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Measurement of the two-photon absorption cross-section of liquid argon with a time projection chamber

This paper reports on laser-induced multiphoton ionization at 266 nm of liquid argon in a time projection chamber (LAr TPC) detector. The electron signal produced by the laser beam is a formidable tool for the calibration and monitoring of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-12-21 I. Badhrees , A. Ereditato , I. Kreslo , M. Messina , U. Moser , B. Rossi , M. S. Weber , M. Zeller , C. Altucci , S. Amoruso , R. Bruzzese , R. Velotta

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

The science and technology of liquid argon detectors

Liquid argon detectors are ubiquitous in particle, astroparticle, and applied physics. They reached an unprecedented level of maturity thanks to more than 20 years of R&D and the operation of large-scale facilities at CERN, Fermilab, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-30 W. M. Bonivento , F. Terranova

Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to Neutrino Events in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

We present several studies of convolutional neural networks applied to data coming from the MicroBooNE detector, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). The algorithms studied include the classification of single particle images,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-17 MicroBooNE collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , R. An , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , L. Bagby , B. Baller , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Bugel , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , B. Carls , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , H. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , J. I. Crespo-Anadón , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , G. T. Garvey , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , N. Graf , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , V Hewes , C. Hill , J. Ho , G. Horton-Smith , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , C. -M. Jen , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , B. J. P. Jones , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , D. Kaleko , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , A. Laube , Y. Li , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , V. Meddage , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , A. Rafique , L. Rochester , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Sinclair , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Söldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , K. Terao , M. Thomson , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , J. Weston , D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , T. Yang , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

A tagged low-momentum kaon test-beam exposure with a 250L LAr TPC (J-PARC T32)

At the beginning of 2010, we presented at the J-PARC PAC an R$&$D program towards large (100 kton scale) liquid argon TPCs, suitable to investigate, in conjunction with the J-PARC neutrino beam, the possibility of CP violation in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-31 O. Araoka , A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. DiLuise , U. Degunda , L. Epprecht , L. Esposito , A. Gendotti , T. Hasegawa , S. Horikawa , K. Kasami , N. Kimura , L. Knecht , T. Kobayashi , C. Lazzaro , D. Lussi , M. Maki , A. Marchionni , T. Maruyama , A. Meregaglia , T. Mitani , Y. Nagasaka , J. Naganoma , H. Naito , S. Narita , G. Natterer , K. Nishikawa , A. Okamoto , H. Okamoto , F. Petrolo , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , C. Strabel , M. Tanaka , T. Viant , Y. Yamanoi , K. Yorita , M. Yoshioka

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

LBNO-DEMO: Large-scale neutrino detector demonstrators for phased performance assessment in view of a long-baseline oscillation experiment

In June 2012, an Expression of Interest for a long-baseline experiment (LBNO) has been submitted to the CERN SPSC. LBNO considers three types of neutrino detector technologies: a double-phase liquid argon (LAr) TPC and a magnetised iron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-17 L. Agostino , B. Andrieu , R. Asfandiyarov , D. Autiero , O. Bésida , F. Bay , R. Bayes , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , A. Bravar , M. Buizza-Avanzini , F. Cadoux , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , M. Campanelli , C. Cantini , L. Chaussard , D. Chesneanu , N. Colino , P. Crivelli , I. De Bonis , Y. Déclais , J. Dawson , C. De La Taille , P. Del Amo Sanchez , A. Delbart , S. Di Luise , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , I. Efthymiopoulos , S. Emery , T. Enqvist , L. Epprecht , T. Esanu , D. Franco , D. Franco , M. Friend , V. Galymov , A. Gendotti , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , M. C Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , A. Haesler , T. Hasegawa , S. Horikawa , M. Ieva , A. Jipa , Y. Karadzhov , I. Karpikov , A. Khotjantsev , A. Korzenev , D. Kryn , Y. Kudenko , P. Kuusiniemi , I. Lazanu , J. -M. Levy , K. Loo , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , C. Martin , G. Martin-Chassard , E. Mazzucato , A. Mefodiev , O. Mineev , B. Mitrica , S. Murphy , T. Nakadaira , M. Nessi , K. Nikolics , L. Nita , E. Noah , P. Novella , G. A. Nuijten , T. Ovsiannikova , C. Palomares , T. Patzak , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , B. Popov , M. Ravonel , M. Rayner , C. Regenfus , C. Ristea , O. Ristea , A. Robert , A. Rubbia , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , R. Santorelli , E. Scantamburlo , F. Sergiampietri , D. Sgalaberna , M. Slupecki , F. J. P. Soler , D. L. Stanca , A. Tonazzo , W. H. Trzaska , R. Tsenov , G. Vankova-Kirilova , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Wu , N. Yershov , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

Future Neutrino Oscillation Sensitivities for LBNE

The primary goal of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) is to measure the neutrino mixing matrix parameters. The design, optimized to search for CP violation and to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy, includes a large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-28 Matthew Bass , Daniel Cherdack , Robert J. Wilson

Performance study of a $3\times1\times1\mbox{ m}^3$ dual phase liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber exposed to cosmic rays

We report the results of the analyses of the cosmic ray data collected with a 4 tonne (3$\times$1$\times$1~m$^3$) active mass (volume) Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber (TPC) operated in a dual-phase mode. We present a detailed study of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-19 WA105 collaboration

Photon detection system for ProtoDUNE dual phase

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a 40-kton underground liquid argon time-projection-chamber (LAr TPC) detector, for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies and for neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 C. Cuesta

A High Pressure Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout

Measurements of proton-nucleus scattering and high resolution neutrino-nucleus interaction imaging are key to reduce neutrino oscillation systematic uncertainties in future experiments. A High Pressure Time Projection Chamber (HPTPC)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-03 Alexander Deisting , Abigail Victoria Waldron , Edward Atkin , Gary Barker , Anastasia Basharina-Freshville , Christopher Betancourt , Steven Boyd , Dominic Brailsford , Zachary Chen-Wishart , Linda Cremonesi , Adriana Dias , Patrick Dunne , Jennifer Haigh , Philip Hamacher-Baumann , Sebastian Jones , Asher Kaboth , Alexander Korzenev , William Ma , Philippe Mermod , Maria Mironova , Jocelyn Monroe , Ryan Nichol , Toby Nonnenmacher , Jaroslaw Nowak , William Parker , Harrison Ritchie-Yates , Stefan Roth , Ruben Saakyan , Nicola Serra , Yuri Shitov , Jochen Steinmann , Adam Tarrant , Melissa Uchida , Sammy Valder , Mark Ward , Morgan Wascko

Study of scintillation light collection, production and propagation in a 4 tonne dual-phase LArTPC

The $3 \times 1 \times 1$ m$^3$ demonstrator is a dual phase liquid argon time projection chamber that has recorded cosmic rays events in 2017 at CERN. The light signal in these detectors is crucial to provide precise timing capabilities.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-24 B. Aimard , L. Aizawa , C. Alt , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , V. Aushev , D. Autiero , 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. Chiriacescuf , P. Chiu , S. Conforti , P. Cotte , P. Crivelli , C. Cuesta , J. Dawson , I. De Bonis , C. De La Taille , A. Delbart , S. Di Luise , F. Doizon , C. Drancourt , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , F. Duval , S. Emery , A. Ereditato , A. Falcone , K. Fusshoeller , A. Gallego-Ros , V. Galymov , N. Geffroy , A. Gendotti , A. Gherghel-Lascu , I. Gil-Botella , C. Girerd , M. C. Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , E. Hamada , R. Hanni , T. Hasegawa , A. Holin , S. Horikawa , M. Ikeno , S. Jiménez , A. Jipa , M. Karolak , Y. Karyotakis , S. Kasai , K. Kasami , T. Kishishita , H. Konari , I. Kreslo , D. Kryn , P. Kunzé , M. Kurokawa , Y. Kuromori , C. Lastoria , I. Lazanu , G. Lehmann-Miotto , M. Leyton , 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 , D. Mladenov , L. Molina Bueno , T. S. Mosu , W. Mu , S. Murphy , K. Nakayoshi , S. Narita , D. Navas-Nicolás , K. Negishi , M. Nessi , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , F. Noto , A. Noury , Y. Onishchuk , C. Palomares , M. Parvu , T. Patzak , Y. Penichot , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , F. Pietropaolo , D. Pugnere , B. Radics , D. Redondo , C. Regenfus , A. Remoto , F. Resnati , O. Ristea , A. Rubbia , A. Saftoiu , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , C. Santos , A. Scarpelli , C. Schloesser , K. Sendai , F. Sergiampietri , S. Shahsavarani , M. Shoji , J. Sinclair , J. Soto-Oton , D. I. Stanca , D. Stefan , R. Sulej , M. Tanaka , V. Toboaru , A. Tonazzo , W. Tromeur , W. H. Trzaska , T. Uchida , L. Urda , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Vihonen , S. Vilalte , M. Weber , S. Wu , J. Yu , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

The CAPTAIN Detector and Physics Program

The Cryogenic Apparatus for Precision Tests of Argon Interactions with Neutrino (CAP- TAIN) program is designed to make measurements of scientific importance to long-baseline neutrino physics and physics topics that will be explored by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-09-09 The CAPTAIN Collaboration , H. Berns , H. Chen , D. Cline , J. Danielson , Z. Djurcic , S. Elliott , G. Garvey , V. Gehman , C. Grant , E. Guardincerri , R. Kadel , T. Kutter , D. Lee , K. Lee , Q. Liu , W. Louis , C. Mauger , C. McGrew , R. McTaggart , J. Medina , W. Metcalf , G. Mills , J. Mirabal-Martinez , S. Mufson , E. Pantic , O. Prokofiev. Mufson , V. Radeka , J. Ramsey , K. Rielage , H. Sahoo , C. Sinnis , M. Smy , W. Sondheim , I. Stancu , R. Svoboda , M. Szydagis , C. Taylor , A. Teymourian , C. Thorn , C. Tull , M. Tzanov , R. Van de Water , H. Wang , C. Yanagisawa , A. Yarritu , C. Zhang

Measurement of Liquid Argon Scintillation Light Properties by means of an Alpha Source placed inside the CERN 10-PMT LAr Detection System

A particle detection system that exploits the scintillation light produced by ionizing particles in liquid argon (LAr) has been assembled at CERN. The system is based on 10 large-area photomultiplier tubes (PMT) immersed in a 1500-liter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 B. Ali-Mohammadzadeh , M. Babicz , V. Bellini , A. Fava , U. Kose , F. Pietropaolo , M. C. Prata , G. L. Raselli , F. Resnati , M. Rossella , C. Scagliotti , F. Tortorici , A. Zani

Liquid Argon TPC Signal Formation, Signal Processing and Hit Reconstruction

This document describes the early stage of the reconstruction chain that was developed for the ArgoNeuT and MicroBooNE experiments at Fermilab. These experiments study accelerator neutrino interactions that occur in a Liquid Argon Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-02 Bruce Baller

Improved TPB-coated Light Guides for Liquid Argon TPC Light Detection Systems

Scintillation light produced in liquid argon (LAr) must be shifted from 128 nm to visible wavelengths in light detection systems used for liquid argon time-projection chambers (LArTPCs). To date, LArTPC light collection systems have…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-30 Z. Moss , L. Bugel , G. Collin , J. M. Conrad , B. J. P. Jones , J. Moon , M. Toups , T. Wongjirad

First demonstration of $\mathcal{O}(1\,\text{ns})$ timing resolution in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber

MicroBooNE is a neutrino experiment located in the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB) at Fermilab, which collected data from 2015 to 2021. MicroBooNE's liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is accompanied by a photon detection system…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-31 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , O. Alterkait , D. Andrade Aldana , J. Anthony , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , G. Barr , J. Barrow , V. Basque , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , M. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , L. Camilleri , Y. Cao , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , O. G. Finnerud , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , W. Foreman , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , O. Hen , R. Hicks , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , Z. Imani , B. Irwin , R. Itay , C. James , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , D. Kalra , N. Kamp , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , M. B. Leibovitch , I. Lepetic , J. -Y. Li , K. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , J. Mousseau , S. Mulleria Babu , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , N. Nayak , M. Nebot-Guinot , J. Nowak , N. Oza , O. Palamara , N. Pallat , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , H. Parkinson , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. Ponce-Pinto , I. Pophale , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolph von Rohr , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , W. Tang , N. Taniuchi , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Torbunov , D. Totani , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Tyler , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , A. J. White , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , N. Wright , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

LANNDD - A line of liquid argon TPC detectors scalable in mass from 200 Tons to 100 Ktons

A scalable line of liquid argon TPC detectors is described, based on a three dimensional cubic frame array immersed on a common liquid argon volume. The paper describes general lines, main construction criteria, crucial points, parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-20 David B. Cline , Fabrizio Raffaelli , Franco Sergiampietri

Dark Matter Detection Capabilities of a Large Multipurpose Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers are planned to comprise a central role in the future of the U.S. High Energy Physics neutrino program. In particular, this detector technology will form the basis for the 40 kton Deep Underground…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-22 Eric Church , Christopher Jackson , Richard Saldanha

The GAP-TPC

Several experiments have been conducted worldwide, with the goal of observing low-energy nuclear recoils induced by WIMPs scattering off target nuclei in ultra-sensitive, low-background detectors. In the last few decades noble liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-23 B. Rossi , A. Anastasio , A. Boiano , S. Catalanotti , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , P. Di Meo , G. Longo , A. Vanzanella , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , G. Fiorillo