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Measurement of Liquid Argon Scintillation Light Properties by means of an Alpha Source placed inside the CERN 10-PMT LAr Detection System

A particle detection system that exploits the scintillation light produced by ionizing particles in liquid argon (LAr) has been assembled at CERN. The system is based on 10 large-area photomultiplier tubes (PMT) immersed in a 1500-liter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 B. Ali-Mohammadzadeh , M. Babicz , V. Bellini , A. Fava , U. Kose , F. Pietropaolo , M. C. Prata , G. L. Raselli , F. Resnati , M. Rossella , C. Scagliotti , F. Tortorici , A. Zani

High Rate Studies of the ATLAS sTGC Detector and Optimization of the Filter Circuit on the Input of the Front-End Amplifier

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is expected to be upgraded to the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) by 2029 and achieve instantaneous luminosity around 5 - 7.5 $\times$ 10$^{34}$cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. This represents a more than 3-4 fold…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-04-18 Siyuan Sun , Luca Moleri , Gerardo Vasquez , Peter Teterin , Sabrina Corsetti , Liang Guan , Benoit Lefebvre , Enrique Kajomovitz , Lorne Levinson , Nachman Lupu , Rob McPherson , Alexander Vdovin , Rongkun Wang , Bing Zhou , Junjie Zhu

First results from the DEAP-3600 dark matter search with argon at SNOLAB

This paper reports the first results of a direct dark matter search with the DEAP-3600 single-phase liquid argon (LAr) detector. The experiment was performed 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada) utilizing a large target mass, with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-21 3600 Collaboration , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , D. Bishop , J. Bonatt , G. Boorman , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , T. Bromwich , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Chan , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , S. Dittmeier , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , P. Giampa , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , R. Gornea , E. Grace , K. Graham , E. Gulyev , R. Hakobyan , A. Hall , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , A. Kemp , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , J. J. Lidgard , C. Lim , T. Lindner , Y. Linn , S. Liu , P. Majewski , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , S. Mead , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , A. Muir , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ohlmann , K. Olchanski , K. S. Olsen , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , W. Rau , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , B. Shaw , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , J. Taylor , L. Veloce , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , E. Woolsey , J. Zielinski

Liquid Argon Cryogenic Detector Calibration by Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons

A method for calibration of cryogenic liquid argon detector response to recoils with certain energy -8.2 keV - is proposed. The method utilizes a process of inelastic scattering of monoenergetic neutrons produced by fusion DD neutron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-11 Sergey Polosatkin , Evgeny Grishnyaev , Alexander Dolgov

Cryogenic CMOS Cameras for High Voltage Monitoring in Liquid Argon

The prevalent use of large volume liquid argon detectors strongly motivates the development of novel readout and monitoring technology which functions at cryogenic temperatures. This paper presents the development of a cryogenic CMOS camera…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-05 Nicola McConkey , Neil Spooner , Matthew Thiesse , Michael Wallbank , Thomas Karl Warburton

A 20-Liter Test Stand with Gas Purification for Liquid Argon Research

We describe the design of a 20-liter test stand constructed to study fundamental properties of liquid argon (LAr). This system utilizes a simple, cost-effective gas argon (GAr) purification to achieve high purity, which is necessary to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-09 Yichen Li , Craig Thorn , Wei Tang , Jyoti Joshi , Xin Qian , Milind Diwan , Steve Kettell , William Morse , Triveni Rao , James Stewart , Thomas Tsang , Lige Zhang

Performance Of A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Exposed To The WANF Neutrino Beam

We present the results of the first exposure of a Liquid Argon TPC to a multi-GeV neutrino beam. The data have been collected with a 50 liters ICARUS-like chamber located between the CHORUS and NOMAD experiments at the CERN West Area…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Arneodo et al.

Design and construction of a new detector to measure ultra-low radioactive-isotope contamination of argon

Large liquid argon detectors offer one of the best avenues for the detection of galactic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their scattering on atomic nuclei. The liquid argon target allows exquisite discrimination between…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 The DarkSide Collaboration , C. E. Aalseth , S. Abdelhakim , F. Acerbi , P. Agnes , R. Ajaj , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. Alici , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , F. Ameli , J. Anstey , P. Antonioli , M. Arba , S. Arcelli , R. Ardito , I. J. Arnquist , P. Arpaia , D. M. Asner , A. Asunskis , M. Ave , H. O. Back , A. Barrado Olmedo , G. Batignani , M. G. Bisogni , V. Bocci , A. Bondar , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , E. Borisova , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , R. Bunker , S. Bussino , A. Buzulutskov , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , C. Cantini , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , F. Carnesecchi , M. Carpinelli , A. Castellani , P. Castello , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , D. Cavazza , S. Cavuoti , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , B. Celano , R. Cereseto , W. Cheng , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , M. Citterio , A. G. Cocco , V. Cocco , M. Colocci , L. Consiglio , F. Cossio , G. Covone , P. Crivelli , I. D'Antone , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , O. Dadoun , M. Daniel , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , A. De Falco , G. De Filippis , D. De Gruttola , G. De Guido , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , P. Demontis , S. DePaquale , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , L. Di Noto , G. Di Pietro , P. Di Stefano , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , M. Downing , F. Edalatfar , A. Empl , M. Fernandez Diaz , A. Ferri , C. Filip , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , A. Franceschi , D. Franco , G. E. Froudakis , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , D. Gascón Fora , A. Gendotti , C. Ghiano , A. Ghisi , S. Giagu , P. Giampa , R. A. Giampaolo , C. Giganti , M. A. Giorgi , G. K. Giovanetti , M. L. Gligan , A. Gola , O. Gorchakov , M. Grab , R. Graciani Diaz , F. Granato , M. Grassi , J. W. Grate , G. Y. Grigoriev , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. B. B. Guerra , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , R. K. Haaland , B. R. Hackett , A. Hallin , B. Harrop , E. W. Hoppe , S. Horikawa , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , A. Ilyasov , V. Ippolito , C. Jillings , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , S. Kim , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Kopp , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , R. Kugathasan , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. La Commara , L. La Delfa , M. Lai , S. Langrock , M. Lebois , B. Lehnert , N. Levashko , X. Li , Q. Liqiang , M. Lissia , G. U. Lodi , G. Longo , R. López Manzano , R. Lussana , L. Luzzi , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , M. Marcante , A. Margotti , S. M. Mari , M. Mariani , J. Maricic , M. Marinelli , D. Marras , M. Martínez , J. J. Martínez Morales , A. D. Martinez Rojas , C. J. Martoff , M. Mascia , J. Mason , A. Masoni , A. Mazzi , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , T. Miletic , R. Milincic , A. Moggi , S. Moioli , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , T. Mroz , W. Mu , V. N. Muratova , S. Murphy , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , T. Napolitano , A. Navrer Agasson , M. Nessi , I. Nikulin , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , S. Palmas , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , V. Pavletcov , F. Pazzona , S. Peeters , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , L. A. Pellegrini , C. Pellegrino , N. Pelliccia , F. Perotti , V. Pesudo , E. Picciau , C. Piemonte , F. Pietropaolo , A. Pocar , T. Pollman , D. Portaluppi , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , B. Radics , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , V. Regazzoni , C. Regenfus , A. L. Renshaw , S. Rescia , M. Rescigno , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , A. Rivetti , A. Romani , L. Romero , N. Rossi , A. Rubbia , D. Sablone , P. Sala , P. Salatino , O. Samoylov , E. Sánchez García , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sant , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , B. Schlitzer , G. Scioli , E. Segreto , A. Seifert , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , S. Siddhanta , M. Simeone , P. N. Singh , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , G. Sobrero , A. Sokolov , A. Sotnikov , R. Stainforth , A. Steri , S. Stracka , V. Strickland , G. B. Suffritti , S. Sulis , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , T. Thorpe , A. Tonazzo , A. Tosi , M. Tuveri , E. V. Unzhakov , G. Usai , A. Vacca , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , M. Verducci , T. Viant , S. Viel , F. Villa , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , J. Wahl , J. J. Walding , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , R. J. Wheadon , R. Williams , J. Wilson , Marcin Wojcik , Mariusz Wojcik , S. Wu , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , M. Zuffa , G. Zuzel

The Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) Experiment

The LArIAT liquid argon time projection chamber, placed in a tertiary beam of charged particles at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility, has collected large samples of pions, muons, electrons, protons, and kaons in the momentum range 300-1400…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 LArIAT Collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. J. Adams , J. Asaadi , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , B. Baller , 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 Neto , M. V. Dos Santos , S. Dytman , D. Edmunds , M. Elkins , C. O. Escobar , J. Esquivel , J. Evans , A. Falcone , A. Farbin , W. Flanagan , B. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Garcia-Gamez , D. Gastler , T. Ghosh , R. A. Gomes , E. Gramellini , R. Gran , P. Guzowski , A. Habig , A. Hahn , P. Hamilton , C. Hill , J. Ho , A. Holin , J. Hugon , E. Iwai , D. Jensen , R. A. Johnson , H. Jostlein , 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 , D. Schmitz , D. Sessumes , S. Shahsavarani , D. Shooltz , E. Segreto , D. Smith , M. Soares Nunes , M. Soderberg , B. Soubasis , F. Spagliardi , J. M. St. John , M. Stancari , D. Stefan , M. Stephens , R. Sulej , A. Szelc , M. Tabata , D. Totani , M. Tzanov , G. Valdiviesso , D. Walker , H. Wenzel , Z. Williams , T. Yang , J. Yu , G. Zeller , S. Zhang , J. Zhu

LBNO-DEMO: Large-scale neutrino detector demonstrators for phased performance assessment in view of a long-baseline oscillation experiment

In June 2012, an Expression of Interest for a long-baseline experiment (LBNO) has been submitted to the CERN SPSC. LBNO considers three types of neutrino detector technologies: a double-phase liquid argon (LAr) TPC and a magnetised iron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-17 L. Agostino , B. Andrieu , R. Asfandiyarov , D. Autiero , O. Bésida , F. Bay , R. Bayes , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , A. Bravar , M. Buizza-Avanzini , F. Cadoux , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , M. Campanelli , C. Cantini , L. Chaussard , D. Chesneanu , N. Colino , P. Crivelli , I. De Bonis , Y. Déclais , J. Dawson , C. De La Taille , P. Del Amo Sanchez , A. Delbart , S. Di Luise , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , I. Efthymiopoulos , S. Emery , T. Enqvist , L. Epprecht , T. Esanu , D. Franco , D. Franco , M. Friend , V. Galymov , A. Gendotti , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , M. C Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , A. Haesler , T. Hasegawa , S. Horikawa , M. Ieva , A. Jipa , Y. Karadzhov , I. Karpikov , A. Khotjantsev , A. Korzenev , D. Kryn , Y. Kudenko , P. Kuusiniemi , I. Lazanu , J. -M. Levy , K. Loo , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , C. Martin , G. Martin-Chassard , E. Mazzucato , A. Mefodiev , O. Mineev , B. Mitrica , S. Murphy , T. Nakadaira , M. Nessi , K. Nikolics , L. Nita , E. Noah , P. Novella , G. A. Nuijten , T. Ovsiannikova , C. Palomares , T. Patzak , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , B. Popov , M. Ravonel , M. Rayner , C. Regenfus , C. Ristea , O. Ristea , A. Robert , A. Rubbia , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , R. Santorelli , E. Scantamburlo , F. Sergiampietri , D. Sgalaberna , M. Slupecki , F. J. P. Soler , D. L. Stanca , A. Tonazzo , W. H. Trzaska , R. Tsenov , G. Vankova-Kirilova , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Wu , N. Yershov , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

R&D of Wavelength-Shifting Reflectors and Characterization of the Quantum Efficiency of Tetraphenyl Butadiene and Polyethylene Naphthalate in Liquid Argon

Detectors based on liquid argon (LAr) often require surfaces that can shift vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light and reflect the visible shifted light. For the LAr instrumentation of the LEGEND-200 neutrinoless double beta decay experiment,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-17 G. R. Araujo , L. Baudis , N. McFadden , P. Krause , S. Schönert , V. H. S. Wu

Design of the third-generation lead-based neutron spallation target for the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN

The neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) is a pulsed white-spectrum neutron spallation source producing neutrons for two experimental areas: the Experimental Area 1 (EAR1), located…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-09 Raffaele Esposito , Marco Calviani , Oliver Aberle , Massimo Barbagallo , Daniel Cano-Ott , Nicola Colonna , Thibaut Coiffet , César Domingo-Pardo , Francesco Dragoni , Rui Franqueira Ximenes , Laurene Giordanino , Damien Grenier , Frank Gunsing , Keith Kershaw , Roland Logé , Vincent Maire , Pierre Moyret , Ana Teresa Perez Fontenla , Antonio Perillo-Marcone , Fabio Pozzi , Stefano Sgobba , Marc Timmins , Vasilis Vlachoudis

High-Temperature Superconducting Level Meter for Liquid Argon Detectors

Capacitive devices are customarily used as probes to measure the level of noble liquids in detectors operated for neutrino studies and dark matter searches. In this work we describe the use of a high-temperature superconducting material as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-20 A. Bueno , A. J. Melgarejo , J. L. Navarro , S. Navas , A. G. Ruiz

Differentiable Simulation of a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) are widely used in particle detection for their tracking and calorimetric capabilities. The particle physics community actively builds and improves high-quality simulators for such detectors…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-12 Sean Gasiorowski , Yifan Chen , Youssef Nashed , Pierre Granger , Camelia Mironov , Daniel Ratner , Kazuhiro Terao , Ka Vang Tsang

Optical Readout of a Two Phase Liquid Argon TPC using CCD Camera and THGEMs

This paper presents a preliminary study into the use of CCDs to image secondary scintillation light generated by THick Gas Electron Multipliers (THGEMs) in a two phase LAr TPC. A Sony ICX285AL CCD chip was mounted above a double THGEM in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-18 K. Mavrokoridis , F. Ball , J. Carroll , M. Lazos , K. J. McCormick , N. A. Smith , C. Touramanis , J. Walker

Birefringent atomic vapor laser lock in a hollow cathode lamp

We report a robust method of stabilizing a laser to the frequency of an atomic transition using a hollow cathode lamp. In contrast to the standard dichroic atomic vapor laser lock (DAVLL) method, which uses dichroism induced by a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 Takumi Sato , Yusuke Hayakawa , Naohiro Okamoto , Yusuke Shimomura , Takatoshi Aoki , Yoshio Torii

An Advanced NCRF Linac Concept for a High Energy e$^+$e$^-$ Linear Collider

We have explored a concept for an advanced Normal-Conducting Radio-Frequency (NCRF) C-band linear accelerator (linac) structure to achieve a high gradient, high power e$^+$e$^-$ linear collider in the TeV class. This design study represents…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-04-09 Karl L. Bane , Timothy L. Barklow , Martin Breidenbach , Craig P. Burkhart , Eric A. Fauve , Alysson R. Gold , Vincent Heloin , Zenghai Li , Emilio A. Nanni , Mamdouh Nasr , Marco Oriunno , James McEwan Paterson , Michael E. Peskin , Tor O. Raubenheimer , Sami G. Tantawi

A tagged low-momentum kaon test-beam exposure with a 250L LAr TPC (J-PARC T32)

At the beginning of 2010, we presented at the J-PARC PAC an R$&$D program towards large (100 kton scale) liquid argon TPCs, suitable to investigate, in conjunction with the J-PARC neutrino beam, the possibility of CP violation in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-31 O. Araoka , A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. DiLuise , U. Degunda , L. Epprecht , L. Esposito , A. Gendotti , T. Hasegawa , S. Horikawa , K. Kasami , N. Kimura , L. Knecht , T. Kobayashi , C. Lazzaro , D. Lussi , M. Maki , A. Marchionni , T. Maruyama , A. Meregaglia , T. Mitani , Y. Nagasaka , J. Naganoma , H. Naito , S. Narita , G. Natterer , K. Nishikawa , A. Okamoto , H. Okamoto , F. Petrolo , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , C. Strabel , M. Tanaka , T. Viant , Y. Yamanoi , K. Yorita , M. Yoshioka

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

Investigation of high voltage discharges in low pressure gases through large ceramic superconducting electrodes

A device has been built and tested, in which a ceramic superconducting cathode and a copper anode cause electrical discharges in low pressure gases, at temperatures between 50 and 70 K. The electrodes are connected to a capacitors array…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evgeny Podkletnov , Giovanni Modanese