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	Author	XENON100 Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	The neutron background of the XENON100 dark matter search experiment			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2013	Publication	Journal of Physics G	Abbreviated Journal	J. Phys. G
	Volume	40	Issue	11	Pages	115201 - 17pp
	Keywords
	Abstract	TheXENON100 experiment, installed underground at the LaboratoriNazionali del Gran Sasso, aims to directly detect dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering off xenon nuclei. This paper presents a study on the nuclear recoil background of the experiment, taking into account neutron backgrounds from (alpha, n) reactions and spontaneous fission due to natural radioactivity in the detector and shield materials, as well as muon-induced neutrons. Based on MonteCarlo simulations and using measured radioactive contaminations of all detector components, we predict the nuclear recoil backgrounds for the WIMP search results published by theXENON100 experiment in 2011 and 2012, 0.11(-0.04)(+0.08) events and 0.17(-0.07)(+0.12) events, respectively, and conclude that they do not limit the sensitivity of the experiment.
	Address	[Aprile, E.; Budnik, R.; Choi, B.; Contreras, H.; Giboni, K-L; Goetzke, L. W.; Lim, K. E.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: alexkish@physik.uzh.ch
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Iop Publishing Ltd	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0954-3899	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000325766300004			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	1684
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	Author	XENON100 Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Observation and applications of single-electron charge signals in the XENON100 experiment			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2014	Publication	Journal of Physics G	Abbreviated Journal	J. Phys. G
	Volume	41	Issue	3	Pages	035201 - 13pp
	Keywords	xenon; single electron; photoionization; double phase TPC
	Abstract	The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon in a time projection chamber (TPC) to measure xenon nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). In this paper, we report the observation of single-electron charge signals which are not related to WIMP interactions. These signals, which show the excellent sensitivity of the detector to small charge signals, are explained as being due to the photoionization of impurities in the liquid xenon and of the metal components inside the TPC. They are used as a unique calibration source to characterize the detector. We explain how we can infer crucial parameters for the XENON100 experiment: the secondary-scintillation gain, the extraction yield from the liquid to the gas phase and the electron drift velocity.
	Address	[Aprile, E.; Budnik, R.; Choi, B.; Contreras, H.; Giboni, K-L; Goetzke, L. W.; Lim, K. E.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: jacob.lamblin@lpsc.in2p3.fr;
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Iop Publishing Ltd	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0954-3899	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000331865800012			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	1959
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	Author	XENON100 Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	First axion results from the XENON100 experiment			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2014	Publication	Physical Review D	Abbreviated Journal	Phys. Rev. D
	Volume	90	Issue	6	Pages	062009 - 7pp
	Keywords
	Abstract	We present the first results of searches for axions and axionlike particles with the XENON100 experiment. The axion-electron coupling constant, g(Ae), has been probed by exploiting the axioelectric effect in liquid xenon. A profile likelihood analysis of 224.6 live days x 34-kg exposure has shown no evidence for a signal. By rejecting g(Ae) larger than 7.7 x 10(-12) (90% C. L.) in the solar axion search, we set the best limit to date on this coupling. In the frame of the DFSZ and KSVZ models, we exclude QCD axions heavier than 0.3 and 80 eV/c(2), respectively. For axionlike particles, under the assumption that they constitute the whole abundance of dark matter in our galaxy, we constrain gAe to be lower than 1 x 10(-12) (90% C.L.) for masses between 5 and 10 keV/c(2).
	Address	[Aprile, E.; Contreras, H.; Goetzke, L. W.; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: paolo.beltrame@ed.ac.uk;
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Amer Physical Soc	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1550-7998	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000343759200003			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2131
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	Author	XENON100 Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Low-mass dark matter search using ionization signals in XENON100			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2016	Publication	Physical Review D	Abbreviated Journal	Phys. Rev. D
	Volume	94	Issue	9	Pages	092001 - 6pp
	Keywords
	Abstract	We perform a low-mass dark matter search using an exposure of 30 kg x yr with the XENON100 detector. By dropping the requirement of a scintillation signal and using only the ionization signal to determine the interaction energy, we lowered the energy threshold for detection to 0.7 keV for nuclear recoils. No dark matter detection can be claimed because a complete background model cannot be constructed without a primary scintillation signal. Instead, we compute an upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section under the assumption that every event passing our selection criteria could be a signal event. Using an energy interval from 0.7 keV to 9.1 keV, we derive a limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section that excludes WIMPs with a mass of 6 GeV/c(2) above 1.4 x 10(-41) cm(2) at 90% confidence level.
	Address	[Aprile, E.; Anthony, M.; de Perio, P.; Goetzke, L. W.; Greene, Z.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.; Weber, M.; Zhang, Y.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: ran.budnik@weizmann.ac.il;
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Amer Physical Soc	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2470-0010	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000386772500001			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2845
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	Author	XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2014	Publication	Journal of Instrumentation	Abbreviated Journal	J. Instrum.
	Volume	9	Issue		Pages	P11006 - 20pp
	Keywords	Cherenkov detectors; Cherenkov and transition radiation; Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc); Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
	Abstract	XENON is a dark matter direct detection project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with liquid xenon as detection medium. The construction of the next generation detector, XENON1T, is presently taking place at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It aims at a sensitivity to spin-independent cross sections of 2.10(47) cm(2) for WIMP masses around 50 GeV/c(2), which requires a background reduction by two orders of magnitude compared to XENON100, the current generation detector. An active system that is able to tag muons and muon-induced backgrounds is critical for this goal. A water Cherenkov detector of similar to 10m height and diameter has been therefore developed, equipped with 8 inch photomultipliers and cladded by a reflective foil. We present the design and optimization study for this detector, which has been carried out with a series of Monte Carlo simulations. The muon veto will reach very high detection efficiencies for muons (> 99.5%) and showers of secondary particles from muon interactions in the rock (> 70%). Similar efficiencies will be obtained for XENONnT, the upgrade of XENON1T, which will later improve the WIMP sensitivity by another order of magnitude. With the Cherenkov water shield studied here, the background from muon-induced neutrons in XENON1T is negligible.
	Address	[Aprile, E.; Contreras, H.; Goetzke, L. W.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: dr.serena.fattori@gmail.com
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Iop Publishing Ltd	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1748-0221	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000345026000020			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2061
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	Author	XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Search for Event Rate Modulation in XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2015	Publication	Physical Review Letters	Abbreviated Journal	Phys. Rev. Lett.
	Volume	115	Issue	9	Pages	091302 - 6pp
	Keywords
	Abstract	We have searched for periodic variations of the electronic recoil event rate in the (2-6) keVenergy range recorded between February 2011 and March 2012 with the XENON100 detector, adding up to 224.6 live days in total. Following a detailed study to establish the stability of the detector and its background contributions during this run, we performed an unbinned profile likelihood analysis to identify any periodicity up to 500 days. We find a global significance of less than 1 sigma for all periods, suggesting no statistically significant modulation in the data. While the local significance for an annual modulation is 2.8 sigma, the analysis of a multiple-scatter control sample and the phase of the modulation disfavor a dark matter interpretation. The DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation interpreted as a dark matter signature with axial-vector coupling of weakly interacting massive particles to electrons is excluded at 4.8 sigma.
	Address	[Aprile, E.; Anthony, M.; Contreras, H.; de Perio, P.; Goetzke, L. W.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.; Weber, M.; Zhang, Y.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: feigao.ge@sjtu.edu.cn;
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Amer Physical Soc	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0031-9007	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000360289000004			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2399
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	Author	XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Lowering the radioactivity of the photomultiplier tubes for the XENON1T dark matter experiment			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2015	Publication	European Physical Journal C	Abbreviated Journal	Eur. Phys. J. C
	Volume	75	Issue	11	Pages	546 - 10pp
	Keywords
	Abstract	The low-background, VUV-sensitive 3-inch diameter photomultiplier tube R11410 has been developed by Hamamatsu for dark matter direct detection experiments using liquid xenon as the target material. We present the results from the joint effort between the XENON collaboration and the Hamamatsu company to produce a highly radio-pure photosensor (version R11410-21) for the XENON1T dark matter experiment. After introducing the photosensor and its components, we show the methods and results of the radioactive contamination measurements of the individual materials employed in the photomultiplier production. We then discuss the adopted strategies to reduce the radioactivity of the various PMT versions. Finally, we detail the results from screening 286 tubes with ultra-low background germanium detectors, as well as their implications for the expected electronic and nuclear recoil background of the XENON1T experiment.
	Address	[XENON Collaboration] Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy, Email: lbaudis@uzh.ch;
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Springer	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1434-6044	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000365528200001			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2477
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	Author	XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Exclusion of leptophilic dark matter models using XENON100 electronic recoil data			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2015	Publication	Science	Abbreviated Journal	Science
	Volume	349	Issue	6250	Pages	851-854
	Keywords
	Abstract	Laboratory experiments searching for galactic dark matter particles scattering off nuclei have so far not been able to establish a discovery. We use data from the XENON100 experiment to search for dark matter interacting with electrons. With no evidence for a signal above the low background of our experiment, we exclude a variety of representative dark matter models that would induce electronic recoils. For axial-vector couplings to electrons, we exclude cross sections above 6 x 10(-35) cm(2) for particle masses of m(chi) = 2 GeV/c(2). Independent of the dark matter halo, we exclude leptophilic models as an explanation for the long-standing DAMA/LIBRA signal, such as couplings to electrons through axial-vector interactions at a 4.4 sigma confidence level, mirror dark matter at 3.6 sigma, and luminous dark matter at 4.6 sigma.
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	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Amer Assoc Advancement Science	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0036-8075	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000359832700045			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2490
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	Author	XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Physics reach of the XENON1T dark matter experiment			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2016	Publication	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	Abbreviated Journal	J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
	Volume	04	Issue	4	Pages	027 - 37pp
	Keywords	dark matter simulations; dark matter experiments
	Abstract	The XENON1T experiment is currently in the commissioning phase at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. In this article we study the experiment's expected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interaction cross section, based on Monte Carlo predictions of the electronic and nuclear recoil backgrounds. The total electronic recoil background in 1 tonne fiducial volume and (1, 12) keV electronic recoil equivalent energy region, before applying any selection to discriminate between electronic and nuclear recoils, is (1.80+/-0.15) . 10(-4) (kg.day.keV)(-1), mainly due to the decay of Rn-222 daughters inside the xenon target. The nuclear recoil background in the corresponding nuclear recoil equivalent energy region (4, 50) keV, is composed of (0.6 +/- 0.1) (t.y)(-1) from radiogenic neutrons, (1.8+/-0.3) . 10(-2) (t.y)(-1) from coherent scattering of neutrinos, and less than 0.01 (t.y)(-1) from muon-induced neutrons. The sensitivity of XENON1T is calculated with the Pro file Likelihood Ratio method, after converting the deposited energy of electronic and nuclear recoils into the scintillation and ionization signals seen in the detector. We take into account the systematic uncertainties on the photon and electron emission model, and on the estimation of the backgrounds, treated as nuisance parameters. The main contribution comes from the relative scintillation efficiency L-eff, which affects both the signal from WIMPs and the nuclear recoil backgrounds. After a 2 y measurement in 1 tonne fiducial volume, the sensitivity reaches a minimum cross section of 1.6 . 10(-47) cm(2) at m(chi) = 50 GeV/c(2).
	Address	[Aprile, E.; Anthony, M.; Contreras, H.; de Perio, P.; Goetzke, L. W.; Greene, Z.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.; Weber, M.; Zhang, Y.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, 538 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: cyril.grignon@uni-mainz.de;
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Iop Publishing Ltd	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	1475-7516	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000393286400005			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2950
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	Author	XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A.
	Title	Search for two-neutrino double electron capture of Xe-124 with XENON100			Type	Journal Article
	Year	2017	Publication	Physical Review C	Abbreviated Journal	Phys. Rev. C
	Volume	95	Issue	2	Pages	024605 - 6pp
	Keywords
	Abstract	Two-neutrino double electron capture is a rare nuclear decay where two electrons are simultaneously captured from the atomic shell. For Xe-124 this process has not yet been observed and its detection would provide a new reference for nuclear matrix element calculations. We have conducted a search for two-neutrino double electron capture from the K shell of 124Xe using 7636 kg d of data from the XENON100 dark matter detector. Using a Bayesian analysis we observed no significant excess above background, leading to a lower 90% credibility limit on the half-life T-1/2 > 6.5 x 10(20) yr. We have also evaluated the sensitivity of the XENON1T experiment, which is currently being commissioned, and found a sensitivity of T-1/2 > 6.1 x 10(22) yr after an exposure of 2 t yr.
	Address	[Agostini, F.; Barrow, P.; Berger, T.; Butikofer, L.; Cardoso, J. M. R.; Di Gangi, P.; Diglio, S.; Franco, D.; Garbini, M.; Grignon, C.; Kaminsky, B.; Le Calloch, M.; Lopes, J. A. M.; Orrigo, S. E. A.; Sartorelli, G.; Schreiner, J.; Thers, D.; Zhang, Y.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, 538 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: a.fieguth@uni-muenster.de;
	Corporate Author				Thesis
	Publisher	Amer Physical Soc	Place of Publication		Editor
	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title		Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2469-9985	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Notes	WOS:000393744200001			Approved	no
	Is ISI	yes	International Collaboration	yes
	Call Number	IFIC @ pastor @			Serial	2956
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