Design and Operation of a Flash Lamp for Vacuum Ultraviolet Light Production

Instruments 2026 Open access

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Authors: Silas Bosco, Jonas Bürgi, L. Calivers, Richard Diurba, Johannes Furrer, J. Kunzmann, Saba Parsa, Sascha Rivera, Nicolas Sallin, Camilla Tognina, S. Tufanli, M. Weber
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DOI: 10.3390/instruments10020029
Cited by: 1
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Abstract

Noble liquids, notably argon and xenon, are utilised as both detector media and as the detector target for dark matter and neutrino physics experiments. When the noble liquid is excited by particles, it scintillates vacuum ultraviolet light, which sensors then detect. A major focus of the detector development community is on producing precision light sensors for noble liquid detectors. We introduce a flash lamp to test VUV-sensitive light sensors with light at wavelengths observed using noble liquid detectors. This paper discusses the design and presents results from a flash lamp prototype operated at room temperature.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Neutrino Physics Research Particle Detector Development and Performance

Publication details

Journal / source
Instruments
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
29–29
Publication date
18 May 2026
Language
EN