Instruments (Feb 2020)
A New Concept for Kilotonne Scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers
- Jonathan Asaadi,
- Martin Auger,
- Roman Berner,
- Alan Bross,
- Yifan Chen,
- Mark Convery,
- Laura Domine,
- Francois Drielsma,
- Daniel Dwyer,
- Antonio Ereditato,
- Damian Goeldi,
- Ran Itay,
- Dae Heun Koh,
- Samuel Kohn,
- Patrick Koller,
- Igor Kreslo,
- David Lorca,
- Peter Madigan,
- Christopher Marshall,
- Thomas Mettler,
- Francesco Piastra,
- James Sinclair,
- Hirohisa Tanaka,
- Kazuhiro Terao,
- Patrick Tsang,
- Tracy Usher,
- Michele Weber,
- Callum Wilkinson
Affiliations
- Jonathan Asaadi
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
- Martin Auger
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Roman Berner
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Alan Bross
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
- Yifan Chen
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Mark Convery
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Laura Domine
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Francois Drielsma
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Daniel Dwyer
- University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Antonio Ereditato
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Damian Goeldi
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Ran Itay
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Dae Heun Koh
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Samuel Kohn
- University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Patrick Koller
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Igor Kreslo
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- David Lorca
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Peter Madigan
- University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Christopher Marshall
- University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Thomas Mettler
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Francesco Piastra
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- James Sinclair
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Hirohisa Tanaka
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Kazuhiro Terao
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Patrick Tsang
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Tracy Usher
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Michele Weber
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Callum Wilkinson
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments4010006
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
p. 6
Abstract
We develop a novel 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 high-voltage risks while increasing the coverage of the light-collection system and maximizing the active volume. This novel concept could be used as a far detector module in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). For the charge-readout system, we used the charge-collection pixels and associated application-specific integrated circuits currently being developed for the liquid argon (LAr) component of the DUNE Near Detector design, ArgonCube. In addition, we divided the TPC into a number of shorter drift volumes, reducing the total voltage used to drift the ionization electrons, and minimizing the stored energy per TPC. Segmenting the TPC also contains scintillation light, allowing for precise trigger localization and a more expansive light-readout system. Furthermore, the design opens the possibility of replacing or upgrading components. These augmentations could substantially improve the reliability and the sensitivity, particularly for low-energy signals, in comparison to traditional monolithic LArTPCs with projective-wire charge readouts.
Keywords
- neutrino detectors
- track reconstruction
- particle identification methods
- sipm
- charge readout
- tpc
- lartpc
- field shaping
- high voltage
- pixels
