Calibration Techniques for the nEXO Experiment

ORAL

Abstract

The nEXO experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 136Xe using 5 tonnes of enriched liquid xenon in a low-background single-phase time projection chamber. nEXO is expected to reach a 10 year sensitivity of ~1028 years. This talk will discuss techniques for light and charge calibration currently under study by the nEXO collaboration, including results from testing and simulation of dissolved calibration sources capable of characterizing the center of nEXO's large drift chamber, complemented by liquid xenon fluid simulations. External gamma and neutron sources are also studied.

Presenters

  • Erin Hansen

    Drexel University

Authors

  • Erin Hansen

    Drexel University