DOE OSTI · 1454549
The LUX prototype detector: Heat exchanger development
Abstract
The LUX (large underground xenon) detector is a two-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) designed to search for WIMP–nucleon dark matter interactions. As with all noble element detectors, continuous purification of the detector medium is essential to produce a large (> 1 ms) electron lifetime; this is necessary for efficient measurement of the electron signal which in turn is essential for achieving robust discrimination of signal from background events. Here, we describe the development of a novel purification system deployed in a prototype detector. The results from the operation of this prototype indicated heat exchange with an efficiency above 94% up to a flow rate of 42 slpm, allowing for an electron drift length greater than 1 m to be achieved in approximately 2 days and sustained for the duration of the testing period.
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Akerib, D. S., Bai, X., Bedikian, S., Bernstein, A., Bolozdynya, A., Bradley, A., Cahn, S. B., Carr, D., Chapman, J. J., Clark, K., Classen, T., Curioni, A., Dahl, C. E., Dazeley, S., de Viveiros, L., Dragowsky, M., Druszkiewicz, E., Fiorucci, S., Gaitskell, R. J., Hall, C., Faham, C., Holbrook, B., Kastens, L., Kazkaz, K., Kwong, J., Lander, R., Leonard, D., Malling, D., Mannino, R., McKinsey, D. N., Mei, D., Mock, J., Morii, M., Nikkel, J. A., Phelps, P., Shutt, T., Skulski, W., Sorensen, P., Spaans, J., Steigler, T., Svoboda, R., Sweany, M., Thomson, J., Tripathi, M., Walsh, N., Webb, R., White, J., Wolfs, F. L. H., Woods, M., Zhang, C.. 2013-01-24. The LUX prototype detector: Heat exchanger development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.01.036
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