Wuppertal 2015 – scientific programme

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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 7: Dunkle Materie I

T 7.4: Talk

Monday, March 9, 2015, 14:50–15:05, I.13.65 (HS 26)

Commissioning of a Dual-phase Xenon TPC and First Compton Scatter Results — •Pierre Sissol, Bastian Beskers, Melanie Scheibelhut, Cyril Grignon, Christopher Hils, Uwe Oberlack, and Rainer Othegraven — Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

With the MainzTPC, a small 3D position-sensitive dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC), we aim to measure the xenon response for low-energy recoils (few keV) with better precision than previous experiments. Furthermore the setup allows to study the liquid xenon scintillation pulse shape. The goal is to deepen the understanding of xenon as a detection material in the low-energy regime for Dark Matter searches.

Here we report on the commissioning of the MainzTPC and first measurements, including scintillation and charge signals as well as coincidence signals between the TPC and a germanium detector for the Compton scattering.