Measurement of space charge effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using cosmic muons

Journal Article · Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/12/p12037· OSTI ID:1756292

Abratenko, P.; Alrashed, M.; An, R.; Anthony, J.; Asaadi, J.; Ashkenazi, A.; Balasubramanian, S.; Baller, B.; Barnes, C.; Barr, G.; Basque, V.; Bathe-Peters, L.; Rodrigues, O. Benevides; Berkman, S.; Bhanderi, A.; Bhat, A.; Bishai, M.; Blake, A.; Bolton, T.; Camilleri, L. ; Caratelli, D.; Terrazas, I. Caro; Fernandez, R. Castillo; Cavanna, F.; Cerati, G.; Chen, Y.; Church, E.; Cianci, D.; Cohen, E. O.; Conrad, J. M.; Convery, M.; Cooper-Troendle, L.; Crespo-Anadón, J. I.; Tutto, M. Del; Devitt, D.; Diurba, R.; Domine, L.; Dorrill, R.; Duffy, K.; Dytman, S.; Eberly, B.; Ereditato, A.; Sanchez, L. Escudero; Evans, J. J.; Aguirre, G.A. Fiorentini; Fitzpatrick, R. S.; Fleming, B. T.; Foppiani, N.; Franco, D.; Furmanski, A. P.; Garcia-Gamez, D.; Gardiner, S.; Gollapinni, S.; Goodwin, O.; Gramellini, E.; Green, P.; Greenlee, H.; Gu, L.; Gu, W.; Guenette, R.; Guzowski, P.; Hall, E.; Hamilton, P.; Hen, O.; Horton-Smith, G. A.; Hourlier, A.; Huang, E. -C.; Itay, R.; James, C.; de Vries, J. Jan; Ji, X.; Jiang, L.; Jo, J. H.; Johnson, R. A.; Jwa, Y. -J.; Kamp, N.; Karagiorgi, G.; Ketchum, W.; Kirby, B.; Kirby, M.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kreslo, I.; LaZur, R.; Lepetic, I.; Li, K.; Li, Y.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lorca, D.; Louis, W. C.; Luo, X.; Marchionni, A.; Marcocci, S.; Mariani, C.; Marsden, D.; Marshall, J.; Martin-Albo, J.; Caicedo, D.A. Martinez; Mason, K.; Mastbaum, A.; McConkey, N.; Meddage, V.; Mettler, T.; Miller, K.; Mills, J.; Mistry, K.; Mogan, A.; Mohayai, T.; Moon, J.; Mooney, M.; Moor, A. F.; Moore, C. D.; Mousseau, J.; Murphy, M.; Naples, D.; Navrer-Agasson, A.; Neely, R. K.; Nienaber, P.; Nowak, J.; Palamara, O.; Paolone, V.; Papadopoulou, A.; Papavassiliou, V.; Pate, S. F.; Paudel, A.; Pavlovic, Z.; Piasetzky, E.; Ponce-Pinto, I. D.; Porzio, D.; Prince, S.; Qian, X.; Raaf, J. L.; Radeka, V.; Rafique, A.; Reggiani-Guzzo, M.; Ren, L.; Rochester, L.; Rondon, J. Rodriguez; Rogers, H. E.; Rosenberg, M.; Ross-Lonergan, M.; Russell, B.; Scanavini, G.; Schmitz, D. W.; Schukraft, A.; Shaevitz, M. H.; Sharankova, R.; Sinclair, J.; Smith, A.; Snider, E. L.; Soderberg, M.; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Soleti, S. R.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, J.; Stancari, M.; John, J. St.; Strauss, T.; Sutton, K.; Sword-Fehlberg, S.; Szelc, A. M.; Tagg, N.; Tang, W.; Terao, K.; Thornton, R. T.; Thorpe, C.; Toups, M.; Tsai, Y. -T.; Tufanli, S.; Uchida, M. A.; Usher, T.; Pontseele, W. De; de Water, R.G. Van; Viren, B.; Weber, M.; Wei, H.; Williams, Z.; Wolbers, S.; Wongjirad, T.; Wospakrik, M.; Wu, W.; Yang, T.; Yarbrough, G.; Yates, L. E.; Zeller, G. P.; Zennamo, J.; Zhang, C.

Large liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), especially those operating near the surface, are susceptible to space charge effects. In the context of LArTPCs, the space charge effect is the build-up of slow-moving positive ions in the detector primarily due to ionization from cosmic rays, leading to a distortion of the electric field within the detector. This effect leads to a displacement in the reconstructed position of signal ionization electrons in LArTPC detectors ("spatial distortions"), as well as to variations in the amount of electron-ion recombination experienced by ionization throughout the volume of the TPC. We present techniques that can be used to measure and correct for space charge effects in large LArTPCs by making use of cosmic muons, including the use of track pairs to unambiguously pin down spatial distortions in three dimensions. Finally, the performance of these calibration techniques are studied using both Monte Carlo simulation and MicroBooNE data, utilizing a UV laser system as a means to estimate the systematic bias associated with the calibration methodology.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• Contributing Organization: MicroBooNE Collaboration
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0012704; AC02-07CH11359; SC0007881; AC02-76SF00515; SC0007859
• OSTI ID: 1756292
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1779202; OSTI ID: 1784019; OSTI ID: 1817853
• Report Number(s): BNL-220785-2021-JAAM; TRN: US2205617
• Journal Information: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 15, Issue 12; ISSN 1748-0221
• Publisher: Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
MicroBooNE
LArTPC
Space charge effects
Detector calibration