A method to suppress dielectric breakdowns in liquid argon ionization detectors for cathode to ground distances of several millimeters

M. Auger; A. Ereditato; D. Goeldi; S. Janos; I. Kreslo; M. Luethi; C. Rudolf von Rohr; T. Strauss; T. Tolba; M. S. Weber

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/07/P07023

A method to suppress dielectric breakdowns in liquid argon ionization detectors for cathode to ground distances of several millimeters

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-06-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Authors: M. Auger , A. Ereditato , D. Goeldi , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , M. Luethi , C. Rudolf von Rohr , T. Strauss , T. Tolba , M. S. Weber

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Abstract

We present a method to reach electric field intensity as high as 400 kV/cm in liquid argon for cathode-ground distances of several millimeters. This can be achieved by suppressing field emission from the cathode, overcoming limitations that we reported earlier.

Keywords

liquid argon ionization detectors dielectric breakdown field emission cathode high electric field

Cite

@article{arxiv.1406.3929,
  title  = {A method to suppress dielectric breakdowns in liquid argon ionization detectors for cathode to ground distances of several millimeters},
  author = {M. Auger and A. Ereditato and D. Goeldi and S. Janos and I. Kreslo and M. Luethi and C. Rudolf von Rohr and T. Strauss and T. Tolba and M. S. Weber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3929},
  year   = {2015}
}

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