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Krauth JJ, Schuhmann K, Ahmed MA, Amaro FD, Amaro P, Biraben F, Chen TL, Covita DS, Dax AJ, Diepold M, Fernandes LMP, Franke B, Galtier S, Gouvea AL, Götzfried J, Graf T, Hänsch TW, Hartmann J, Hildebrandt M, Indelicato P, Julien L, Kirch K, Knecht A, Liu YW, Machado J, Monteiro CMB, Mulhauser F, Naar B, Nebel T, Nez F, Dos Santos JMF, Santos JP, Szabo CI, Taqqu D, Veloso JFCA, Vogelsang J, Voss A, Weichelt B, Pohl R, Antognini A, Kottmann F. Publisher Correction: Measuring the α-particle charge radius with muonic helium-4 ions. Nature 2021; 591:E18. [PMID: 33640904 PMCID: PMC7969355 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03360-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03360-2.
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Affiliation(s)
- Julian J Krauth
- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany. .,QUANTUM, Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany. .,LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsincho, Taiwan
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
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- LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany.,TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France.,Institut Lumière Matière, University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France
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- LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany.,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Fakultät für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Fakultät für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsincho, Taiwan
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- Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France.,Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany.,Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany. .,QUANTUM, Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. .,Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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Krauth JJ, Schuhmann K, Ahmed MA, Amaro FD, Amaro P, Biraben F, Chen TL, Covita DS, Dax AJ, Diepold M, Fernandes LMP, Franke B, Galtier S, Gouvea AL, Götzfried J, Graf T, Hänsch TW, Hartmann J, Hildebrandt M, Indelicato P, Julien L, Kirch K, Knecht A, Liu YW, Machado J, Monteiro CMB, Mulhauser F, Naar B, Nebel T, Nez F, dos Santos JMF, Santos JP, Szabo CI, Taqqu D, Veloso JFCA, Vogelsang J, Voss A, Weichelt B, Pohl R, Antognini A, Kottmann F. Measuring the α-particle charge radius with muonic helium-4 ions. Nature 2021; 589:527-531. [PMID: 33505036 PMCID: PMC7914124 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03183-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
The energy levels of hydrogen-like atomic systems can be calculated with great precision. Starting from their quantum mechanical solution, they have been refined over the years to include the electron spin, the relativistic and quantum field effects, and tiny energy shifts related to the complex structure of the nucleus. These energy shifts caused by the nuclear structure are vastly magnified in hydrogen-like systems formed by a negative muon and a nucleus, so spectroscopy of these muonic ions can be used to investigate the nuclear structure with high precision. Here we present the measurement of two 2S-2P transitions in the muonic helium-4 ion that yields a precise determination of the root-mean-square charge radius of the α particle of 1.67824(83) femtometres. This determination from atomic spectroscopy is in excellent agreement with the value from electron scattering1, but a factor of 4.8 more precise, providing a benchmark for few-nucleon theories, lattice quantum chromodynamics and electron scattering. This agreement also constrains several beyond-standard-model theories proposed to explain the proton-radius puzzle2-5, in line with recent determinations of the proton charge radius6-9, and establishes spectroscopy of light muonic atoms and ions as a precise tool for studies of nuclear properties.
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- Julian J. Krauth
- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany ,grid.5802.f0000 0001 1941 7111QUANTUM, Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany ,grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Present Address: LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ,grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.5719.a0000 0004 1936 9713Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- grid.8051.c0000 0000 9511 4342LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- grid.10772.330000000121511713Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
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- grid.462576.40000 0004 0368 5631Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- grid.38348.340000 0004 0532 0580Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsincho, Taiwan
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- grid.7311.40000000123236065i3N, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
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- grid.8051.c0000 0000 9511 4342LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany ,grid.232474.40000 0001 0705 9791Present Address: TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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- grid.462576.40000 0004 0368 5631Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France ,grid.436142.60000 0004 0384 4911Present Address: Institut Lumière Matière, University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France
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- grid.8051.c0000 0000 9511 4342LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
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- grid.5719.a0000 0004 1936 9713Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany ,grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XLudwig-Maximilians-Universität, Fakultät für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XLudwig-Maximilians-Universität, Fakultät für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.462576.40000 0004 0368 5631Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- grid.462576.40000 0004 0368 5631Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ,grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.38348.340000 0004 0532 0580Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsincho, Taiwan
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- grid.10772.330000000121511713Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
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- grid.8051.c0000 0000 9511 4342LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
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- grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
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- grid.462576.40000 0004 0368 5631Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France
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- grid.8051.c0000 0000 9511 4342LIBPhys-UC, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- grid.10772.330000000121511713Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
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- grid.462576.40000 0004 0368 5631Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Paris, France ,grid.421663.40000 0004 7432 9327Present Address: Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA USA
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- grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ,grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany ,grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Present Address: Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- grid.5719.a0000 0004 1936 9713Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- grid.5719.a0000 0004 1936 9713Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- grid.450272.60000 0001 1011 8465Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany ,grid.5802.f0000 0001 1941 7111QUANTUM, Institut für Physik & Exzellenzcluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ,grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- grid.5801.c0000 0001 2156 2780Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ,grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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McDonald AD, Jones BJP, Nygren DR, Adams C, Álvarez V, Azevedo CDR, Benlloch-Rodríguez JM, Borges FIGM, Botas A, Cárcel S, Carrión JV, Cebrián S, Conde CAN, Díaz J, Diesburg M, Escada J, Esteve R, Felkai R, Fernandes LMP, Ferrario P, Ferreira AL, Freitas EDC, Goldschmidt A, Gómez-Cadenas JJ, González-Díaz D, Gutiérrez RM, Guenette R, Hafidi K, Hauptman J, Henriques CAO, Hernandez AI, Hernando Morata JA, Herrero V, Johnston S, Labarga L, Laing A, Lebrun P, Liubarsky I, López-March N, Losada M, Martín-Albo J, Martínez-Lema G, Martínez A, Monrabal F, Monteiro CMB, Mora FJ, Moutinho LM, Muñoz Vidal J, Musti M, Nebot-Guinot M, Novella P, Palmeiro B, Para A, Pérez J, Querol M, Repond J, Renner J, Riordan S, Ripoll L, Rodríguez J, Rogers L, Santos FP, Dos Santos JMF, Simón A, Sofka C, Sorel M, Stiegler T, Toledo JF, Torrent J, Tsamalaidze Z, Veloso JFCA, Webb R, White JT, Yahlali N. Demonstration of Single-Barium-Ion Sensitivity for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:132504. [PMID: 29694208 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.132504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
A new method to tag the barium daughter in the double-beta decay of ^{136}Xe is reported. Using the technique of single molecule fluorescent imaging (SMFI), individual barium dication (Ba^{++}) resolution at a transparent scanning surface is demonstrated. A single-step photobleach confirms the single ion interpretation. Individual ions are localized with superresolution (∼2 nm), and detected with a statistical significance of 12.9σ over backgrounds. This lays the foundation for a new and potentially background-free neutrinoless double-beta decay technology, based on SMFI coupled to high pressure xenon gas time projection chambers.
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- A D McDonald
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - A Botas
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna, 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - P Ferrario
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Campus sur, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este No. 47 A-15, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este No. 47 A-15, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Campus sur, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este No. 47 A-15, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Campus sur, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Girona, Av. Montilivi, s/n, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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Yahlali N, Garcia JM, Díaz J, Soriano A, Fernandes LMP. Ageing studies of TPB in noble gas detectors for dark matter and neutrinoless ββ decay searches. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2017; 172:109-114. [PMID: 27160970 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Noble gases (Xe, Ar, Kr) are very attractive as detector media in Dark Matter search and neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments. However, the detection of their scintillation light (in the VUV spectral region) requires shifting the VUV light to visible light, where standard photosensors are more efficient. Tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB) is widely used as wavelength shifter, absorbing the VUV light and re-emitting in the blue region (~430nm). TPB is an organic molecule that may degrade due to exposure to environmental agents and also to ultraviolet light. In this work, we present TPB ageing studies due to exposure to VUV light, aiming at quantifying the reduction of the absolute fluorescence yield of TPB coatings of several thicknesses (130nm, 260nm, 390nm, 1600nm), exposed to various doses of VUV light at 170nm (similar to the Xe scintillation). In our setup, the VUV light is produced from a vacuum monochromator coupled to a deuterium lamp. The VUV exposure in our setup is compared to the exposure obtained in the electroluminescent gaseous Xe TPC of the NEXT-100 experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay search.
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- N Yahlali
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMOL), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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Pohl R, Nez F, Fernandes LMP, Amaro FD, Biraben F, Cardoso JMR, Covita DS, Dax A, Dhawan S, Diepold M, Giesen A, Gouvea AL, Graf T, Hänsch TW, Indelicato P, Julien L, Knowles P, Kottmann F, Le Bigot EO, Liu YW, Lopes JAM, Ludhova L, Monteiro CMB, Mulhauser F, Nebel T, Rabinowitz P, dos Santos JMF, Schaller LA, Schuhmann K, Schwob C, Taqqu D, Veloso JFCA, Antognini A. Laser spectroscopy of muonic deuterium. Science 2016; 353:669-73. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Randolf Pohl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure–PSL Research University, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure–PSL Research University, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- I3N, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8121, USA
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- Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8121, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Dausinger + Giesen GmbH, Rotebühlstrasse 87, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure–PSL Research University, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure–PSL Research University, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure–PSL Research University, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ISEC, 3030–199, Portugal
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- Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
- I3N, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009, USA
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- Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Dausinger + Giesen GmbH, Rotebühlstrasse 87, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen–PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure–PSL Research University, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen–PSI, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen–PSI, Switzerland
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Diepold M, Fernandes LMP, Machado J, Amaro P, Abdou-Ahmed M, Amaro FD, Antognini A, Biraben F, Chen TL, Covita DS, Dax AJ, Franke B, Galtier S, Gouvea AL, Götzfried J, Graf T, Hänsch TW, Hildebrandt M, Indelicato P, Julien L, Kirch K, Knecht A, Kottmann F, Krauth JJ, Liu YW, Monteiro CMB, Mulhauser F, Naar B, Nebel T, Nez F, Santos JP, dos Santos JMF, Schuhmann K, Szabo CI, Taqqu D, Veloso JFCA, Voss A, Weichelt B, Pohl R. Improved x-ray detection and particle identification with avalanche photodiodes. Rev Sci Instrum 2015; 86:053102. [PMID: 26026509 DOI: 10.1063/1.4921195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Avalanche photodiodes are commonly used as detectors for low energy x-rays. In this work, we report on a fitting technique used to account for different detector responses resulting from photoabsorption in the various avalanche photodiode layers. The use of this technique results in an improvement of the energy resolution at 8.2 keV by up to a factor of 2 and corrects the timing information by up to 25 ns to account for space dependent electron drift time. In addition, this waveform analysis is used for particle identification, e.g., to distinguish between x-rays and MeV electrons in our experiment.
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- Marc Diepold
- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação, Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação (LIBPhys-UNL) e Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, 2892-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação, Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação (LIBPhys-UNL) e Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, 2892-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, case 74, 75005 Paris, France
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- Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- i3N, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, case 74, 75005 Paris, France
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, case 74, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, case 74, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, case 74, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação, Engenharia Biomédica e Física da Radiação (LIBPhys-UNL) e Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, 2892-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, case 74, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- i3N, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge, Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Angle J, Aprile E, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bernstein A, Bolozdynya AI, Coelho LCC, Dahl CE, DeViveiros L, Ferella AD, Fernandes LMP, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Giboni KL, Gomez R, Hasty R, Kastens L, Kwong J, Lopes JAM, Madden N, Manalaysay A, Manzur A, McKinsey DN, Monzani ME, Ni K, Oberlack U, Orboeck J, Plante G, Santorelli R, dos Santos JMF, Schulte S, Shagin P, Shutt T, Sorensen P, Winant C, Yamashita M. Search for light dark matter in XENON10 data. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:051301. [PMID: 21867059 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.051301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report results of a search for light (≲10 GeV) particle dark matter with the XENON10 detector. The event trigger was sensitive to a single electron, with the analysis threshold of 5 electrons corresponding to 1.4 keV nuclear recoil energy. Considering spin-independent dark matter-nucleon scattering, we exclude cross sections σ(n)>7×10(-42) cm(2), for a dark matter particle mass m(χ)=7 GeV. We find that our data strongly constrain recent elastic dark matter interpretations of excess low-energy events observed by CoGeNT and CRESST-II, as well as the DAMA annual modulation signal.
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- J Angle
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Pohl R, Amaro FD, Antognini A, Biraben F, Cardoso JMR, Covita DS, Dax A, Dhawan S, Fernandes LMP, Giesen A, Graf T, Hänsch TW, Indelicato P, Julien L, Kao CY, Knowles P, Le Bigot EO, Liu YW, Lopes JAM, Ludhova L, Monteiro CMB, Mulhauser F, Nebel T, Nez F, Rabinowitz P, dos Santos JMF, Schaller LA, Schuhmann K, Schwob C, Taqqu D, Veloso JFCA, Kottmann F. The size of the proton and the deuteron. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/264/1/012008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Angle J, Aprile E, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bernstein A, Bolozdynya A, Coelho LCC, Dahl CE, DeViveiros L, Ferella AD, Fernandes LMP, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Giboni KL, Gomez R, Hasty R, Kastens L, Kwong J, Lopes JAM, Madden N, Manalaysay A, Manzur A, McKinsey DN, Monzani ME, Ni K, Oberlack U, Orboeck J, Plante G, Santorelli R, dos Santos JMF, Shagin P, Shutt T, Sorensen P, Schulte S, Winant C, Yamashita M. Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections from the XENON10 experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 101:091301. [PMID: 18851599 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.091301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2008] [Revised: 07/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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XENON10 is an experiment to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which may comprise the bulk of the nonbaryonic dark matter in our Universe. We report new results for spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon interactions with 129Xe and 131Xe from 58.6 live days of operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. Based on the nonobservation of a WIMP signal in 5.4 kg of fiducial liquid xenon mass, we exclude previously unexplored regions in the theoretically allowed parameter space for neutralinos. We also exclude a heavy Majorana neutrino with a mass in the range of approximately 10 GeV/c2-2 TeV/c2 as a dark matter candidate under standard assumptions for its density and distribution in the galactic halo.
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- J Angle
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Angle J, Aprile E, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bernstein A, Bolozdynya A, Brusov P, Coelho LCC, Dahl CE, DeViveiros L, Ferella AD, Fernandes LMP, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Giboni KL, Gomez R, Hasty R, Kastens L, Kwong J, Lopes JAM, Madden N, Manalaysay A, Manzur A, McKinsey DN, Monzani ME, Ni K, Oberlack U, Orboeck J, Plante G, Santorelli R, dos Santos JMF, Shagin P, Shutt T, Sorensen P, Schulte S, Winant C, Yamashita M. First results from the XENON10 dark matter experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:021303. [PMID: 18232850 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.021303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The XENON10 experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory uses a 15 kg xenon dual phase time projection chamber to search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The detector measures simultaneously the scintillation and the ionization produced by radiation in pure liquid xenon to discriminate signal from background down to 4.5 keV nuclear-recoil energy. A blind analysis of 58.6 live days of data, acquired between October 6, 2006, and February 14, 2007, and using a fiducial mass of 5.4 kg, excludes previously unexplored parameter space, setting a new 90% C.L. upper limit for the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 8.8x10(-44) cm2 for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c2, and 4.5x10(-44) cm2 for a WIMP mass of 30 GeV/c2. This result further constrains predictions of supersymmetric models.
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- J Angle
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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