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The scintillation light detection system of ICARUS-T600: Hardware implementation and early results

Journal Article · · Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A
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  1. Cracow, INP; CERN
  2. Fermilab
  3. INFN, Genoa; MIT, Cambridge, Dept. Phys.
  4. Pittsburgh U.
  5. Brookhaven Natl. Lab.
  6. Pavia U.; INFN, Pavia
  7. INFN, Padua
  8. INFN, Bologna
  9. SLAC
  10. INFN, Pavia
  11. Munich, Max Planck Inst.; Gran Sasso
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The ICARUS-T600 Liquid Argon (LAr) Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is taking data with the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam-line (BNB) in the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program to search for a possible LSND-like sterile neutrino signal. A light detection system, based on 360 Hamamatsu R5912-MOD Photo-Multiplier Tubes (PMTs) deployed behind the TPC wire chambers, has been realized to detect vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons produced by ionizing particles in LAr. This system is fundamental for the detector operation, providing an efficient trigger and contributing to the 3D reconstruction of events. Moreover, since the TPC is exposed to a huge flux of cosmic rays due to its shallow depths operations, the light detection system allows for the time reconstruction of events, contributing to the identification and to the selection of neutrino interactions within the beam spill gates.
Research Organization:
INFN, Bologna; Munich, Max Planck Inst.; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Pavia U.; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Cracow, INP; Pittsburgh U.; MIT, Cambridge, Dept. Phys.; INFN, Padua; INFN, Genoa; Gran Sasso; INFN, Pavia; CERN
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1900236
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-22-888-ND; oai:inspirehep.net:2181422
Journal Information:
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A, Journal Name: Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A Vol. 1046
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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