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First Run of the LArIAT Testbeam Experiment

LArIAT (Liquid Argon In A Testbeam) aims to characterize the response of a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) to the particles often seen as final-state products of ~1 GeV neutrino interactions in existing and planned detectors.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-04 William Foreman

LArIAT: Liquid Argon In A Testbeam

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are ideal detectors for precision neutrino physics. These detectors, when located deep underground, can also be used for measurements of proton decay, and astrophysical neutrinos. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-01 J. Paley , D. Gastler , E. Kearns , R. Linehan , R. Patterson , W. Foremen , J. Ho , D. Schmitz , R. Johnson , J. St. John , R. Acciarri , P. Adamson , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , B. Baller , A. Hahn , D. Jensen , T. Junk , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , P. Kryczynski , H. Lippincott , A. Marchionni , K. Nishikawa , J. Raaf , E. Ramberg , B. Rebel , M. Stancari , G. Zeller , M. Wascko , T. Maruyama , E. Iwai , S. Kunori , C. Mauger , F. Blaszczyk , W. Metcalf , A. Olivier , M. Tzanov , J. Evans , P. Guzowski , C. Bromberg , D. Edmunds , D. Shooltz , R. Gran , A. Habig , K. Kaess , S. Dytman , J. Asaadi , M. Soderberg , J. Esquivel , A. Farbin , S. Park , J. Yu , J. Huang , K. Lang , R. Nichol , A. Holin , J. Thomas , M. Kordosky , M. Stephens , P. Vahle , B. T. Fleming , F. Cavanna , E. Church , E. Gramellini , O. Palamara , A. Szelc

The ArgoNeuT Detector in the NuMI Low-Energy beam line at Fermilab

The ArgoNeuT liquid argon time projection chamber has collected thousands of neutrino and antineutrino events during an extended run period in the NuMI beam-line at Fermilab. This paper focuses on the main aspects of the detector layout and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-08-01 C. Anderson , M. Antonello , B. Baller , T. Bolton , C. Bromberg , F. Cavanna , E. Church , D. Edmunds , A. Ereditato , S. Farooq , B. Fleming , H. Greenlee , R. Guenette , S. Haug , G. Horton-Smith , C. James , E. Klein , K. Lang , A. Lathrop , P. Laurens , S. Linden , D. McKee , R. Mehdiyev , B. Page , O. Palamara , K. Partyka , S. Pordes , G. Rameika , B. Rebel , B. Rossi , R. Sanders , M. Soderberg , J. Spitz , A. M. Szelc , M. Weber , T. Yang , T. Wongjirad , G. Zeller

LArIAT: Worlds First Pion-Argon Cross-Section

The LArIAT experiment has performed the world's first measurement of the total charged-current pion cross-section on an argon target, using the repurposed ArgoNeuT detector in the Fermilab test beam. Presented here are the results of that…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-04 Pip Hamilton

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

The ArgoNeuT experiment

The ArgoNeuT experiment features a 175 liter Liquid Argon (LAr) Time Projection Chamber (TPC) that was located upstream of the MINOS near detector in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. The project is part of the LAr TPC development program…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-04 Roxanne Guenette

Measurement of the ($\pi^-$, Ar) total hadronic cross section at the LArIAT experiment

We present the first measurement of the negative pion total hadronic cross section on argon, which we performed at the Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) experiment. All hadronic reaction channels, as well as hadronic elastic interactions…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-10-05 E. Gramellini , J. Ho , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , J. Asaadi , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , B. Baller , V. Basque , O. Benevides Rodrigues , F. d. M. Blaszczyk , R. Bouabid , C. Bromberg , R. Carey , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , J. I. Cevallos Aleman , A. Chatterjee , P. Dedin , M. V. dos Santos , D. Edmunds , C. Escobar , J. Esquivel , J. J. Evans , A. Falcone , W. Flanagan , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Garcia-Gamez , D. Gastler , T. Ghosh , R. A. Gomes , R. Gran , D. R. Gratieri , P. Guzowski , A. Hahn , P. Hamilton , C. Hill , A. Holin , J. Hugon , E. Iwai , D. Jensen , R. A. Johnson , H. Kawai , E. Kearns , E. Kemp , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , M. Kordosky , P. Kryczynski , K. Lang , R. Linehan , S. Lockwitz , X. Luo , A. A. B. Machado , A. Marchionni , T. Maruyama , L. Mendes Santos , W. Metcalf , C. A. Moura , R. Nichol , I. Nutini , A. Olivier , O. Palamara , J. Paley , I. Parmaksiz , B. Passarelli Gelli , L. Paulucci , D. Phan , G. Pulliam , J . L. Raaf , B. Rebel , M. Reggiani Guzzo , M. Ross-Lonergan , M. Soares Nunes , D. W. Schmitz , E. Segreto , D. Shooltz , D. Smith , M. Soderberg , B. Soubasis , F. Spagliardi , J. M. St. John , M. Stancari , D. Stefan , M. Stephens , R. Sulej , A. M. Szelc , M. Tabata , D. Totani , M. Tzanov , D. Walker , H. Wenzel , Z. Williams , T. Yang , J. Yu , S. Zhang , J. Zhu

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

Measurements of Pion and Muon Nuclear Capture at Rest on Argon in the LArIAT Experiment

We report the measurement of the final-state products of negative pion and muon nuclear capture at rest on argon by the LArIAT experiment at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. We measure a population of isolated MeV-scale energy depositions,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-08-12 M. A. Hernandez-Morquecho , R. Acciarri , J. Asaadi , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , V. Basque , F. d. M. Blaszczyk , W. Foreman , R. Gomes , E. Gramellini , J. Ho , E. Kearns , E. Kemp , T. Kobilarcik , M. King , B. R. Littlejohn , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , C. A. Moura , J. L. Raaf , D. W. Schmitz , M. Soderberg , J. M. St. John , A. M. Szelc , T. Yang

FLARE, Fermilab Liquid Argon Experiments

Mature technology of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers in conjunction with intense neutrino beams constructed at Fermilab offer a broad program of neutrino physics for the next decade.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 L. Bartoszek

MicroBooNE: A New Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Experiment

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber detectors are well suited to study neutrino interactions, and are an intriguing option for future massive detectors capable of measuring the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. These…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-10 M. Soderberg

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

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

ArgoNeuT, a liquid argon time projection chamber in a low energy neutrino beam

ArgoNeuT (Argon Neutrino Test), a NSF/DOE project at Fermilab, is the first LArTPC to go in a low energy neutrino beam and just the second LArTPC to go in a neutrino beam ever. ArgoNeuT sits just upstream of the on-axis MINOS near detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-11 Joshua Spitz

MicroBooNE, A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) Neutrino Experiment

Liquid Argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is a promising detector technology for future neutrino experiments. MicroBooNE is an upcoming LArTPC neutrino experiment which will be located on-axis of Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-28 Teppei Katori

Status and New Ideas Regarding Liquid Argon Detectors

Large (up to $\sim 100$ kt) liquid argon time-projection chamber detectors are presently being considered for proton decay searches and neutrino astrophysics, as well as for far detectors for the next generation of long-baseline neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Alberto Marchionni

Measurement of the two-photon absorption cross-section of liquid argon with a time projection chamber

This paper reports on laser-induced multiphoton ionization at 266 nm of liquid argon in a time projection chamber (LAr TPC) detector. The electron signal produced by the laser beam is a formidable tool for the calibration and monitoring of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-12-21 I. Badhrees , A. Ereditato , I. Kreslo , M. Messina , U. Moser , B. Rossi , M. S. Weber , M. Zeller , C. Altucci , S. Amoruso , R. Bruzzese , R. Velotta

MicroBooNE

The MicroBooNE experiment is a 170 ton Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) that will begin running at Fermilab in 2013. Its primary physics goal is to explore the low energy excess of events seen by the MiniBooNE experiment and it…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-10 C. M. Ignarra

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

Neutrino detection in the ArgoNeuT LAr TPC

ArgoNeuT, a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC), has collected thousands of neutrino and anti-neutrino events between 0.1 and 10 GeV in the NuMI beamline at Fermilab (FNAL). Among other issues, the experiment will measure the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-10-17 O. Palamara