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Can strangelets be detected in a large LAr neutrino detector?

Predicted as possible bound states of up, down and strange quarks, strangelets could be more energetically favourable and more stable than nuclear matter. In this paper we explore the possibility of detecting such particles with the future…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-11-24 Mihaela Parvu , Ionel Lazanu

Measurement of Space Charge Effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC Using Cosmic Muons

Large liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), especially those operating near the surface, are susceptible to space charge effects. In the context of LArTPCs, the space charge effect is the build-up of slow-moving positive ions in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-03 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , 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 , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. O. Cohen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , R. Diurba , L. Domine , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. J. Evans , G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , E. Hall , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. C. Huang , R. Itay , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , N. Kamp , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , R. LaZur , I. Lepetic , K. Li , Y. Li , B. R. Littlejohn , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , S. Marcocci , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , J. Martin-Albo , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , R. K. Neely , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. Ponce-Pinto , D. Porzio , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , H. E. Rogers , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , B. Russell , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , W. Tang , K. Terao , R. T. Thornton , C. Thorpe , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , W. Wu , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Commissioning and Performance of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeters

The ATLAS liquid argon (LAr) calorimeter system consists of an electromagnetic barrel calorimeter and two end-caps with electromagnetic, hadronic and forward calorimeters. The construction of the full calorimeter system is completed since…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Dominik Dannheim

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

Improved TPB-coated Light Guides for Liquid Argon TPC Light Detection Systems

Scintillation light produced in liquid argon (LAr) must be shifted from 128 nm to visible wavelengths in light detection systems used for liquid argon time-projection chambers (LArTPCs). To date, LArTPC light collection systems have…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-30 Z. Moss , L. Bugel , G. Collin , J. M. Conrad , B. J. P. Jones , J. Moon , M. Toups , T. Wongjirad

A Method to Determine the Electric Field of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers Using a UV Laser System and its Application in MicroBooNE

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) are now a standard detector technology for making accelerator neutrino measurements, due to their high material density, precise tracking, and calorimetric capabilities. An electric field…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 MicroBooNE collaboration , C. Adams , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , M. Bass , F. Bay , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , 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 , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , A. Diaz , L. Domine , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. J. Evans , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , C. Hill , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. C. Huang , R. Itay , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , 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 , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , R. Murrells , D. Naples , R. K. Neely , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Pandey , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , S. Prince , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , L. Ren , L. Rochester , H. E. Rogers , 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 , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , W. Tang , K. Terao , R. T. Thornton , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , D. A. Wickremasinghe , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , M. Wospakrik , W. Wu , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Energy Calibration of Underground Neutrino Detectors using a 100 MeV electron accelerator

An electron accelerator in the 100 MeV range, similar to the one used at BNL's Accelerator test Facility, for example, would have some advantages as a calibration tool for water cerenkov or Liquid Argon neutrino detectors. We describe a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-04-20 Sebastian White , Vitaly Yakimenko

Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a leading-edge experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE-Dual Phase (DP) is a 6x6x6 m$^3$ liquid argon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-19 I. Gil-Botella

Liquid noble gas detectors for low energy particle physics

We review the current status of liquid noble gas radiation detectors with energy threshold in the keV range, wich are of interest for direct dark matter searches, measurement of coherent neutrino scattering and other low energy particle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-30 Vitaly Chepel , Henrique Araújo

Some considerations about cosmogenic production of radioactive isotopes in Ar as target for the next neutrino experiments

The concept of the LAr TPC technology that is an excellent tracking - calorimeter detector will be used for the next generations of neutrino experiments. In this class of detectors both the scintillation light emitted and the charge…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-09-26 Mihaela Pârvu , I. Lazanu

Operation of a double-phase pure argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber: comparison of single and double phase operation

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

Mini-LANNDD T40: A detector to measure the neutrino-argon cross section and the electron-neutrino contamination in the off-axis NuMI beam

We describe a preliminary study of a 40-ton liquid argon TPC based on the ICARUS method to use in the NuMI near region in line with the LANNDD project. This reduced-scale detector, called ``Mini-LANNDD T40'', is designed for R&D purposes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David B. Cline , Youngho Seo , Franco Sergiampietri

Liquid Argon Cryogenic Detector Calibration by Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons

A method for calibration of cryogenic liquid argon detector response to recoils with certain energy -8.2 keV - is proposed. The method utilizes a process of inelastic scattering of monoenergetic neutrons produced by fusion DD neutron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-11 Sergey Polosatkin , Evgeny Grishnyaev , Alexander Dolgov

Study of accelerator neutrino interactions in a liquid argon TPC

We study the potentialities of a 50 liter liquid argon TPC prototype operated at the CERN WANF neutrino beam. We concentrate on the selection and reconstruction of quasi-elastic events and measure the cross section for this reaction.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Martinez de la Ossa

Improvement and Characterisation of the ArCLight Large-Area Dielectric Light Detector for Liquid-Argon Time Projection Chambers

The detection of scintillation light in noble-liquid detectors is necessary for identifying neutrino interaction candidates from beam, astrophysical, or solar sources. Large monolithic detectors typically have highly efficient light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-05 Jonas Bürgi , Livio Calivers , Richard Diurba , Fabian Frieden , Anja Gauch , Laura Francesca Iacob , Igor Kreslo , Jan Kunzmann , Saba Parsa , Michele Weber

First results from the DEAP-3600 dark matter search with argon at SNOLAB

This paper reports the first results of a direct dark matter search with the DEAP-3600 single-phase liquid argon (LAr) detector. The experiment was performed 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada) utilizing a large target mass, with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-21 3600 Collaboration , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , D. Bishop , J. Bonatt , G. Boorman , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , T. Bromwich , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Chan , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , S. Dittmeier , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , P. Giampa , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , R. Gornea , E. Grace , K. Graham , E. Gulyev , R. Hakobyan , A. Hall , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , A. Kemp , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , J. J. Lidgard , C. Lim , T. Lindner , Y. Linn , S. Liu , P. Majewski , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , S. Mead , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , A. Muir , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ohlmann , K. Olchanski , K. S. Olsen , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , W. Rau , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , B. Shaw , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , J. Taylor , L. Veloce , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , E. Woolsey , J. Zielinski

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

Search for anomalies in the neutrino sector with muon spectrometers and large LArTPC imaging detectors at CERN

A new experiment with an intense ~2 GeV neutrino beam at CERN SPS is proposed in order to definitely clarify the possible existence of additional neutrino states, as pointed out by neutrino calibration source experiments, reactor and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-10-01 M. Antonello , D. Bagliani , B. Baibussinov , H. Bilokon , F. Boffelli , M. Bonesini , E. Calligarich , N. Canci , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , D. Dequal , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , M. De Gerone , S. Dussoni , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , G. T. Garvey , F. Gatti , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , F. Guber , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , A. Ivashkin , M. Kirsanov , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , A. Kurepin , J. Lagoda , G. Lucchini , W. C. Louis , S. Mania , G. Mannocchi , S. Marchini , V. Matveev , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , G. B. Mills , C. Montanari , M. Nicoletto , S. Otwinowski , T. J. Palczewki , G. Passardi , F. Perfetto , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Plonski , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , D. Stefan , J. Stepaniak , R. Sulej , O. Suvorova , M. Terrani , D. Tlisov , R. G. Van de Water , G. Trinchero , M. Turcato , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , H. G. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zani , K Zaremba , M. Benettoni , P. Bernardini , A. Bertolin , R. Brugnera , M. Calabrese , A. Cecchetti , S. Cecchini , G. Collazuol , P. Creti , F. Dal Corso , A. Del Prete , I. De Mitri , G. De Robertis , M. De Serio , L. Degli Esposti , D. Di Ferdinando , U. Dore , S. Dusini , P. Fabbricatore , C. Fanin , R. A. Fini , G. Fiore , A. Garfagnini , G. Giacomelli , R. Giacomelli , C. Guandalini , M. Guerzoni , U. Kose , G. Laurenti , M. Laveder , I. Lippi , F. Loddo , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , G. Mancarella , G. Mandrioli , A. Margiotta , G. Marsella , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , A. Mengucci , M. Mezzetto , R. Michinelli , M. T. Muciaccia , D. Orecchini , A. Paoloni , G. Papadia , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , M. Pozzato , G. Rosa , Z. Sahnounm , S. Simone , M. Sioli , G. Sirri , M. Spurio , L. Stanco , A. Surdo , M. Tenti , V. Togo , M. Ventura , M. Zago

Underground operation of the ICARUS T600 LAr-TPC: first results

Open questions are still present in fundamental Physics and Cosmology, like the nature of Dark Matter, the matter-antimatter asymmetry and the validity of the particle interaction Standard Model. Addressing these questions requires a new…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-28 C. Rubbia , M. Antonello , P. Aprili , B. Baibussinov , M. Baldo Ceolin , L. Barzè , P. Benetti , E. Calligarich , N. Canci , F. Carbonara , F. Cavanna , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , A. Dabrowska , D. Dequal , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , D. Gibin , A. Gigli Berzolari , S. Gninenko , T. Golan , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , P. Karbowniczek , M. Kirsanov , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , J. Lagoda , M. Lantz , S. Mania , G. Mannocchi , F. Mauri , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , C. Montanari , S. Muraro , S. Otwinowski , O. Palamara , T. J. Palczewski , L. Periale , A. Piazzoli , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Plonski , M. Prata , P. Przewlocki , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , P. Sala , E. Scantamburlo , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , F. Sergiampietri , J. Sobczyk , D. Stefan , J. Stepaniak , R. Sulej , M. Szarska , M. Terrani , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , T. Wachala , H. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zalewska , K. Zaremba , J. Zmuda

First Demonstration of a Combined Light and Charge Pixel Readout on the Anode Plane of a LArTPC

The novel SoLAr concept aims to extend sensitivities of liquid-argon neutrino detectors down to the MeV scale for next-generation detectors. SoLAr plans to accomplish this with a liquid-argon time projection chamber that employs an anode…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-18 N. Anfimov , A. Branca , J. Bürgi , L. Calivers , C. Cuesta , R. Diurba , P. Dunne , D. A. Dwyer , J. J. Evans , A. C. Ezeribe , A. Gauch , I. Gil-Botella , S. Greenberg , D. Guffanti , A. Karcher , I. Kreslo , J. Kunzmann , N. Lane , S. Manthey Corchado , N. McConkey , A. Navrer-Agasson , S. Parsa , G. Ruiz Ferreira , B. Russell , A. Selyunin , S. Söldner-Rembold , A. M. Szelc , A. Tapper , F. Terranova , C. Tognina , G. V. Stenico , M. Weber , I. Xiotidis