Nov 2002: First XENON Collaboration Meeting at Columbia U.
Nov 2003: Second XENON Collaboration Meeting at Brown U.
Jan 2004: K.L. Giboni (Columbia) working on the 3 kg prototype detector
Jan 2004: M. Yamashita (Columbia) with the 3 kg prototype detector
Nov 2004: Third XENON Collaboration Meeting at Columbia U.
Nov 2005: the first XENON box at LNGS during construction
Nov 2005: the first XENON box at LNGS during construction
Jan 2006: A. Manzur (Yale) with some XENON10 PMTs at Columbia - Nevis Lab
The PMT bases for XENON10
The top PMT array ready for installation in the detector
The top PMT array installed in the top of the cryostat
The bottom PMT array ready for installation in the detector
The teflon can with electric field shaping rings
The field meshes, the teflon can and the bottom PMT array
Jan 2006: M. Yamashita and R. Gomez working on the inner detector assembly
Jan 2006: C.E. Dahl (Princeton) checking the inner detector assembly
The emergency cooling system
Jan 2006: A. Ferella (LNGS) assembling the cryostat at Columbia
Jan 2006: F. Arneodo (LNGS) assembling the cryostat at Columbia
Jan 2006: the detector ready for the first test at Columbia
Jan 2006: K. Ni, A. Manzur, M. Yamashita with the detector in operation
Mar 2006: snow on the Gran Sasso massive on the day of XENON10 arrival
Mar 2006: the temporary XENON location on the day of detector arrival
Mar 2006: M. Yamashita and K.L. Giboni (Columbia), with the XENON10 cryostat
K.L. Giboni, R. Gomez, M. Yamashita assembling the detector at LNGS
March 2006: external view of the Gran Sasso lab
May 2006: the Gran Sasso peak from Campo Imperatore
May 2006: some members of the XENON10 collaboration at LNGS
Jun 2006: the XENON10 collaboration at LNGS
Yamashita, Santorelli, Giboni, Plante, Yevick, Andrews and Aprile (Columbia U.)
The Brown group at LNGS: L. De Viveiros, P. Sorensen, S. Fiorucci
The Yale group at LNGS: A. Manzur, R. Toner and K. Ni
Kwong (Princeton), Shagin (Rice), Baudis (Aachen), Ferella and Arneodo (LNGS)
H. Yevick (REU at Columbia) and R. Toner (REU at Yale) with the XENON10 detector
Jun 2006: construction works on the XENON10 shield
Jun 2006: progress in construction works on the XENON10 shield
Jun 2006: P. Sorensen (Brown) with the almost completed XENON10 shield
Jun 2006: A. Andrews (REU at Columbia) with the almost completed XENON10 shield
Jun 2006: S. Fiorucci (Brown) checking some connection for the XENON10 shield
The operating mechanism for the XENON10 shield door
Jun 2006: K.L. Giboni and M. Yamashita preparing the detector for transfer in shield
Jun 2006: A. Ferella and L. Tatannanni with the shield ready for detector installation
Jun 2006: the XENON10 detector during its installation in the Pb+Poly shield
Jun 2006: A. Manzur and M. Yamashita working on the completion of the shield door
Jul 2006: the XENON10 detector installed in shield
Jul 2006: the XENON10 detector installed in shield (view from top)
Jul 2006: the XENON10 detector installed in shield (zoom)
The XENON10 purification system, mounted on the shield door
The XENON10 gas system, outside the XENON10 room
Jul 2006: R. Toner, E. Aprile, M.E. Monzani and A. Ferella with the detector in shield
Jul 2006: E. Aprile, A. Ferella and M. Yamashita ultimating the detector connections
Jul 2006: the XENON10 detector in operation, shield door open
Jul 2006: the XENON10 detector in operation, with some of the control displays
Jul 2006: the XENON10 detector in operation, shield door closed
Jul 2006: L. De Viveiros and K. Ni in the XENON10 control room during data taking
Aug 2006: the XENON "bull's eye" detector at Campo Imperatore
Aug 2006: The XENON "bull's eye" detector at Campo Imperatore