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Improvement and Characterisation of the ArCLight Large-Area Dielectric Light Detector for Liquid-Argon Time Projection Chambers

The detection of scintillation light in noble-liquid detectors is necessary for identifying neutrino interaction candidates from beam, astrophysical, or solar sources. Large monolithic detectors typically have highly efficient light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-05 Jonas Bürgi , Livio Calivers , Richard Diurba , Fabian Frieden , Anja Gauch , Laura Francesca Iacob , Igor Kreslo , Jan Kunzmann , Saba Parsa , Michele Weber

A new investigation of electron neutrino appearance oscillations with improved sensitivity in the MiniBooNE+ experiment

We propose the addition of scintillator to the existing MiniBooNE detector to allow a test of the neutral-current/charged-current (NC/CC) nature of the MiniBooNE low-energy excess. Scintillator will enable the reconstruction of 2.2 MeV…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-03 R. Dharmapalan , S. Habib , C. Jiang , I. Stancu , Z. Djurcic , R. A. Johnson , A. Wickremasinghe , G. Karagiorgi , M. H. Shaevitz , B. C. Brown , F. G. Garcia , R. Ford , W. Marsh , C. D. Moore , D. Perevalov , C. C. Polly , J. Grange , J. Mousseau , B. Osmanov , H. Ray , R. Cooper , R. Tayloe , R. Thornton , G. T. Garvey , W. Huelsnitz , W. C. Louis , C. Mauger , G. B. Mills , Z. Pavlovic , R. Van de Water , D. H. White , R. Imlay , M. Tzanov , B. P. Roe , A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , T. Katori , P. Nienaber

Development and characterization of the JNE concentrator

The Jinping Neutrino Experiment (JNE) will utilize approximately 3000 8-inch MCP-PMTs identified as GDB-6082 from North Night Vision Technology to detect neutrinos. To enhance the effective coverage of the JNE detector, mounting a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-07-22 Shuai Ouyang , Yuzi Yang , Yang Zhang , Aiqiang Zhang , Haoyan Yang , Changxu Wei , Yuhao Liu , Zhe Wang , Tao Xue , Jianmin Li , Zongyi Wang , Shaomin Chen

ARIADNE -- A Novel Optical LArTPC: Technical Design Report and Initial Characterisation using a Secondary Beam from the CERN PS and Cosmic Muons

ARIADNE is a 1-ton (330 kg fiducial mass) dual-phase liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) featuring a novel optical readout. Four electron-multiplying charge-coupled device (EMCCD) cameras are mounted externally, and these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-04 D. Hollywood , K. Majumdar , K. Mavrokoridis , K. J. McCormick , B. Philippou , S. Powell , A. Roberts , N. A. Smith , G. Stavrakis , C. Touramanis , J. Vann

The Electronics, Trigger and Data Acquisition System for the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber of the DarkSide-50 Search for Dark Matter

The DarkSide-50 experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is a search for dark matter using a dual phase time projection chamber with 50 kg of low radioactivity argon as target. Light signals from interactions in the argon are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , K. Arisaka , D. M. Asner , M. Ave , 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 , H. Cao , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicaló , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , L. Crippa , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , A. deCandia , S. DeCecco , M. DeDeo , G. DeFilippis , G. DeRosa , M. DeVincenzi , A. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. DiEusanio , C. Dionisi , G. DiPietro , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , G. Forster , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiat , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. R. Hackett , K. R. Herner , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , Aldo Ianni , Andrea Ianni , I. James , T. N. Johnson , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , X. Li , M. Lissia , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , G. Longo , S. Luitz , Y. Ma , A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , P. D. Meyers , T. Miletic , R. Milincic , D. Montanari , A. Monte , M. Montuschi , M. E. Monzani , P. Mosteiro , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. NavrerAgasson , A. Nelson , S. Odrowsk , 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 , S. D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , W. Sands , S. Sangiorgio , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , E. Shields , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirno , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , J. Xu , C. Yang , J. Yoo , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zec , W. Zhong , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

ProtoDUNE-DP Light Acquisition and Calibration Software

ProtoDUNE-DP is a 6x6x6 m3 liquid argon time-projection-chamber operated at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2019-2020 as a prototype of the Dual Phase concept for the DUNE Far Detector. The Photon Detection System (PDS) is based on 36 8-inch…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-29 D. Belver , J. Boix , E. Calvo , C. Cuesta , A. Gallego-Ros , I. Gil-Botella , S. Jiménez , C. Lastoria , T. Lux , I. Martín , J. J. Martínez , C. Palomares , J. Soto-Oton , A. Verdugo

First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at $E_\nu \sim 0.8$ GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector

We report the first measurement of the double-differential and total muon neutrino charged current inclusive cross sections on argon at a mean neutrino energy of 0.8 GeV. Data were collected using the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-10-01 P. Abratenko , C. Adams , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , M. Auger , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , A. Bhat , K. Bhattacharya , 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 , G. H. Collin , 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. Esquivel , J. J. Evans , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , C. Hill , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. -C. Huang , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , 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 , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , J. Mills , K. Mistry , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Pandey , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , 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 , M. Thomson , R. T. Thornton , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , D. A. Wickremasinghe , K. Wierman , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , W. Wu , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Overview of the LBNE Neutrino Beam

The Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) will utilize a neutrino beamline facility located at Fermilab. The facility is designed to aim a beam of neutrinos toward a detector placed at the Deep Underground Science and Engineering…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-09-13 C. D. Moore , Yun He , Patrick Hurh , James Hylen , Byron Lundberg , Mike McGee , Joel Misek , Nikolai V. Mokhov , Vaia Papadimitriou , Rob Plunkett , Ryan Schultz , Gueorgui Velev , Karlton Williams , Robert Miles Zwaska

Liquid Argon TPC Trigger Development with SBND

The Short Baseline Near Detector (SBND) is a 112 ton active mass liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that will begin operations in the Booster Neutrino Beamline at Fermilab in 2020. Its main physics goals include high-statistics…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-21 Georgia Karagiorgi

Characterisation and testing of a prototype $6 \times 6$ cm$^2$ Argonne MCP-PMT

The Argonne micro-channel plate photomultiplier tube (MCP-PMT) is an offshoot of the Large Area Pico-second Photo Detector (LAPPD) project, wherein \mbox{6 $\times$ 6 cm$^2$} sized detectors are made at Argonne National Laboratory.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-14 Greig A. Cowan , Franz Muheim , Matthew Needham , Silvia Gambetta , Stephan Eisenhardt , Neil McBlane , Matthew Malek

Proton Fixed-Target Scintillation Experiment to Search for Minicharged Particles

We propose a low-cost and movable setup to probe minicharged particles (or milli-charged particles) using high-intensity proton fixed-target facilities. This proposal, FerMINI, consists of a milliQan-type detector, requiring…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-07 Kevin J. Kelly , Yu-Dai Tsai

The Short Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Program at Fermilab

The Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program is a short-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in the Booster Neutrino Beam-line (BNB) at Fermilab. It consists of three Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) from the Short-Baseline…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-02-06 Matthew Bass

Dual baseline search for muon antineutrino disappearance at 0.1 eV^2 < {\Delta}m^2 < 100 eV^2

The MiniBooNE and SciBooNE collaborations report the results of a joint search for short baseline disappearance of \bar{{\nu}_{\mu}} at Fermilab's Booster Neutrino Beamline. The MiniBooNE Cherenkov detector and the SciBooNE tracking…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-11-06 MiniBooNE Collaboration , SciBooNE Collaboration , G. Cheng , W. Huelsnitz , A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , J. L. Alcaraz-Aunion , S. J. Brice , B. C. Brown , L. Bugel , J. Catala-Perez , E. D. Church , J. M. Conrad , R. Dharmapalan , Z. Djurcic , U. Dore , D. A. Finley , R. Ford , A. J. Franke , F. G. Garcia , G. T. Garvey , C. Giganti , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , J. Grange , P. Guzowski , A. Hanson , Y. Hayato , K. Hiraide , C. Ignarra , R. Imlay , R. A. Johnson , B. J. P. Jones , G. Jover-Manas , G. Karagiorgi , T. Katori , Y. K. Kobayashi , T. Kobilarcik , H. Kubo , Y. Kurimoto , W. C. Louis , P. F. Loverre , L. Ludovici , K. B. M. Mahn , C. Mariani , W. Marsh , S. Masuike , K. Matsuoka , V. T. McGary , W. Metcalf , G. B. Mills , J. Mirabal , G. Mitsuka , Y. Miyachi , S. Mizugashira , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , Y. Nakajima , T. Nakaya , R. Napora , P. Nienaber , D. Orme , B. Osmanov , M. Otani , Z. Pavlovic , D. Perevalov , C. C. Polly , H. Ray , B. P. Roe , A. D. Russell , F. Sanchez , M. H. Shaevitz , T. -A. Shibata , M. Sorel , J. Spitz , I. Stancu , R. J. Stefanski , H. Takei , H. -K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , R. Tayloe , I. J. Taylor , R. J. Tesarek , Y. Uchida , R. G. Van de Water , J. J. Walding , M. O. Wascko , D. H. White , H. B. White , D. A. Wickremasinghe , M. Yokoyama , G. P. Zeller , E. D. Zimmerman

Measurement of ambient radon progeny decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector

We report measurements of radon progeny in liquid argon within the MicroBooNE time projection chamber (LArTPC). The presence of specific radon daughters in MicroBooNE's 85 metric tons of active liquid argon bulk is probed with newly…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-25 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , O. Alterkait , D. Andrade Aldana , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , G. Barr , D. Barrow , J. Barrow , V. Basque , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , 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 , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , 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 , H. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , J. Micallef , K. Miller , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. Moudgalya , 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 , 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 , I. Safa , 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 , 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

A Novel Use of Light Guides and Wavelength Shifting Plates for the Detection of Scintillation Photons in Large Liquid Argon Detectors

Scintillation light generated as charged particles traverse large liquid argon detectors adds valuable information to studies of weakly-interacting particles. This paper uses both laboratory measurements and cosmic ray data from the Blanche…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-05 B. Howard , S. Mufson , D. Whittington , B. Adams , B. Baugh , J. R. Jordan , J. Karty , C. T. Macias , A. Pla-Dalmau

Current Status of the MiniBooNE Experiment

MiniBooNE is an experiment designed to refute or confirm the LSND anti-nu_mu -> anti-nu_e oscillation result. MiniBooNE will look for oscillations of nu_mu -> nu_e in a closed-box appearance analysis. MiniBooNE began collecting data in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Ray

Design of the LBNE Beamline

The Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) will utilize a beamline facility located at Fermilab to carry out a compelling research program in neutrino physics. The facility will aim a wide band beam of neutrinos toward a detector placed…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-02-06 V. Papadimitriou , R. Andrews , J. Hylen , T. Kobilarcik , A. Marchionni , C. D. Moore , P. Schlabach , S. Tariq

ArgoNeuT: A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Test in the NuMI Beamline

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber 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 in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-10-20 M. Soderberg

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

Expected performance of an ideal liquid argon neutrino detector with enhanced sensitivity to scintillation light

Scintillation light is used in liquid argon (LAr) neutrino detectors to provide a trigger signal, veto information against cosmic rays, and absolute event timing. In this work, we discuss additional opportunities offered by detectors with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-01-27 M. Sorel