| dc.contributor.author | Lenardo, Brian G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hardy, C. A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nzobadila, Ondze J. C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-14T09:21:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-09-14T09:21:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lenardo, B. G. et al. (2022). Development of a 127Xe calibration source for nEXO. Journal of Instrumentation, 17(7), P07028. 10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/P07028 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1748-0221 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/P07028 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7885 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We study a possible calibration technique for the nEXO experiment using a 127Xe electron capture source. nEXO is a next-generation search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) that will use a 5-tonne, monolithic liquid xenon time projection chamber (TPC). The xenon, used both as source and detection medium, will be enriched to 90% in 136Xe. To optimize the event reconstruction and energy resolution, calibrations are needed to map the position- and time-dependent detector response. The 36.3 day half-life of 127Xe and its small Q-value compared to that of 136Xe 0νββ would allow a small activity to be maintained continuously in the detector during normal operations without introducing additional backgrounds, thereby enabling in-situ calibration and monitoring of the detector response. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Astronomy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Xenon | en_US |
| dc.subject | Energy | en_US |
| dc.title | Development of a 127Xe calibration source for nEXO | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
