Measurement of longitudinal electron diffusion in liquid argon

Li, Yichen; Tsang, Thomas; Thorn, Craig; Qian, Xin; Diwan, Milind; Joshi, Jyoti; Kettell, Steve; Morse, William; Rao, Triveni; Stewart, James; Tang, Wei; Viren, Brett

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.01.094

Title: Measurement of longitudinal electron diffusion in liquid argon

Journal Article · Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.01.094· OSTI ID:1335409

Li, Yichen ^[1]; Tsang, Thomas ^[2]; Thorn, Craig ^[1];

^[1]; Diwan, Milind ^[1]; Joshi, Jyoti ^[1];

^[1]; Morse, William ^[1]; Rao, Triveni ^[2]; Stewart, James ^[1]; Tang, Wei ^[1]; Viren, Brett ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Physics Department
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Instrumentation Division

In this paper, we report the measurement of longitudinal electron diffusion coefficients in liquid argon for electric fields between 100 and 2000 V/cm with a gold photocathode as a bright electron source. The measurement principle, apparatus, and data analysis are described. In the region between 100 and 350 V/cm, our results show a discrepancy with the previous measurement. In the region between 350 and 2000 V/cm, our results represent the world's best measurement. Over the entire measured electric field range, our results are systematically higher than the calculation of Atrazhev-Timoshkin. The quantum efficiency of the gold photocathode, the drift velocity and longitudinal diffusion coefficients in gas argon are also presented.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1335409

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1338847

Report Number(s):: BNL-111865-2016-JA; R&D Project: PO-022; KA2201020

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 816, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002

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Country of Publication:: United States

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