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Title: A 20-liter test stand with gas purification for liquid argon research

Abstract

We describe the design of a 20-liter test stand constructed to study fundamental properties of liquid argon (LAr). This system utilizes a simple, cost-effective gas argon (GAr) purification to achieve high purity, which is necessary to study electron transport properties in LAr. An electron drift stack with up to 25 cm length is constructed to study electron drift, diffusion, and attachment at various electric fields. A gold photocathode and a pulsed laser are used as a bright electron source. The operational performance of this system is reported.

Authors:
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1260161
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1598640
Report Number(s):
BNL-112311-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704; SC0010504
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 06; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Liquid Argon; Purity; Electron Lifetime; Charge transport and multiplication in liquid media; Neutrino detectors; Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase); Cryogenic detectors

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Li, Y., Thorn, C., Tang, W., Joshi, J., Qian, X., Diwan, M., Kettell, S., Morse, W., Rao, T., Stewart, J., Tsang, T., and Zhang, L. A 20-liter test stand with gas purification for liquid argon research. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/11/06/T06001.
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Li, Y., Thorn, C., Tang, W., Joshi, J., Qian, X., Diwan, M., Kettell, S., Morse, W., Rao, T., Stewart, J., Tsang, T., & Zhang, L. A 20-liter test stand with gas purification for liquid argon research. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/06/T06001
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Li, Y., Thorn, C., Tang, W., Joshi, J., Qian, X., Diwan, M., Kettell, S., Morse, W., Rao, T., Stewart, J., Tsang, T., and Zhang, L. 2016. "A 20-liter test stand with gas purification for liquid argon research". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/06/T06001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1260161.
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@article{osti_1260161,
title = {A 20-liter test stand with gas purification for liquid argon research},
author = {Li, Y. and Thorn, C. and Tang, W. and Joshi, J. and Qian, X. and Diwan, M. and Kettell, S. and Morse, W. and Rao, T. and Stewart, J. and Tsang, T. and Zhang, L.},
abstractNote = {We describe the design of a 20-liter test stand constructed to study fundamental properties of liquid argon (LAr). This system utilizes a simple, cost-effective gas argon (GAr) purification to achieve high purity, which is necessary to study electron transport properties in LAr. An electron drift stack with up to 25 cm length is constructed to study electron drift, diffusion, and attachment at various electric fields. A gold photocathode and a pulsed laser are used as a bright electron source. The operational performance of this system is reported.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/11/06/T06001},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1260161}, journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
issn = {1748-0221},
number = 06,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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