Micromegas planes for the neutrinoless double beta decay search with NEXT

NEXT is a project to look for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 136Xe in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) in the Spanish Pyrenees. The goal of the project is to construct NEXT-100, which will hold 100kg of pressurized Xe gas, planned to run in late 2013. The project is currently progres...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2011-01, Vol.309 (1), p.12009-8
Main Author: Dafni, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft detection
Beta decay
Charge
Construction
Physics
Planes
Prototypes
Searching
Underground
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Summary:NEXT is a project to look for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 136Xe in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) in the Spanish Pyrenees. The goal of the project is to construct NEXT-100, which will hold 100kg of pressurized Xe gas, planned to run in late 2013. The project is currently progressing through its R&D phase: the first big (1 kg) prototypes will be taking data during 2011, exploring different options for the readout. One of them is reading the charge with the help of microbulk Micromegas planes. This option is discussed here.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/309/1/012009