1–7 Jun 2014
Boston University
US/Eastern timezone

Energy Calibration of the EXO-200 Detector

Not scheduled
Metcalf Auditorium (Boston University)

Metcalf Auditorium

Boston University

George Sherman Union 775 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215
Board: 93
Poster Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Speaker

Dr Caio Licciardi (Carleton University)

Description

The first stage of the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO), EXO-200, consists of an extremely low background time projection chamber containing ~150 kg of enriched liquid Xe-136 (LXe). The EXO-200 currently holds the most sensitive search for neutrinoless double beta decay in LXe. This search strongly relies on features presented in the energy spectrum of the measured events. The stringent requirements on the energy calibration are attained by frequent monitoring of the detector response. The energy resolution has been improved to an average of σ/E = 1.53% at the Q-value (2458 keV). This poster will focus on the energy calibration system of the EXO-200 detector along with the offline techniques applied to calibrate the data.

Primary author

Dr Caio Licciardi (Carleton University)

Presentation materials