https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10259-3
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Characterization of alpha and beta interactions in liquid xenon
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
2
IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Received:
29
September
2021
Accepted:
28
March
2022
Published online:
25
April
2022
Liquid xenon based detectors have achieved great sensitivities in rare event searches. Precise knowledge of the scintillation and ionization responses of the medium is essential to correctly model different interaction types in the detector including both signal and background-like ones. The response of liquid xenon to low energy electrons and to alpha particles has been studied in the Heidelberg Xenon (HeXe) dual-phase xenon TPC. We determine the light and charge signal yields for keV-energy electrons and MeV-energy alpha particles as well as the electron drift velocity for electric drift fields between 7.5 and 1640 V/cm. A three dimensional simulation using COMSOL Multiphysics is used to characterize the applied drift field and its homogeneity.
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