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Calorimetry for low-energy electrons using charge and light in liquid argon

Precise calorimetric reconstruction of 5-50 MeV electrons in liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) will enable the study of astrophysical neutrinos in DUNE and could enhance the physics reach of oscillation analyses. Liquid argon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-23 W. Foreman , R. Acciarri , J. A. Asaadi , W. Badgett , F. d. M. Blaszczyk , R. Bouabid , C. Bromberg , R. Carey , F. Cavanna , J. I. Cevallos Aleman , A. Chatterjee , J. Evans , A. Falcone , W. Flanagan , B. T. Fleming , D. Garcia-Gomez , B. Gelli , T. Ghosh , R. A. Gomes , E. Gramellini , R. Gran , P. Hamilton , C. Hill , J. Ho , J. Hugon , E. Iwai , E. Kearns , E. Kemp , T. Kobilarcik , M. Kordosky , P. Kryczynski , K. Lang , R. Linehan , A. A. B. Machado , T. Maruyama , W. Metcalf , C. A. Moura , R. Nichol , M. Nunes , I. Nutini , A. Olivier , O. Palamara , J. Paley , L. Paulucci , G. Pulliam , J. L. Raaf , B. Rebel , O. Rodrigues , L. Mendes Santos , D. W. Schmitz , E. Segreto , D. Smith , M. Soderberg , F. Spagliardi , J. M. St. John , M. Stancari , A. M. Szelc , M. Tzanov , D. Walker , Z. Williams , T. Yang , J. Yu , S. Zhang

Measurement of the absolute reflectance of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) immersed in liquid xenon

The performance of a detector using liquid xenon (LXe) as a scintillator is strongly dependent on the collection efficiency for xenon scintillation light, which in turn is critically dependent on the reflectance of the surfaces that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-08 F. Neves , A. Lindote , A. Morozov , V. Solovov , C. Silva , P. Bras , J. P. Rodrigues , M. I. Lopes

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground well. At this scale, it is crucial to optimise the argon flow…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-27 20k Collaboration , F. Acerbi , P. Adhikari , P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Angiolilli , E. Aprile , M. Atzori Corona , D. J. Auty , M. Ave , I. C. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , A. Barrado Olmedo , P. Barrillon , G. Batignani , P. Bhowmick , M. Bloem , S. Blua , V. Bocci , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , A. Buchowicz , S. Bussino , J. Busto , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , R. Calabrese , V. Camillo , A. Caminata , N. Canci , M. Caravati , M. Cárdenas-Montes , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , A. Castellani , P. Castello , P. Cavalcante , S. Cebrian , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , S. Choudhary , L. Cifarelli , B. Cleveland , Y. Coadou , V. Cocco , D. Colaiuda , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , J. Corbett , B. S. Costa , M. Czubak , M. D'Aniello , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , A. Dainty , G. Darbo , S. Davini , R. de Asmundis , S. De Cecco , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Capua , L. Di Noto , P. Di Stefano , L. K. Dias , D. Díaz Mairena , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , V. Dronik , F. Dylon , A. Elersich , E. Ellingwood , T. Erjavec , N. Fearon , M. Fernandez Diaz , A. Ficorella , G. Fiorillo , P. Franchini , D. Franco , H. Frandini Gatti , E. Frolov , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Galiński , G. Gallina , G. Gallus , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gawdzik , A. Gendotti , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , L. Grandi , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , A. L. Hallin , A. Hamer , M. Haranczyk , B. Harrop , T. Hessel , J. Hollingham , S. Horikawa , J. Hu , F. Hubaut , D. Huff , T. Hugues , E. V. Hungerford , A. Ianni , V. Ippolito , A. Jamil , C. Jillings , R. Keloth , N. Kemmerich , A. Kemp , M. Kimura , A. Klenin , K. Kondo , G. Korga , L. Kotsiopoulou , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , P. Kunzé , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. Kuzwa , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , A. Leoni , L. Lidey , J. Lipp , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , O. Lychagina , O. Macfadyen , I. N. Machulin , S. Manecki , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Marasciulli , S. M. Mari , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , M. Martinez , C. J. Martoff , G. Matteucci , K. Mavrokoridis , A. B. McDonald , S. Merzi , A. Messina , R. Milincic , S. Minutoli , A. Mitra , J. Monroe , E. Moretti , M. Morrocchi , A. Morsy , T. Mroz , V. N. Muratova , M. Murra , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , E. Nikoloudaki , I. Nikulin , J. Nowak , K. Olchanski , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , A. Padmanabhan , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , D. Papi , B. Park , G. Pastuszak , G. Paternoster , A. Peck , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , R. Perez , V. Pesudo , S. Piacentini , N. Pino , G. Plante , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , E. Preosti , D. Price , S. Puglia , M. Queiroga Bazetto , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , A. Ramirez , S. Ravinthiran , M. Razeti , A. L. Renshaw , A. Repond , M. Rescigno , S. Resconi , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , A. Rubbia , D. Rudik , J. Runge , M. A. Sabia , P. Salomone , O. Samoylov , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , E. M. Santos , I. Sargeant , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , F. G. Schuckman , G. Scioli , D. A. Semenov , V. Shalamova , A. Sheshukov , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , F. Spadoni , M. Spangenberg , A. Steri , V. Stornelli , S. Stracka , S. Sulis , A. Sung , C. Sunny , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , O. Taborda , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , G. Testera , K. Thieme , A. Thompson , S. Torres-Lara , A. Tricomi , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Van Uffelen , T. Viant , S. Viel , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , B. Vyas , M. Wada , M. Walczak , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , L. Williams , M. Wojcik , M. M. Wojcik , Y. Xie , C. Yang , J. Yin , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

Spin coating TPB film on acrylics and measurement of its wavelength shifting efficiency

Scintillation light from liquid noble gas in a neutrino or dark matter experiment lies typically within the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region and might be strongly absorbed by surrounding materials such as light guides or photomultiplier.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-02 Hang Yang , Zi-Feng Xu , Jian Tang , Yi Zhang

Measurement of the Liquid Argon Scintillation Pulse Shape Using Differentiable Simulation in the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills Experiment

The Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) experiment is a liquid argon (LAr) light collection detector searching for MeV-scale neutrino and Beyond Standard Model physics signatures. Two hundred 8-inch photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) instrument the 7…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-30 A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , S. Biedron , J. Boissevain , M. Borrego , L. Bugel , M. Chavez-Estrada , J. M. Conrad , R. L. Cooper , J. R. Distel , J. C. D'Olivo , E. Dunton , B. Dutta , D. E. Fields , M. Gold , E. Guardincerri , E. C. Huang , N. Kamp , D. Kim , K. Knickerbocker , W. C. Louis , C. F. Macias-Acevedo , R. Mahapatra , J. Mezzetti , J. Mirabal , M. J. Mocko , D. A. Newmark , P. deNiverville , C. O'Connor , V. Pandey , D. Poulson , H. Ray , E. Renner , T. J. Schaub , A. Schneider , M. H. Shaevitz , D. Smith , W. Sondheim , A. M. Szelc , C. Taylor , A. Thompson , W. H. Thompson , M. Tripathi , R. T. Thornton , R. Van Berg , R. G. Van de Water

LArPix: Demonstration of low-power 3D pixelated charge readout for liquid argon time projection chambers

We report the demonstration of a low-power pixelated readout system designed for three-dimensional ionization charge detection and digital readout of liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Unambiguous 3D charge readout was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-12 D. A. Dwyer , M. Garcia-Sciveres , D. Gnani , C. Grace , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , A. Krieger , C. J. Lin , K. B. Luk , P. Madigan , C. Marshall , H. Steiner , T. Stezelberger

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Research and Development in the United States

A workshop was held at Fermilab on March 20-21, 2013 to discuss the development of liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPC) in the United States. The workshop was organized under the auspices of the Coordinating Panel for Advanced…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 B. Baller , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , F. Cavanna , H. Chen , E. Church , V. Gehman , H. Greenlee , E. Guardincerri , B. Jones , T. Junk , T. Katori , M. Kirby , K. Lang , B. Loer , A. Marchionni , T. Maruyama , C. Mauger , A. Menegolli , D. Montanari , S. Mufson , B. Norris , S. Pordes , J. Raaf , B. Rebel , R. Sanders , M. Soderberg , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. Szelc , C. Touramanis , C. Thorn , J. Urheim , R. Van de Water , H. Wang , B. Yu , M. Zuckerbrot

ArDM: a ton-scale liquid Argon experiment for direct detection of Dark Matter in the Universe

The ArDM project aims at developing and operating large noble liquid detectors to search for direct evidence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) as Dark Matter in the Universe. The initial goal is to design, assemble and operate a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Rubbia

The Argon Dark Matter Experiment

The ArDM experiment, a 1 ton liquid argon TPC/Calorimeter, is designed for the detection of dark matter particles which can scatter off the spinless argon nucleus, producing nuclear recoils. These events will be discerned by their light to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-03-26 Christian Regenfus

The first dual-phase xenon TPC equipped with silicon photomultipliers and characterisation with $^{37}$Ar

For the first time, a small dual-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber was equipped with a top array of silicon photomultipliers for light and charge readout. Here we describe the instrument in detail, as well as the data…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-02 L. Baudis , Y. Biondi , M. Galloway , F. Girard , S. Hochrein , S. Reichard , P. Sanchez-Lucas , K. Thieme , J. Wulf

First operation of a double phase LAr Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber with a two-dimensional projective readout anode

We have previously reported on the construction and successful operation of the novel double phase Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-17 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

A Spectrometric Approach to Measuring the Rayleigh Scattering Length for Liquid Scintillator Detectors

Good optical transparency is a fundamental requirement of liquid scintillator (LS) detectors. Characterizing the transparency of a liquid scintillator to its own emitted light is a key parameter to determine the overall sensitivity of a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-28 S. S. Gokhale , R. Rosero , R. Diaz Perez , C. Camilo Reyes , S. Hans , M. Yeh

Index of refraction, Rayleigh scattering length, and Sellmeier coefficients in solid and liquid argon and xenon

Large liquid argon detectors have become widely used in low rate experiments, including dark matter and neutrino research. However, the optical properties of liquid argon are not well understood at the large scales relevant for current and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-15 Emily Grace , Alistair Butcher , Jocelyn Monroe , James A. Nikkel

A study of liquid argon detector's $n$/$\gamma$ discrimination capability with PMT or SiPM readout

Liquid Argon (LAr) is used as a target material in several current and planned experiments related to dark matter direct searching and neutrino detection. Argon provides excellent Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) capability which could…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-26 L. Wang , Y. Liu , M. Y. Guan , T. A. Wang , C. Guo , J. C. Liu , C. G. Yang , X. H. Liang , Y. D. Chen

Calibration of calorimetric measurement in a liquid argon time projection chamber

The liquid argon time projection chamber provides high resolution event images and excellent calorimetric resolution for studying neutrino physics and searching for beyond standard model physics. In this article, we review the main physics…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-12 Tingjun Yang

Effect of Low Electric Fields on Alpha Scintillation Light Yield in Liquid Argon

Measurements were made of scintillation light yield of alpha particles from the $^{222}$Rn decay chain within the DarkSide-50 liquid argon time projection chamber. The light yield was found to increase as the applied electric field…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-26 P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , D. M. Asner , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , M. Bossa , B. Bottino , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , S. Catalanotti , P. Cavalcante , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , M. De Vincenzi , A. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , G. Forster , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , A. Ianni , I. James , T. N. Johnson , C. Jollet , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , X. Li , M. Lissia , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , G. Longo , Y. Ma , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , J. D. Miller , D. Montanari , A. Monte , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , J. Napolitano , A. Navrer Agasson , S. Odrowski , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , G. Ranucci , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , W. Sands , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , E. Shields , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , J. Wilhelmi , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , J. Xu , C. Yang , W. Zhong , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

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

Time Resolution and Linearity Measurements for a Scintillating Fiber Detector Instrumented with VLPC's

The time resolution for a charged particle detection is reported for a typical scintillating fiber detector instrumented with Rockwell HISTE-IV Visible Light Photon Counters. The resolution measurements are shown to agree with a simple…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-30 Alan Bross , Ana Lucia Chaves , Jesse Costa , Marvin Johnson , Lourival Moreira , Joey Thompson

Application of avalanche photodiodes as a readout for scintillator tile-fiber systems

The application of reach-through avalanche photodiodes (R'APD) as a photodetector for scintillator tiles has been investigated. The light collected by WLS fibers (0.84mm and 1mm diameter) embedded in the scintillator has been transmited to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Cheshkov , G. Georgiev , E. Gouchtchine , L. Litov , I. Mandjoukov , V. Spassov

Light detection and Cosmic Rejection in the ICARUS LArTPC at Fermilab

The ICARUS-T600 detector is a 760-ton Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) currently operating at Fermilab as the Far Detector in the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program. The SBN program is composed of three LArTPCs with a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-12 Anna Heggestuen