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Towards Designing and Exploiting Generative Networks for Neutrino Physics Experiments using Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

In this paper, we show that a hybrid approach to generative modeling via combining the decoder from an autoencoder together with an explicit generative model for the latent space is a promising method for producing images of particle…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-04-07 Paul Lutkus , Taritree Wongjirad , Shuchin Aeron

A Time Projection Chamber with GEM-Based Readout

For the International Large Detector concept at the planned International Linear Collider, the use of time projection chambers (TPC) with micro-pattern gas detector readout as the main tracking detector is investigated. In this paper,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-05 The LCTPC Collaboration , David Attié , Ties Behnke , Alain Bellerive , Oleg Bezshyyko , Deb Sankar Bhattacharya , Purba Bhattacharya , Sudeb Bhattacharya , Stefano Caiazza , Paul Colas , Gilles De Lentdecker , Klaus Dehmelt , Klaus Desch , Ralf Diener , Madhu Dixit , Ivor Fleck , Keisuke Fujii , Takahiro Fusayasu , Serguei Ganjour , Yuanning Gao , Philippe Gros , Peter Hayman , Vincent Hedberg , Katsumasa Ikematsu , Leif Jönsson , Jochen Kaminski , Yukihiro Kato , Shin-ichi Kawada , Martin Killenberg , Claus Kleinwort , Makoto Kobayashi , Vladyslav Krylov , Bo Li , Yulan Li , Björn Lundberg , Michael Lupberger , Nayana Majumdar , Takeshi Matsuda , Rashid Mehdiyev , Ulf Mjörnmark , Felix Müller , Astrid Münnich , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Tomohisa Ogawa , Anders Oskarsson , Lennart Österman , Daniel Peterson , Marc Riallot , Christoph Rosemann , Stefan Roth , Peter Schade , Oliver Schäfer , Ronald Dean Settles , Amir Noori Shirazi , Oxana Smirnova , Akira Sugiyama , Tohru Takahashi , Junping Tian , Jan Timmermans , Maksym Titov , Dimitra Tsionou , Annika Vauth , Wenxin Wang , Takashi Watanabe , Ulrich Werthenbach , Yifan Yang , Zhenwei Yang , Ryo Yonamine , Klaus Zenker , Fan Zhang

HARPO: beam characterization of a TPC for gamma-ray polarimetry and high angular-resolution astronomy in the MeV-GeV range

A time projection chamber (TPC) can be used to measure the polarization of gamma rays with excellent angular precision and sensitivity in the MeV-GeV energy range through the conversion of photons to e+e- pairs. The Hermetic ARgon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 Shaobo Wang , Denis Bernard , Philippe Bruel , Mickael Frotin , Yannick Geerebaert , Berrie Giebels , Philippe Gros , Deirdre Horan , Marc Louzir , Patrick Poilleux , Igor Semeniouk , David Attié , Denis Calvet , Paul Colas , Alain Delbart , Patrick Sizun , Diego Götz , Sho Amano , Takuya Kotaka , Satoshi Hashimoto , Yasuhito Minamiyama , Akinori Takemoto , Masashi Yamaguchi , Shuji Miyamoto , Schin Daté , Haruo Ohkuma

Test of a Liquid Argon TPC in a magnetic field and investigation of high temperature superconductors in liquid argon and nitrogen

Tests with cosmic ray muons of a small liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) in a magnetic field of 0.55 T are described. No effect of the magnetic field on the imaging properties were observed. In view of a future large,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-28 A. Badertscher , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , G. Natterer , A. Rubbia , Th. Strauss

Laser calibration system for the CERES Time Projection Chamber

A Nd:YAG laser was used to simulate charged particle tracks at known positions in the CERES Time Projection Chamber at the CERN SPS. The system was primarily developed to study the response of the readout electronics and to calibrate the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Dariusz Miskowiec , Peter Braun-Munzinger

FLARE, Fermilab Liquid Argon Experiments

Mature technology of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers in conjunction with intense neutrino beams constructed at Fermilab offer a broad program of neutrino physics for the next decade.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 L. Bartoszek

The ICARUS 50 l LAr TPC in the CERN Nu Beam

The 50 liter liquid Argon TPC is a detector built and successfully operated at CERN for R&D purposes within the ICARUS programme. In the year 1997 it has been exposed at the CERN neutrino beam for the entire SPS neutrino run period as…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The ICARUS Collaboration

New read-out electronics for ICARUS-T600 liquid Argon TPC. Description, simulation and tests of the new front-end and ADC system

The ICARUS T600, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr-TPC) detector mainly devoted to neutrino physics, underwent a major overhauling at CERN in 2016-2017, which included also a new design of the read-out electronics, in view of its…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-26 L. Bagby , B. Baibussinov , V. Bellini , M. Bonesini , A. Braggiotti , L. Castellani , S. Centro , T. Cervi , A. G. Cocco , F. Fabris , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , F. Fichera , D. Franciotti , G. Galet , D. Gibin , A. Guglielmi , R. Guida , W. Ketchum , S. Marchini , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , G. Menon , C. Montanari , M. Nessi , M. Nicoletto , R. Pedrotta , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , G. Rampazzo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , A. Scaramelli , F. Sergiampietri , M. Spanu , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , A. Zani , P. G. Zatti

A Method to Determine the Electric Field of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers Using a UV Laser System and its Application in MicroBooNE

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) are now a standard detector technology for making accelerator neutrino measurements, due to their high material density, precise tracking, and calorimetric capabilities. An electric field…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 MicroBooNE collaboration , C. Adams , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , M. Bass , F. Bay , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , R. Carr , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. O. Cohen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , A. Diaz , L. Domine , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. J. Evans , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , C. Hill , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. C. Huang , R. Itay , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , Y. J. Jwa , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , I. Lepetic , Y. Li , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , S. Marcocci , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , J. Martin-Albo , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , R. Murrells , D. Naples , R. K. Neely , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Pandey , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , S. Prince , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , L. Ren , L. Rochester , H. E. Rogers , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , W. Tang , K. Terao , R. T. Thornton , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , D. A. Wickremasinghe , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , M. Wospakrik , W. Wu , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Performance measurement of HARPO: a Time Projection Chamber as a gamma-ray telescope and polarimeter

We analyse the performance of a gas time projection chamber (TPC) as a high-performance gamma-ray telescope and polarimeter in the e$^+$e$^-$ pair creation regime. We use data collected at a gamma-ray beam of known polarisation. The TPC…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-26 P. Gros , S. Amano , D. Attié , P. Baron , D. Baudin , D. Bernard , P. Bruel , D. Calvet , P. Colas , S. Daté , A. Delbart , M. Frotin , Y. Geerebaert , B. Giebels , D. Götz , S. Hashimoto , D. Horan , T. Kotaka , M. Louzir , F. Magniette , Y. Minamiyama , S. Miyamoto , H. Ohkuma , P. Poilleux , I. Semeniouk , P. Sizun , A. Takemoto , M. Yamaguchi , R. Yonamine , S. Wang

A 4 tonne demonstrator for large-scale dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers

A 10 kilo-tonne dual-phase liquid argon TPC is one of the detector options considered for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The detector technology relies on amplification of the ionisation charge in ultra-pure argon vapour…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 B. Aimard , Ch. Alt , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , V. Aushev , D. Autiero , M. M. Badoi , A. Balaceanu , G. Balik , L. Balleyguier , E. Bechetoille , D. Belver , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , N. Bourgeois , B. Bourguille , J. Bremer , G. Brown , G. Brunetti , L. Brunetti , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , E. Calvo , M. Campanelli , K. Cankocak , C. Cantini , B. Carlus , B. M. Cautisanu , M. Chalifour , A. Chappuis , N. Charitonidis , A. Chatterjee , A. Chiriacescu , P. Chiu , S. Conforti , P. Cotte , P. Crivelli , C. Cuesta , J. Dawson , I. De Bonis , C. De La Taille , A. Delbart , D. Desforge , S. Di Luise , B. S. Dimitru , F. Doizon , C. Drancourt , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , F. Duval , S. Emery , A. Ereditato , T. Esanu , A. Falcone , K. Fusshoeller , A. Gallego-Ros , V. Galymov , N. Geroy , A. Gendotti , M. Gherghel-Lascu , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , C. Girerd , M. C. Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , E. Hamada , R. Hanni , T. Hasegawa , A. Holin , S. Horikawa , M. Ikeno , S. Jimenez , A. Jipa , M. Karolak , Y. Karyotakis , S. Kasai , K. Kasami , T. Kishishita , I. Kreslo , D. Kryn , C. Lastoria , I. Lazanu , G. Lehmann-Miotto , N. Lira , K. Loo , D. Lorca , P. Lutz , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , G. Maire , M. Maki , L. Manenti , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , G. Martin-Chassard , H. Mathez , E. Mazzucato , G. Misitano , B. Mitrica , D. Mladenov , L. Molina Bueno , C. Moreno Martinez , J. P. Mols , T. S. Mosu , W. Mug , A. Munteanu , S. Murphy , K. Nakayoshi , S. Narita , D. Navas-Nicolas , K. Negishi , M. Nessi , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , L. Nita , F. Noto , A. Noury , Y. Onishchuk , C. Palomares , M. Parvu , T. Patzak , Y. Penichot , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , F. Pietropaolo , Y. Piret , B. Popov , D. Pugnere , B. Radics , D. Redondo , C. Regenfus , A. Remoto , F. Resnati , Y. A. Rigaut , C. Ristea , A. Rubbia , A. Saftoiu , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , C. Santos , A. Scarpelli , C. Schloesser , L. Scotto Lavina , K. Sendai , F. Sergiampietri , S. Shahsavarani , M. Shoji , J. Sinclair , J. Soto-Oton , D. L. Stanca , D. Stefan , P. Stroescu , R. Sulej , M. Tanaka , V. Toboaru , A. Tonazzo , W. Tromeur , W. H. Trzaska , T. Uchida , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Vihonen , S. Vilalte , M. Weber , S. Wu , J. Yu , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

The Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) Experiment

The LArIAT liquid argon time projection chamber, placed in a tertiary beam of charged particles at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility, has collected large samples of pions, muons, electrons, protons, and kaons in the momentum range 300-1400…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 LArIAT Collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. J. Adams , J. Asaadi , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , B. Baller , O. Benevides Rodrigues , F. d. M. Blaszczyk , R. Bouabid , C. Bromberg , R. Carey , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , J. I. Cevallos Aleman , A. Chatterjee , P. Dedin Neto , M. V. Dos Santos , S. Dytman , D. Edmunds , M. Elkins , C. O. Escobar , J. Esquivel , J. Evans , A. Falcone , A. Farbin , W. Flanagan , B. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Garcia-Gamez , D. Gastler , T. Ghosh , R. A. Gomes , E. Gramellini , R. Gran , P. Guzowski , A. Habig , A. Hahn , P. Hamilton , C. Hill , J. Ho , A. Holin , J. Hugon , E. Iwai , D. Jensen , R. A. Johnson , H. Jostlein , H. Kawai , E. Kearns , E. Kemp , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , M. Kordosky , P. Kryczynski , K. Lang , R. Linehan , S. Lockwitz , X. Luo , A. A. B. Machado , A. Marchionni , T. Maruyama , L. Mendes Santos , W. Metcalf , C. A. Moura , R. Nichol , I. Nutini , A. Olivier , O. Palamara , J. Paley , I. Parmaksiz , B. Passarelli Gelli , L. Paulucci , D. Phan , G. Pulliam , J. L. Raaf , B. Rebel , M. Reggiani Guzzo , M. Ross-Lonergan , D. Schmitz , D. Sessumes , S. Shahsavarani , D. Shooltz , E. Segreto , D. Smith , M. Soares Nunes , M. Soderberg , B. Soubasis , F. Spagliardi , J. M. St. John , M. Stancari , D. Stefan , M. Stephens , R. Sulej , A. Szelc , M. Tabata , D. Totani , M. Tzanov , G. Valdiviesso , D. Walker , H. Wenzel , Z. Williams , T. Yang , J. Yu , G. Zeller , S. Zhang , J. Zhu

First operation and drift field performance of a large area double phase LAr Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber with an immersed Greinacher high-voltage multiplier

We have operated a liquid-argon large-electron-multiplier time-projection chamber (LAr LEM-TPC) with a large active area of 76 $\times$ 40 cm$^2$ and a drift length of 60 cm. This setup represents the largest chamber ever achieved with this…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-09-04 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , U. Degunda , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , K. Nguyen , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

Observation of the Dependence of Scintillation from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Argon on Drift Field

We have exposed a dual-phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) to a low energy pulsed narrowband neutron beam, produced at the Notre Dame Institute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics to study the scintillation light yield…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-12-17 T. Alexander , H. O. Back , H. Cao , A. G. Cocco , F. DeJongh , G. Fiorillo , C. Galbiati , C. Ghag , L. Grandi , C. Kendziora , W. H. Lippincott , B. Loer , C. Love , L. Manenti , C. J. Martoff , Y. Meng , D. Montanari , P. Mosteiro , D. Olvitt , S. Pordes , H. Qian , B. Rossi , R. Saldanha , W. Tan , J. Tatarowicz , S. Walker , H. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , J. Yoo

Overhaul and Installation of the ICARUS-T600 Liquid Argon TPC Electronics for the FNAL Short Baseline Neutrino Program

The ICARUS T600 liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) underwent a major overhaul at CERN in 2016-2017 to prepare for the operation at FNAL in the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program. This included a major upgrade of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-24 L. Bagby , B. Baibussinov , B. Behera , V. Bellini , R. Benocci , M. Betancourt , M. Bettini , M. Bonesini , T. Boone , A. Braggiotti , J. D. Brown , H. Budd , F. Calaon , L. Castellani , S. Centro , A. G. Cocco , M. Convery , F. Fabris , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , F. Fichera , M. Giarin , D. Gibin , A. Guglielmi , R. Guida , C. Hilgenberg , B. Howard , W. Ketchum , S. Marchini , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , C. Montanari , M. Mooney , G. Moreno Granados , J. Mueller , M. Nessi , M. Nicoletto , R. Pedrotta , R. Peghin , G. Petrillo , F. Pietropaolo , G. Rampazzo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , A. Scaramelli , F. Sergiampietri , M. Spanu , D. Torretta , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , Y. T. Tsai , M. Turcato , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , F. Vercellati , C. Vignoli , D. Warner , R. J. Wilson , M. Worcester , A. Zani , P. G. Zatti

ArDM: a ton-scale LAr detector for direct Dark Matter searches

The Argon Dark Matter (ArDM-1t) experiment is a ton-scale liquid argon (LAr) double-phase time projection chamber designed for direct Dark Matter searches. Such a device allows to explore the low energy frontier in LAr with a charge imaging…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-20 ArDM Collaboration , A. Marchionni , C. Amsler , A. Badertscher , V. Boccone , A. Bueno , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , J. Coleman , W. Creus , A. Curioni , M. Daniel , E. J. Dawe , U. Degunda , A. Gendotti , L. Epprecht , S. Horikawa , L. Kaufmann , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , C. Lazzaro , P. K. Lightfoot , D. Lussi , J. Lozano , K. Mavrokoridis , A. Melgarejo , P. Mijakowski , G. Natterer , S. Navas-Concha , P. Otyugova , M. de Prado , P. Przewlocki , C. Regenfus , F. Resnati , M. Robinson , J. Rochet , L. Romero , E. Rondio , A. Rubbia , L. Scotto-Lavina , N. J. C. Spooner , T. Strauss , C. Touramanis , J. Ulbricht , T. Viant

Construction and operation of a Double Phase LAr Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber

We successfully operated a novel kind of LAr Time Projection Chamber based on a Large Electron Multiplier (LEM) readout system. The prototype, of about 3 liters active volume, is operated in liquid-vapour (double) phase pure Ar. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-21 A. Badertscher , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , P. Otiougova , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia

First Demonstration of a Pixelated Charge Readout for Single-Phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) have been selected for the future long-baseline Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). To allow LArTPCs to operate in the high-multiplicity near detector environment of DUNE, a new…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-30 J. Asaadi , M. Auger , A. Ereditato , D. Goeldi , R. Haenni , U. Kose , I Kreslo , D. Lorca , M. Luethi , C. Rudolf Von Rohr , J. R. Sinclair , F. Stocker , C. Tognina , M. Weber

A steerable UV laser system for the calibration of liquid argon time projection chambers

A number of liquid argon time projection chambers (LAr TPC's) are being build or are proposed for neutrino experiments on long- and short baseline beams. For these detectors a distortion in the drift field due to geometrical or physics…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-01-13 A. Ereditato , I. Kreslo , M. Lüthi , C. Rudolf von Rohr , M. Schenk , T. Strauss , M. Weber , M. Zeller

Measuring the Neutrino Event Time in Liquid Argon by a Post-Reconstruction One-parameter Fit

We propose a relatively simple method to measure the event time in liquid Argon (LAr) TPC-based neutrino detectors that takes advantage of the topological reconstruction of each event from the TPC data prior to performing a one-parameter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-02 Evan Angelico , Andrey Elagin , Henry J. Frisch , Matthew Wetstein