18–24 Jun 2017
UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
US/Pacific timezone

Status of the NEXT experiment after the first data-taking run with the NEW prototype

23 Jun 2017, 12:20
15m
Pacific Ballroom C (UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA)

Pacific Ballroom C

UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

Working Group Sessions Neutrino Physics Working Group Working Group: Neutrino Physics

Speaker

Mr Gonzalo Martínez Lema (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)

Description

NEXT is an experiment aiming for the discovery of the neutrinoless double beta decay in 136Xe. Using a high-pressure TPC with electroluminescence amplification and a combination of PMTs and SiPMs as detection technologies, the energy resolution has been measured to be better than 1% FWHM @ Qbb with smaller prototypes. The underground operation of the latest prototype (NEW) has recently begun and the first calibration data taken since November provide excellent prospects for the future.

Primary author

Mr Gonzalo Martínez Lema (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)

Presentation materials