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Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode

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Njoya, O; Tsang, T; Tarka, M; Fairbank, W; Kumar, KS; Rao, T; Wager, T; Kharusi, SA; Anton, G; Arnquist, IJ; Badhrees, I; Barbeau, PS; Cao, L ...
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
August 21, 2020
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Measurements of electron drift properties in liquid and gaseous xenon are reported. The electrons are generated by the photoelectric effect in a semi-transparent gold photocathode driven in transmission mode with a pulsed ultraviolet laser. The charges drift and diffuse in a small chamber at various electric fields and a fixed drift distance of 2.0 cm. At an electric field of 0.5 kV/cm, the measured drift velocities and corresponding temperature coefficients respectively are 1.97±0.04mm∕μs and (−0.69±0.05)%/K for liquid xenon, and 1.42±0.03mm∕μs and (+0.11±0.01)%/K for gaseous xenon at 1.5 bar. In addition, we measure longitudinal diffusion coefficients of 25.7±4.6 cm2/s and 149±23 cm2/s, for liquid and gas, respectively. The quantum efficiency of the gold photocathode is studied at the photon energy of 4.73 eV in liquid and gaseous xenon, and vacuum. These charge transport properties and the behavior of photocathodes in a xenon environment are important in designing and calibrating future large scale noble liquid detectors.

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Jens Dilling
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Phillip S. Barbeau
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI

10.1016/j.nima.2020.163965

ISSN

0168-9002

Publication Date

August 21, 2020

Volume

972

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Njoya, O., Tsang, T., Tarka, M., Fairbank, W., Kumar, K. S., Rao, T., … Orrell, J. L. (2020). Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163965
Njoya, O., T. Tsang, M. Tarka, W. Fairbank, K. S. Kumar, T. Rao, T. Wager, et al. “Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 972 (August 21, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163965.
Njoya O, Tsang T, Tarka M, Fairbank W, Kumar KS, Rao T, et al. Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2020 Aug 21;972.
Njoya, O., et al. “Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 972, Aug. 2020. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163965.
Njoya O, Tsang T, Tarka M, Fairbank W, Kumar KS, Rao T, Wager T, Kharusi SA, Anton G, Arnquist IJ, Badhrees I, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, Bhatta T, Brodsky JP, Brown E, Brunner T, Caden E, Cao GF, Cao L, Cen WR, Chambers C, Chana B, Charlebois SA, Chiu M, Cleveland B, Coon M, Craycraft A, Dalmasson J, Daniels T, Darroch L, Daugherty SJ, De A, Der Mesrobian-Kabakian A, DeVoe R, Di Vacri ML, Dilling J, Ding YY, Dolinski MJ, Dragone A, Echevers J, Elbeltagi M, Fabris L, Fairbank D, Farine J, Ferrara S, Feyzbakhsh S, Fontaine R, Fucarino A, Gallina G, Gautam P, Giacomini G, Goeldi D, Gornea R, Gratta G, Hansen EV, Heffner M, Hoppe EW, Hößl J, House A, Hughes M, Iverson A, Jamil A, Jewell MJ, Jiang XS, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Kodroff D, Koffas T, Krücken R, Kuchenkov A, Lan Y, Larson A, Leach KG, Lenardo BG, Leonard DS, Li G, Li S, Li Z, Licciardi C, Lin YH, Lv P, MacLellan R, McElroy T, Medina-Peregrina M, Michel T, Mong B, Moore DC, Murray K, Nakarmi P, Natzke CR, Newby RJ, Ning Z, Nolet F, Nusair O, Odgers K, Odian A, Oriunno M, Orrell JL. Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2020 Aug 21;972.
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Published In

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI

10.1016/j.nima.2020.163965

ISSN

0168-9002

Publication Date

August 21, 2020

Volume

972

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences