Velarde, F.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Assimakopoulos, P.; Audouin, L.The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, fully operational since 2002, combines a high instantaneous neutron flux with high energy resolution. The wide energy range and the high neutron flux per time-of-flight burst result in a much enhanced signal to background ratio for neutron capture of radioactive isotopes and makes this facility well suited for the measurement of high quality neutron-induced rea...
Neutron reactions and nuclear cosmo-chronology
Mosconi, M.; Heil, M.; Käppeler, F.; Mengoni, A.; Plag, R.; Fujii, K.; Gallino, R.; Aerts, G.; Terlizzi, R.; Abbondanno, U.; Álvarez-Pol, H.The [beta]-decay of 187Re represents a suited cosmo-chronometer for the age of the r-process abundances, since the radiogenic part of the daughter isotope 187Os is defined by the difference between the solar 187Os abundance and s-process contribution to 187Os. The latter component can be determined via the s-process systematics based on the stellar neutron capture cross sections of 186Os and 187Os. The laborato...
Preliminary results on position reconstruction for ZEPLIN III
Lindote, A.; Araújo, H. M.; Cunha, J. Pinto da; Akimov, D. Yu.; Chepel, V.; Davidge, D.; Dawson, J. V.; Joshi, M.; Lebedenko, V. N.; Liubarsky, I.ZEPLIN III is a two-phase xenon detector for direct dark matter search that will look for rare nuclear recoils from elastic scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles off xenon atoms. ZEPLIN III measures both the scintillation and ionisation signals produced in the liquid by the interacting particle. The prompt scintillation is detected by an array of 31 photomultipliers (PM) immersed in the liquid, and...
The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design, manufacture and commiss...
Akimov, D. Yu.; Alner, G. J.; Araújo, H. M.; Bewick, A.; Bungau, C.; Burenkov, A. A.; Carson, M. J.; Chagani, H.; Chepel, V.; Cline, D.; Davidge, D.We present details of the technical design, manufacture and testing of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by interacting particles and radiation. The instrument design is driven by both the physics requirements and by the technology requirements surrounding the use of liquid...
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