Xenon Detector Status Report

Xenon Detector Group

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Contents

• Liquid Phase Purification• PMT R&D final report• Detector Preparation Status

• Cryostat Construction• 1000 liter dewar• Xenon transfer

• Gas phase purifier• Liquid/gas transfer

• PMT test at Pisa & PSI• Pi0 calibration

• NaI detector stage• Target

• Xenon• Waveform analysis update • Schedule

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Liquid Phase Purification

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Circulation Scheme

230V50Hz

Pressure

Temperature Sensor

PMT’s

Purifier Cartridge

Molecular sieves, 13X 25g water

Freq. InverterOMRON

PT

Temp

Circulation starts

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Specification

• Purifier cartridge• 500cc cartridge filled with Molecular sieves (13X)

(1/16inch pellet type, 25g water can be absorbed)• The cartridge can be regenerated by heating before

operation (Watlow heater)

• Pump• Centrifugal low temperature fluid pump (Barber Nichols)• Δp=0.2MPa• 53Hz operation, 3175rpm• 100liter/hour, 5000 hours operation more than 600

times purification cycle of 800 liter xenon

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Result

• 16/Feb Pre-cooling• 17-19/Feb Liquefaction• 21-23/Feb Liquid pump test

• Pump speed 53Hz (3180rpm)

• 24-26/Feb Purification test• Pump on/off, gas-phase purification

• 26/Feb-4/Mar Long-term operation• 5-8/Mar Gas-phase purification• 6-9/Mar γ’s from Ni, Al, N nuclei• 10/Mar Recovery

Alpha databefore Starting Purification

Pump Operation

In ~10 hours, λabs ~ 5m

1m

2.5m

5m

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Comments and Remarks

• During evacuation before liquefaction, liquid nitrogen pipe was cooled to keep water contamination in the cryostat.

• Contamination level is calculated to be > 150ppb.

• Liquid level was monitored by measuring temperature above the pump head.

• 52W cooling power is usually required to operate the LP. When the pump is operated, 2.4 times cooling power was needed (estimated with LN2 consumption rate) 62W additional heat load.

• ΔPV = 0.2 MPa x 100 liter/h = 55W

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Purifier Design

• Xenon from the bottom bypass the wall to the pump/purifier.

• Reuse the cover plate used in the LP test.• Simple cylindrical cryostat.• Delivery in Oct/05.

PMT R&D Final Report

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First Ver. Second Ver. Third Ver.Photocathode Rb-Cs-Sb K-Cs-Sb K-Cs-Sb

Material to reduce surface R

Mn layer Al Strip Al Strip (doubled)

Q.E. @ 165K ~6% (LP data) ~16% (LP data) ~4 times g.t. 1st Ver. (Tokyo data)

Rate dependence

Photocathode R&D

StableOutput deterioration

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Base circuit R&D

First Ver. Gain fluctuation under high rate B.G.

Second Ver. Zener diode implemented Stable under high B.G. but noise appears

Third Ver. Filter implemented noise removed Stable under high rate B.G.reported in the last Review Meeting

Tested in Pisa

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Optimum resistance is ~100KOhm, Let’s test !

Low pass filter is built in by adding resistors serial to Zener

If the resistance is too small, filtering will not work.

With too large resistance, the effect of Zener will be little under high rate BG environment

Test the power of the filter by changing the resistance Test the gain stability under high rate B.G.

(i.e. rate dependence test)

Mission : Finalize the low pass filter design

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Set up

241Am

LED

Reference PMT

Type ZR Base

PMT #1 PMT #2 PMT #3 PMT #4

200KΩ 1zener

100KΩ 5zeners 1zener 1zener

51KΩ 1zener 1zener 1zener

1KΩ 1zener

51Ω 1zener

Recommended from HPK production side

Filteringpower

Rate

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Oscilloscope snapshots & Pedestal RUN …see how the filter works

Without Filter … Noise observed, wide pedestal

With Filter, no noise observed,narrow pedestal

PMT #1 PMT #2 PMT #3 PMT #4

200KΩ 1zener

100KΩ 5zeners 1zener 1zener

51KΩ 1zener 1zener 1zener

1KΩ 1zener

51Ω 1zener

Filteringpower

Ratedependence

No noise observed

noise observed

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Rate Dependence Test

241Am

LED :PMT stability monitor

Reference PMT

Type ZR Base

CrowdingLED

No Zener Diode

Reference PMT

PMT with Zener and FilterR=100KOhmSTABLE up to ~10 micro A

[micro A]

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Summary of PMT R&D

• Photocathode• We finalized photocathode R&D last year; K-Cs-Sb + AL strip

• Base Circuit• Zener diode was added to reduce voltage drop under high rate background w/o

increasing heat load from the registers (2nd version base).• PMT performance improved against high rate but unacceptable noise appeared.• Possible solution to the problem of noise from Zener diode was presented in the

last review meeting ;

Implementation of Low pass filter to base circuit (3rd Version base).

• We confirmed that with the 3rd version base circuit, noise from Zener diode is successfully removed and PMTs show good performance under high rate B.G. environment.

The design of PMT has thus been finalized.• The results are quickly reported to HPK, and they have started the base

circuit production in March.• Now, PMTs for the final detector are being delivered to PSI and Pisa.

Detector Preparation Status

•Cryostat construction•1000 liter dewar•Xenon transfer

•Gas phase purifier•Liquid/gas transfer

•PMT test at Pisa and PSI•Pi0 calibration

•NaI detector stage•Hydrogen target

•Xenon

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•Tenders and procurements.•Cold joints.•Window status.•Internal structure.

Cryostat Status

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Tenders and procurements

Tenders have been organized in three parts:1. Conventional part2. Purchasing of the cold sealing3. Cold and warm windows

SIMIC (http://www.simic.it) has won the tender (1) for the best price and for other reasons.This company is going to purchase a low magnetic permeability stainless steel (<1.008). Furthermore they are going to perform the cold test at the company.

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Tenders and procurements

However…• The company had a lot of trouble to find the material with the specified magnetic permeability. They tried several

commercial material with no success.• We suggest them to heat treated the stainless steel and they obtain an improvement of magnetic permeability with the

316L.• The material did not meet the specification. Up now they found only the material for the big flanges.

• Low magnetic permeability is achieved when the material are in fully annealed condition bellow 1.02 at 0.02 T (200 G)

• A special material with low magnetic permeability can be obtained, but the time was more them six month, with min quantity of 50 ton.

• We know that nickel help to form the austenitic phase that is not ferromagnetic and we found that the AISI 310 have a nickel content higher than the 316L (19-22 % versus 10-14%).

Finally SIMIC checked the permeability and now they are trying to acquire all material before August to recovery the time lost. (Estimated delivery date is the end of 2005 at PSI.)

We are going to visit them at the end of July to check if the have the material and they promise us to start cutting the material in the first week of August. So the welding and the machining of the parts is taking place in September October.

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Our worries on the schedule

Our worries are that SIMIC can not respect the preliminary planningthat was sent us, in which the cryostat will be at PSI at the end of 2005.The reasons are the following:• Machining and welding can be done in 2 months.• Testing the separated parts and assembling them take more than 3

months, even if everything goes well. • SIMIC has to do mechanical test and leak test of the inner vessel

and the vacuum vessel separately. • After that SIMIC has to mount two vessel together with installing

the instrumentation and the super insulation.• SIMIC has to check the additional welding and do cold and leak

tests. Those operations are not simple and require additional tooling and time.

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Cold joints.

We inquire the specification to three companies:Those companies are specialized in metallic sealing.

• GARLOCK GmbH• High Tech Metal Seals N.V. • Advanced Products NV Parker Seal Group Europe

• We should have the metallic sealing end of October.

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Window status

We inquire the specification to three companies for the metallic part:• Zanon• Cinel• SIMICWe are going to supply the material to the companies to build the teststructure.

We inquire the specification to three companies for the honycomb:• Plyform• RAV• SALVER

We should have the windows at the end of October.

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Window studies

• The heat treatment of the material was studied in collaboration with the metallurgic department of Mechanical and Nuclear engineering of Pisa.

• Several mechanical tests were done and several thermal cycles were made to study the hardening of the material.

• We sent the specification to the companies for building the windows (leaving three option for the construction to be discussed).

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The window mechanical test

Final thermal treatment

aged 16 h at T= 650°=1400 Mpa

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The Internal structure

Radial holes

Centering system for the lateral structure

We try to simplify the machining of the arcs to make them more precise. We need to make some more iteration in our group to discuss about some issues like cabling.

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Inner holder PrototypeCable drain structure

• Inner holder prototype• Made of Delrin (POM)

• Light material• Low water absorption• Easy to machine

• Cable embedded in Stycast for inner slab.

• Cable structure is made using plastic mold. • Mold is made of Delrin instead

of metal• We don’t need to use mold

release which could deteriorate light yield.

• The prototype will be tested in LXe.

Delrin mold

Cable structure prototype

PMT

Holder

Cover

Spacer

RBase & Filler

Cable

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1000 liter Xenon Dewar

• Delivered to PSI on 20/May/2005.

• Refrigerator, all sensors are installed.

LXe CalorimeterLiquid circulating purifier

Liquid pump (100L/h)

Purifier1000L storage dewar

Cryocooler (100W)

LN2

LN2

Getter+Oxysorb

GXe pump (10-50L/min)

GXe storage tank

Cryocooler (150W)

Heat exchanger

Tom Haruyama, Feb 2003

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Installations to the 1000 liter dewar

• Refrigerator/heater installed 4/July/05.• All sensors are ready.• Liquefaction test is schedule in the week

of the review meeting.

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Xenon Transfer Lines

• Gas phase purifier• New system is ready.

MIDAS slow controller Getter Puri.

Turbo pump

Circulation pump

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Xenon Transfer Lines

• Liquid xenon transfer• Vacuum insulated hose• Low temperature valve

(bellows sealing)

LXe CalorimeterLiquid circulating purifier

Liquid pump (100L/h)

Purifier1000L storage dewar

Cryocooler (100W)

LN2

LN2

Getter+Oxysorb

GXe pump (10-50L/min)

GXe storage tank

Cryocooler (150W)

Heat exchanger

Vacuum insulatedVCR

PMT test status

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Pisa PMT facility•Description of the Facility•Description of the test procedure•Results on the first bunch of PMTs

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Usage of the Pisa test facility

•Test of the calorimeter PMT in a condition as close as possible as the final experiment•PMTs immersed in LXe (165 K) •Am alpha-source•blue LEDs•Operated in a safe condition•No Xe loss•No night shifts

•Used to study and solve the “resistivity” problem•Used to study and solve the “Zener diode” problem•Now: mass-test of PMTs•First 130 PMTs received and being tested

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Principle of operation

•A reference PMT is kept immersed •The tested PMTs can be easily inserted/removed without evaporating the xenon•Particular care in the material choice/cleaning procedure to minimize xenon contamination

α-sourceα-source

LEDsLEDs

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Test procedure

1.Clean PMT•Acetone

•Ultrasonic bath

2.Install PMT into linear movement & cross•leak check

3.PMT warming up to remove moisture•20 minutes warm GXe “oven”

•10 minutes warm GXe circulation/purification

4.PMT freezing•Open gate valve & move PMT down

•30 minutes in cold GXe

5.PMT immersion•measurement cycles

6.PMT recovery•PMT raised & gate valve closed

•30 minutes warming before opening/replacement

2h30 per PMT2h30 per PMT

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PMT mass test

•Test of 400 PMTs for the final experiment•The test is divided in three steps:1.Measurement of the gain at 800 Volt (g>10^6)2. Rate dependence test (linear up to 4 uA)3. QE and timing resolution measurement to classify PMTs

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Gain measurement

•Usual way•Flashing LED at different amplitudes

•Comparison with Hamamatsu test sheets (Anode Luminous Sensitivity/Cathode sensitivity)

bad PMTbad PMT

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Rate dependence test

Reference PMT = no Zener

PMT with Zener

bias onbias on bias offbias off

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•The amplitude of LED #1 is measured in presence of a background current induced by a “biasing” LED #2•The overlinearity is recorded for each LED setting and plotted against the current •A good linearity up to 4 uA is accepted

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QE test

•Comparison between the alpha-source light seen by measured PMT and reference PMT•Symmetric configuration to minimize absorption effects•The test is repeated for at least 2 relative orientations

TEFLON stopTEFLON stop

sourcesource

measured PMTmeasured PMT

reference PMTreference PMT

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First results

•130 PMTs received at beginning of may•Results for first 80 PMTs in first 1.5 months (190 tests) shown•2.8 PMTs/day

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datedate PMTs per dayPMTs per day

frequency

frequency

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Results on the web

•As soon as the tests are performed they are inserted in a MySQL database and visible from the web•Click on the link to get a summary test sheet•Several tests exist for one PMT in different conditions (HV/Xe purity/ orientation)

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Data sheet sample

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PMT evaluation

•Several tests are performed on a single PMT•We evaluate the PMT performance by a complete analysis of the various tests•Estimate linearity•Average QE over files

•A particular PMT (ZA1985) is repeatedly tested once in ten days to check stability/reproducibility of measurements.

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rms non corrected = 6%rms non corrected = 6%

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QE stability/reproducibility

•The QE of a single PMT was measured in different orientation and for several hours•The “raw” QE distribution (black) is compared to the QE distribution of PMTs inside LP during last test (green) •arbitrary normalization @ 15%

rms = 3.2%rms = 3.2%

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Energy resolution

•The resolution (right tail) on the alpha source peak is measured as a function of the charge for the reference PMT.

•The resolution (right tail) on the alpha source peak is measured as a function of the charge for the reference PMT.

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Timing resolution

•The timing resolution of each PMT is measured with alpha source

•Quite well reproduced by data

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PMT test at PSI

• PMT test in liquid xenon by using the LP.• 238 PMTs can be tested at once.• Long term stability of the LP.• Purity of xenon can be monitored

in a usual way.

• 2 months for one test• PMT replacement• Evacuation/liquefaction• Purification• Recovery

• Preparation of the 1st test started in June.

• Delay of PMT delivery caused by base circuit modification.

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PMT test at PSI cont’d

• 30 PMTs tested in the Pisa test facility will be tested in the LP (1st test).

• 20 PMTs used in previous tests are left;• 12 PMTs in same positions.• 8 PMTs in the positions

• with different distance and similar angle to an alpha source (4)

• With similar distance and different angle to an alpha source (4)

• Schedule• 11/July PMT inst. to the cryostat• 18/July evacuation• 25/July liquefaction & purification• 1/Aug~14/Aug test & recovery

PMTs tested in Pisa

Stay

Different d andsimilar θSimilar d anddifferent θ

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NaI Detector Stage design

• NaI detector (~100kg) needs to be moved 2 dimensionally at the opposite side of the xenon detector.

• The movable stage and motor need to be magnetic tolerable with reasonable positioning accuracy.

• Test under COBRA field OK

Anti Counter

up

down

target

00

Linear slider

Motor

No bearing ball

Prism guideScrew drive

Example

Linear slider: http://www.tollo.comMotor: http:// www.animatics.com

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LH2 target

•All material for test of the first prototype has arrived at Pisa.•We are assembling the mylar windows.

9 cm9 cm 5 cm5 cm

5 cm5 cm

180 cm180 cm

LH2LH2

coppercopper

support cylindersupport cylinder

LHe inLHe in

LHe outLHe out

GH2 inGH2 in

VacuumVacuum

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Xenon

• We have 850 liter at PSI !• 100 liter is on the way!!

Analysis Update

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Waveform analysisDRS Time calibration & Xe time resolution

• Domino speed fluctuated about 2.5%.

• (This problem will be fixed with new mezzanine board)

• Using clock channel, the fluctuation can be corrected (Time calibration).

Spike noise is removed finely!

• Xe time resolution (Front 4 PMTs) improved to 123psec

• Fitting with template waveform

• Time calibration and spike noise subtraction were done

Domino speed fluctuation

No calib Gain calib Time calib TDC

180ps 150ps 123ps 140ps

Clock channel

Noise subtraction

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Schedule