Speaker
Dr
Lucie Tvrznikova
(Yale University / LBNL)
Description
As noble liquid time projection chambers grow in size, their high voltage requirements increase, and detailed, reproducible studies of dielectric breakdown and the onset of electroluminescence are needed to inform their design. The Xenon Breakdown Apparatus (XeBrA) is a 5-liter cryogenic chamber at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory built to characterize high voltage behavior of liquid xenon and liquid argon. This talk will present the motivation and results from XeBrA that will serve to inform the future of noble liquid detector engineering.
Primary author
Dr
Lucie Tvrznikova
(Yale University / LBNL)
Co-authors
Prof.
Daniel McKinsey
(University of California, Berkeley)
Mr
Ethan Bernard
(LBNL)
William Waldron
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)