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First Operation of a Resistive Shell Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber -- A new Approach to Electric-Field Shaping

We present a new technology for the shaping of the electric field in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) using a carbon-loaded polyimide foil. This technology allows for the minimisation of passive material near the active volume of the TPC and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-15 Roman Berner , Yifan Chen , Antonio Ereditato , Patrick P. Koller , Igor Kreslo , David Lorca , Thomas Mettler , Francesco Piastra , James R. Sinclair , Michael S. Weber , Ting Miao

New read-out electronics for ICARUS-T600 liquid Argon TPC. Description, simulation and tests of the new front-end and ADC system

The ICARUS T600, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr-TPC) detector mainly devoted to neutrino physics, underwent a major overhauling at CERN in 2016-2017, which included also a new design of the read-out electronics, in view of its…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-26 L. Bagby , B. Baibussinov , V. Bellini , M. Bonesini , A. Braggiotti , L. Castellani , S. Centro , T. Cervi , A. G. Cocco , F. Fabris , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , F. Fichera , D. Franciotti , G. Galet , D. Gibin , A. Guglielmi , R. Guida , W. Ketchum , S. Marchini , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , G. Menon , C. Montanari , M. Nessi , M. Nicoletto , R. Pedrotta , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , G. Rampazzo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , A. Scaramelli , F. Sergiampietri , M. Spanu , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , A. Zani , P. G. Zatti

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

Calorimetric classification of track-like signatures in liquid argon TPCs using MicroBooNE data

The MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber located at Fermilab is a neutrino experiment dedicated to the study of short-baseline oscillations, the measurements of neutrino cross sections in liquid argon, and to the research and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-05 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , L. Bathe-Peters , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , D. Devitt , R. Diurba , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , 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 , E. Hall , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , R. Itay , C. James , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , N. Kamp , N. Kaneshige , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , R. LaZur , I. Lepetic , K. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , K. Manivannan , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , R. K. Neely , J. Nowak , M. Nunes , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. Ponce-Pinto , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. C. J. Rice , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , H. E. Rogers , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , 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 , 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 , C. Thorpe , D. Totani , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , N. Wright , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Current and Future Liquid Argon Neutrino Experiments

The liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detector technology provides an opportunity for precision neutrino oscillation measurements, neutrino cross section measurements, and searches for rare processes, such as SuperNova neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-09 Georgia Karagiorgi

Impact of xenon doping in the scintillation light in a large liquid-argon TPC

The use of xenon-doped liquid argon is a promising alternative for large pure liquid-argon TPCs. Not only xenon-doped liquid argon enhances the light production, mitigating the possible suppression due to impurities, but also it increases…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-21 J. Soto-Oton , for DUNE Collaboration

Preliminary test results of LAr prototype detector

WIMPs are a well-motivated galactic dark matter candidate. Liquid argon (LAr) is an attractive target for the direct detection of WIMPs. The LAr prototype detector is designed to study the technology and property of LAr detector. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-21 Pei-Xian Li , Meng-Yun Guan , Chang-Gen Yang , Peng Zhang , Jin-Chang Liu , Yong-Pen Zhang , Cong Guo , Yi Wang

Conceptual design of a scalable multi-kton superconducting magnetized liquid Argon TPC

We discuss the possibility of new generation neutrino and astroparticle physics experiments exploiting a superconducting magnetized liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC). The possibility to complement the features of the LAr TPC…

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

Properties of Liquid Argon Scintillation Light Emission

Liquid argon is used as active medium in a variety of neutrino and Dark Matter experiments thanks to its excellent properties of charge yield and transport and as a scintillator. Liquid argon scintillation photons are emitted in a narrow…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-10 Ettore Segreto

A laser diode based system for calibration of fast time-of-flight detectors

A system based on commercially available items, such as a laser diode, emitting in the visible range $\sim 400$ nm,and multimode fiber patches, fused fiber splitters and optical switches may be assembled,for time calibration of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-01 M. Bonesini , R. Bertoni , A. deBari , M. Rossella

Panda: Self-distillation of Reusable Sensor-level Representations for High Energy Physics

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) provide dense, high-fidelity 3D measurements of particle interactions and underpin current and future neutrino and rare-event experiments. Physics reconstruction typically relies on complex…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-02 Samuel Young , Kazuhiro Terao

On the determination of the interaction time of GeV neutrinos in large argon gas TPCs

Next-generation megawatt-scale neutrino beams open the way to studying neutrino-nucleus scattering using gaseous targets for the first time. This represents an opportunity to improve the knowledge of neutrino cross sections in the energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-21 A. Saá-Hernández , D. González-Díaz , J. Martín-Albo , M. Tuzi , P. Amedo , J. Baldonedo , C. Benítez , S. Bounasser , E. Casarejos , J. Collazo , A. Fernández-Prieto , D. J. Fernández-Posada , R. Hafeji , S. Leardini , D. Rodas-Rodríguez , A. L. Saborido , A. Segade , A. Slater

Long-term operation of a double phase LAr LEM Time Projection Chamber with a simplified anode and extraction-grid design

We report on the successful operation of a double phase Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC) equipped with two dimensional projective anodes with dimensions 10$\times$10 cm$^2$, and with a maximum…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-18 C. Cantini , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , S. Murphy , G. Natterer , L. Periale , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , F. Sergiampietri , T. Viant , S. Wu

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

Study of ionization signals in a TPC filled with a mixture of liquid Argon and Nitrogen

In this paper we report on the evidence for ionization track signals from cosmic ray muons and Compton electrons in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) filled with liquid Argon and doped with different fractions of Nitrogen. This study has been…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-18 A. Ereditato , M. Hess , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , L. Martinez , M. Messina , U. Moser , B. Rossi , H. -U. Shuetz , M. Zeller

Plastic scintillator detector with the readout based on an array of large-area SiPMs for the ND280/T2K upgrade and SHiP experiments

Plastic scintillator detectors have been extensively used in particle physics experiments for decades. A large-scale detector is typically arranged as an array of staggered long bars which provide a fast trigger signal and/or particle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-20 A. Korzenev , C. Betancourt , A. Blondel , D. Breton , A. Datwyler , D. Gascon , S. Gomez , M. Khabibullin , Y. Kudenko , J. Maalmi , P. Mermod , E. Noah , N. Serra , D. Sgalaberna , B. Storaci

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

A new concept of y-ray telescope. LArGO: Liquid Argon Gamma-ray Observatory

LArGO (Liquid Argon Gamma-ray Observatory) consists of a new design for a $\gamma$-ray telescope, which exploits the idea of using a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) as tracker-converter. Particle tracking in LAr-TPC can…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-17 Giuseppe Andrea Caliandro , Biagio Rossi , Francesco Longo , Giuliana Fiorillo , Claudio Labanti , Federico Sanchez , Thorsten Lux

Precise 3D track reconstruction algorithm for the ICARUS T600 liquid argon time projection chamber detector

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors offer charged particle imaging capability with remarkable spatial resolution. Precise event reconstruction procedures are critical in order to fully exploit the potential of this…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-03-26 M. Antonello , B. Baibussinov , P. Benetti , E. Calligarich , N. Canci , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , A. Dabrowska , D. Dequal , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , A. Ivashkin , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , J. Lagoda , S. Mania , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , C. Montanari , S. Otwinowski , A. Piazzoli , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Plonski , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , F. Sergiampietri , D. Stefan , J. Stepaniak , R. Sulej , M. Szarska , M. Terrani , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , H. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zalewska , K. Zaremba

Industrial Deposition of Wavelength-Shifting Films for Liquid Argon Photon Detection Systems

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Phase-II Far Detector is considering an approximately 2000\,m$^2$ photon detection system to achieve a target mean light yield of 180\,PE/MeV. Meeting this requirement demands scalable,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-01 Babak Azmoun , Aleksey Bolotnikov , Francesca Capocasa , Milind Diwan , Yimin Hu , Jay Hyun Jo , William Lenz , Yichen Li , Abdul Rumaiz , Vyara Tsvetkova , Matteo Vicenzi