Liquid argon dielectric breakdown studies with the MicroBooNE purification system

Acciarri, R.; Carls, B.; James, C.; Johnson, B.; Jostlein, H.; Lockwitz, S.; Lundberg, B.; Raaf, J. L.; Rameika, R.; Rebel, B.; Zeller, G. P.; Zuckerbrot, M.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/11/p11001

Liquid argon dielectric breakdown studies with the MicroBooNE purification system

Journal Article · Mon Nov 03 23:00:00 EST 2014 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/9/11/p11001· OSTI ID:1296759

Acciarri, R. ^[1]; Carls, B. ^[1]; James, C. ^[1]; Johnson, B. ^[1]; Jostlein, H. ^[1]; Lockwitz, S. ^[1]; Lundberg, B. ^[1]; Raaf, J. L. ^[1]; Rameika, R. ^[1]; Rebel, B. ^[1]; Zeller, G. P. ^[1]; Zuckerbrot, M. ^[1]

Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

The proliferation of liquid argon time projection chamber detectors makes the characterization of the dielectric properties of liquid argon a critical task. To improve understanding of these properties, a systematic study of the breakdown electric field in liquid argon was conducted using a dedicated cryostat connected to the MicroBooNE cryogenic system at Fermilab. An electrode sphere-plate geometry was implemented using spheres with diameters of 1.3 mm, 5.0 mm, and 76 mm. The MicroBooNE cryogenic system allowed measurements to be taken at a variety of electronegative contamination levels ranging from a few parts-per-million to tens of parts-per-trillion. The cathode-anode distance was varied from 0.1 mm to 2.5 cm. The results demonstrate a geometric dependence of the electric field strength at breakdown. This study is the first time that the dependence of the breakdown field on stressed cathode area has been shown for liquid argon.

Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

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

Contributing Organization:: MicroBooNE Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1296759

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22358706

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB--14-269-E-PPD; arXiv:1408.0264; oai:inspirehep.net:1309472

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 9; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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