Speaker
Prof.
Simon Viel
(Carleton University)
Description
The nEXO experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 5 tonnes of liquid xenon enriched in the xenon-136 isotope. In order to achieve better than 1% energy resolution at the energy of interest, both charge signals and scintillation light will be detected. The scintillation light at 175 nm will be detected using ultraviolet-sensitive silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) covering an area of about 4.6 m$^2$. Recent results on SiPM device qualification from Hamamatsu and FBK, the development of photon-to-digital converters, and plans for large-scale SiPM integration in the nEXO detector will be presented.
| Submission declaration | Original and unplublished |
|---|
Author
Prof.
Simon Viel
(Carleton University)
