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neriX PMT Calibration and Neutron Generator Simulation
Haley Pawlow
July 31, 2014
Columbia University REU, XENON
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Dark Matter
XENON
neriX
Project 1-> PMT Calibration
Project 2-> Neutron Generator Simulation
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 2
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• 1933-> Using Virial Theorem to analyze Coma cluster motion, found the visible mass was too small to explain high velocities of galaxies
• Missing mass could be dark matter
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 3
Fritz Zwicky
Coma cluster
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07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 4
Vera Rubin
Ø 1970-> Rubin measured rotational velocity of spiral galaxy as a function of radius
Ø Used Newtonian Mechanics to compute mass
Ø Velocity doesn’t obey
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Ø Two hot x-ray gas clouds (red) collide like a shock wave, producing a bullet shape
Ø Dark matter (blue) passes right through each other with no interaction aside from gravitational force
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 5
Bullet Cluster
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Ø Leading dark matter candidate because it agrees nicely with super symmetry
Ø Non-baryonic matter
Ø Interact with weak force
Ø Neutral in charge and color
Ø nonrelativistic
Ø Stable or have lifetimes comparable to age of Universe
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 6
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs)
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Detecting WIMPs Indirect Detection Direct Detection
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 7
LHC (Production)
Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope
XENON100
Ø Observe particles or gamma rays resulting from WIMP annihilation or decay
Ø Look for signal from WIMP nuclear recoils
Ø Leaders are Dual-Phase, liquid noble gas detectors
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Dark Matter
XENON
neriX
Project 1-> PMT Calibration
Project 2-> Neutron Generator
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 8
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Direct Detection
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 9
Ø Simultaneous measurement of ionization and scintillation signals enables XENON to discern between nuclear and electronic recoils
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Ø 161kg of LXe
Ø Optimize design for low energy threshold
Ø Purify Xenon
Ø Optimize shielding (underground in Gran Sasso, Italy)
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 10
XENON100
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07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 11
Time Projection Chamber (TPC) Ø WIMP scatters with Lxe nucleus,
causing a nuclear recoil where atom collides into other atoms
Ø Atoms can either be ionized, releasing electrons, or excited, emitting photons which are detected by the photomultiplier tubes (scintillation->S1)
Ø Remaining electrons accelerated across electric field to top gas, producing secondary light (ionization->S2)
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Ø light yield (s1) = total photons/Energy
Ø charge yield (s2) = # of electrons/Energy
Ø S2/S1 differentiates between electronic(gamma/beta)
and nuclear recoils
Ø Leff is largest systematic error in reported LXe WIMP
searches
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 12
Measuring S1 and S2
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Ø S2/S1 differentiates between electronic(gamma/beta) and nuclear recoils
Ø Using drift time and Voltage, calculate distance (z direction)
Ø PMTs record x and y coordinate of event (hit pattern)
Ø Reconstruct position of event
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 13
Position of event
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Dark Matter
XENON
neriX
Project 1-> PMT Calibration
Project 2-> Neutron Generator
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 14
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Ø Analyze how different particles, like neutrons and gamma rays, interact with LXe atoms
Ø Measure s1 and s2 to distinguish
electromagnetic background from WIMPs in XENON
Ø Need to convert from measured scintillation in
Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to energy
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 15
neriX: How can we calibrate XENON?
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Ø Neutron generator emits monochromatic neutrons that elastically scatter with atoms inside LXe.
Ø Two organic liquid scintillators detect neutrons at fixed signal
Ø Measure light and charge yield
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 16
neriX Experimental setup
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neriX Detector Ø Same Dual-phase, TPC concept as XENON100 Ø neriX has 4 top PMTs and 1 bottom PMT Ø XENON100 has 98 top PMTs and 78 bottom PMTs
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Dark Matter
XENON
neriX
Project 1-> PMT Calibration
Project 2-> Neutron Generator
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 18
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Ø Incident photon emits a single photoelectron (PE) from photocathode
Ø PE attracted to dynode by applied electric field
Ø PE accelerates, releasing more e-’s, which are all attracted to second dynode
Ø Dynodes multiply amount of charge via photoelectric effect
Ø PMT Gain = # of e produced/photoelectron 07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 19
PMTs
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Ø PMTs give us a voltage signal, we need to convert to photoelectrons using the gain
Ø With the gain we can measure s1 and s2 (light and charge signals)
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 20
Why do we need to calibrate PMTs?
Bottom PMT array for
XENON100
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Ø Number of PE is a poisson distribution: 90% of signal is noise, 10% of signal from 1 PE. This way contribution of multiple PE is minimized
Ø 1st peak around zero is noise, second peak from one photoelectron
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 21
Gaussian Distribution of PMTs
Charge[e]0 500 1000 1500 2000
310×
Freq
uenc
y
0
200
400
600
800
1000 = 0.045speΛMean = 9.50e+05 +/- 1.72e+04,
Signal
Noise
Difference between S/N
Channel 1, PMT 1 at 700 V
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07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 22
Gaussian Distribution of PMTs
Charge[e]400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
310×
Freq
uenc
y
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400 = 0.045
speRMean = 9.50e+05 +/- 1.72e+04,
Signal
Noise
Difference between S/N
Channel 1, PMT 1 at 700 VØ Λ = 0.045, the
1-PE peak is 4.5% of signal
Ø Agrees with Poisson distribution
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PMT Calibration
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 23
Ø 4 top PMTs and 1 bottom PMT, 4 channels each
Ø PMT Gain = # of electrons produced/PE
Ø PMT gain increases exponentially, seen as line in log linear plot
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Dark Matter
XENON
neriX
Project 1-> PMT Calibration
Project 2-> Neutron Generator
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 24
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Neutron Generator
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 25
1. Heat filament and release deuterium gas
2. As cathode heats up, electrons extracted to the grid
3. Ionized deuterium gas ions accelerate toward titanium deuteride target
4. Ions collide with target and are either stopped or produce neutrons
5. Neutrons are mono-energetic, minimizing spread in neutron energy at a 90 degree angle
1
2 3
45
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Ø Increase voltage 40kV->100kV
Ø With a higher voltage we get greater
neutron flux
Ø Faster data collection
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 26
Why modify Neutron Generator holder?
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Ø Need to avoid electrical discharge at HV cable connection to neutron generator
Ø Analyze electrical breakdown (dielectric strength) for different dielectric materials (Teflon, oil, and air)
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 27
Electrical Breakdown across HV cable
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Electrical Breakdown in Air
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 28
At the HV cable radius, the electric field exceeds electrical breakdown for 100kV
radius [mm]0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
E(r)[
V/m
m]
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000 Air50 kV80kV100kV150kVInner radiusOuter radiusBreakdown Voltage
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Electrical Breakdown in Oil
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 29
At the HV cable radius, the electric field exceeds electrical breakdown for 100kV
radius [mm]0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
E(r)[
V/m
m]
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000Mineral Oil
50 kV80kV100kV150kVInner radiusOuter radiusBreakdown Voltage
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Electrical Breakdown in Teflon
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 30
At the HV cable radius, the electric field is well below electrical breakdown for 100kV
radius [mm]0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
E(r)[
V/m
m]
0
20
40
60
80
100
1203
10×
Teflon50 kV80kV100kV150kVInner radiusOuter radiusBreakdown Voltage
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Ø Optimize ratio between Teflon and oil to produce least amount of neutron scatters
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 31
GEANT4 Monte Carlo Simulation
Teflon cut radius =
radius of mineral oil
*Image from GEANT4 simulation
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Example: Teflon/oil = 1.5743
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52% of neutrons scatter
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Teflon/Oil Scattered/Total neutrons
1.57 0.522
0.5 0.522
0.19 0.520
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Conclusions
Ø Largest Teflon cut produces least amount of neutron scatters
Ø Amount of scattering is negligible +/- 0.4%
Ø Use maximum amount of Teflon in holder design to keep neutron generator fixed
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SolidWorks Model for Neutron Generator Holder
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Ø Increase holder tube diameter from 2->3’’
Ø Maximize use of Teflon to minimize neutron scatters
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SolidWorks Neutron Generator Holder Model
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ü HV cable surrounded with Teflon to avoid electrical breakdown
ü Neutron Generator firmly secured in carrier
with Teflon/oil ~1.5
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Ø Measure nuclear and electronic recoils by varying electric fields across chamber
Ø More precise measurement of gamma rays at low energy with Cs 137 Compton scatters
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 36
Next Steps for neriX
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7/31/2014 Haley Pawlow, XENON 37
Takeaways
ROOT/C++ GEANT4 SolidWorks
Dark Matter , XENON, neriX
Graduate School
Research Environment
Particle Physics Lectures
Brookhaven National Lab
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Acknowledgements
07/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 38
• Elena Aprile for giving me this opportunity • Antonio Melgarejo, Marc Weber, Luke
Goetzke, and Matt Anthony for their support and guidance
• The XENON team at Nevis for being so inviting
• John Parsons and Amy Garwood for organizing the REU program
• NSF REU program for their generous funding
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Questions???
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Appendix
08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 40
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Gain = # of electrons/photoelectron emitted
PMT Quantum Efficiency = 35% (# photons/PE)
Number of photons from PMT
Light Detection Efficiency
Total # photons emmited (type, Energy, E field)
08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 41
Measuring # of photons from PMT
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Relative scintillation efficiency of nuclear recoils
(Leff)
08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 42
Leff is largest systematic error in reported LXe WIMP searches
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08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 43
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08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 44
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08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 45
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Monte Carlo Simulation of ideal Teflon/Oil ratio
08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 46
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Teflon/oil= 0.50
08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 47
52 % of neutrons scatter
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Teflon/oil = 0.191
08/31/14 Haley Pawlow, XENON 48
52% of neutrons scatter