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The electronic set-up for the scintillation light detection system of ICARUS-SBN at Fermilab

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  2. University of Milano Bicocca (Italy); National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Milan (Italy)
  3. Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Physical Research Lab., Ahmedabad (India)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  5. University of Pavia (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pavia (Italy)
  6. National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Bologna (Italy)
  7. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  8. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pavia (Italy)
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The ICARUS-T600 Liquid Argon (LAr) Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is presently used as the far detector of the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program at Fermilab (USA) to search for a possible sterile neutrino signal with the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB). We discuss a light detection system, based on 360 Hamamatsu R5912-MOD Photo-Multiplier Tubes (PMTs), which has been realized to detect vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons produced after the passage of ionizing particles in LAr. High performance electronics allows recording of the PMT signals and provides a fast discrimination for the exploitation of the scintillation light for trigger purposes. This system is fundamental for the TPC operation, contributing to the trigger system and for the 3D reconstruction of events.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); European Union (EU)
Contributing Organization:
ICARUS Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1915429
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-22-542-ND; oai:inspirehep.net:2612460
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Vol. 1047; ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Implementation of the trigger system of the ICARUS-T600 detector at Fermilab
  • Farnese, C.; Fava, A.; Guglielmi, A.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 1045 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167498
journal January 2023
An innovative technique for TPB deposition on convex window photomultiplier tubes journal December 2018
Design and implementation of the new scintillation light detection system of ICARUS T600 journal October 2020

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