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XENON1T Cryogenics and Vacuum
Cameo Lance
REU via Columbia UniversityLocated in LNGS, Italy
Summer 2015Cameo Lance 1
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Overview● Dark Matter● XENON1T● Cryogenics● Leak Test● Portable Pumping Station (PPS)● Other
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Astronomical evidence
Gravitational Lensing
WMAP Merging Galaxy Clusters
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Step one in the search for dark matter: observe indirectly
Dark M
atter
27%
Dark E
nergy
68%
Visibl
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er 5%
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Direct Detection
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The predicted sensitivity
of XENON1T will be 100x lower than the current limit published for XENON100.
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XENON1T
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Located under 1,400m of rock to shield from
-Gamma Rays-Cosmic Rays ~Muons ~Neutrons
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Detection Method
● Dual phase time
projection chamber
● Measures Ionization
and Scintillation
● Filled with liquid
and gaseous xenon
at ~ 170 K
Dual Phase TPC
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Cryogenics Schematic
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Outer vessel
Inner vessel
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A Leak Exists!
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● Xenon was detected in the outer vessel with a residual gas analyzer (RGA)
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Recuperation
● In order to reduce the loss of xenon
● Transferred xenon from cryostat into bottles on ground floor
● Used LN2 to create pressure differential
to induce a flow of xenon
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Characterize the Leak
Vacuum
Pressurized with GN2
Leak Detected
Leak Not Detected
● Leak monodirectional● Leak began at a pressure of ~400mbar● Cause: not enough torque on inner
vessel bolts in cryostat
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Solution
Tighten the 54 boltsFrom 65 Nm to 120 Nmin increments
Access inner vessel - maintain N2 purge - remove floor - lower outer vessel - undress mylar Cameo Lance 11
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Leak Rate Reduces
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Tighten Again
● Performed load cell test
-30% less than torque wrench reads
● Tightened in one motion
● Tightened via the head of the bolt
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No More Leak!
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PPS motivation● PPS: Portable Pumping Station
● Needed for porcupine and leak testing
● Usable for other subsytsems
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Design
Convenient to storeEasy to maneuver
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Designed using SolidWorks
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Other Tasks
● Constructed stainless steel pipes for Krypton Column
- Orbital Welder
● Calculated Volume in Purification System
● Assembled and installed LN2 line to LN2 tower
● Simulated branching ratios of Be using geant4
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Purification Volume● Calculated volume in the inner vessel of
the purification system
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AntiBouyancy SystemInstallation of valvesCameo Lance
Changed cabling for QDrive
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Learned● Hardware
-About cryogenics
-Leak testing vacuum systems
-How to use various tools (e.g. Orbital Welder, RGA, Load Cell)● Software
-SolidWorks
-Programming (e.g. C++, Python)
-ROOT
-LaTeX
-Spreadsheets● Concepts
-How photons work
-What sound really is● E un poco di Italiano 20
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Conclusion
This summer let me ● In on the secret life of scientist● Apply the information I have been learning for many years
● And appreciate that information● Look forward to my life, as a scientist.
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Thank You!● NSF REU program● Columbia University & Nevis Labs● Elena Aprile● John Parsons● Guillaume Plante● Patrick de Perio● Everyone in XENON
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Questions?
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