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The CAPTAIN Experiment

The Cryogenic Apparatus for Precision Tests of Argon Interactions with Neutrinos (CAPTAIN) program is designed to make measurements of scientific importance to long-baseline neutrino physics and physics topics that will be explored by large…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-28 Jianming Bian

Photon Detection in the Cryogenic Apparatus for Precision Tests of Argon Interactions with Neutrinos (CAPTAIN)

The Cryogenic Apparatus for Precision Tests of Argon Interactions with Neutrinos (CAPTAIN) is being built at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A hexagonal time projection chamber (TPC) with a 1 m drift length will be constructed inside a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-09-11 Keith Rielage

The CAPTAIN Detector and Physics Program

The Cryogenic Apparatus for Precision Tests of Argon Interactions with Neutrino (CAP- TAIN) program is designed to make measurements of scientific importance to long-baseline neutrino physics and physics topics that will be explored by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-09-09 The CAPTAIN Collaboration , H. Berns , H. Chen , D. Cline , J. Danielson , Z. Djurcic , S. Elliott , G. Garvey , V. Gehman , C. Grant , E. Guardincerri , R. Kadel , T. Kutter , D. Lee , K. Lee , Q. Liu , W. Louis , C. Mauger , C. McGrew , R. McTaggart , J. Medina , W. Metcalf , G. Mills , J. Mirabal-Martinez , S. Mufson , E. Pantic , O. Prokofiev. Mufson , V. Radeka , J. Ramsey , K. Rielage , H. Sahoo , C. Sinnis , M. Smy , W. Sondheim , I. Stancu , R. Svoboda , M. Szydagis , C. Taylor , A. Teymourian , C. Thorn , C. Tull , M. Tzanov , R. Van de Water , H. Wang , C. Yanagisawa , A. Yarritu , C. 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.

Liquid-Argon Time Projection Chambers in the U.S

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors are ideally suited for studying neutrino interactions and probing the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. The ability to drift ionization particles over long distances…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-04 M. Soderberg

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

First results from a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber in a Magnetic Field

A small liquid argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) was operated for the first time in a magnetic field of 0.55 Tesla. The imaging properties of the detector were not affected by the magnetic field. In a test run with cosmic rays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Badertscher , M. Laffranchi , A. Meregaglia , A. Mueller , A. Rubbia

MicroBooNE, A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) Neutrino Experiment

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

MicroBooNE: A New Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Experiment

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber detectors are well suited to study neutrino interactions, and are an intriguing option for future massive detectors capable of measuring the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. These…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-10 M. Soderberg

Current and Future Liquid Argon Neutrino Experiments

The liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detector technology provides an opportunity for precision neutrino oscillation measurements, neutrino cross section measurements, and searches for rare processes, such as SuperNova neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-09 Georgia Karagiorgi

A New Concept for Kilotonne Scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-15 M. Auger , R. Berner , Y. Chen , A. Ereditato , D. Goeldi , P. P. Koller , I. Kreslo , D. Lorca , T. Mettler , F. Piastra , J. R. Sinclair , M. Weber , C. Wilkinson , M. Convery , L. Domine , F. Drielsma , R. Itay , D. H. Koh , H. A. Tanaka , K. Terao , P. Tsang , T. Usher , D. A. Dwyer , S. Kohn , P. Madigan , C. M. Marshall , A. Bross , J. Asaadi

Future liquid Argon detectors

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber offers an innovative technology for a new class of massive detectors for rare-event detection. It is a precise tracking device that allows three-dimensional spatial reconstruction with mm-scale…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 A. Rubbia

First Run of the LArIAT Testbeam Experiment

LArIAT (Liquid Argon In A Testbeam) aims to characterize the response of a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) to the particles often seen as final-state products of ~1 GeV neutrino interactions in existing and planned detectors.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-04 William Foreman

First Dark Matter Search Results From Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills

This paper describes the operation of the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) detector located at the Lujan Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). CCM is a 10-ton liquid argon (LAr) detector located 20 meters…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-07-11 A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , S. Biedron , J. Boissevain , M. Borrego , M. Chavez-Estrada , A. Chavez , J. M. Conrad , R. L. Cooper , A. Diaz , J. R. Distel , J. D'Olivo , E. Dunton , B. Dutta , A. Elliott , D. Evans , D. Fields , J. Greenwood , M. Gold , J. Gordon , E. D. Guarincerri , E. C. Huang , N. Kamp , C. Kelsey , K. Knickerbocker , R. Lake , W. C. Louis , R. Mahapatra , S. Maludze , J. Mirabal , R. Moreno , H. Neog , P. deNiverville , V. Pandey , J. Plata-Salas , D. Poulson , H. Ray , E. Renner , T. J. Schaub , M. H. Shaevitz , D. Smith , W. Sondheim , A. M. Szelc , C. Taylor , W. H. Thompson , M. Tripathi , R. T. Thornton , R. Van Berg , R. G. Van de Water , S. Verma , K. Walker

First Measurement of the Total Neutron Cross Section on Argon Between 100 and 800 MeV

We report the first measurement of the neutron cross section on argon in the energy range of 100-800 MeV. The measurement was obtained with a 4.3-hour exposure of the Mini-CAPTAIN detector to the WNR/LANSCE beam at LANL. The total cross…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-07-31 B. Bhandari , J. Bian , K. Bilton , C. Callahan , J. Chaves , H. Chen , D. Cline , R. L. Cooper , D. Danielson , J. Danielson , N. Dokania , S. Elliott , S. Fernandes , S. Gardiner , G. Garvey , V. Gehman , F. Giuliani , S. Glavin , M. Gold , C. Grant , E. Guardincerri , T. Haines , A. Higuera , J. Y. Ji , R. Kadel , N. Kamp , A. Karlin , W. Ketchum , L. W. Koerner , D. Lee , K. Lee , Q. Liu , S. Locke , W. C. Louis , A. Manalaysay , J. Maricic , E. Martin , M. J. Martinez , S. Martynenko , C. Mauger , C. McGrew , J. Medina , P. J. Medina , A. Mills , G. Mills , J. Mirabal-Martinez , A. Olivier , E. Pantic , B. Philipbar , C. Pitcher , V. Radeka , J. Ramsey , K. Rielage , M. Rosen , A. R. Sanchez , J. Shin , G. Sinnis , M. Smy , W. Sondheim , I. Stancu , C. Sterbenz , Y. Sun , R. Svoboda , C. Taylor , A. Teymourian , C. Thorn , C. E. Tull , M. Tzanov , R. G. Van de Water , D. Walker , N. Walsh , H. Wang , Y. Wang , C. Yanagisawa , A. Yarritu , J. Yoo

ArgoNeuT, a liquid argon time projection chamber in a low energy neutrino beam

ArgoNeuT (Argon Neutrino Test), a NSF/DOE project at Fermilab, is the first LArTPC to go in a low energy neutrino beam and just the second LArTPC to go in a neutrino beam ever. ArgoNeuT sits just upstream of the on-axis MINOS near detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-11 Joshua Spitz

The ArgoNeuT Detector in the NuMI Low-Energy beam line at Fermilab

The ArgoNeuT liquid argon time projection chamber has collected thousands of neutrino and antineutrino events during an extended run period in the NuMI beam-line at Fermilab. This paper focuses on the main aspects of the detector layout and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-08-01 C. Anderson , M. Antonello , B. Baller , T. Bolton , C. Bromberg , F. Cavanna , E. Church , D. Edmunds , A. Ereditato , S. Farooq , B. Fleming , H. Greenlee , R. Guenette , S. Haug , G. Horton-Smith , C. James , E. Klein , K. Lang , A. Lathrop , P. Laurens , S. Linden , D. McKee , R. Mehdiyev , B. Page , O. Palamara , K. Partyka , S. Pordes , G. Rameika , B. Rebel , B. Rossi , R. Sanders , M. Soderberg , J. Spitz , A. M. Szelc , M. Weber , T. Yang , T. Wongjirad , G. Zeller

Status and New Ideas Regarding Liquid Argon Detectors

Large (up to $\sim 100$ kt) liquid argon time-projection chamber detectors are presently being considered for proton decay searches and neutrino astrophysics, as well as for far detectors for the next generation of long-baseline neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Alberto Marchionni

LArIAT: Liquid Argon In A Testbeam

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-01 J. Paley , D. Gastler , E. Kearns , R. Linehan , R. Patterson , W. Foremen , J. Ho , D. Schmitz , R. Johnson , J. St. John , R. Acciarri , P. Adamson , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , B. Baller , A. Hahn , D. Jensen , T. Junk , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , P. Kryczynski , H. Lippincott , A. Marchionni , K. Nishikawa , J. Raaf , E. Ramberg , B. Rebel , M. Stancari , G. Zeller , M. Wascko , T. Maruyama , E. Iwai , S. Kunori , C. Mauger , F. Blaszczyk , W. Metcalf , A. Olivier , M. Tzanov , J. Evans , P. Guzowski , C. Bromberg , D. Edmunds , D. Shooltz , R. Gran , A. Habig , K. Kaess , S. Dytman , J. Asaadi , M. Soderberg , J. Esquivel , A. Farbin , S. Park , J. Yu , J. Huang , K. Lang , R. Nichol , A. Holin , J. Thomas , M. Kordosky , M. Stephens , P. Vahle , B. T. Fleming , F. Cavanna , E. Church , E. Gramellini , O. Palamara , A. Szelc

Continuous data acquisition for liquid argon time projection chamber neutrino detectors using FPGA-based real-time compression algorithms

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) have been proposed as neutrino detectors that combine both large sizes to maximize the number of neutrino interactions and detailed recording of the interaction. The readout of thousands of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-12 J. I. Crespo-Anadón