We present details of the technical design, manufacture and testing of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by interacting particles and radiation. The instrument design is driven by both the physics requirements and by the technology requirements surrounding the use of liquid xenon. These include considerations of key performance parameters, such as the efficiency of scintillation light collection, restrictions placed on the use of materials to control the inherent radioactivity levels, attainment of high vacuum levels and chemical contamination control. The successful solution has involved a number of novel design and manufacturing features which will be of specific use to future generations of direct dark matter search experiments as they struggle with similar and progressively more demanding requirements.
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ScienceDirect - Astroparticle Physics : The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design, manufacture and commissioning
%0 Journal Article
%1 Akimov200746
%A Akimov, D.Yu.
%A Alner, G.J.
%A Araújo, H.M.
%A Bewick, A.
%A Bungau, C.
%A Burenkov, A.A.
%A Carson, M.J.
%A Chagani, H.
%A Chepel, V.
%A Cline, D.
%A Davidge, D.
%A Daw, E.
%A Dawson, J.
%A Durkin, T.
%A Edwards, B.
%A Gamble, T.
%A Chag, C.
%A Hollingworth, R.J.
%A Howard, A.S.
%A Jones, W.G.
%A Joshi, M.
%A Mavrokoridis, K.
%A Korolkova, E.
%A Kovalenko, A.
%A Kudryavtsev, V.A.
%A Kuznetsov, I.S.
%A Lawson, T.
%A Lebedenko, V.N.
%A Lewin, J.D.
%A Lightfoot, P.
%A Lindote, A.
%A Liubarsky, I.
%A Lopes, M.I.
%A Lüscher, R.
%A McMillan, J.E.
%A Majewski, P.
%A Morgan, B.
%A Muna, D.
%A Murphy, A.S.
%A Neves, F.
%A Nicklin, G.G.
%A Paling, S.M.
%A Muna, D.
%A da Cunha, J. Pinto
%A Plank, S.J.S.
%A Preece, R.
%A Quenby, J.J.
%A Robinson, M.
%A Silva, C.
%A Solovov, V.N.
%A Smith, N.J.T.
%A Smith, P.F.
%A Spooner, N.J.C.
%A Stekhanov, V.
%A Sumner, T.J.
%A Thorne, C.
%A Tovey, D.R.
%A Tziaferi, E.
%A Walker, R.J.
%A Wang, H.
%A White, J.
%A Wolfs, F.
%D 2007
%J Astroparticle Physics
%K dark matter zeplin
%N 1
%P 46 - 60
%R 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.09.005
%T The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design, manufacture and commissioning
%U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ1-4M3HY62-1/2/914a8c4784450b4e732b0bc597ed8c17
%V 27
%X We present details of the technical design, manufacture and testing of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by interacting particles and radiation. The instrument design is driven by both the physics requirements and by the technology requirements surrounding the use of liquid xenon. These include considerations of key performance parameters, such as the efficiency of scintillation light collection, restrictions placed on the use of materials to control the inherent radioactivity levels, attainment of high vacuum levels and chemical contamination control. The successful solution has involved a number of novel design and manufacturing features which will be of specific use to future generations of direct dark matter search experiments as they struggle with similar and progressively more demanding requirements.
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abstract = {We present details of the technical design, manufacture and testing of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by interacting particles and radiation. The instrument design is driven by both the physics requirements and by the technology requirements surrounding the use of liquid xenon. These include considerations of key performance parameters, such as the efficiency of scintillation light collection, restrictions placed on the use of materials to control the inherent radioactivity levels, attainment of high vacuum levels and chemical contamination control. The successful solution has involved a number of novel design and manufacturing features which will be of specific use to future generations of direct dark matter search experiments as they struggle with similar and progressively more demanding requirements.},
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author = {Akimov, D.Yu. and Alner, G.J. and Araújo, H.M. and Bewick, A. and Bungau, C. and Burenkov, A.A. and Carson, M.J. and Chagani, H. and Chepel, V. and Cline, D. and Davidge, D. and Daw, E. and Dawson, J. and Durkin, T. and Edwards, B. and Gamble, T. and Chag, C. and Hollingworth, R.J. and Howard, A.S. and Jones, W.G. and Joshi, M. and Mavrokoridis, K. and Korolkova, E. and Kovalenko, A. and Kudryavtsev, V.A. and Kuznetsov, I.S. and Lawson, T. and Lebedenko, V.N. and Lewin, J.D. and Lightfoot, P. and Lindote, A. and Liubarsky, I. and Lopes, M.I. and Lüscher, R. and McMillan, J.E. and Majewski, P. and Morgan, B. and Muna, D. and Murphy, A.S. and Neves, F. and Nicklin, G.G. and Paling, S.M. and Muna, D. and da Cunha, J. Pinto and Plank, S.J.S. and Preece, R. and Quenby, J.J. and Robinson, M. and Silva, C. and Solovov, V.N. and Smith, N.J.T. and Smith, P.F. and Spooner, N.J.C. and Stekhanov, V. and Sumner, T.J. and Thorne, C. and Tovey, D.R. and Tziaferi, E. and Walker, R.J. and Wang, H. and White, J. and Wolfs, F.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/269b9fea8ac87d4d7ba7deb6c2d86e4dc/kozlov},
description = {ScienceDirect - Astroparticle Physics : The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design, manufacture and commissioning},
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journal = {Astroparticle Physics},
keywords = {dark matter zeplin},
number = 1,
pages = {46 - 60},
timestamp = {2011-05-20T08:14:02.000+0200},
title = {The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Instrument design, manufacture and commissioning},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJ1-4M3HY62-1/2/914a8c4784450b4e732b0bc597ed8c17},
volume = 27,
year = 2007
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