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We outline a strategy for future experiments on neutrino and astroparticle physics based on the use, at different detector mass scales (100 ton and 100 kton), of the liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) technique. The LAr TPC…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-18 A. Ereditato , A. Rubbia

We successfully operated a novel kind of LAr Time Projection Chamber based on a Large Electron Multiplier (LEM) readout system. The prototype, of about 3 liters active volume, is operated in liquid-vapour (double) phase pure Ar. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-21 A. Badertscher , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , P. Otiougova , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia

A small liquid argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) was operated for the first time in a magnetic field of 0.55 Tesla. The imaging properties of the detector were not affected by the magnetic field. In a test run with cosmic rays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Badertscher , M. Laffranchi , A. Meregaglia , A. Mueller , A. Rubbia

A number of liquid argon time projection chambers (LAr TPC's) are being build or are proposed for neutrino experiments on long- and short baseline beams. For these detectors a distortion in the drift field due to geometrical or physics…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-01-13 A. Ereditato , I. Kreslo , M. Lüthi , C. Rudolf von Rohr , M. Schenk , T. Strauss , M. Weber , M. Zeller

We discuss the possibility of new generation neutrino and astroparticle physics experiments exploiting the liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) technique, following a graded strategy that envisions applications with increasing…

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

The novel SoLAr concept aims to extend sensitivities of liquid-argon neutrino detectors down to the MeV scale for next-generation detectors. SoLAr plans to accomplish this with a liquid-argon time projection chamber that employs an anode…

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) is a prime type of detector for future large-mass neutrino observatories and proton decay searches. In this paper we present the design and operation, as well as experimental results from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 A. Ereditato , C. C. Hsu , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , M. Messina , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Rossi , T. Strauss , M. S. Weber , M. Zeller

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

The purpose, design specifications, construction techniques, and testing methods are described for the high voltage feedthrough ports and filters of the ATLAS Liquid Argon calorimeters. These feedthroughs carry about 5000 high voltage wires…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Botchev , G. Finocchiaro , J. Hoffman , R. L. McCarthy , M. Rijssenbeek , J. Steffens , A. Talalaevskii , M. Thioye , M. Zdrazil , J. Farrell , S. Kane

The paper is considering an opportunity for the CERN/GranSasso (CNGS) neutrino complex, concurrent time-wise with T2K and NOvA, to search for theta_13 oscillations and CP violation. Compared with large water Cherenkov (T2K) and fine grained…

Large liquid argon (LAr) detectors, up to 100 kton scale, are presently being considered for proton decay searches and neutrino astrophysics as well as far detectors for the next generation of long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-12-23 A. Marchionni

Future giant liquid argon (LAr) time projection chambers (TPCs) require a purity of better than 0.1 parts per billion (ppb) to allow the ionised electrons to drift without significant capture by any electronegative impurities. We present a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 K. Mavrokoridis , R. G. Calland , J. Coleman , P. K. Lightfoot , N. McCauley , K. J. McCormick , C. Touramanis

The dynamics of the positive ions created by particle interactions inside argon time projection chambers plays an important role in characterizing the next generation of massive detectors planned for the direct search for dark matter and…

The Argon Dark Matter (ArDM) experiment consists of a liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) sensitive to nuclear recoils resulting from scattering of hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on argon targets.…

Noble liquid time projection chambers (TPCs) are a leading technology in the detection of ionizing radiation, particularly in applications such as accelerator neutrino physics, dark matter detection, and neutrinoless double beta decay. This…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-02 R. Saldanha , L. Pagani , E. Angelico , E. P. Bernard , B. Chana , S. Delaquis , R. DeVoe , M. Elbeltagi , S. Ferrara , D. Goeldi , R. Gornea , A. Odian , G. S. Ortega , C. T. Overman , L. Placzek , P. C. Rowson , K. Skarpaas , F. Spadoni , P. Acharya , A. Amy , A. Anker , I. J. Arnquist , A. Atencio , J. Bane , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , J. Breslin , P. A. Breur , E. Brown , T. Brunner , B. Burnell , E. Caden G. F. Cao , L. Q. Cao , D. Cesmecioglu , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , R. Collister , M. Marquis , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , M. L. di Vacri , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , B. Eckert , A. Emara , N. Fatemighomi , W. Fairbank , B. Foust , D. Gallacher , N. Gallice , A. Gaur , W. Gillis , F. Girard , G. Gratta , C. A. Hardy , S. Hedges , E. Hein , J. D. Holt , A. Iverson , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , D. Keblbeck , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , A. Larson , M. B. Latif , S. Lavoie , K. G. Leach , B. G. Lenardo , K. K. H. Leung , H. Lewis , G. Li , X. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , S. Majidi , J. Masbou , M. Medina-Peregrina , S. Mngonyama , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Ni , I. Nitu , A. Nolan , S. C. Nowicki , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , J. L. Orrell , A. Pena-Perez , H. Peltz Smalley , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , E. Raguzin , R. Rai , H. Rasiwala , D. Ray , S. Rescia , F. Retiere , G. Richardson , V. Riot , N. Rocco , R. Ross , S. Sangiorgio , S. Sekula , T. Shetty , L. Si , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , S. Thibado , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. H. M. Tsang , O. A. Tyuka , E. van Bruggen , M. Vidal , S. Viel , Q. D. Wang , M. Watts , W. Wei , M. Wehrfritz , L. J. Wen , S. Wilde , M. Worcester , X. M. Wu , H. Xu , H. B. Yang , L. Yang , M. Yu , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao

In this paper, we show that a hybrid approach to generative modeling via combining the decoder from an autoencoder together with an explicit generative model for the latent space is a promising method for producing images of particle…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-04-07 Paul Lutkus , Taritree Wongjirad , Shuchin Aeron

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

High voltage breakdown in liquid argon is an important concern in the design of liquid argon time projection chambers, which are often used as neutrino and dark matter detectors. We have made systematic measurements of breakdown voltages in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-13 Sarah Lockwitz , Hans Jostlein

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