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PandaX-xT:中国锦屏地下实验室的一个数十吨级液氙天文台

PandaX-xT: a Multi-ten-tonne Liquid Xenon Observatory at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

PandaX Collaboration, Abdusalam Abdukerim, Zihao Bo, Wei Chen, Xun Chen, Chen Cheng, Zhaokan Cheng, Xiangyi Cui, Yingjie Fan, Deqing Fang, Lisheng Geng, Karl Gi… 展开作者

PandaX Collaboration, Abdusalam Abdukerim, Zihao Bo, Wei Chen, Xun Chen, Chen Cheng, Zhaokan Cheng, Xiangyi Cui, Yingjie Fan, Deqing Fang, Lisheng Geng, Karl Giboni, Linhui Gu, Xunan Guo, Xuyuan Guo, Zhichao Guo, Chencheng Han, Ke Han, Changda He, Jinrong He, Di Huang, Junting Huang, Zhou Huang, Ruquan Hou, Yu Hou, Xiangdong Ji, Yonglin Ju, Chenxiang Li, Jiafu Li, Mingchuan Li, Shuaijie Li, Tao Li, Qing Lin, Jianglai Liu, Congcong Lu, Xiaoying Lu, Lingyin Luo, Yunyang Luo, Wenbo Ma, Yugang Ma, Yajun Mao, Yue Meng, Xuyang Ning, Binyu Pang, Ningchun Qi, Zhicheng Qian, Xiangxiang Ren, Nasir Shaheed, Xiaofeng Shang, Xiyuan Shao, Guofang Shen, Lin Si, Wenliang Sun, Yi Tao, Anqing Wang, Meng Wang, Qiuhong Wang, Shaobo Wang, Siguang Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuli Wang, Xu Wang, Zhou Wang, Yuehuan Wei, Mengmeng Wu, Weihao Wu, Yuan Wu, Mengjiao Xiao, Xiang Xiao, Binbin Yan, Xiyu Yan, Yong Yang, Chunxu Yu, Ying Yuan, Zhe Yuan, Youhui Yun, Xinning Zeng, Minzhen Zhang, Peng Zhang, Shibo Zhang, Shu Zhang, Tao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yingxin Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Li Zhao, Jifang Zhou, Ning Zhou, Xiaopeng Zhou, Yong Zhou, Yubo Zhou, Zhizhen Zhou

AI总结:

本文提出将PandaX-4T升级为43吨活性靶的PandaX-xT超低背景液氙天文台,以大幅提升暗物质、无中微子双β衰变及稀有中微子过程的探测灵敏度。

摘要:

我们提议对中国锦屏地下实验室现有的 PandaX-4T 实验进行一次重大升级。新实验 PandaX-xT 将是一个数十吨级液氙、超低背景的通用天文台。全尺寸 PandaX-xT 包含一个43吨液氙活性靶。这样的实验将显著推进我们对粒子物理和天体物理的基础理解。与当前最佳限制相比,暗物质直接探测的灵敏度将提高近两个数量级,在暗物质质量高于10 GeV/$c^2$时接近所谓的“中微子地板”,从而为弱相互作用大质量粒子范式提供决定性检验。通过在探测器中寻找$^{136}$Xe同位素的无中微子双β衰变,可将有效Majorana中微子质量测量至[10–41] meV/$c^2$的灵敏度,为中微子的Dirac/Majorana性质提供关键检验。天体物理中微子和其他超稀有相互作用也能以前所未有的背景水平得到测量和搜寻,从而打开新的发现窗口。根据研究结果,PandaX-xT将寻求利用天然氙同位素分离进行下一阶段升级。

英文摘要:

We propose a major upgrade to the existing PandaX-4T experiment in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. The new experiment, PandaX-xT, will be a multi-ten-tonne liquid xenon, ultra-low background, and general-purpose observatory. The full-scaled PandaX-xT contains a 43-tonne liquid xenon active target. Such an experiment will significantly advance our fundamental understanding of particle physics and astrophysics. The sensitivity of dark matter direct detection will be improved by nearly two orders of magnitude compared to the current best limits, approaching the so-called "neutrino floor" for a dark matter mass above 10 GeV/$c^2$, providing a decisive test to the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle paradigm. By searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe isotope in the detector, the effective Majorana neutrino mass can be measured to a [10 -- 41] meV/$c^2$ sensitivity, providing a key test to the Dirac/Majorana nature of neutrino s. Astrophysical neutrinos and other ultra-rare interactions can also be measured and searched for with an unprecedented background level, opening up new windows of discovery. Depending on the findings, PandaX-xT will seek the next stage upgrade utilizing isotopic separation on natural xenon.

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