The EXO-200 detector, part I: Detector design and construction

M. Auger; D. J. Auty; P. S. Barbeau; L. Bartoszek; E. Baussan; E. Beauchamp; C. Benitez-Medina; M. Breidenbach; D. Chauhan; B. Cleveland; R. Conley; J. Cook; S. Cook; A. Coppens; W. Craddock; T. Daniels; C. G. Davis; J. Davis; R. Devoe; A. Dobi; M. J. Dolinski; M. Dunford; W. Fairbank; J. Farine; P. Fierlinger; D. Franco; G. Giroux; R. Gornea; K. Graham; G. Gratta; C. Hagemann; C. Hall; K. Hall; C. Hargrove; S. Herrin; J. Hodgson; M. Hughes; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; J. Kirk; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; D. S. Leonard; F. Leonard; F. Leport; D. MacKay; R. MacLellan; M. Marino; K. Merkle; B. Mong; M. Montero Díez; A. R. Müller; R. Neilson; A. Odian; K. O'Sullivan; C. Ouellet; A. Piepke; A. Pocar; C. Y. Prescott; K. Pushkin; A. Rivas; E. Rollin; P. C. Rowson; A. Sabourov; D. Sinclair; K. Skarpaas; S. Slutsky; V. Stekhanov; V. Strickland; M. Swift; D. Tosi; K. Twelker; J. L. Vuilleumier; J. M. Vuilleumier; T. Walton; M. Weber; U. Wichoski; J. Wodin; J. D. Wright; L. Yang; Y. R. Yen

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/7/05/P05010

The EXO-200 detector, part I: Detector design and construction

M. Auger, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, L. Bartoszek, E. Baussan, E. Beauchamp, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, D. Chauhan, B. Cleveland, R. Conley, J. Cook, S. Cook, A. Coppens, W. Craddock, T. Daniels, C. G. Davis, J. Davis, R. Devoe, A. DobiM. J. Dolinski, M. Dunford, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, P. Fierlinger, D. Franco, G. Giroux, R. Gornea, K. Graham, G. Gratta, C. Hagemann, C. Hall, K. Hall, C. Hargrove, S. Herrin, J. Hodgson, M. Hughes, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, J. Kirk, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, D. S. Leonard, F. Leonard, F. Leport, D. MacKay, R. MacLellan, M. Marino, K. Merkle, B. Mong, M. Montero Díez, A. R. Müller, R. Neilson, A. Odian, K. O'Sullivan, C. Ouellet, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, C. Y. Prescott, K. Pushkin, A. Rivas, E. Rollin, P. C. Rowson, A. Sabourov, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, S. Slutsky, V. Stekhanov, V. Strickland, M. Swift, D. Tosi, K. Twelker, J. L. Vuilleumier, J. M. Vuilleumier, T. Walton, M. Weber, U. Wichoski, J. Wodin, J. D. Wright, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen

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Abstract

EXO-200 is an experiment designed to search for double beta decay of ¹³⁶Xe with a single-phase, liquid xenon detector. It uses an active mass of 110 kg of xenon enriched to 80.6% in the isotope 136 in an ultra-low background time projection chamber capable of simultaneous detection of ionization and scintillation. This paper describes the EXO-200 detector with particular attention to the most innovative aspects of the design that revolve around the reduction of backgrounds, the efficient use of the expensive isotopically enriched xenon, and the optimization of the energy resolution in a relatively large volume.

Original language	English
Article number	P05010
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	7
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/05/P05010
State	Published - May 2012

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Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program	0969259, 0918469
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program

Keywords

Detector design and construction technologies and materials
Noble-liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization two-phase)
Time projection chambers

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Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics

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Auger, M., Auty, D. J., Barbeau, P. S., Bartoszek, L., Baussan, E., Beauchamp, E., Benitez-Medina, C., Breidenbach, M., Chauhan, D., Cleveland, B., Conley, R., Cook, J., Cook, S., Coppens, A., Craddock, W., Daniels, T., Davis, C. G., Davis, J., Devoe, R., ... Yen, Y. R. (2012). The EXO-200 detector, part I: Detector design and construction. Journal of Instrumentation, 7(5), Article P05010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/05/P05010

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