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Discovering Long-lived Particles at DUNE

Long-lived particles (LLPs) arise in many theories beyond the Standard Model. These may be copiously produced from meson decays (or through their mixing with the LLP) at neutrino facilities and leave a visible decay signal in nearby…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-26 Pilar Coloma , Justo Martín-Albo , Salvador Urrea

Light Yield in DarkSide-10: a Prototype Two-phase Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Searches

As part of the DarkSide program of direct dark matter searches using liquid argon TPCs, a prototype detector with an active volume containing 10 kg of liquid argon, DarkSide-10, was built and operated underground in the Gran Sasso National…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. Alexander , D. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , P. Beltrame , J. Benziger , G. Bonfini , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , L. Cadonati , F. Calaprice , A. Candela , H. Cao , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , D. Cline , A. G. Cocco , C. Condon , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , E. De Haas , A. Derbin , G. Di Pietro , I. Dratchnev , D. Durben , A. Empl , A. Etenko , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , S. Gazzana , C. Ghag , C. Ghiano , A. Goretti , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , C. Guo , G. Guray , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , A. Kayunov , K. Keeter , C. Kendziora , S. Kidner , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , E. Shields , P. Li , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , C. Love , L. Ludhova , L. Lukyanchenko , A. Lund , K. Lung , Y. Ma , I. Machulin , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , Y. Meng , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , T. Mohayai , D. Montanari , M. Montuschi , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , A. Nelson , A. Nemtzow , N. Nurakhov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , R. Parsells , N. Pelliccia , L. Perasso , F. Perfetto , L. Pinsky , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , A. Romani , N. Rossi , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , C. Salvo , W. Sands , M. Seigar , D. Semenov , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Sukhotin , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Teymourian , J. Thompson , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , H. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , J. Xu , C. Yang , S. Zavatarelli , M. Zehfus , W. Zhong , G. Zuzel

Performance of a SensL-30035-16P Silicon Photomultiplier array at liquid argon temperature

Next generation multi-ton scale noble liquid experiments have the unique opportunity to discover dark matter particles at the TeV scale, reaching the sensitivity of 10^-48 cm2 in the WIMP nucleon scattering cross-section. A prerequisite…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-07 S. Catalanotti , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , M. D Incecco , G. Fiorillo , G. Korga , B. Rossi , S. Walker

Demonstration and Comparison of Operation of Photomultiplier Tubes at Liquid Argon Temperature

Liquified noble gases are widely used as a target in direct Dark Matter searches. Signals from scintillation in the liquid, following energy deposition from the recoil nuclei scattered by Dark Matter particles (e.g. WIMPs), should be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-30 R. Acciarri , M. Antonello , F. Boffelli , M. Cambiaghi , N. Canci , F. Cavanna , A. G. Cocco , N. Deniskina , F. Di Pompeo , G. Fiorillo , C. Galbiati , L. Grandi , P. Kryczynski , G. Meng , C. Montanari , O. Palamara , L. Pandola , F. Perfetto , G. B. Piano Mortari , F. Pietropaolo , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , E. Segreto , A. M. Szelc , A. Triossi , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , A. Zani

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

Design and implementation of the new scintillation light detection system of ICARUS T600

ICARUS T600 is the far detector of the Short Baseline Neutrino program at Fermilab(USA), which foresees three Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers along the Booster Neutrino Beam line to search for LSND-like sterile neutrino signal. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-30 B. Ali-Mohammadzadeh , M. Babicz , W. Badgett , L. Bagby , V. Bellini , R. Benocci , M. Bonesini , A. Braggiotti , S. Centro , A. Chatterjee , A. G. Cocco , M. Diwan , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , D. Gibin , A. Guglielmi , W. Ketchum , U. Kose , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , C. Montanari , M. Nessi , F. Pietropaolo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , F. Sergiampietri , M. Spanu , D. Torretta , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , A. Zhang , A. Zani

Developing a single phase liquid argon detector with SiPM readout

Liquid argon is used as a target material in several current and planned experiments related to dark matter direct searching and neutrino detection. SiPM is becoming the standard for scintillator detectors because of its advantages over…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-03 L. Wang , Y. Lei , T. A. Wang , C. Guo , K. K. Zhao , X. H. Liang , S. B. Wang , Y. D. Chen

Liquid xenon scintillation measurements and pulse shape discrimination in the LUX dark matter detector

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a leading candidate for dark matter and are expected to produce nuclear recoil (NR) events within liquid xenon time-projection chambers. We present a measurement of the scintillation timing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-20 The LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , P. Brás , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , V. Velan , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

In-situ measurement of the scintillation light attenuation in liquid argon in the GERDA experiment

The GERDA experiment searches for the neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay in $^{76}$Ge in order to probe whether the neutrino is a Majorana particle and to shed light on the neutrino mass ordering. For investigating such a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-11 Nuno Barros , Alexander R. Domula , Björn Lehnert , Birgit Zatschler , Kai Zuber

Observation of the Dependence of Scintillation from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Argon on Drift Field

We have exposed a dual-phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) to a low energy pulsed narrowband neutron beam, produced at the Notre Dame Institute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics to study the scintillation light yield…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-12-17 T. Alexander , H. O. Back , H. Cao , A. G. Cocco , F. DeJongh , G. Fiorillo , C. Galbiati , C. Ghag , L. Grandi , C. Kendziora , W. H. Lippincott , B. Loer , C. Love , L. Manenti , C. J. Martoff , Y. Meng , D. Montanari , P. Mosteiro , D. Olvitt , S. Pordes , H. Qian , B. Rossi , R. Saldanha , W. Tan , J. Tatarowicz , S. Walker , H. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , J. Yoo

Measurement of the Liquid Argon Scintillation Pulse Shape Using Differentiable Simulation in the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills Experiment

The Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) experiment is a liquid argon (LAr) light collection detector searching for MeV-scale neutrino and Beyond Standard Model physics signatures. Two hundred 8-inch photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) instrument the 7…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-30 A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , S. Biedron , J. Boissevain , M. Borrego , L. Bugel , M. Chavez-Estrada , J. M. Conrad , R. L. Cooper , J. R. Distel , J. C. D'Olivo , E. Dunton , B. Dutta , D. E. Fields , M. Gold , E. Guardincerri , E. C. Huang , N. Kamp , D. Kim , K. Knickerbocker , W. C. Louis , C. F. Macias-Acevedo , R. Mahapatra , J. Mezzetti , J. Mirabal , M. J. Mocko , D. A. Newmark , P. deNiverville , C. O'Connor , V. Pandey , D. Poulson , H. Ray , E. Renner , T. J. Schaub , A. Schneider , M. H. Shaevitz , D. Smith , W. Sondheim , A. M. Szelc , C. Taylor , A. Thompson , W. H. Thompson , M. Tripathi , R. T. Thornton , R. Van Berg , R. G. Van de Water

Improving Photoelectron Counting and Particle Identification in Scintillation Detectors with Bayesian Techniques

Many current and future dark matter and neutrino detectors are designed to measure scintillation light with a large array of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The energy resolution and particle identification capabilities of these detectors…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-22 M. Akashi-Ronquest , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , M. Bodmer , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , B. Buck , A. Butcher , B. Cai , T. Caldwell , M. Chen , Y. Chen , B. Cleveland , K. Coakley , K. Dering , F. A. Duncan , J. A. Formaggio , R. Gagnon , D. Gastler , F. Giuliani , M. Gold , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , E. Grace , N. Guerrero , V. Guiseppe , A. L. Hallin , P. Harvey , C. Hearns , R. Henning , A. Hime , J. Hofgartner , S. Jaditz , C. J. Jillings , C. Kachulis , E. Kearns , J. Kelsey , J. R. Klein , M. Kuzniak , A. LaTorre , I. Lawson , O. Li , J. J. Lidgard , P. Liimatainen , S. Linden , K. McFarlane , D. N. McKinsey , S. MacMullin , A. Mastbaum , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , D. -M. Mei , J. Monroe , A. Muir , C. Nantais , K. Nicolics , J. A. Nikkel , T. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , K. Olsen , G. D. Orebi Gann , C. Ouellet , K. Palladino , P. Pasuthip , G. Perumpilly , T. Pollmann , P. Rau , F. Retiere , K. Rielage , R. Schnee , S. Seibert , P. Skensved , T. Sonley , E. Vazquez-Jauregui , L. Veloce , J. Walding , B. Wang , J. Wang , M. Ward , C. Zhang

Discovering Dark Matter at the LHC through Its Nuclear Scattering in Far-Forward Emulsion and Liquid Argon Detectors

The LHC may produce light, weakly-interacting particles that decay to dark matter, creating an intense and highly collimated beam of dark matter particles in the far-forward direction. We investigate the prospects for detecting this dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-01 Brian Batell , Jonathan L. Feng , Ahmed Ismail , Felix Kling , Roshan Mammen Abraham , Sebastian Trojanowski

Increasing the efficiency of photon collection in LArTPCs: the ARAPUCA light trap

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are a choice for the next generation of large neutrino detectors due to their optimal performance in particle tracking and calorimetry. The detection of Argon scintillation light plays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-18 G. Cancelo , F. Cavanna , C. O. Escobar , E. Kemp , A. A. Machado , A. Para , E. Segreto , D. Totani , D. Warner

Massive liquid Ar and Xe detectors for direct Dark Matter searches

A novel experiment for direct searches of the Dark Matter with liquid argon double-phase chamber with a mass of liquid Ar up to several hundred tons is proposed. To suppress the b-, g- and n0- backgrounds, the comparison of scintillation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-27 B. M. Ovchinnikov , Yu. B. Ovchinnikov , V. V. Parusov

Table-top setup for investigating the scintillation properties of liquid argon

The spectral and temporal light emission properties of liquid argon have been studied in the context of its use in large liquid rare-gas detectors for detecting Dark Matter particles in astronomy. A table-top setup has been developed.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-25 T. Heindl , T. Dandl , A. Fedenev , M. Hofmann , R. Krücken , L. Oberauer , W. Potzel , J. Wieser , A. Ulrich

Scintillation time dependence and pulse shape discrimination in liquid argon

Using a single-phase liquid argon detector with a signal yield of 4.85 photoelectrons per keV of electronic-equivalent recoil energy (keVee), we measure the scintillation time dependence of both electronic and nuclear recoils in liquid…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-11-18 W. H. Lippincott , K. J. Coakley , D. Gastler , A. Hime , E. Kearns , D. N. McKinsey , J. A. Nikkel , L. C. Stonehill

WARP liquid argon detector for dark matter survey

The WARP programme is a graded programme intended to search for cold Dark Matter in the form of WIMP's. These particles may produce via weak interactions nuclear recoils in the energy range 10-100 keV. A cryogenic noble liquid like argon,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Brunetti , E. Calligarich , M. Cambiaghi , F. Carbonara , A. Cocco , C. De Vecchi , R. Dolfini , A. Ereditato , G. Fiorillo , L. Grandi , G. Mangano , A. Menegolli , C. Montanari , M. Prata , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Roncadelli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , R. Santorelli , C. Vignoli

Predicting Transport Effects of Scintillation Light Signals in Large-Scale Liquid Argon Detectors

Liquid argon is being employed as a detector medium in neutrino physics and Dark Matter searches. A recent push to expand the applications of scintillation light in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber neutrino detectors has necessitated…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-26 D. Garcia-Gamez , P. Green , A. M. Szelc

Slow Light Propagation in a Linear-Response Three-Level Atomic Vapor

We observe pulse delays of up to twenty times the input pulse duration when 200-ps laser pulses pass through a hot Rb 85 vapor cell. The pulse peak travels with a velocity equal to c/20, and the energy transmission is 5%. For pulses with…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-26 Wenhai Ji , Chunbai Wu , M. G. Raymer