The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

CAPTAIN Collaboration; C. E. Taylor; B. Bhandari; J. Bian; K. Bilton; C. Callahan; J. Chaves; H. Chen; D. Cline; R. L. Cooper; D. L. Danielson; J. Danielson; N. Dokania; S. Elliot; S. Fernandes; S. Gardiner; G. Garvey; V. Gehman; F. Giuliani; S. Glavin; M. Gold; C. Grant; E. Guardincerri; T. Haines; A. Higuera; J. Y. Ji; R. Kadel; N. Kamp; A. Karlin; W. Ketchum; L. W. Koerner; D. Lee; K. Lee; Q. Liu; S. Locke; W. C. Louis; P. Madigan; A. Manalaysay; J. Maricic; E. Martin; M. J. Martinez; S. Martynenko; C. Mauger; C. McGrew; J. Medina; P. J. Medina; G. Mills; J. Mirabal-Martinez; A. Olivier; E. Pantic

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165131

The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Instrumentation and Detectors 2021-03-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Authors: CAPTAIN Collaboration , C. E. Taylor , B. Bhandari , J. Bian , K. Bilton , C. Callahan , J. Chaves , H. Chen , D. Cline , R. L. Cooper , D. L. Danielson , J. Danielson , N. Dokania , S. Elliot , S. Fernandes , S. Gardiner , G. Garvey , V. Gehman , F. Giuliani , S. Glavin , M. Gold , C. Grant , E. Guardincerri , T. Haines , A. Higuera , J. Y. Ji , R. Kadel , N. Kamp , A. Karlin , W. Ketchum , L. W. Koerner , D. Lee , K. Lee , Q. Liu , S. Locke , W. C. Louis , P. Madigan , A. Manalaysay , J. Maricic , E. Martin , M. J. Martinez , S. Martynenko , C. Mauger , C. McGrew , J. Medina , P. J. Medina , G. Mills , J. Mirabal-Martinez , A. Olivier , E. Pantic , B. Philipbar , C. Pitcher , V. Radeka , J. Ramsey , K. Rielage , M. Rosen , A. R. Sanchez , J. Shin , G. Sinnis , M. Smy , W. Sondheim , I. Stancu , C. Sterbenz , Y. Sun , R. Svoboda , A. Teymourian , C. Thorn , C. E. Tull , M. Tzanov , R. Van de Water , N. Walsh , H. Wang , Y. Wang , C. Yanagisawa , A. Yarritu , J. Yoo

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This manuscript describes the commissioning of the Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon detector in a neutron beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), which led to a first measurement of high-energy neutron interactions in argon. The Mini-CAPTAIN detector consists of a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with an accompanying photomultiplier tube (PMT) array sealed inside a liquid-argon-filled cryostat. The liquid argon is constantly purified and recirculated in a closed-loop cycle during operation. The specifications and assembly of the detector subsystems and an overview of their performance in a neutron beam are reported.

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liquid argon detectors gaseous detectors

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@article{arxiv.2008.11422,
  title  = {The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber},
  author = {CAPTAIN Collaboration and C. E. Taylor and B. Bhandari and J. Bian and K. Bilton and C. Callahan and J. Chaves and H. Chen and D. Cline and R. L. Cooper and D. L. Danielson and J. Danielson and N. Dokania and S. Elliot and S. Fernandes and S. Gardiner and G. Garvey and V. Gehman and F. Giuliani and S. Glavin and M. Gold and C. Grant and E. Guardincerri and T. Haines and A. Higuera and J. Y. Ji and R. Kadel and N. Kamp and A. Karlin and W. Ketchum and L. W. Koerner and D. Lee and K. Lee and Q. Liu and S. Locke and W. C. Louis and P. Madigan and A. Manalaysay and J. Maricic and E. Martin and M. J. Martinez and S. Martynenko and C. Mauger and C. McGrew and J. Medina and P. J. Medina and G. Mills and J. Mirabal-Martinez and A. Olivier and E. Pantic and B. Philipbar and C. Pitcher and V. Radeka and J. Ramsey and K. Rielage and M. Rosen and A. R. Sanchez and J. Shin and G. Sinnis and M. Smy and W. Sondheim and I. Stancu and C. Sterbenz and Y. Sun and R. Svoboda and A. Teymourian and C. Thorn and C. E. Tull and M. Tzanov and R. Van de Water and N. Walsh and H. Wang and Y. Wang and C. Yanagisawa and A. Yarritu and J. Yoo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.11422},
  year   = {2021}
}

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The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

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