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Cosmic Ray Background Rejection with Wire-Cell LArTPC Event Reconstruction in the MicroBooNE Detector

For a large liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) operating on or near the Earth's surface to detect neutrino interactions, the rejection of cosmogenic background is a critical and challenging task because of the large cosmic ray…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-01 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , M. Alrashed , 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 , D. Devitt , R. Diurba , L. Domine , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. J. Evans , 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 , E. C. Huang , R. Itay , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , N. Kamp , N. Kaneshige , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , R. LaZur , I. Lepetic , K. Li , Y. Li , B. R. Littlejohn , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , J. Martin-Albo , 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 , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. Ponce-Pinto , D. Porzio , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , H. E. Rogers , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , 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 , C. Thorpe , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

A Factor of Four Increase in Attenuation Length of Dipped Lightguides for Liquid Argon TPCs Through Improved Coating

This paper describes new techniques for producing lightguides for detection of scintillation light in liquid argon time projection chambers. These can be used in future neutrino experiments such as SBND and DUNE. These new results build on…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-13 Z. Moss , J. Moon , L. Bugel , J. M. Conrad , K. Sachdev , M. Toups , T. Wongjirad

Design and performance of a 35-ton liquid argon time projection chamber as a prototype for future very large detectors

Liquid argon time projection chamber technology is an attractive choice for large neutrino detectors, as it provides a high-resolution active target and it is expected to be scalable to very large masses. Consequently, it has been chosen as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 D. L. Adams , M. Baird , G. Barr , N. Barros , A. Blake , E. Blaufuss , A. Booth , D. Brailsford , N. Buchanan , B. Carls , H. Chen , M. Convery , G. De Geronimo , T. Dealtry , R. Dharmapalan , Z. Djurcic , J. Fowler , S. Glavin , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , M. Graham , L. Greenler , A. Hahn , J. Hartnell , R. Herbst , A. Higuera , A. Himmel , J. Insler , J. Jacobsen , T. Junk , B. Kirby , J. Klein , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. Kutter , Y. Li , X. Li , S. Lin , N. McConkey , C. A. Moura , S. Mufson , N. Nambiar , J. Nowak , M. Nunes , R. Paulos , X. Qian , O. Rodrigues , W. Sands , G. Santucci , R. Sharma , G. Sinev , N. J. C. Spooner , I. Stancu , D. Stefan , J. Stewart , J. Stock , T. Strauss , R. Sulej , Y. Sun , M. Thiesse , L. F. Thompson , Y. T. Tsai , R. Van Berg , T. Vieira , M. Wallbank , H. Wang , Y. Wang , T. K. Warburton , D. Wenman , D. Whittington , R. J. Wilson , M. Worcester , T. Yang , B. Yu , C. Zhang

Image Segmentation in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Detector

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) detectors provide excellent imaging and particle identification ability for studying neutrinos. An efficient and automatic reconstruction procedures are required to exploit potential of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-02 Piotr Płoński , Dorota Stefan , Robert Sulej , Krzysztof Zaremba

Charge and Light Production in the Charge Readout System of a Dual Phase LAr TPC

For the future neutrino oscillation experiment DUNE, liquid argon time projections chambers with a fiducial mass of 10 kton each are foreseen. The dual phase concept is one of the two implementations considered, wherein electrons produced…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-22 T. Lux

Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector

This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline Neutrino program, located at Fermilab, and will utilize the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-17 MicroBooNE Collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , R. An , A. Aparicio , S. Aponte , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , N. Ayoub , L. Bagby , B. Baller , R. Barger , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , K. Biery , M. Bishai , A. Blake , V. Bocean , D. Boehnlein , V. D. Bogert , T. Bolton , L. Bugel , C. Callahan , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , B. Carls , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , S. Chappa , H. Chen , K. Chen , C. Y. Chi , C. S. Chiu , E. Church , D. Cianci , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , J. Cornele , P. Cowan , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , G. Crutcher , C. Darve , R. Davis , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , S. Duffin , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , D. Erickson , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , S. Farooq , J. Farrell , D. Featherston , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , V. Genty , M. Geynisman , D. Goeldi , B. Goff , S. Gollapinni , N. Graf , E. Gramellini , J. Green , A. Greene , H. Greenlee , T. Griffin , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , A. Hackenburg , R. Haenni , P. Hamilton , P. Healey , O. Hen , E. Henderson , V Hewes , C. Hill , K. Hill , L. Himes , J. Ho , G. Horton-Smith , D. Huffman , C. M. Ignarra , C. James , E. James , J. Jan de Vries , W. Jaskierny , C. M. Jen , L. Jiang , B. Johnson , M. Johnson , R. A. Johnson , B. J. P. Jones , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , D. Kaleko , L. N. Kalousis , G. Karagiorgi , T. Katori , P. Kellogg , W. Ketchum , J. Kilmer , B. King , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , E. Klein , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , R. Krull , R. Kubinski , G. Lange , F. Lanni , A. Lathrop , A. Laube , W. M. Lee , Y. Li , D. Lissauer , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , G. Lukhanin , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , G. Mahler , I. Majoros , D. Makowiecki , A. Marchionni , C. Mariani , D. Markley , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. T. McDonald , D. McKee , A. McLean , J. Mead , V. Meddage , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , W. Miner , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , Z. Moss , J. Mousseau , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , B. Norris , N. Norton , J. Nowak , M. OBoyle , T. Olszanowski , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , R. Pelkey , M. Phipps , S. Pordes , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , R. A Rameika , B. Rebel , R. Rechenmacher , S. Rescia , L. Rochester , C. Rudolf von Rohr , A. Ruga , B. Russell , R. Sanders , W. R. Sands , M. Sarychev , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , R. Scott , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , M. Shoun , J. Sinclair , W. Sippach , T. Smidt , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , M. Solano-Gonzalez , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , J. Sondericker , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , A. M. Szelc , K. Taheri , N. Tagg , K. Tatum , J. Teng , K. Terao , M. Thomson , C. Thorn , J. Tillman , M. Toups , Y. T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , M. Utes , R. G. Van de Water , C. Vendetta , S. Vergani , E. Voirin , J. Voirin , B. Viren , P. Watkins , M. Weber , T. Wester , J. Weston , D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , K. C. Wu , T. Yang , B. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang , M. Zuckerbrot

Optical Readout of the ARIADNE LArTPC using a Timepix3-based Camera

The ARIADNE Experiment, utilising a 1-ton dual-phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC), aims to develop and mature optical readout technology for large scale LAr detectors. This paper describes the characterisation, using cosmic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-02 Adam Lowe , Krishanu Majumdar , Konstantinos Mavrokoridis , Barney Philippou , Adam Roberts , Christos Touramanis , Jared Vann

Development of a microtpc detector as a standard instrument for low energy neutron field characterization

In order to measure energy and fluence of neutron fields, with energy ranging from 8 keV to 1 MeV, a new primary standard is being developed at the IRSN (Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety). This project, micro-TPC (Micro Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-29 D. Maire , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , O. Guillaudin , J. Lamblin , L. Lebreton , F. Mayet , J. Médard , J-F. Muraz , J-P. Richer , Q. Riffard , D. Santos

Extracting low energy signals from raw LArTPC waveforms using deep learning techniques -- A proof of concept

We investigate the feasibility of using deep learning techniques, in the form of a one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN), for the extraction of signals from the raw waveforms produced by the individual channels of liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-09 Lorenzo Uboldi , David Ruth , Michael Andrews , Michael H. L. S. Wang , Hans-Joachim Wenzel , Wanwei Wu , Tingjun Yang

Ionization signals from electrons and alpha-particles in mixtures of liquid Argon and Nitrogen - perspectives on protons for Gamma Resonant Nuclear Absorption applications

In this paper we report on a detailed study of ionization signals produced by Compton electrons and alpha-particles in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) flled with different mixtures of liquid Argon and Nitrogen. The measurements were carried…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-03-28 M. Zeller , I. Badhrees , S. Delaquis , A. Ereditato , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , M. Messina , U. Moser , B. Rossi

LTARS: Analog Readout Front-end ASIC for Versatile TPC-applications

We designed a versatile analog front-end chip, called LTARS, for TPC-applications, primarily targeted at dual-phase liquid Ar-TPCs for neutrino experiments and negative-ion $\mu$-TPCs for directional dark matter searches. Low-noise…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-30 Tetsuichi Kishishita , S. Sumomozawa , T. Kosaka , T. Igarashi , K. Sakashita , M. Shoji , M. M. Tanaka , T. Hasegawa , K. Negishi , S. Narita , T. Nakamura , K. Miuchi

LANNDD - A line of liquid argon TPC detectors scalable in mass from 200 Tons to 100 Ktons

A scalable line of liquid argon TPC detectors is described, based on a three dimensional cubic frame array immersed on a common liquid argon volume. The paper describes general lines, main construction criteria, crucial points, parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-20 David B. Cline , Fabrizio Raffaelli , Franco Sergiampietri

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

ARIADNE+: Large scale demonstration of fast optical readout for dual-phase LArTPCs at the CERN Neutrino Platform

Optical readout of large scale dual-phase liquid Argon TPCs is an attractive alternative to charge readout and has been successfully demonstrated on a 2x2m active region within the CERN protoDUNE cold box. ARIADNE+ uses four Timepix3…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-08-28 Adam Lowe , Pablo Amedo , Diego González-Díaz , Alexander Deisting , Krishanu Majumdar , Konstantinos Mavrokoridis , Marzio Nessi , Barney Philippou , Francesco Pietropaolo , Sudikshan Ravinthiran , Filippo Resnati , Adam Roberts , Angela Saá Hernández , Christos Touramanis , Jared Vann

First operation of an ALICE OROC operated in high pressure Ar-CO$_{2}$ and Ar-CH$_{4}$

New neutrino-nucleus interaction cross-section measurements are required to improve nuclear models sufficiently for future long-baseline neutrino experiments to meet their sensitivity goals. A time projection chamber (TPC) filled with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-16 A. Ritchie-Yates , A. Deisting , G. Barker , S. Boyd , D. Brailsford , Z. Chen-Wishart , L. Cremonesi , P. Dunne , J. Eeles , P. Hamilton , A. C. Kaboth , N. Khan , A. Klustová , J. Monroe , J. Nowak , P. Singh , A. V. Waldron , J. Walding , L. Warsame , M. O. Wascko , I. Xiotidis

Performance of the TPC with Micro Pixel Chamber Readout: micro-TPC

Micro-TPC, a time projection chamber(TPC) with micro pixel chamber($\mu$-PIC) readout was developed for the detection of the three-dimensional fine(sub-m illimeter) tracks of charged particles. We developed a two-dimensional position…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Kentaro Miuchi , Hidetoshi Kubo , Tsutomu Nagayoshi , Atsuhiko Ochi , Reiko Orito , Atsushi Takada , Toru Tanimori , Masaru Ueno

Liquid Argon TPC Signal Formation, Signal Processing and Hit Reconstruction

This document describes the early stage of the reconstruction chain that was developed for the ArgoNeuT and MicroBooNE experiments at Fermilab. These experiments study accelerator neutrino interactions that occur in a Liquid Argon Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-02 Bruce Baller

Performance of a Radial Time Projection Chamber with Electroluminescence in Liquid Xenon

The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a leading detector technology in rare event searches for dark matter and neutrino physics. The success of this type of detector technology relies on its capability to detect both primary…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-16 Yuehuan Wei , Jianyang Qi , Evan Shockley , Haiwen Xu , Kaixuan Ni

Measurement and Characterization of the Stationary Noise in Narrowband Power Line Communication

Understanding the interference scenario in power lines network is a key step to characterize the power line communication (PLC) system. This paper focuses on the characterization and modelling of the stationary noise in Narrowband PLC.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-03 Raja Alaya , Rabah Attia

Building a large-area GEM-based readout chamber for the upgrade of the ALICE TPC

A large Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is the main device for tracking and charged-particle identification in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. After the second long shutdown in 2019-2020, the LHC will deliver Pb beams colliding at an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-09 Piotr Gasik