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Secondary scintillation yield of xenon with sub-percent levels of CO2 additive for rare-event detection

Publicated to: PHYSICS LETTERS B. 773 663-671 - 2017-01-01 773(), DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.09.017

Authors:

HENRIQUES, C.A.; Freitas, E.D.C.; Azevedo, C.D.R.; González-Díaz, D.; Mano, R.D.P.; Jorge, M.R.; Fernandes, L.M.P.; Monteiro, C.M.B.; Gómez-Cadenas, J.J.; Álvarez-Puerta, Vicente; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J.M.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Botas, A.; Cárcel García, Sara; Carrión Burguete, José Vicente; Esteve Bosch, Raul; Herrero Bosch, Vicente; Mora Mas, Francisco José; Querol-Segura, Marc; Rodriguez-Samaniego, Javier; Toledo Alarcón, José Francisco
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Affiliations

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Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, POB 500 - Author
Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 12 Phys Hall - Author
Joint Inst Nucl Res, Joliot Curie 6 - Author
Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd - Author
Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys & Astron - Author
Univ Antonio Narino, Ctr Invest Ciencias Basicas & Aplicadas, Sede Circunvalar,Carretera 3 Este 47 A-15 - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, Campus Cantobianco - Author
Univ Aveiro, Inst Nanostruct Nanomodelling & Nanofabricat i3N, Campus Santiago - Author
Univ Coimbra, Dept Fis, LIP, Rua Larga - Author
Univ Coimbra, Phys Dept, LIBPhys, Rua Larga - Author
Univ Girona, Escola Politecn Super, Av Montilivi S-N - Author
Univ Oxford - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Instrumentac Imagen Mol I3M, Camino Vera S-N,Edificio 8B - Author
Univ Santiago de Compostela, Inst Gallego Fis Altas Energias, Campus Sur,Rua Xose Maria Suarez Nuflez S-N - Author
Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys - Author
Univ Texas Austin - Author
Univ Valencia, Calle Catedrat Jose Beltran 2 - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Lab Fis Nucl & Astroparticulas, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12 - Author
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Abstract

Xe-CO2 mixtures are important alternatives to pure xenon in Time Projection Chambers (TPC) based on secondary scintillation (electroluminescence) signal amplification with applications in the important field of rare event detection such as directional dark matter, double electron capture and double beta decay detection. The addition of CO2 to pure xenon at the level of 0.05-0.1% can reduce significantly the scale of electron diffusion from 10 mm/root m to 2.5 mm/root m, with high impact on the discrimination of the events through pattern recognition of the topology of primary ionization trails. We have measured the electroluminescence (EL) yield of Xe-CO2 mixtures, with sub-percent CO2 concentrations. We demonstrate that the EL production is still high in these mixtures, 70% and 35% relative to that produced in pure xenon, for CO2 concentrations around 0.05% and 0.1%, respectively. The contribution of the statistical fluctuations in EL production to the energy resolution increases with increasing CO2 concentration, being smaller than the contribution of the Fano factor for concentrations below 0.1% CO2. (C) 2017 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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Keywords

ArgonAvalanche photodiodeBeta-decayDouble beta decayElectroluminescenceGasLarge-areaNeutrinoProportional counterPulse analysisRare event detectionSearchSecondary scintillationXenon

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal PHYSICS LETTERS B due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2017, it was in position 4/20, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Nuclear.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.14, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-03, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 21
  • Scopus: 23
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 18.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 18 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/148454
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Colombia; Portugal; Russia; United Kingdom; United States of America.

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Awards linked to the item

The NEXT Collaboration acknowledges support from the following agencies and institutions: the European Research Council (ERC) under the Advanced Grant 339787-NEXT; the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain under grants FIS2014-53371-C04 and the Severo Ochoa Program SEV-2014-0398; the GVA of Spain under grant PROMETEO/2016/120; the Portuguese FCT under project PTDC/FIS-NUC/2525/2014; the U.S. Department of Energy under contracts number DE-AC02-07CH11359 (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) and DE-FG02-13ER42020 (Texas A & the University of Texas at Arlington. C.A.O.H., E.D.C.F., C.M.B.M. and C.D.R.A. acknowledge FCT under grants PD/BD/105921/2014, SFRH/BPD/109180/2015, SFRH/BPD/76842/2011 and SFRH/BPD/79163/2011, respectively.
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