Published March 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Performance data from the ZEPLIN-III second science run

  • 1. Particle Physics Department, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton (United Kingdom)
  • 2. LIP-Coimbra and Department of Physics of the University of Coimbra (Portugal)
  • 3. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 4. High Energy Physics group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
  • 5. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Description

ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon direct dark matter experiment located at the Boulby Mine (U.K.). After its first science run in 2008 it was upgraded with: an array of low background photomultipliers, a new anti-coincidence detector system with plastic scintillator and an improved calibration system. After 319 days of data taking the second science run ended in May 2011. In this paper we describe the instrument performance with emphasis on the position and energy reconstruction algorithm and summarise the final science results.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/03/C03044

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
7
Journal Issue
03
Journal Page Range
p. C03044
ISSN
1748-0221

Conference

Title
9. international conference on position sensitive detectors
Acronym
PSD9
Dates
12-16 Sep 2011
Place
Aberystwyth (United Kingdom)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44051285
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PLASTICS; XENON
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MATTER; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PHOTOTUBES; POLYMERS; RARE GASES; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS