ICARUS T600 液氩时间投影室地下运行：首批结果
高能物理 - 实验
2015-05-28 v2
摘要
基础物理学与宇宙学中仍存在诸多未解之谜，如暗物质的本质、物质-反物质不对称性以及粒子相互作用标准模型的有效性。解答这些问题需要新一代的大型粒子探测器，以探索亚原子和天体物理世界。ICARUS T600 是首个大质量（760 吨）的新型探测器实例，能够将昔日著名的“气泡室”的成像能力与大型电子探测器的卓越能量测量功能相结合。ICARUS T600 现于格兰萨索地下实验室运行，研究宇宙射线、中微子振荡和质子衰变。通过几个以前所未有的细节重建的中微子相互作用事例，展示了这一新型“望远镜”的物理潜力。同时报告了探测器的设计及早期运行情况。
引用
@article{arxiv.1106.0975,
title = {Underground operation of the ICARUS T600 LAr-TPC: first results},
author = {C. Rubbia and M. Antonello and P. Aprili and B. Baibussinov and M. Baldo Ceolin and L. Barzè and P. Benetti and E. Calligarich and N. Canci and F. Carbonara and F. Cavanna and S. Centro and A. Cesana and K. Cieslik and D. B. Cline and A. G. Cocco and A. Dabrowska and D. Dequal and A. Dermenev and R. Dolfini and C. Farnese and A. Fava and A. Ferrari and G. Fiorillo and D. Gibin and A. Gigli Berzolari and S. Gninenko and T. Golan and A. Guglielmi and M. Haranczyk and J. Holeczek and P. Karbowniczek and M. Kirsanov and J. Kisiel and I. Kochanek and J. Lagoda and M. Lantz and S. Mania and G. Mannocchi and F. Mauri and A. Menegolli and G. Meng and C. Montanari and S. Muraro and S. Otwinowski and O. Palamara and T. J. Palczewski and L. Periale and A. Piazzoli and P. Picchi and F. Pietropaolo and P. Plonski and M. Prata and P. Przewlocki and A. Rappoldi and G. L. Raselli and M. Rossella and P. Sala and E. Scantamburlo and A. Scaramelli and E. Segreto and F. Sergiampietri and J. Sobczyk and D. Stefan and J. Stepaniak and R. Sulej and M. Szarska and M. Terrani and F. Varanini and S. Ventura and C. Vignoli and T. Wachala and H. Wang and X. Yang and A. Zalewska and K. Zaremba and J. Zmuda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.0975},
year = {2015}
}
备注
14 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. Submitted to Jinst