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NEXT Collaboration; Carcel, S.; Carrion, J.V.; Felkai, R.; Kekic, M.; Lopez-March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez, A.; Martinez-Lema, G.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Novella, P.; Palmeiro, B.; Querol, M.; Romo-Luque, C.; Sorel, M.; Uson, A.; Yahlali, N. | ||||
| Title | Mitigation of backgrounds from cosmogenic Xe-137 in xenon gas experiments using He-3 neutron capture | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Journal of Physics G | Abbreviated Journal | J. Phys. G |
| Volume | 47 | Issue | 7 | Pages | 075001 - 17pp |
| Keywords | gaseous detectors; scintillators; scintillation and light emission processes; solid; gas and liquid scintillators | ||||
| Abstract | Xe-136 is used as the target medium for many experiments searching for 0 nu beta beta. Despite underground operation, cosmic muons that reach the laboratory can produce spallation neutrons causing activation of detector materials. A potential background that is difficult to veto using muon tagging comes in the form of Xe-137 created by the capture of neutrons on Xe-136. This isotope decays via beta decay with a half-life of 3.8 min and a Q(beta) of similar to 4.16 MeV. This work proposes and explores the concept of adding a small percentage of He-3 to xenon as a means to capture thermal neutrons and reduce the number of activations in the detector volume. When using this technique we find the contamination from Xe-137 activation can be reduced to negligible levels in tonne and multi-tonne scale high pressure gas xenon neutrinoless double beta decay experiments running at any depth in an underground laboratory. | ||||
| Address | [Rogers, L.; Jones, B. J. P.; Laing, A.; Pingulkar, S.; Smithers, B.; Woodruff, K.; Byrnes, N.; Dingler, R.; McDonald, A. D.; Nygren, D. R.] Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA, Email: leslie.rogers@mavs.uta.edu | ||||
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| Publisher | Iop Publishing Ltd | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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| ISSN | 0954-3899 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Area | Expedition | Conference | |||
| Notes | WOS:000537753800001 | Approved | no | ||
| Is ISI | yes | International Collaboration | yes | ||
| Call Number | IFIC @ pastor @ | Serial | 4423 | ||
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