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VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO

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Jamil, A; Ziegler, T; Hufschmidt, P; Li, G; Lupin-Jimenez, L; Michel, T; Ostrovskiy, I; Retière, F; Schneider, J; Wagenpfeil, M; Alamre, A ...
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
November 1, 2018

Future ton-scale liquefied noble gas detectors depend on efficient light detection in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) range. In the past years, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have emerged as a valid alternative to standard photomultiplier tubes or large-area avalanche photodiodes. The next-generation double-beta decay experiment, nEXO, with a 5-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber will use SiPMs for detecting the 175-nm xenon scintillation light, in order to achieve an energy resolution of σ/Qββ = 1%. This paper presents recent measurements of the VUV-HD generation SiPMs from Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy, in two complementary setups. It includes measurements of the photon-detection efficiency (PDE) with gaseous xenon scintillation light in a vacuum setup and dark measurements in a dry nitrogen gas setup. We report improved PDE at 175 nm compared to previous generation devices that would meet the criteria of nEXO. Furthermore, we present the projected nEXO detector light collection and energy resolution that could be achieved by using these SiPMs.

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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

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0018-9499

Publication Date

November 1, 2018

Volume

65

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11

Start / End Page

2823 / 2833

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Jamil, A., Ziegler, T., Hufschmidt, P., Li, G., Lupin-Jimenez, L., Michel, T., … Orrell, J. L. (2018). VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 65(11), 2823–2833. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668
Jamil, A., T. Ziegler, P. Hufschmidt, G. Li, L. Lupin-Jimenez, T. Michel, I. Ostrovskiy, et al. “VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO.” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 65, no. 11 (November 1, 2018): 2823–33. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668.
Jamil A, Ziegler T, Hufschmidt P, Li G, Lupin-Jimenez L, Michel T, et al. VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2018 Nov 1;65(11):2823–33.
Jamil, A., et al. “VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO.” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 65, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 2823–33. Scopus, doi:10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668.
Jamil A, Ziegler T, Hufschmidt P, Li G, Lupin-Jimenez L, Michel T, Ostrovskiy I, Retière F, Schneider J, Wagenpfeil M, Alamre A, Albert JB, Anton G, Arnquist IJ, Badhrees I, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, Bhatta T, Bourque F, Brodsky JP, Brown E, Brunner T, Burenkov A, Cao GF, Cao L, Cen WR, Chambers C, Charlebois SA, Chiu M, Cleveland B, Coon M, Côté M, Craycraft A, Cree W, Dalmasson J, Daniels T, Darroch L, Daugherty SJ, Daughhetee J, Delaquis S, Mesrobian-Kabakian AD, DeVoe R, Dilling J, Ding YY, Dolinski MJ, Dragone A, Echevers J, Fabris L, Fairbank D, Fairbank W, Farine J, Feyzbakhsh S, Fontaine R, Fudenberg D, Gallina G, Giacomini G, Gornea R, Gratta G, Hansen EV, Harris D, Hasan M, Heffner M, Hößl J, Hoppe EW, House A, Hughes M, Ito Y, Iverson A, Jessiman C, Jewell MJ, Jiang XS, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Koffas T, Kravitz S, Krücken R, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Lan Y, Larson A, Leonard DS, Li S, Li Z, Licciardi C, Lin YH, Lv P, MacLellan R, Mong B, Moore DC, Murray K, Newby RJ, Ning Z, Njoya O, Nolet F, Nusair O, Odgers K, Odian A, Oriunno M, Orrell JL. VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 2018 Nov 1;65(11):2823–2833.

Published In

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

DOI

ISSN

0018-9499

Publication Date

November 1, 2018

Volume

65

Issue

11

Start / End Page

2823 / 2833

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics