Speaker
Teresa Marrodan Undagoitia
(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik)
Description
Thanks to its excellent properties, xenon is widely used as a target material in dark matter and rare-event search experiments. Ultraviolet scintillation has long been recognized as the primary signal channel in xenon-based detectors and its properties have been well studied.
However, xenon also emits infrared light, a component which has received very little attention so far. Taking advantage of this additional signal could enhance the performance of future xenon detectors. This contribution will present recent progress in characterising the infrared scintillation of xenon in gaseous and liquid states, which appears particularly promising, including the study of its pulse-shape characteristics.
| Main Contribution topic | Instrumentation for Dark Matter searches |
|---|---|
| Secondary contribution topic | Direct detection |
Author
Teresa Marrodan Undagoitia
(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik)