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Development of wavelength shifter coated reflectors for the ArDM argon dark matter detector

To optimise the design of the light readout in the ArDM 1-ton liquid argon dark matter detector, a range of reflector and WLS coating combinations were investigated in several small setups, where argon scintillation light was generated by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-12-17 The ArDM Collaboration , V. Boccone , P. K. Lightfoot , K. Mavrokoridis , C. Regenfus , C. Amsler , A. Badertscher , A. Bueno , H. Cabrera , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Daniel , E. J. Daw , U. Degunda , A. Dell'Antone , A. Gendotti , L. Epprecht , S. Horikawa , L. Kaufmann , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , C. Lazzaro , D. Lussi , J. Lozano , A. Marchionni , A. Melgarejo , P. Mijakowski , G. Natterer , S. Navas-Concha , P. Otyugova , M. de Prado , P. Przewlocki , F. Resnati , M. Robinson , J. Rochet , L. Romero , E. Rondio , A. Rubbia , N. J. C. Spooner , T. Strauss , J. Ulbricht , T. Viant

Recent updates on the ArDM project: A Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Detection

ArDM is a new-generation WIMP detector which will measure simultaneously light and charge from scintillation and ionization of liquid argon. Our goal is to construct, characterize and operate a 1 ton liquid argon underground detector. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 Vittorio Boccone

First operation and performance of a 200 lt double phase LAr LEM-TPC with a 40x76 cm^2 readout

In this paper we describe the design, construction, and operation of a first large area double-phase liquid argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). The detector has a maximum drift length of 60 cm and the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , U. Degunda , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi G. Natterer , K. Nguyen , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

Light Yield in DarkSide-10: a Prototype Two-phase Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Searches

As part of the DarkSide program of direct dark matter searches using liquid argon TPCs, a prototype detector with an active volume containing 10 kg of liquid argon, DarkSide-10, was built and operated underground in the Gran Sasso National…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. Alexander , D. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , P. Beltrame , J. Benziger , G. Bonfini , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , L. Cadonati , F. Calaprice , A. Candela , H. Cao , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , D. Cline , A. G. Cocco , C. Condon , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , E. De Haas , A. Derbin , G. Di Pietro , I. Dratchnev , D. Durben , A. Empl , A. Etenko , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , S. Gazzana , C. Ghag , C. Ghiano , A. Goretti , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , C. Guo , G. Guray , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , A. Kayunov , K. Keeter , C. Kendziora , S. Kidner , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , E. Shields , P. Li , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , C. Love , L. Ludhova , L. Lukyanchenko , A. Lund , K. Lung , Y. Ma , I. Machulin , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , Y. Meng , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , T. Mohayai , D. Montanari , M. Montuschi , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , A. Nelson , A. Nemtzow , N. Nurakhov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , R. Parsells , N. Pelliccia , L. Perasso , F. Perfetto , L. Pinsky , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , A. Romani , N. Rossi , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , C. Salvo , W. Sands , M. Seigar , D. Semenov , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Sukhotin , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Teymourian , J. Thompson , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , H. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , J. Xu , C. Yang , S. Zavatarelli , M. Zehfus , W. Zhong , G. Zuzel

Development and characterization of a slow wavelength shifting coating for background rejection in liquid argon detectors

We describe a technique, applicable to liquid-argon-based dark matter detectors, allowing for discrimination of alpha-decays in detector regions with incomplete light collection from nuclear-recoil-like events. Nuclear recoils and alpha…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-18 D. Gallacher , A. Leonhardt , H. Benmansour , E. Ellingwood , Q. Hars , M. Kuźniak , J. Anstey , B. Bondzior , M. G. Boulay , B. Cai , P. J. Dereń , P. C. F. Di Stefano , S. Garg , J. Mason , T. R. Pollmann , P. Skensved , V. Strickland , M. Stringer

Scintillation light calibrations, systematic uncertainties, and triggering efficiency in the MicroBooNE detector

Scintillation light, produced alongside ionisation charge from particle interactions, plays a critical role in liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detectors. A detailed understanding of its production and detection mechanisms is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-26 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , D. Andrade Aldana , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , A. Barnard , G. Barr , D. Barrow , J. Barrow , V. Basque , J. Bateman , B. Behera , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhat , M. Bhattacharya , V. Bhelande , A. Binau , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , M. B. Brunetti , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , A. Chappell , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , C. Fang , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , F. Gao , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , L. Hagaman , M. D. Handley , O. Hen , A. Hergenhan , M. Harrison , S. Hawkins , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hussain , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , C. James , X. Ji , J. H. Jo , A. Johnson , R. A. Johnson , D. Kalra , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , A. Kelly , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , K. Kumar , N. Lane , J. -Y. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , L. Liu , S. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , T. Mahmud , N. Majeed , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , F. Martinez Lopez , M. G. Manuel Alves , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , I. Mawby , N. McConkey , B. McConnell , L. Mellet , J. Mendez , J. Micallef , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. A. Hernandez Morquecho , M. M. Moudgalya , S. Mulleria Babu , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , N. Nayak , M. Nebot-Guinot , C. Nguyen , L. Nguyen , 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 , K. Pletcher , I. Pophale , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , R. Raymond , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , I. Safa , C. Sauer , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , L. Silva , E. L. Snider , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , N. Taniuchi , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Torbunov , D. Totani , M. Toups , A. Trettin , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Tyler , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , B. Viren , J. Wang , L. Wang , M. Weber , H. Wei , A. J. White , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Wresilo , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang , Y. Zhang

Ion-beam excitation of liquid argon

The scintillation light of liquid argon has been recorded wavelength and time resolved with very good statistics in a wavelength interval ranging from 118 nm through 970 nm. Three different ion beams, protons, sulfur ions and gold ions,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-25 M. Hofmann , T. Dandl , T. Heindl , A. Neumeier , L. Oberauer , W. Potzel , S. Roth , S. Schönert , J. Wieser , A. Ulrich

Direct WIMP Detection Using Scintillation Time Discrimination in Liquid Argon

Discrimination between electron and nuclear recoil events in a liquid argon scintillation detector has been demonstrated with simulations by using the differences in the scintillation photon time distribution between these classes of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. G. Boulay , A. Hime

Attenuation measurements of vacuum ultraviolet light in liquid argon revisited

The attenuation of vacuum ultraviolet light in liquid argon in the context of its application in large liquid noble gas detectors has been studied. Compared to a previous publication several technical issues concerning transmission…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-25 A. Neumeier , T. Dandl , A. Himpsl , M. Hofmann , L. Oberauer , W. Potzel , S. Schönert , A. Ulrich

Liquid Argon test of the ARAPUCA device

The ARAPUCA is a novel concept for liquid argon scintillation light detection which has been proposed for the photon detection system of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. The test in liquid argon of one of the first ARAPUCA…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-09-26 E. Segreto , A. A. Machado , L. Paulucci , F. Marinho , D. Galante , S. Guedes , A. Fauth , V. Teixeira , B. Gelli , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , W. Araujo , C. Ambrósio , M. Bissiano , A. L. Lixandrão Filho

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 Time Projection Chambers in the U.S

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors are ideally suited for studying neutrino interactions and probing the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. The ability to drift ionization particles over long distances…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-04 M. Soderberg

Demonstration of the light collection stability of a PEN-based wavelength shifting reflector in a tonne scale liquid argon detector

Liquid argon detectors rely on wavelength shifters for efficient detection of scintillation light. The current standard is tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB), but it is challenging to instrument on a large scale. Poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-03 V. Gupta , G. R. Araujo , M. Babicz , L. Baudis , P. -J. Chiu , S. Choudhary , M. Goldbrunner , A. Hamer , M. Kuźniak , M. Kuźwa , A. Leonhardt , E. Montagna , G. Nieradka , H. B. Parkinson , F. Pietropaolo , T. R. Pollmann , F. Resnati , S. Schönert , A. M. Szelc , K. Thieme , M. Walczak

Increasing the efficiency of photon collection in LArTPCs: the ARAPUCA light trap

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are a choice for the next generation of large neutrino detectors due to their optimal performance in particle tracking and calorimetry. The detection of Argon scintillation light plays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-18 G. Cancelo , F. Cavanna , C. O. Escobar , E. Kemp , A. A. Machado , A. Para , E. Segreto , D. Totani , D. Warner

Table-top setup for investigating the scintillation properties of liquid argon

The spectral and temporal light emission properties of liquid argon have been studied in the context of its use in large liquid rare-gas detectors for detecting Dark Matter particles in astronomy. A table-top setup has been developed.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-25 T. Heindl , T. Dandl , A. Fedenev , M. Hofmann , R. Krücken , L. Oberauer , W. Potzel , J. Wieser , A. Ulrich

Surface background rejection technique for liquid argon dark matter detectors using a thin scintillating layer

Future large liquid argon direct dark matter detectors can benefit greatly from an efficient surface background rejection technique. To aid the development of these large scale detectors a test stand, Argon-1, has been constructed at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-22 D. Gallacher , M. Boulay

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

A Study of the Fluorescence Response of Tetraphenyl-butadiene

Tetraphenyl-butadiene (TPB) is a widely used fluorescent wavelength-shifter. A common application is in liquid-argon-based particle detectors, where scintillation light is produced in the UV at 128 nm. In liquid argon experiments, TPB is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-01-26 R. Jerry , L. Winslow , L. Bugel , J. M. Conrad

The scintillation of liquid argon

A spectroscopic study of liquid argon from the vacuum ultraviolet at 110 nm to 1000 nm is presented. Excitation was performed using continuous and pulsed 12 keV electron beams. The emission is dominated by the analogue of the so called 2nd…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-25 T. Heindl , T. Dandl , M. Hofmann , R. Krücken , L. Oberauer , W. Potzel , J. Wieser , A. Ulrich

Design and operation of ARGONTUBE: a 5 m long drift liquid argon TPC

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) is a prime type of detector for future large-mass neutrino observatories and proton decay searches. In this paper we present the design and operation, as well as experimental results from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 A. Ereditato , C. C. Hsu , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , M. Messina , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Rossi , T. Strauss , M. S. Weber , M. Zeller