Yu. V. Gusakov

Atlas TRT: Research & design B-type module mass production

Collaboration efforts of the JINR TRT group, Russian institutions and the international scientific organizations in constructing the ATLAS Inner Detector TRT for LHC is summarized. R&D and TRT construction were accomplished during 1994–2007 at the Laboratory of Particle Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (LPP JINR) and CERN.

The ATLAS transition radiation tracker

The transition radiation tracker of the ATLAS setup, which is one of the two multipurpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), its design, and the tasks it performs are described. The tracker is fully assembled and commissioned. The first physical results obtained by the tracker in the ATLAS cosmic muon runs are presented.

Multichannel prototype detector based on segmented straws

The design and technology of assembling a prototype detector based on segmented straws with a granularity of 4 cm2 are considered. The prototype with a sensitive area of 400 × 200 mm contains two straw planes with a diameter of 4 mm shifted with respect to each other by the straw radius. The total number of registration channels is 360. The results of a test bench study of the prototype are presented.

Automated stand check of 'B' type TRT ATLAS wheel straw detectors

The automated stand developed and created by the collaboration ATLAS for testing the wheel modules of the TRT ATLAS straw detectors allows a complete check of the module that defines the serviceability of all its channels and measures the gas gain inhomogeneity along its length for each straw. The results of testing the “B” type modules manufactured at the Laboratory of Particle Physics, JINR are presented.

RED-100 detector for the first observation of the elastic coherent neutrino scattering off xenon nuclei

The RED-100 (Russian Emission Detector) is being constructed for the experiment to search for elastic coherent neutrino scattering off atomic nuclei. This fundamental process was predicted several decades ago by the Standard Model of electroweak interactions but has not been discovered yet. The RED-100 is a two-phase emission xenon detector containing ~200 kg of the liquid Xe (~ 100 kg of that is in a fiducial volume). One of the possible sites to carry out the experiment is the SNS (Spallation Neutron Source) facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA. SNS is the worlds most intense pulsed source of neutrinos and unique place to study neutrino properties. The energy spectrum of neutrinos produced at the SNS extends up to ~ 50 MeV and satisfies coherence condition. These neutrinos give kinetic energies of Xe recoils up to a few tens of keV where the response of nuclear recoils is well-known from neutron calibrations of dark matter detectors. The detector will be deployed in the basement under the experimental hall at a distance of ~30 meters from the SNS target. The expected signal and background (neutron and gamma) are estimated for this specific location. The detector details, current status and future plans are provided.

The RED-100 two-phase emission detector

The RED-100 experimental setup, which is designed to detect elastic coherent neutrino scattering off xenon nuclei, is described. One specific feature of this setup is the possibility of using it in above ground experiments. The setup is based on the RED-100 two-phase emission detector in which liquid xenon is used as a working medium for detection of rare events. The results of the technical run with the setup are presented. These are the evidence of the normal operation of all systems and the readiness of the setup for carrying out an experiment.

Transition radiation detectors—“B” trackers manufactured at JINR for ATLAS LHC inner detector

The results of the creation of a transition radiation detector—a “B” tracker on the basis of thin-walled drift tubes (straw tubes) for the inner detector of the ATLAS Large Hadron Collider (LHC)—are presented. The results of preliminary detector testing are described. The basic components and procedures of assembly for 17 eight-layer TRT modules manufactured at JINR are described.

Status of the RED-100 experiment

D.Yu. Akimov1,2 on behalf of the RED collaboration 1 State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics of National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” (ITEP), 25 Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya str., 117218, Moscow, Russian Federation 2 National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), 31 Kashirskoe shosse, 115409, Moscow, Russian Federation

Purification of liquid xenon with the spark discharge technique for use in two-phase emission detectors

A procedure for spark-discharge purification of a liquid xenon sample with a mass of 55 kg is described. The average lifetime of ionization electrons before capture by electronegative impurities in liquid xenon increased from ≤ 0.1 μs to ≥ 50 μs for an electric field of 50–500 V/cm as a result of the procedure. The xenon purified with this method is intended for use in the RED-100 detector for observation of the process of coherent elastic neutrino scattering off xenon nuclei.

Synthesis of Titanium Nanoparticles in Liquid Xenon by a High-Voltage Discharge

The formation of titanium nanoparticles (NPs) in a high-voltage electric discharge between titanium electrodes in liquid xenon at a temperature of –105°C has been observed. It has been shown that these titanium nanoparticles have a spherical shape with an average diameter of <50 nm and they possess high chemical activity. This makes it possible when a relative mass concentration of NP reaches ~10–6 to efficiently purify xenon from electronegative impurities for its use as a working medium for a new generation of high-efficiency nuclear radiation detectors.