EXO-200 Slides for AARM Talk

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EXO-200 Slides for AARM Talk Joshua Albert Indiana University For the EXO Collaboration

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EXO-200 Slides for AARM Talk. Joshua Albert Indiana University For the EXO Collaboration. EXO-200. First measurement of in 136 Xe! New background for DM. PRL 107 , 212501 (2011). Extensive material screening campaign: successful! - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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EXO-200 Slides for AARM Talk

Joshua AlbertIndiana University

For the EXO Collaboration

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EXO-200First measurement of in 136Xe! New

background for DM.

PRL 107, 212501 (2011)Extensive material

screening campaign: successful!

Background goals met: 40 cts/2 yrs / 2σ ROI / 140 kg

Low radon contamination in Xe

4.5 μBq kg-1

~1 per hour T1/2 = 3.8 d

NIM A591, 490-509 (2008)PRL 109, 032505 (2012)

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EXO-200Alpha decay

backgrounds rejected

Single Cluster

alphascut region

Low Background 2D Spectrum

New technique for measuring xenon contamination using a cold trap + mass spectrometry

All developments applicable to nEXO

NIM A675, 40-46 (2012)

Sensitive Krypton in Xenon measurement: 25±3 ppt

NIM A665, 1-6, (2011)

PRL 109, 032505 (2012)