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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 45: Searches for Dark Matter I

T 45.10: Talk

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 18:15–18:30, Tt

A cage for Dark Matter: XENONnT electric field design — •Francesco Toschi — Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany

The XENONnT experiment is the next phase of the XENON project and aims at the direct detection of dark matter via WIMP-nucleus scattering. Its dual-phase Time Projection Chamber (TPC) filled with 5.9 ton of liquid Xenon allows position reconstruction and interaction-type discrimination, necessary for WIMP detection. The applied electric field plays a crucial role in its detection capabilities: uniformity in the drift field means homogeneous response in the full active volume, while high intensity fields in the liquid-gas interface are needed for electron extraction and proportional signal production. Numerical simulations are important both to optimize the design of the detector and to have a better understanding of the expected signals.

This talk will focus on the field shaping elements of the TPC and how the electric field simulations drove their design.