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This paper describes the results of a study on the general lines, main construction criteria, crucial points, parameters and required preliminary R&D activities for the construction of a LAr (liquid argon) imaging detector with active mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. B. Cline , F. Sergiampietri

This Letter reports the event-by-event observation of Cherenkov light from sub-MeV electrons in a high scintillation light-yield liquid argon (LAr) detector by the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) experiment. The CCM200 detector, located at Los…

We propose to study atmospheric neutrino interactions with a unique event topology to distinguish neutrinos and anti-neutrinos using a liquid argon time projection chamber in an experiment such as DUNE. The detection of CC1P and CC0P events…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-05 Animesh Chatterjee , Albert De Roeck

Neutrino oscillation measurements depend on a difference between the rate of neutrino-nucleus interactions at different neutrino energies or different distances from the source. Knowledge of the neutrino energy spectrum and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-12 L. B. Weinstein , O. Hen , E. Piasetzky

A good understanding of the cross sections for neutrino interactions with nucleons and nuclei is crucial for neutrino oscillation studies, in addition to providing a tool for the exploration of nucleon and nuclear structures. The MicroBooNE…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-10-15 Vassili Papavassiliou

We constructed and operated a double phase (liquid-vapour) pure argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC) with a sensitive area of 10x10 cm$^2$ and up to 30 cm of drift length. The LEM is a macroscopic hole…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Badertscher , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , P. Otiougova , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

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

Large volume Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LAr-TPC) are used and proposed for neutrino physics and rare event search. Most of these detectors make use of the scintillation light of liquid argon for trigger purposes. Two different…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-13 O. Barnabà , A. Menegolli , R. Nardò , M. Pirola , M. C. Prata , G. L. Raselli , E. Romano , M. Rossella

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…

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…

A key feature for the success of the liquid Argon imaging TPC (LAr-TPC) technology is the industrial purification against electro-negative impurities, especially Oxygen and Nitrogen remnants, which have to be continuously kept at an…

In the effort to obtain a precise measurement of leptonic CP-violation with the ESS$\nu$SB experiment, accurate and fast reconstruction of detector events plays a pivotal role. In this work, we examine the possibility of replacing the…

The ARIADNE Experiment, utilising a 1-ton dual-phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC), aims to develop and mature optical readout technology for large scale LAr detectors. This paper describes the characterisation, using cosmic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-02 Adam Lowe , Krishanu Majumdar , Konstantinos Mavrokoridis , Barney Philippou , Adam Roberts , Christos Touramanis , Jared Vann

Neutrons are important final-state particles in neutrino interactions, yet they are not considered or reconstructed in most current neutrino LArTPC physics analyses. In this paper, we present a simulation-based proof-of-concept study of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-14 Miguel Hernandez Morquecho , Bryce Littlejohn , Paola Sala , Linyan Wan

Using truth-level Monte Carlo simulations of particle interactions in a large volume of liquid argon, we demonstrate physics capabilities enabled by reconstruction of topologically compact and isolated low-energy features, or `blips,' in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-30 W. Castiglioni , W. Foreman , I. Lepetic , B. R. Littlejohn , M. Malaker , A. Mastbaum

Modelling and reconstructing neutrino-nucleus scattering is difficult, but it is crucial to do it precisely to enable next-generation oscillation measurements. Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), such as MicroBooNE, can be the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-05 Holly B. Parkinson , for the MicroBooNE Collaboration

We investigate a deep learning-based signal processing for liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), a leading detector technology in neutrino physics. Identifying regions of interest (ROIs) in LArTPCs is challenging due to signal…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-30 Avinay Bhat , Mun Jung Jung , Gray Putnam , Haiwang Yu

Impurities in noble liquid detectors used for neutrino and dark matter experiments can significantly impact the quality of data. We present an experimentally verified model for describing the dynamics of impurity distributions in liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-14 Aiwu Zhang , Yichen Li , Craig Thorn , Carl Bromberg , Milind V. Diwan , Steve Kettell , Vittorio Paolone , Xin Qian , James Stewart , Wei Tang , Chao Zhang

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

We develop a novel approach for a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) concept suitable for deployment in kilotonne scale detectors, with a charge-readout system free from reconstruction ambiguities, and a robust TPC design that reduces…