Performance data from the ZEPLIN-III second science run
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon direct dark matter experiment located at the Boulby Mine (U.K.). After its first science run in 2008 it was upgraded with: an array of low background photomultipliers, a new anti-coincidence detector system with plastic scintillator and an improved calibration system. After 319 days of data taking the second science run ended in May 2011. In this paper we describe the instrument performance with emphasis on the position and energy reconstruction algorithm and summarise the final science results.
Date Issued
2012-03-28
Date Acceptance
2012-02-22
Citation
Journal of Instrumentation, 2012, 7
ISSN
1748-0221
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Volume
7
Copyright Statement
© 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Instrumentation. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/03/C03044.
Sponsor
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
PP/E006841/1
ST/I000011/1
ST/I006137/1
ST/K001604/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Instruments & Instrumentation
INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION
Noble-liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization two-phase)
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Time projection chambers
DARK-MATTER DETECTOR
NUISANCE PARAMETERS
VETO DETECTOR
LIMITS
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Publication Status
Published
OA Location
http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0080
Article Number
C03044