Measurement of the Charge and Light Yield of Low Energy Electronic and Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon at Different Electric Fields

ORAL

Abstract

Liquid xenon detectors continue to lead in the search for the direct detection of dark matter. Still, very few measurements have studied the response of liquid xenon to low-energy interactions ($\leq 10$ keV) at different applied electric fields. The neriX detector at Columbia University is a dual-phase time projection chamber that is optimized for simultaneous measurements of light and charge from these low-energy interactions. Coincidence techniques are employed to extract the light and charge yields from electronic and nuclear recoils in liquid xenon as a function of energy deposited and applied electric field. In this talk, we will discuss the results of the charge and light yield measurements.

*We acknowledge continued support of the XENON Dark Matter program at Columbia University by the National Science Foundation

Authors

  • Matthew Anthony

    • Columbia University
  • Elena Aprile

    • Columbia University
  • Hugo Contreras

    • Columbia University
  • Luke Goetzke

    • Columbia University
  • Antonio Melgarejo

    • Columbia University
  • Guillaume Plante

    • Columbia University
  • Marc Weber

    • Columbia University