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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

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

VUV-Vis optical characterization of Tetraphenyl-butadiene films on glass and specular reflector substrates from room to liquid Argon temperature

The use of efficient wavelength-shifters from the vacuum-ultraviolet to the photosensor's range of sensitivity is a key feature in detectors for Dark Matter search and neutrino physics based on liquid argon scintillation detection. Thin…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 R. Francini , R. M. Montereali , E. Nichelatti , M. A. Vincenti , N. Canci , E. Segreto , F. Cavanna , F. Di Pompeo , F. Carbonara , G. Fiorillo , F. Perfetto

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

The liquid-argon scintillation pulseshape in DEAP-3600

DEAP-3600 is a liquid-argon scintillation detector looking for dark matter. Scintillation events in the liquid argon (LAr) are registered by 255 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), and pulseshape discrimination (PSD) is used to suppress…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-09 The DEAP collaboration , P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , G. R. Araujoand M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , A. Butcher , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , Y. Chen , B. T. Cleveland , J. M. Corning , S. J. Daughertyand K. Dering , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan andM. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , D. Gallacher , E. A. Garcés , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , D. Goeldi , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , A. Ilyasov , A. Joy , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , I. Kochanek , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , N. Levashko , X. Li , O. Litvinov , J. Lock , G. Longo , I. Machulin , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , G. Oliviéro , C. Ouellet , S. Pal , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , V. Pesudo , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , E. Sanchez García , T. Sánchez-Pastor , R. Santorelli , N. Seeburn , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , S. Viel , J. Walding , M. Waqar , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , J. Willis , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

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

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

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

Study of charging-up of PCB planes for neutrino experiment readout

The use of double-faced, metallized, perforated PCB planes, segmented into strips for the anodic read-out of ionization signals in liquid argon TPCs, is emerging as a promising technology for charge readout in liquid argon TPCs used in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-30 B. Baibussinov , M. Bettini , F. Fabris , A. Guglielmi , S. Marchini , G. Meng , M. Nicoletto , F. Pietropaolo , G. Rampazzo , R. Triozzi , F. Varanini

A New Concept for Kilotonne Scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

We develop a novel approach for a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) concept suitable for deployment in kilotonne scale detectors, with a charge-readout system free from reconstruction ambiguities, and a robust TPC design that reduces…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-15 M. Auger , R. Berner , Y. Chen , A. Ereditato , D. Goeldi , P. P. Koller , I. Kreslo , D. Lorca , T. Mettler , F. Piastra , J. R. Sinclair , M. Weber , C. Wilkinson , M. Convery , L. Domine , F. Drielsma , R. Itay , D. H. Koh , H. A. Tanaka , K. Terao , P. Tsang , T. Usher , D. A. Dwyer , S. Kohn , P. Madigan , C. M. Marshall , A. Bross , J. Asaadi

A Hybrid 3D/2D Field Response Calculation for Liquid Argon Detectors with PCB Based Anode Plane

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) technology is commonly utilized in neutrino detector designs. It enables detailed reconstruction of neutrino events with high spatial precision and low energy threshold. Its field response (FR)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-03 S. Martynenko , F. Pietropaolo , B. Viren , X. Qian , H. Chen , S. Gao , W. Gu , J. Jo , S. Kettell , Y. Li , H. Liu , N. Nayak , B. Yu , H. Yu , C. Zhang , U. Kose , F. Resnati , S. Tufanli , F. Boran , F. Dolek

Scintillation light detection in the long-drift ProtoDUNE-DP liquid argon TPC

ProtoDUNE-DP is a 6x6x6 m3 liquid argon time-projection-chamber (LArTPC) operated at the Neutrino Platform at CERN in 2019-2020 as a prototype of the DUNE Far Detector. DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-21 C. Cuesta

Study of visible-light emission in pure and methane-doped liquid argon

In liquid argon TPCs for dark matter search and neutrino detection experiments, primary scintillation light is used as a prompt signal of particle scattering, being intensively produced in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) due to excimer…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-09 A. Bondar , E. Borisova , A. Buzulutskov , E. Frolov , V. Nosov , V. Oleynikov , A. Sokolov

Noise Characterization and Filtering in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC

The low-noise operation of readout electronics in a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is critical to properly extract the distribution of ionization charge deposited on the wire planes of the TPC, especially for the induction…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-17 MicroBooNE collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , L. Bagby , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , B. Bullard , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , B. Carls , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , H. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. Cohen , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , G. De Geronimo , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , A. A. Fadeeva , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , 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 , A. Hourlier , E. -C. Huang , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , C. -M. Jen , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , D. Kaleko , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , A. Laube , S. Li , 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 , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , S. Rescia , L. Rochester , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , K. Terao , M. Thomson , C. Thorn , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , T. Yang , L. Yates , B. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Stable operation with gain of a double phase Liquid Argon LEM-TPC with a 1 mm thick segmented LEM

In this paper we present results from a test of a small Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric device capable of charge amplification,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-28 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

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

Developing Scintillation Light Readout Simulation for the SBND experiment

Detection of scintillation light can play several important roles in LArTPCs. Increased collection efficiency could result in the improvement of time, energy, and position resolution. The SBND collaboration is developing detailed MC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-17 D. Garcia-Gamez

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

Gas contamination and mitigation in a 100 m$^3$ / 10 bar argon TPC with optical readout: a viability study

Gaseous Optical Time Projection Chambers (OTPCs) aimed at Neutrino Physics and Rare Event Searches will likely exceed the tonne scale during the next decade. This will make their performance sensitive to gas contamination levels as low as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-01 D. J. Fernández-Posada , D. González-Díaz , J. Baldonedo , J. Collazo , E. Casarejos , P. Hamacher-Baumann , P. Amedo , J. Llerena

Augmented Signal Processing in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers with a Deep Neural Network

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) is an advanced neutrino detector technology widely used in recent and upcoming accelerator neutrino experiments. It features a low energy threshold and high spatial resolution that allow for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-24 Haiwang Yu , Mary Bishai , Wenqiang Gu , Meifeng Lin , Xin Qian , Yihui Ren , Andrea Scarpelli , Brett Viren , Hanyu Wei , Hongzhao Yu , Kwang Min Yu , Chao Zhang