http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4T7F5JF-5/2/897502f8049abd8c2dd3dffc3821f0fd
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ1-4SWWT2R-1/1/e220f50dd0c4e31ff6877963d6b26778
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
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...
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...
A chamber designed for measuring the angular distribution of reflected ultraviolet vacuum light is described. We report first measurements of the reflection profile of xenon scintillation light by a polished copper surface and by polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). ; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4NTB92C-1/1/01c2ff1d3b516ce3fda2bd84949e2925
Operation of Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) in ultra-pure xenon was studied for gas at 25 °C, cold but not saturated gas at -90 °C and saturated xenon vapour at -102 °C. The most stable operation was observed at -90 °C for which the maximum visible gain of 150 was obtained from a single GEM. The maximum gain of [approximate]40 was achieved for saturated xenon vapour at -102 °C and of [approximate]25 for two-phas...
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....
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...
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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