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We have studied the effect of adding several molecular gases to xenon (CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> and CF<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>) on the EL yield and energy resolution obtained in a small prototype of driftless gas proportional scintillation counter. We have compared our results on the scintillation characteristics (EL yield and energy resolution) with a microscopic simulation, obtaining the diffusion coefficients in those conditions as well. Accordingly, electron diffusion may be reduced from about 10 mm\/<jats:inline-formula>\n              <jats:alternatives>\n                <jats:tex-math>$$ \\sqrt{\\mathrm{m}} $$<\/jats:tex-math>\n                <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:msqrt>\n                    <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:msqrt>\n                <\/mml:math>\n              <\/jats:alternatives>\n            <\/jats:inline-formula> for pure xenon down to 2.5 mm\/<jats:inline-formula>\n              <jats:alternatives>\n                <jats:tex-math>$$ \\sqrt{\\mathrm{m}} $$<\/jats:tex-math>\n                <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:msqrt>\n                    <mml:mi>m<\/mml:mi>\n                  <\/mml:msqrt>\n                <\/mml:math>\n              <\/jats:alternatives>\n            <\/jats:inline-formula> using additive concentrations of about 0.05%, 0.2% and 0.02% for CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> and CF<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>, respectively. Our results show that CF<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> admixtures present the highest EL yield in those conditions, but very poor energy resolution as a result of huge fluctuations observed in the EL formation. CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> presents the best energy resolution despite the EL yield being the lowest. The results obtained with xenon admixtures are extrapolated to the operational conditions of the NEXT-100 TPC. CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> show potential as molecular additives in a large xenon TPC. While CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> has some operational constraints, making it difficult to be used in a large TPC, CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> shows the best performance and stability as molecular additive to be used in the NEXT-100 TPC, with an extrapolated energy resolution of 0.4% at 2.45 MeV for concentrations below 0.4%, which is only slightly worse than the one obtained for pure xenon. We demonstrate the possibility to have an electroluminescence TPC operating very close to the thermal diffusion limit without jeopardizing the TPC performance, if CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> or CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> are chosen as additives.\n<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/jhep01(2019)027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,8]],"date-time":"2019-01-08T19:29:27Z","timestamp":1546975767000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Electroluminescence TPCs at the thermal diffusion limit"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"2019","author":[{"name":"The NEXT collaboration","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"C. A. O.","family":"Henriques","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"C. M. B.","family":"Monteiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"D.","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez-D\u00edaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"C. D. 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