Position Reconstruction in a Dual Phase Xenon Scintillation Detector

V. N. Solovov; V. A. Belov; D. Yu Akimov; H. M. Araujo; E. J. Barnes; A. A. Burenkov; V. Chepel; A. Currie; L. DeViveiros; B. Edwards; C. Ghag; A. Hollingsworth; M. Horn; G. E. Kalmus; A. S. Kobyakin; A. G. Kovalenko; V. N. Lebedenko; A. Lindote; M. I. Lopes; R. Luescher; P. Majewski; A. S. J. Murphy; F. Neves; S. M. Paling; J. Pinto da Cunha; R. Preece; J. J. Quenby; L. Reichhart; P. R. Scovell; C. Silva; N. J. T. Smith; P. F. Smith; V. N. Stekhanov; T. J. Sumner; C. Thorne; R. J. Walker

doi:10.1109/TNS.2012.2221742

Position Reconstruction in a Dual Phase Xenon Scintillation Detector

V. N. Solovov^*, V. A. Belov, D. Yu Akimov, H. M. Araujo, E. J. Barnes, A. A. Burenkov, V. Chepel, A. Currie, L. DeViveiros, B. Edwards, C. Ghag, A. Hollingsworth, M. Horn, G. E. Kalmus, A. S. Kobyakin, A. G. Kovalenko, V. N. Lebedenko, A. Lindote, M. I. Lopes, R. LuescherP. Majewski, A. S. J. Murphy, F. Neves, S. M. Paling, J. Pinto da Cunha, R. Preece, J. J. Quenby, L. Reichhart, P. R. Scovell, C. Silva, N. J. T. Smith, P. F. Smith, V. N. Stekhanov, T. J. Sumner, C. Thorne, R. J. Walker

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We studied the application of statistical reconstruction algorithms, namely maximum likelihood and least squares methods, to the problem of event reconstruction in a dual phase liquid xenon detector. An iterative method was developed for in-situ reconstruction of the PMT light response functions from calibration data taken with an uncollimated gamma-ray source. Using the techniques described, the performance of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector was studied for 122 keV gamma-rays. For the inner part of the detector (R <100 mm), spatial resolutions of 13 mm and 1.6 mm FWHM were measured in the horizontal plane for primary and secondary scintillation, respectively. An energy resolution of 8.1% FWHM was achieved at that energy. The possibility of using this technique for improving performance and reducing cost of scintillation cameras for medical applications is currently under study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3286-3293
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	59
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2012.2221742
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Dark matter
dual phase detectors
liquid xenon
maximum likelihood
position reconstruction
scintillation camera
weighted least squares
weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)
ZEPLIN-III
DARK-MATTER
CAMERAS
MAXIMUM
STATISTICS

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Bridging for Direct Dark matter Searches
Murphy, A. (Principal Investigator)
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1/05/12 → 31/12/12
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ZEPLIN-III SSR Extension
Murphy, A. (Principal Investigator)
STFC
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3 Month Extension to Zeplin III
Murphy, A. (Principal Investigator)
STFC
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Solovov, V. N., Belov, V. A., Akimov, D. Y., Araujo, H. M., Barnes, E. J., Burenkov, A. A., Chepel, V., Currie, A., DeViveiros, L., Edwards, B., Ghag, C., Hollingsworth, A., Horn, M., Kalmus, G. E., Kobyakin, A. S., Kovalenko, A. G., Lebedenko, V. N., Lindote, A., Lopes, M. I., ... Walker, R. J. (2012). Position Reconstruction in a Dual Phase Xenon Scintillation Detector. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 59(6), 3286-3293. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2012.2221742

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Position Reconstruction in a Dual Phase Xenon Scintillation Detector

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