TY - JOUR
T1 - PIXeY - Liquid Xenon R&D at Yale
AU - Edwards, Blair
AU - Bernard, Ethan
AU - Cahn, Sidney
AU - Larsen, Nicole
AU - Lyashenko, Alexey
AU - McKinsey, Daniel
AU - Nikkel, James
AU - Shin, Yunchang
AU - Tennyson, Brian
AU - Wahl, Christopher
AU - Destefano, Nicholas
AU - Gai, Moshe
PY - 2013/4/1
Y1 - 2013/4/1
N2 - In recent years xenon has risen as a medium for particle detection,
exhibiting a number of desirable qualities that make it well-suited for
applications such as medical imaging, imaging of nuclear materials, and
fundamental physics research. Xenon is a bright scintillator, with a
fast (˜45 ns) response time, a large charge yield and high
electron mobility. The high density (3 g/mL) and high atomic number (Z =
54) of liquid xenon make it ideal for detecting gamma rays with high
efficiency over large energy ranges. PIXeY (Particle Identification in
Xenon at Yale) is a compact, liquid-xenon-based TPC that operates in
either single or two-phase (liquid/gas) mode and detects both charge and
light signals produced by particle interactions within the detector. The
initial goal of the experiment is to study xenon physics with
implications for the operation and design for future large scale
experiments (for dark matter or double beta decay), including energy
resolution and event discrimination. This presentation will provide an
overview of the experiment and discuss the xenon physics studies
planned, the results so far and a brief overview of future plans.
AB - In recent years xenon has risen as a medium for particle detection,
exhibiting a number of desirable qualities that make it well-suited for
applications such as medical imaging, imaging of nuclear materials, and
fundamental physics research. Xenon is a bright scintillator, with a
fast (˜45 ns) response time, a large charge yield and high
electron mobility. The high density (3 g/mL) and high atomic number (Z =
54) of liquid xenon make it ideal for detecting gamma rays with high
efficiency over large energy ranges. PIXeY (Particle Identification in
Xenon at Yale) is a compact, liquid-xenon-based TPC that operates in
either single or two-phase (liquid/gas) mode and detects both charge and
light signals produced by particle interactions within the detector. The
initial goal of the experiment is to study xenon physics with
implications for the operation and design for future large scale
experiments (for dark matter or double beta decay), including energy
resolution and event discrimination. This presentation will provide an
overview of the experiment and discuss the xenon physics studies
planned, the results so far and a brief overview of future plans.
M3 - Article
SP - 2021
JO - American Physical Society, APS April Meeting 2013, April 13-16, 2013, abstract #K2.021
JF - American Physical Society, APS April Meeting 2013, April 13-16, 2013, abstract #K2.021
ER -