Energy resolution and linearity of XENON1T in the MeV energy range

Aprile, E.; Aalbers, J.; Agostini, F.; Alfonsi, M.; Althueser, L.; Amaro, F. D.; Antochi, V. C.; Angelino, E.; Angevaare, J.; Arneodo, F.; Barge, D.; Baudis, L.; Bauermeister, B.; Bellagamba, L.; Benabderrahmane, M. L.; Berger, T.; Breur, P. A.; Brown, A.; Brown, E.; Bruenner, S.; Bruno, G.; Budnik, R.; Capelli, C.; Cardoso, J. M. R.; Cichon, D.; Cimmino, B.; Clark, M.; Coderre, D.; Colijn, A. P.; Conrad, J.; Cussonneau, J. P.; Decowski, M. P.; Depoian, A.; Di Gangi, P.; Di Giovanni, A.; Di Stefano, R.; Diglio, S.; Elykov, A.; Eurin, G.; Ferella, A. D.; Fulgione, W.; Gaemers, P.; Gaior, R.; Gallo Rosso, A.; Galloway, M.; Gao, F.; Garbini, M.; Grandi, L.; Hasterok, C.; Hils, C.; Hiraide, K.; Hoetzsch, L.; Hogenbirk, E.; Howlett, J.; Iacovacci, M.; Itow, Y.; Joerg, F.; Kato, N.; Kazama, S.; Kobayashi, M.; Koltman, G.; Kopec, A.; Landsman, H.; Lang, R. F.; Levinson, L.; Lin, Q.; Lindemann, S.; Lindner, M.; Lombardi, F.; Lopes, J. A. M.; López Fune, E.; Macolino, C.; Mahlstedt, J.; Manenti, L.; Manfredini, A.; Marignetti, F.; Marrodán Undagoitia, T.; Martens, K.; Masbou, J.; Masson, D.; Mastroianni, S.; Messina, M.; Miuchi, K.; Molinario, A.; Morå, K.; Moriyama, S.; Mosbacher, Y.; Murra, M.; Naganoma, J.; Ni, K.; Oberlack, U.; Odgers, K.; Palacio, J.; Pelssers, B.; Peres, R.; Pienaar, J.; Pizzella, V.; Plante, G.; Qin, J.; Qiu, H.; Ramírez García, D.; Reichard, S.; Rocchetti, A.; Rupp, N.; Dos Santos, J. M. F.; Sartorelli, G.; Šarčević, N.; Scheibelhut, M.; Schindler, S.; Schreiner, J.; Schulte, D.; Schumann, M.; Scotto Lavina, L.; Selvi, M.; Semeria, F.; Shagin, P.; Shockley, E.; Silva, M.; Simgen, H.; Takeda, A.; Therreau, C.; Thers, D.; Toschi, F.; Trinchero, G.; Tunnell, C.; Vargas, M.; Volta, G.; Wack, O.; Wang, H.; Wei, Y.; Weinheimer, C.; Weiss Xu, M.; Wenz, D.; Wittweg, C.; Wulf, J.; Xu, Z.; Yamashita, M.; Ye, J.; Zavattini, G.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, T.; Zopounidis, J. P.

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8284-0

Xenon dual-phase time projection chambers designed to search for weakly interacting massive particles have so far shown a relative energy resolution which degrades with energy above ~200 keV due to the saturation effects. This has limited their sensitivity in the search for rare events like the neutrinoless double-beta decay of ¹³⁶Xe at its Q value, Qᵦᵦ ≃ 2.46 MeV. For the XENON1T dual-phase time projection chamber, we demonstrate that the relative energy resolution at 1 σ/μ is as low as (0.80±0.02) % in its one-ton fiducial mass, and for single-site interactions at Qᵦᵦ. We also present a new signal correction method to rectify the saturation effects of the signal readout system, resulting in more accurate position reconstruction and indirectly improving the energy resolution. The very good result achieved in XENON1T opens up new windows for the xenon dual-phase dark matter detectors to simultaneously search for other rare events.

Energy resolution and linearity of XENON1T in the MeV energy range / Aprile, E., Aalbers, J., Agostini, F., Alfonsi, M., Althueser, L., Amaro, F.D., Antochi, V.C., Angelino, E., Angevaare, J., Arneodo, F., Barge, D., Baudis, L., Bauermeister, B., Bellagamba, L., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Berger, T., Breur, P.A., Brown, A., Brown, E., Bruenner, S., et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 80:8(2020), pp. 1-9. [10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8284-0]