The Enriched xenon observatory, 200kg
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The Enriched Xenon Observatory-200kg (EXO-200) is a liquid noble gas detector which measures both the anti-correlated light and charge signals produced during the potential neutrinoless double beta-decay of 136Xe. The rate of this decay gives insights into fundamental properties of the neutrino, such as its absolute mass scale and whether it is its own anti-particle. This thesis provides an overview of the EXO- 200 experiment, along with a detailed discussion of the slow controls system. It also discusses a method for determining the electron lifetime within the detector and describes the incorporation of an anti-correlation algorithm into the detector simulations. Finally, initial detector calibration data is shown which is used to determine both the detector's resolution and the electron lifetime within the detector.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Mackay, Derek Cameron |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics |
| Primary advisor | Breidenbach, Martin |
| Thesis advisor | Breidenbach, Martin |
| Thesis advisor | Gratta, Giorgio |
| Thesis advisor | Kahn, Steven Michael |
| Advisor | Gratta, Giorgio |
| Advisor | Kahn, Steven Michael |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Derek Cameron Mackay. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2011. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2011 by Derek Cameron Mackay
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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