Instruments (Jun 2021)
Commissioning of a High Pressure Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout
- Alexander Deisting,
- Abigail Victoria Waldron,
- Edward Atkin,
- Gary Barker,
- Anastasia Basharina-Freshville,
- Christopher Betancourt,
- Steven Boyd,
- Dominic Brailsford,
- Zachary Chen-Wishart,
- Linda Cremonesi,
- Adriana Dias,
- Patrick Dunne,
- Jennifer Haigh,
- Philip Hamacher-Baumann,
- Sebastian Jones,
- Asher Kaboth,
- Alexander Korzenev,
- William Ma,
- Philippe Mermod,
- Maria Mironova,
- Jocelyn Monroe,
- Ryan Nichol,
- Toby Nonnenmacher,
- Jaroslaw Nowak,
- William Parker,
- Harrison Ritchie-Yates,
- Stefan Roth,
- Ruben Saakyan,
- Nicola Serra,
- Yuri Shitov,
- Jochen Steinmann,
- Adam Tarrant,
- Melissa Uchida,
- Sammy Valder,
- Mark Ward,
- Morgan O. Wascko
Affiliations
- Alexander Deisting
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Abigail Victoria Waldron
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- Edward Atkin
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- Gary Barker
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- Anastasia Basharina-Freshville
- Department of Physics, University College London, Gower St, Kings Cross, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Christopher Betancourt
- Physik-Institut, Universität Züriche, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
- Steven Boyd
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- Dominic Brailsford
- Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK
- Zachary Chen-Wishart
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Linda Cremonesi
- Department of Physics, University College London, Gower St, Kings Cross, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Adriana Dias
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Patrick Dunne
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- Jennifer Haigh
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- Philip Hamacher-Baumann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Sebastian Jones
- Department of Physics, University College London, Gower St, Kings Cross, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Asher Kaboth
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Alexander Korzenev
- Department of Physics, DPNC Université de Genève, 1205 Genf, Switzerland
- William Ma
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Philippe Mermod
- Department of Physics, DPNC Université de Genève, 1205 Genf, Switzerland
- Maria Mironova
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- Jocelyn Monroe
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Ryan Nichol
- Department of Physics, University College London, Gower St, Kings Cross, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Toby Nonnenmacher
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- Jaroslaw Nowak
- Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK
- William Parker
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Harrison Ritchie-Yates
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Stefan Roth
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Ruben Saakyan
- Department of Physics, University College London, Gower St, Kings Cross, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Nicola Serra
- Physik-Institut, Universität Züriche, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
- Yuri Shitov
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- Jochen Steinmann
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Adam Tarrant
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
- Melissa Uchida
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- Sammy Valder
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- Mark Ward
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
- Morgan O. Wascko
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments5020022
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 2
p. 22
Abstract
The measurements of proton–nucleus scattering and high resolution neutrino–nucleus interaction imaging are key in reducing neutrino oscillation systematic uncertainties in future experiments. A High Pressure Time Projection Chamber (HPTPC) prototype has been constructed and operated at the Royal Holloway University of London and CERN as a first step in the development of a HPTPC that is capable of performing these measurements as part of a future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, such as the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. In this paper, we describe the design and operation of the prototype HPTPC with an argon based gas mixture. We report on the successful hybrid charge and optical readout using four CCD cameras of signals from 241Am sources.
Keywords
- time projection chamber
- optical readout
- neutrino detector development
- hybrid charge and optical readout
- gaseous detectors
