The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition system and data reduction

G. J. Alner; H. M. Araújo; A. Bewick; C. Bungau; B. Camanzi; M. J. Carson; H. Chagani; V. Chepel; D. Cline; D. Davidge; J. C. Davies; E. Daw; J. Dawson; T. Durkin; B. Edwards; T. Gamble; J. Gao; C. Ghag; W. G. Jones; M. Joshi; E. V. Korolkova; V. A. Kudryavtsev; T. Lawson; V. N. Lebedenko; J. D. Lewin; P. K. Lightfoot; A. Lindote; I. Liubarsky; M. I. Lopes; R. Lüscher; P. Majewski; K. Mavrokoridis; J. E. McMillan; B. Morgan; D. Muna; A. S. Murphy; F. Neves; G. G. Nicklin; W. Ooi; S. M. Paling; J. Pinto da Cunha; S. J S Plank; R. M. Preece; J. Quenby; M. Robinson; C. Silva; V. N. Solovov; N. J T Smith; P. F. Smith; N. J C Spooner; T. J. Sumner; C. Thorne; D. Tovey; E. Tziaferi; R. J. Walker; H. Wang; J. White; F. L H Wolfs

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The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition system and data reduction

G. J. Alner, H. M. Araújo, A. Bewick, C. Bungau, B. Camanzi, M. J. Carson, H. Chagani, V. Chepel, D. Cline, D. Davidge, J. C. Davies, E. Daw, J. Dawson, T. Durkin, B. Edwards, T. Gamble, J. Gao, C. Ghag, W. G. Jones, M. JoshiE. V. Korolkova, V. A. Kudryavtsev, T. Lawson, V. N. Lebedenko, J. D. Lewin, P. K. Lightfoot, A. Lindote, I. Liubarsky, M. I. Lopes, R. Lüscher, P. Majewski, K. Mavrokoridis, J. E. McMillan, B. Morgan, D. Muna, A. S. Murphy, F. Neves, G. G. Nicklin, W. Ooi, S. M. Paling, J. Pinto da Cunha, S. J S Plank, R. M. Preece, J. Quenby, M. Robinson, C. Silva, V. N. Solovov, N. J T Smith, P. F. Smith, N. J C Spooner, T. J. Sumner, C. Thorne, D. Tovey, E. Tziaferi, R. J. Walker, H. Wang, J. White, F. L H Wolfs

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ZEPLIN II is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon dark matter detector searching for WIMP-nucleon interactions. In this paper we describe the data acquisition system used to record the data from ZEPLIN II and the reduction procedures which parameterise the data for subsequent analysis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	101-109
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	587
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.005
State	Published - Mar 11 2008

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Funding Information:
This work has been funded by the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), the US Department of Energy (Grant number DE-FG03-91ER40662) and the US National Science Foundation (Grant number PHY-0139065). We acknowledge support from the Central Laboratories for the Research Councils (CCLRC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the ILIAS integrating activity (Contract R113-CT-2004-506222), the INTAS programme (Grant number 04-78-6744) and the Research Corporation (Grant number RA0350). We also acknowledge support from Fun-dação para a Cinˆcia e Tecnologia (project POCI/FP/FNU/63446/2005), the Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (Grant number FP6-006651) and a PPARC PIPPS award (Grant PP/D000742/1). We would like to gratefully acknowledge the strong support of Cleveland Potash Ltd., the owners of the Boulby mine, and J. Mulholland and L. Yeoman, the underground facility staff.

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Alner, G. J., Araújo, H. M., Bewick, A., Bungau, C., Camanzi, B., Carson, M. J., Chagani, H., Chepel, V., Cline, D., Davidge, D., Davies, J. C., Daw, E., Dawson, J., Durkin, T., Edwards, B., Gamble, T., Gao, J., Ghag, C., Jones, W. G., ... Wolfs, F. L. H. (2008). The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition system and data reduction. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 587(1), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.005

The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition system and data reduction. / Alner, G. J.; Araújo, H. M.; Bewick, A. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 587, No. 1, 11.03.2008, p. 101-109.

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Alner, GJ, Araújo, HM, Bewick, A, Bungau, C, Camanzi, B, Carson, MJ, Chagani, H, Chepel, V, Cline, D, Davidge, D, Davies, JC, Daw, E, Dawson, J, Durkin, T, Edwards, B, Gamble, T, Gao, J, Ghag, C, Jones, WG, Joshi, M, Korolkova, EV, Kudryavtsev, VA, Lawson, T, Lebedenko, VN, Lewin, JD, Lightfoot, PK, Lindote, A, Liubarsky, I, Lopes, MI, Lüscher, R, Majewski, P, Mavrokoridis, K, McMillan, JE, Morgan, B, Muna, D, Murphy, AS, Neves, F, Nicklin, GG, Ooi, W, Paling, SM, Pinto da Cunha, J, Plank, SJS, Preece, RM, Quenby, J, Robinson, M, Silva, C, Solovov, VN, Smith, NJT, Smith, PF, Spooner, NJC, Sumner, TJ, Thorne, C, Tovey, D, Tziaferi, E, Walker, RJ, Wang, H, White, J & Wolfs, FLH 2008, 'The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: Data acquisition system and data reduction', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 587, no. 1, pp. 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.005

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