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A 4 tonne demonstrator for large-scale dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers

A 10 kilo-tonne dual-phase liquid argon TPC is one of the detector options considered for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The detector technology relies on amplification of the ionisation charge in ultra-pure argon vapour…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 B. Aimard , Ch. Alt , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , V. Aushev , D. Autiero , M. M. Badoi , A. Balaceanu , G. Balik , L. Balleyguier , E. Bechetoille , D. Belver , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , N. Bourgeois , B. Bourguille , J. Bremer , G. Brown , G. Brunetti , L. Brunetti , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , E. Calvo , M. Campanelli , K. Cankocak , C. Cantini , B. Carlus , B. M. Cautisanu , M. Chalifour , A. Chappuis , N. Charitonidis , A. Chatterjee , A. Chiriacescu , P. Chiu , S. Conforti , P. Cotte , P. Crivelli , C. Cuesta , J. Dawson , I. De Bonis , C. De La Taille , A. Delbart , D. Desforge , S. Di Luise , B. S. Dimitru , F. Doizon , C. Drancourt , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , F. Duval , S. Emery , A. Ereditato , T. Esanu , A. Falcone , K. Fusshoeller , A. Gallego-Ros , V. Galymov , N. Geroy , A. Gendotti , M. Gherghel-Lascu , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , C. Girerd , M. C. Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , E. Hamada , R. Hanni , T. Hasegawa , A. Holin , S. Horikawa , M. Ikeno , S. Jimenez , A. Jipa , M. Karolak , Y. Karyotakis , S. Kasai , K. Kasami , T. Kishishita , I. Kreslo , D. Kryn , C. Lastoria , I. Lazanu , G. Lehmann-Miotto , N. Lira , K. Loo , D. Lorca , P. Lutz , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , G. Maire , M. Maki , L. Manenti , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , G. Martin-Chassard , H. Mathez , E. Mazzucato , G. Misitano , B. Mitrica , D. Mladenov , L. Molina Bueno , C. Moreno Martinez , J. P. Mols , T. S. Mosu , W. Mug , A. Munteanu , S. Murphy , K. Nakayoshi , S. Narita , D. Navas-Nicolas , K. Negishi , M. Nessi , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , L. Nita , F. Noto , A. Noury , Y. Onishchuk , C. Palomares , M. Parvu , T. Patzak , Y. Penichot , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , F. Pietropaolo , Y. Piret , B. Popov , D. Pugnere , B. Radics , D. Redondo , C. Regenfus , A. Remoto , F. Resnati , Y. A. Rigaut , C. Ristea , A. Rubbia , A. Saftoiu , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , C. Santos , A. Scarpelli , C. Schloesser , L. Scotto Lavina , K. Sendai , F. Sergiampietri , S. Shahsavarani , M. Shoji , J. Sinclair , J. Soto-Oton , D. L. Stanca , D. Stefan , P. Stroescu , R. Sulej , M. Tanaka , V. Toboaru , A. Tonazzo , W. Tromeur , W. H. Trzaska , T. Uchida , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Vihonen , S. Vilalte , M. Weber , S. Wu , J. Yu , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

The science and technology of liquid argon detectors

Liquid argon detectors are ubiquitous in particle, astroparticle, and applied physics. They reached an unprecedented level of maturity thanks to more than 20 years of R&D and the operation of large-scale facilities at CERN, Fermilab, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-30 W. M. Bonivento , F. Terranova

ARIADNE -- A Novel Optical LArTPC: Technical Design Report and Initial Characterisation using a Secondary Beam from the CERN PS and Cosmic Muons

ARIADNE is a 1-ton (330 kg fiducial mass) dual-phase liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) featuring a novel optical readout. Four electron-multiplying charge-coupled device (EMCCD) cameras are mounted externally, and these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-04 D. Hollywood , K. Majumdar , K. Mavrokoridis , K. J. McCormick , B. Philippou , S. Powell , A. Roberts , N. A. Smith , G. Stavrakis , C. Touramanis , J. Vann

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

The liquid argon detector and measurement of SiPM array at liquid argon temperature

Particle detectors based on liquid argon (LAr) have recently become recognized as an extremely attractive technology for the direct detection of dark matter as well as the measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-03 Cong Guo , Mengyun Guan , Xilei Sun , Weixing Xiong , Peng Zhang , Changgen yang

Surface background rejection technique for liquid argon dark matter detectors using a thin scintillating layer

Future large liquid argon direct dark matter detectors can benefit greatly from an efficient surface background rejection technique. To aid the development of these large scale detectors a test stand, Argon-1, has been constructed at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-22 D. Gallacher , M. Boulay

A novel architecture for DAQ in multi-channel, large volume, long drift Liquid Argon TPC

Recently a large interest has been shown for multi-ton Liquid Argon Time-Projection-Chambers (LAr-TPC). The physics issues are very challenging, but the technical problem of long drifts and adequately long life-time of free electrons are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Centro , G. Meng , F. Pietropaolo , S. Ventura

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

Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to Neutrino Events in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

We present several studies of convolutional neural networks applied to data coming from the MicroBooNE detector, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). The algorithms studied include the classification of single particle images,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-17 MicroBooNE collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , R. An , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , L. Bagby , B. Baller , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Bugel , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , B. Carls , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , H. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , J. I. Crespo-Anadón , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , G. T. Garvey , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , N. Graf , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , V Hewes , C. Hill , J. Ho , G. Horton-Smith , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , C. -M. Jen , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , B. J. P. Jones , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , D. Kaleko , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , A. Laube , Y. Li , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , V. Meddage , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , A. Rafique , L. Rochester , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Sinclair , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Söldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , K. Terao , M. Thomson , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , J. Weston , D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , T. Yang , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Study of ionization signals in a TPC filled with a mixture of liquid Argon and Nitrogen

In this paper we report on the evidence for ionization track signals from cosmic ray muons and Compton electrons in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) filled with liquid Argon and doped with different fractions of Nitrogen. This study has been…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-18 A. Ereditato , M. Hess , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , L. Martinez , M. Messina , U. Moser , B. Rossi , H. -U. Shuetz , M. Zeller

Prospects of charge signal analyses in liquid xenon TPCs with proportional scintillation in the liquid phase

As liquid xenon TPCs increase in target mass while pursuing the direct detection of WIMP dark matter, the technical challenges arising due to their size call for new solutions and open the discussion on alternative detector concepts.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-04-14 Fabian Kuger , Julia Dierle , Horst Fischer , Marc Schumann , Francesco Toschi

LArSoft: A Software Package for Liquid Argon Time Projection Drift Chambers

We describe in these GLA2011 proceedings the software package LArSoft, a toolkit to perform simulation, analysis and reconstruction with the Liquid Argon (LAr) Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) within the US program of proposed detectors. We…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-01-09 Eric D. Church

Direct comparison of PEN and TPB wavelength shifters in a liquid argon detector

A large number of particle detectors employ liquid argon as their target material owing to its high scintillation yield and its ability to drift ionization charge over large distances. Scintillation light from argon is peaked at 128 nm and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-17 M. G. Boulay , V. Camillo , N. Canci , S. Choudhary , L. Consiglio , A. Flammini , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , A. Gola , S. Horikawa , P. Kachru , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Korga , M. Kuźniak , M. Kuźwa , A. Leonhardt , T. Łęcki , A. Mazzi , A. Moharana , G. Nieradka , G. Paternoster , T. R. Pollmann , A. Razeto , D. Sablone , T. Sworobowicz , A. M. Szelc , C. Türkoğlu , H. Wang

Operation of the Trigger System for the ICARUS Detector at Fermilab

The ICARUS liquid argon TPC detector is taking data on the Booster (BNB) and Main Injector (NuMI) Neutrino beam lines at Fermilab with a trigger system based on the scintillation light produced by charged particles in coincidence with the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-19 ICARUS collaboration , F. Abd Alrahman , P. Abratenko , N. Abrego-Martinez , A. Aduszkiewicz , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga Soplin , M. Artero Pons , J. Asaadi , W. F. Badgett , B. Baibussinov , F. Battisti , V. Bellini , R. Benocci , J. Berger , S. Berkman , S. Bertolucci , M. Betancourt , A. Blanchet , F. Boffelli , M. Bonesini , T. Boone , B. Bottino , A. Braggiotti , D. Brailsford , S. J. Brice , V. Brio , C. Brizzolari , H. S. Budd , A. Campani , A. Campos , D. Carber , M. Carneiro , I. Caro Terrazas , H. Carranza , F. Castillo Fernandez , S. Centro , G. Cerati , A. Chatterjee , D. Cherdack , S. Cherubini , N. Chithirasreemadam , M. Cicerchia , T. E. Coan , A. Cocco , M. R. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , S. Copello , H. Da Motta , M. Dallolio , A. A. Dange , A. de Roeck , S. Di Domizio , D. Di Ferdinando , L. Di Noto , M. Diwan , S. Dolan , L. Domine , S. Donati , F. Drielsma , J. Dyer , S. Dytman , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , N. Gallice , F. G. Garcia , C. Gatto , D. Gibin , A. Gioiosa , W. Gu , A. Guglielmi , G. Gurung , K. Hassinin , H. Hausner , A. Heggestuen , B. Howard , R. Howell , Z. Hulcher , I. Ingratta , C. James , W. Jang , Y. -J. Jwa , L. Kashur , W. Ketchum , J. S. Kim , D. -H. Koh , T. Krishnan , J. Larkin , Y. Li , C. Mariani , C. M. Marshall , S. Martynenko , N. Mauri , K. S. McFarland , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , O. G. Miranda , A. Mogan , N. Moggi , E. Montagna , A. Montanari , C. Montanari , M. Mooney , G. Moreno-Granados , J. Mueller , M. Murphy , D. P. Méndez , D. Naples , S. Palestini , M. Pallavicini , V. Paolone , L. Pasqualini , L. Patrizii , L. Paudel , G. Petrillo , C. Petta , V. Pia , F. Pietropaolo , F. Poppi , M. Pozzato , M. L. Pumo , G. Putnam , X. Qian , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , S. Repetto , F. Resnati , A. M. Ricci , E. Richards , M. Rosenberg , M. Rossella , N. Rowe , P. Roy , C. Rubbia , M. Saad , S. Saha , G. Salmoria , S. Samanta , A. Scaramelli , D. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , D. Senadheera , S-H. Seo , F. Sergiampietri , G. Sirri , J. S. Smedley , J. Smith , M. Sotgia , L. Stanco , J. Stewart , H. A. Tanaka , M. Tenti , K. Terao , F. Terranova , V. Togo , D. Torretta , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , D. Totani , R. Triozzi , Y. -T. Tsai , K. V. Tsang , T. Usher , F. Varanini , N. Vardy , S. Ventura , M. Vicenzi , C. Vignoli , B. Viren , F. A. Wieler , Z. Williams , P. Wilson , R. J. Wilson , J. Wolfs , T. Wongjirad , A. Wood , E. Worcester , M. Worcester , M. Wospakrik , J. Xia , S. Yadav , H. Yu , J. Yu , A. Zani , J. Zennamo , J. Zettlemoyer , C. Zhang , S. Zucchelli

First Demonstration of Imaging Cosmic Muons in a Two-Phase Liquid Argon TPC using an EMCCD Camera and a THGEM

Colossal two-phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LAr TPCs) are a proposed option for future long-baseline neutrino experiments. This study illustrates the feasibility of using an EMCCD camera to capture light induced by single…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-28 K. Mavrokoridis , J. Carroll , K. J. McCormick , P. Paudyal , A. Roberts , N. A. Smith , C. Touramanis

The ArDM project: a Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Detection

WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) are considered the main candidates for Cold Dark Matter. The ArDM experiment aims at measuring signals directly induced by WIMPs in liquid argon. A 1-ton prototype is currently developed with the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Laffranchi , A. Rubbia

Liquid Scintillators for Large Area Tracking System

We report on studies of non-toxic scintillating liquid useful for large surface detectors. Arrays of liquid scintillators offer a rather simple tool for detecting charged particles traversing a surface and tracking their path through a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-21 Yan Benhammou , Erez Etzion , Gilad Mizrachi , Meny Raviv Moshe , Yiftah Silver

Proportional scintillation in liquid xenon: demonstration in a single-phase liquid-only time projection chamber

The largest direct dark matter search experiments to date employ dual-phase time projection chambers (TPCs) with liquid noble gas targets. These detect both the primary photons generated by particle interactions in the liquid target, as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-19 Florian Tönnies , Adam Brown , Baris Kiyim , Fabian Kuger , Sebastian Lindemann , Patrick Meinhardt , Marc Schumann , Andrew Stevens

ProtoDUNE and a Dual-phase LArTPC

The four 10 kt Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) of the future DUNE experiment will enable precise measurements of the oscillation parameters and the discovery of CP violation for leptons, thanks to their excellent 3D imaging…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-02-14 Andrea Scarpelli

R&D for Future 100 kton Scale Liquid Argon Detectors

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