Using the Two-Phase Emission Detector RED-100 at NPP to Study Coherent Elastic Neutrinos Scattering off Nuclei
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Exposition of the RED-100 Detector with Liquid Xenon as the Working Medium at Kalinin NPP
3. Observation of Single-Electron Noise Imitating CEvNS Signals
- Subsurface electrons trapped by a potential barrier at the phase boundary (a relatively weak source with characteristic times on the order of the lifetime of excess electrons before being captured by electronegative impurities).
- The working volume of the detector itself, filled with liquid xenon after irradiation with ionizing radiation (a relatively intense source with characteristic times in the millisecond range).
4. Liquid Argon as Alternative Media for Observation of CEvNS at NPP
- The significant difference in the decay times of the singlet and triplet components of argon radiation can be used as an additional tool for selecting useful signals against the background.
- A relatively higher probability of detecting double events (a scintillation signal followed by an electroluminescence signal), which can also be used to improve the separation of useful events and background.
- The operating temperature of the argon target is approximately −186 °C versus −108 °C for the xenon target, i.e., the RED-100 cryogenic system should ensure the performance of the detector at lower (by about 80 °C lower) temperatures.
- The need to use a shifter for the spectrum of argon scintillation and electroluminescent radiation is due to the insensitivity of the HAMAMATSU R11410-20 photomultipliers (PMs) used in the RED-100 detector to the relatively short (about 130 nm) wavelength range of argon radiation.
5. Preparation of RED-100/Ar Experiment
6. Conclusions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Membership of the RED-100 Collaboration
Affiliations
- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Technology, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, 115409 Moscow, Russia
- Research and Education Center for Advanced Studies, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
- National Research Center ”Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Faculty of Physics, Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- The P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Nuclear Research, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Correspondence: [email protected]
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Collaboration R-1. Using the Two-Phase Emission Detector RED-100 at NPP to Study Coherent Elastic Neutrinos Scattering off Nuclei. Physics. 2023; 5(2):492-498. https://doi.org/10.3390/physics5020034
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