Instruments (Mar 2020)

First Demonstration of a Pixelated Charge Readout for Single-Phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

  • Jonathan Asaadi,
  • Martin Auger,
  • Antonio Ereditato,
  • Damian Goeldi,
  • Umut Kose,
  • Igor Kreslo,
  • David Lorca,
  • Matthias Luethi,
  • Christoph Benjamin Urs Rudolf Von Rohr,
  • James Sinclair,
  • Francesca Stocker,
  • Michele Weber

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments4010009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
p. 9

Abstract

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Traditional charge readout technologies of single-phase Liquid Argon Time projection Chambers (LArTPCs) based on projective wire readout introduce intrinsic ambiguities in event reconstruction. Combined with the slow response inherent in LArTPC detectors, reconstruction ambiguities have limited their performance, until now. Here, we present a proof of principle of a pixelated charge readout that enables the full 3D tracking capabilities of LArTPCs. We characterize the signal-to-noise ratio of charge readout chain to be about 14, and demonstrate track reconstruction on 3D space points produced by the pixel readout. This pixelated charge readout makes LArTPCs a viable option for high-multiplicity environments.

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