Speaker
David Nygren
(LBNL)
Description
Future experimental sensitivity goals for both WIMP dark matter and $0\nu \, \beta \beta$ decay searches converge on ton-scale active masses, and even much more. Background requirements for both searches have many similarities. Xenon is a prominent candidate for new experimental efforts in both topics at this scale. The question naturally arises whether both searches can be made in a single xenon-based detector – without significant compromise to either. In addition to new experimental results, we will present the rationale and some design and cost issues for a ton-scale electroluminescent TPC detector. In the coming era of severe fiscal pressures on large-scale science, it is important that a true dual-purpose detector be considered seriously.
for the collaboration
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Primary author
David Nygren
(LBNL)
