PandaX-III: Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay with high pressure 136Xe gas time projection chambers

Xun Chen; Chang Bo Fu; Javier Galan; Karl Giboni; Franco Giuliani; Ling Hui Gu; Ke Han; Xiang Dong Ji; Heng Lin; Jiang Lai Liu; Kai Xiang Ni; Hiroki Kusano; Xiang Xiang Ren; Shao Bo Wang; Yong Yang; Dan Zhang; Tao Zhang; Li Zhao; Xiang Ming Sun; Shou Yang Hu; Si Yu Jian; Xing Long Li; Xiao Mei Li; Hao Liang; Huan Qiao Zhang; Ming Rui Zhao; Jing Zhou; Ya Jun Mao; Hao Qiao; Si Guang Wang; Ying Yuan; Meng Wang; Amir N. Khan; Neill Raper; Jian Tang; Wei Wang; Jia Ning Dong; Chang Qing Feng; Cheng Li; Jian Bei Liu; Shu Bin Liu; Xiao Lian Wang; Dan Yang Zhu; Juan F. Castel; Susana Cebrián; Theopisti Dafni; Javier G. Garza; Igor G. Irastorza; Francisco J. Iguaz; Gloria Luzón; Hector Mirallas; Stephan Aune; Eric Berthoumieux; Yann Bedfer; Denis Calvet; Nicole d’Hose; Alain Delbart; Maria Diakaki; Esther Ferrer-Ribas; Andrea Ferrero; Fabienne Kunne; Damien Neyret; Thomas Papaevangelou; Franck Sabatié; Maxence Vanderbroucke; An Di Tan; Wick Haxton; Yuan Mei; Chinorat Kobdaj; Yu Peng Yan

doi:10.1007/s11433-017-9028-0

PandaX-III: Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay with high pressure ¹³⁶Xe gas time projection chambers

Xun Chen, Chang Bo Fu, Javier Galan, Karl Giboni, Franco Giuliani, Ling Hui Gu, Ke Han, Xiang Dong Ji, Heng Lin, Jiang Lai Liu, Kai Xiang Ni, Hiroki Kusano, Xiang Xiang Ren, Shao Bo Wang, Yong Yang, Dan Zhang, Tao Zhang, Li Zhao, Xiang Ming Sun, Shou Yang HuSi Yu Jian, Xing Long Li, Xiao Mei Li, Hao Liang, Huan Qiao Zhang, Ming Rui Zhao, Jing Zhou, Ya Jun Mao, Hao Qiao, Si Guang Wang, Ying Yuan, Meng Wang, Amir N. Khan, Neill Raper, Jian Tang, Wei Wang, Jia Ning Dong, Chang Qing Feng, Cheng Li, Jian Bei Liu, Shu Bin Liu, Xiao Lian Wang, Dan Yang Zhu, Juan F. Castel, Susana Cebrián, Theopisti Dafni, Javier G. Garza, Igor G. Irastorza, Francisco J. Iguaz, Gloria Luzón, Hector Mirallas, Stephan Aune, Eric Berthoumieux, Yann Bedfer, Denis Calvet, Nicole d’Hose, Alain Delbart, Maria Diakaki, Esther Ferrer-Ribas, Andrea Ferrero, Fabienne Kunne, Damien Neyret, Thomas Papaevangelou, Franck Sabatié, Maxence Vanderbroucke, An Di Tan, Wick Haxton, Yuan Mei, Chinorat Kobdaj, Yu Peng Yan

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Abstract

Searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay (NLDBD) is now regarded as the topmost promising technique to explore the nature of neutrinos after the discovery of neutrino masses in oscillation experiments. PandaX-III (particle and astrophysical xenon experiment III) will search for the NLDBD of ¹³⁶Xe at the China Jin Ping Underground Laboratory (CJPL). In the first phase of the experiment, a high pressure gas Time Projection Chamber (TPC) will contain 200 kg, 90% ¹³⁶Xe enriched gas operated at 10 bar. Fine pitch micro-pattern gas detector (Microbulk Micromegas) will be used at both ends of the TPC for the charge readout with a cathode in the middle. Charge signals can be used to reconstruct the electron tracks of the NLDBD events and provide good energy and spatial resolution. The detector will be immersed in a large water tank to ensure ~5 m of water shielding in all directions. The second phase, a ton-scale experiment, will consist of five TPCs in the same water tank, with improved energy resolution and better control over backgrounds.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	061011
Journal	Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy
Volume	60
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-017-9028-0
State	Published - Jun 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

lepton number violation
Micromegas
neutrinoless double beta decay
TPC
underground experiment

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Chen, X., Fu, C. B., Galan, J., Giboni, K., Giuliani, F., Gu, L. H., Han, K., Ji, X. D., Lin, H., Liu, J. L., Ni, K. X., Kusano, H., Ren, X. X., Wang, S. B., Yang, Y., Zhang, D., Zhang, T., Zhao, L., Sun, X. M., ... Yan, Y. P. (2017). PandaX-III: Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay with high pressure ¹³⁶Xe gas time projection chambers. Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 60(6), Article 061011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-017-9028-0

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