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New read-out electronics for ICARUS-T600 liquid Argon TPC. Description, simulation and tests of the new front-end and ADC system

The ICARUS T600, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr-TPC) detector mainly devoted to neutrino physics, underwent a major overhauling at CERN in 2016-2017, which included also a new design of the read-out electronics, in view of its…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-26 L. Bagby , B. Baibussinov , V. Bellini , M. Bonesini , A. Braggiotti , L. Castellani , S. Centro , T. Cervi , A. G. Cocco , F. Fabris , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , F. Fichera , D. Franciotti , G. Galet , D. Gibin , A. Guglielmi , R. Guida , W. Ketchum , S. Marchini , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , G. Menon , C. Montanari , M. Nessi , M. Nicoletto , R. Pedrotta , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , G. Rampazzo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , A. Scaramelli , F. Sergiampietri , M. Spanu , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , A. Zani , P. G. Zatti

A steerable UV laser system for the calibration of liquid argon time projection chambers

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

Liquid Argon TPC Signal Formation, Signal Processing and Hit Reconstruction

This document describes the early stage of the reconstruction chain that was developed for the ArgoNeuT and MicroBooNE experiments at Fermilab. These experiments study accelerator neutrino interactions that occur in a Liquid Argon Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-02 Bruce Baller

Atmospheric Tau Neutrinos in a Multi-kiloton Liquid Argon Detector

An ultra-large Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber-based neutrino detector will have the uncommon ability to detect atmospheric tau neutrino events. This paper discusses the most promising modes for identifying charged current tau neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-09 Janet Conrad , Andre de Gouvea , Shashank Shalgar , Joshua Spitz

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

A Possible Future Long Baseline Neutrino and Nucleon Decay Experiment with a 100 kton Liquid Argon TPC at Okinoshima using the J-PARC Neutrino Facility

In this paper, we consider the physics performance of a single far detector composed of a 100 kton next generation Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) possibly located at shallow depth, coupled to the J-PARC neutrino beam…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-04-15 A. Badertscher , T. Hasegawa , T. Kobayashi , A. Marchionni , A. Meregaglia , T. Maruyama , K. Nishikawa , A. Rubbia

Search for nucleon-nucleon correlations in neutrino-argon scattering

A sample of two proton and no pion events selected in the ArgoNeuT neutrino scattering experiment on liquid argon target [Phys. Rev. D90 (2014) 012008] is analyzed with NuWro Monte Carlo event generator. An attempt is made to estimate how…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-03-23 Kajetan Niewczas , Jan T. Sobczyk

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

Rejecting cosmic background for exclusive neutrino interaction studies with Liquid Argon TPCs; a case study with the MicroBooNE detector

Cosmic ray (CR) interactions can be a challenging source of background for neutrino oscillation and cross-section measurements in surface detectors. We present methods for CR rejection in measurements of charged-current quasielastic-like…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-18 MicroBooNE collaboration , C. Adams , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , M. Auger , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , A. Bhat , K. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , R. Carr , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. O. Cohen , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , A. Diaz , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , J. J. Evans , A. A. Fadeeva , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , V Hewes , C. Hill , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. -C. Huang , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , Y. -J. Jwa , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , I. Lepetic , Y. Li , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , S. Marcocci , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , J. Martin-Albo , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , A. Mastbaum , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Mistry , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Pandey , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , A. Rafique , L. Ren , L. Rochester , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , W. Tang , K. Terao , M. Thomson , R. T. Thornton , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , D. A. Wickremasinghe , K. Wierman , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Calculating the Total Cherenkov Radiation Emitted by Low Energy Protons in Liquid Argon and Comparing with Argon Scintillation Light at 128 nm

Neutrino experiments using liquid argon (LAr) detectors estimate the amount of light produced by different types of particles, but only consider scintillation light, at 128 nm, ignoring Cherenkov light contributions. This research aims to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-08-05 Hasan R. Rahman

Improving neutrino energy estimation of charged-current interaction events with recurrent neural networks in MicroBooNE

We present a deep learning-based method for estimating the neutrino energy of charged-current neutrino-argon interactions. We employ a recurrent neural network (RNN) architecture for neutrino energy estimation in the MicroBooNE experiment,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-06-17 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , O. Alterkait , D. Andrade Aldana , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , A. Barnard , G. Barr , D. Barrow , J. Barrow , V. Basque , J. Bateman , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , M. B. Brunetti , L. Camilleri , Y. Cao , D. Caratelli , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , A. Chappell , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , F. Gao , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , O. Hen , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , Z. Imani , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , C. James , X. Ji , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , D. Kalra , N. Kamp , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , N. Lane , I. Lepetic , J. -Y. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , H. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , I. Mawby , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , J. Mendez , J. Micallef , K. Miller , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. M. Moudgalya , S. Mulleria Babu , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , N. Nayak , M. Nebot-Guinot , J. Nowak , N. Oza , O. Palamara , N. Pallat , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , H. Parkinson , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , K. Pletcher , I. Pophale , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , I. Safa , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , W. Tang , N. Taniuchi , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Torbunov , D. Totani , M. Toups , A. Trettin , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Tyler , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , A. J. White , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Demonstration of MeV-Scale Physics in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers Using ArgoNeuT

MeV-scale energy depositions by low-energy photons produced in neutrino-argon interactions have been identified and reconstructed in ArgoNeuT liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) data. ArgoNeuT data collected on the NuMI beam at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-16 ArgoNeuT Collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , J. Asaadi , B. Baller , T. Bolton , C. Bromberg , F. Cavanna , E. Church , D. Edmunds , A. Ereditato , S. Farooq , A. Ferrari , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. Fleming , A. Hackenburg , G. Horton-Smith , C. James , K. Lang , M. Lantz , I. Lepetic , B. R. Littlejohn , X. Luo , R. Mehdiyev , B. Page , O. Palamara , B. Rebel , P. R. Sala , G. Scanavini , A. Schukraft , G. Smirnov , M. Soderberg , J. Spitz , A. M. Szelc , M. Weber , W. Wu , T. Yang , G. P. Zeller

Novel Approach for Evaluating Detector-Related Uncertainties in a LArTPC Using MicroBooNE Data

Primary challenges for current and future precision neutrino experiments using liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) include understanding detector effects and quantifying the associated systematic uncertainties. This paper…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-06-20 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , R. An , J. Anthony , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , L. Bathe-Peters , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , D. Cianci , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadón , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , O. Hen , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , R. Itay , C. James , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. -J. Jwa , D. Kalra , N. Kamp , N. Kaneshige , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , I. Lepetic , K. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , K. Manivannan , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , A. Mogan , T. Mohayai , J. Moon , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , M. Nebot-Guinot , R. K. Neely , D. A. Newmark , J. Nowak , M. Nunes , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. D. Ponce-Pinto , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. C. J. Rice , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Söldner-Rembold , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , W. Tang , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Totani , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , N. Wright , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

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

Experiments For CP-Violation: A Giant Liquid Argon Scintillation, Cerenkov And Charge Imaging Experiment ?

In this paper we address a class of ``ultimate'' generation experiments for the search of CP-violation in neutrino oscillations. Neutrino factories require large magnetized detectors. New generation superbeams or beta-beams need giant…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Rubbia

Supernova Relic Neutrinos in Liquid Argon detectors

We study the possibility of detecting the background of Supernova Relic Neutrinos (SRN) with liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC) detectors. As far as this study is concerned, these experimental devices are mainly sensitive to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 A. G. Cocco , A. Ereditato , G. Fiorillo , G. Mangano , V. Pettorino

A new concept of y-ray telescope. LArGO: Liquid Argon Gamma-ray Observatory

LArGO (Liquid Argon Gamma-ray Observatory) consists of a new design for a $\gamma$-ray telescope, which exploits the idea of using a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) as tracker-converter. Particle tracking in LAr-TPC can…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-17 Giuseppe Andrea Caliandro , Biagio Rossi , Francesco Longo , Giuliana Fiorillo , Claudio Labanti , Federico Sanchez , Thorsten Lux

Demonstration of neutron identification in neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber

A significant challenge in measurements of neutrino oscillations is reconstructing the incoming neutrino energies. While modern fully-active tracking calorimeters such as liquid argon time projection chambers in principle allow the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-04-03 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , O. Alterkait , D. Andrade Aldana , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , A. Barnard , G. Barr , D. Barrow , J. Barrow , V. Basque , J. Bateman , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , M. B. Brunetti , L. Camilleri , Y. Cao , D. Caratelli , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , A. Chappell , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , F. Gao , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , M. D. Handley , O. Hen , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , Z. Imani , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , C. James , X. Ji , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , D. Kalra , N. Kamp , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , N. Lane , J. -Y. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , H. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , I. Mawby , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , J. Mendez , J. Micallef , K. Miller , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. M. Moudgalya , S. Mulleria Babu , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , N. Nayak , M. Nebot-Guinot , C. Nguyen , J. Nowak , N. Oza , O. Palamara , N. Pallat , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , H. Parkinson , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , K. Pletcher , I. Pophale , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , I. Safa , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , W. Tang , N. Taniuchi , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Torbunov , D. Totani , M. Toups , A. Trettin , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Tyler , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , B. Viren , J. Wang , M. Weber , H. Wei , A. J. White , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Anode-Coupled Readout for Light Collection in Liquid Argon TPCs

This paper will discuss a new method of signal read-out from photon detectors in ultra-large, underground liquid argon time projection chambers. In this design, the signal from the light collection system is coupled via capacitive plates to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-13 Z. Moss , M. Toups , L. Bugel , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad

On the Electric Breakdown in Liquid Argon at Centimeter Scale

We present a study on the dependence of electric breakdown discharge properties on electrode geometry and the breakdown field in liquid argon near its boiling point. The measurements were performed with a spherical cathode and a planar…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-17 M. Auger , A. Blatter , A. Ereditato , D. Goeldi , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , M. Luethi , C. Rudolf von Rohr , T. Strauss , M. S. Weber