Published November 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

R and D for Future ZEPLIN

  • 1. Department of Physics, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester University, Rochester, NY 14627 (United States)
  • 5. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 (United States)
  • 6. Department of Chemistry, Rochester University, Rochester, NY 14627 (United States)
  • 7. INFN Pisa, via Livornese 1291, San Piero a Grado (PI) (Italy)

Description

We propose a new concept for a very low background Dark Matter experiment using multi-ton liquid xenon. The detector consists of two concentric spheres and a charge readout device in the centre. Xenon between the two spheres forms a self-shield and veto device. The inner surface of the centre sphere is coated with CsI to form an internal photocathode with minimum of 2π coverage for any event in the active volume. Photoelectrons from the CsI photocathode drift toward the charge readout micro-structure in the centre of the detector. Both scintillation and ionisation is measured simultaneously for background rejection and 3-D event mapping. In addition to external shielding, the low background is achieved by eliminating PMTs and by using low radioactivity pure materials throughout the detector. We present detailed calculations of the charge readout system and design details. The detector is expected to probe the full SUSY parameter space

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.08.154

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.08.154;
arXiv
arXiv:0705.2117v1;
PII
S0920-5632(07)00670-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
173
Journal Page Range
p. 164-167
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
7. UCLA symposium on sources and detection of dark matter and dark energy in the Universe
Dates
22-24 Feb 2006
Place
Marina del Rey, CA (United States)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.