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Title: Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part I. Algorithm Description and quantitative evaluation with MicroBooNE simulation

Abstract

Here, we describe the concept and procedure of drifted-charge extraction developed in the MicroBooNE experiment, a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). This technique converts the raw digitized TPC waveform to the number of ionization electrons passing through a wire plane at a given time. A robust recovery of the number of ionization electrons from both induction and collection anode wire planes will augment the 3D reconstruction, and is particularly important for tomographic reconstruction algorithms. A number of building blocks of the overall procedure are described. The performance of the signal processing is quantitatively evaluated by comparing extracted charge with the true charge through a detailed TPC detector simulation taking into account position-dependent induced current inside a single wire region and across multiple wires. Some areas for further improvement of the performance of the charge extraction procedure are also discussed.

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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Contributing Org.:
MicroBooNE Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1461822
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1434760; OSTI ID: 1438541; OSTI ID: 1638348
Report Number(s):
BNL-203555-2018-JAAM; arXiv:1802.08709; FERMILAB-PUB-18-056-ND-PPD
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221; TRN: US1902049
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; AC02-07CH11359; SC0007859; SC0012704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 07; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; MicroBooNE; signal processing; deconvolution; ROI

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Adams, C., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Auger, M., Bagby, L., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bhat, A., Bhattacharya, K., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Fernandez, R. Castillo, Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, H., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Tutto, M. Del, Devitt, D., Diaz, A., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Sanchez, L. Escudero, Esquivel, J., Evans, J. J., Fadeeva, A. A., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Garvey, G. T., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hewes, J., Hill, C., Ho, J., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., de Vries, J. Jan, Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Jwa, Y. -J., Kaleko, D., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mastbaum, A., Meddage, V., Miceli, T., Mills, G. B., Mogan, A., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Pandey, V., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Rochester, L., Ross-Lonergan, M., Rohr, C. Rudolf von, Russell, B., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Thorn, C., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Pontseele, W. Van De, de Water, R. G. Van, Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wierman, K., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Yu, B., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., and Zhang, C. Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part I. Algorithm Description and quantitative evaluation with MicroBooNE simulation. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/07/p07006.
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Adams, C., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Auger, M., Bagby, L., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bhat, A., Bhattacharya, K., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Fernandez, R. Castillo, Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, H., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Tutto, M. Del, Devitt, D., Diaz, A., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Sanchez, L. Escudero, Esquivel, J., Evans, J. J., Fadeeva, A. A., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Garvey, G. T., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hewes, J., Hill, C., Ho, J., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., de Vries, J. Jan, Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Jwa, Y. -J., Kaleko, D., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mastbaum, A., Meddage, V., Miceli, T., Mills, G. B., Mogan, A., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Pandey, V., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Rochester, L., Ross-Lonergan, M., Rohr, C. Rudolf von, Russell, B., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Thorn, C., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Pontseele, W. Van De, de Water, R. G. Van, Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wierman, K., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Yu, B., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., & Zhang, C. Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part I. Algorithm Description and quantitative evaluation with MicroBooNE simulation. United States. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/07/p07006.
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Adams, C., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Auger, M., Bagby, L., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bhat, A., Bhattacharya, K., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Fernandez, R. Castillo, Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, H., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Tutto, M. Del, Devitt, D., Diaz, A., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Sanchez, L. Escudero, Esquivel, J., Evans, J. J., Fadeeva, A. A., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Garvey, G. T., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hewes, J., Hill, C., Ho, J., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., de Vries, J. Jan, Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Jwa, Y. -J., Kaleko, D., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mastbaum, A., Meddage, V., Miceli, T., Mills, G. B., Mogan, A., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Pandey, V., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Rochester, L., Ross-Lonergan, M., Rohr, C. Rudolf von, Russell, B., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Thorn, C., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Pontseele, W. Van De, de Water, R. G. Van, Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wierman, K., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Yu, B., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., and Zhang, C. Fri . "Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part I. Algorithm Description and quantitative evaluation with MicroBooNE simulation". United States. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/07/p07006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1461822.
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@article{osti_1461822,
title = {Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part I. Algorithm Description and quantitative evaluation with MicroBooNE simulation},
author = {Adams, C. and An, R. and Anthony, J. and Asaadi, J. and Auger, M. and Bagby, L. and Balasubramanian, S. and Baller, B. and Barnes, C. and Barr, G. and Bass, M. and Bay, F. and Bhat, A. and Bhattacharya, K. and Bishai, M. and Blake, A. and Bolton, T. and Camilleri, L. and Caratelli, D. and Fernandez, R. Castillo and Cavanna, F. and Cerati, G. and Chen, H. and Chen, Y. and Church, E. and Cianci, D. and Cohen, E. and Collin, G. H. and Conrad, J. M. and Convery, M. and Cooper-Troendle, L. and Crespo-Anadón, J. I. and Tutto, M. Del and Devitt, D. and Diaz, A. and Dytman, S. and Eberly, B. and Ereditato, A. and Sanchez, L. Escudero and Esquivel, J. and Evans, J. J. and Fadeeva, A. A. and Fleming, B. T. and Foreman, W. and Furmanski, A. P. and Garcia-Gamez, D. and Garvey, G. T. and Genty, V. and Goeldi, D. and Gollapinni, S. and Gramellini, E. and Greenlee, H. and Grosso, R. and Guenette, R. and Guzowski, P. and Hackenburg, A. and Hamilton, P. and Hen, O. and Hewes, J. and Hill, C. and Ho, J. and Horton-Smith, G. A. and Hourlier, A. and Huang, E. -C. and James, C. and de Vries, J. Jan and Jiang, L. and Johnson, R. A. and Joshi, J. and Jostlein, H. and Jwa, Y. -J. and Kaleko, D. and Karagiorgi, G. and Ketchum, W. and Kirby, B. and Kirby, M. and Kobilarcik, T. and Kreslo, I. and Li, Y. and Lister, A. and Littlejohn, B. R. and Lockwitz, S. and Lorca, D. and Louis, W. C. and Luethi, M. and Lundberg, B. and Luo, X. and Marchionni, A. and Marcocci, S. and Mariani, C. and Marshall, J. and Caicedo, D. A. Martinez and Mastbaum, A. and Meddage, V. and Miceli, T. and Mills, G. B. and Mogan, A. and Moon, J. and Mooney, M. and Moore, C. D. and Mousseau, J. and Murphy, M. and Murrells, R. and Naples, D. and Nienaber, P. and Nowak, J. and Palamara, O. and Pandey, V. and Paolone, V. and Papadopoulou, A. and Papavassiliou, V. and Pate, S. F. and Pavlovic, Z. and Piasetzky, E. and Porzio, D. and Pulliam, G. and Qian, X. and Raaf, J. L. and Radeka, V. and Rafique, A. and Rochester, L. and Ross-Lonergan, M. and Rohr, C. Rudolf von and Russell, B. and Schmitz, D. W. and Schukraft, A. and Seligman, W. and Shaevitz, M. H. and Sinclair, J. and Smith, A. and Snider, E. L. and Soderberg, M. and Söldner-Rembold, S. and Soleti, S. R. and Spentzouris, P. and Spitz, J. and John, J. St. and Strauss, T. and Sutton, K. and Sword-Fehlberg, S. and Szelc, A. M. and Tagg, N. and Tang, W. and Terao, K. and Thomson, M. and Thorn, C. and Toups, M. and Tsai, Y. -T. and Tufanli, S. and Usher, T. and Pontseele, W. Van De and de Water, R. G. Van and Viren, B. and Weber, M. and Wei, H. and Wickremasinghe, D. A. and Wierman, K. and Williams, Z. and Wolbers, S. and Wongjirad, T. and Woodruff, K. and Yang, T. and Yarbrough, G. and Yates, L. E. and Yu, B. and Zeller, G. P. and Zennamo, J. and Zhang, C.},
abstractNote = {Here, we describe the concept and procedure of drifted-charge extraction developed in the MicroBooNE experiment, a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). This technique converts the raw digitized TPC waveform to the number of ionization electrons passing through a wire plane at a given time. A robust recovery of the number of ionization electrons from both induction and collection anode wire planes will augment the 3D reconstruction, and is particularly important for tomographic reconstruction algorithms. A number of building blocks of the overall procedure are described. The performance of the signal processing is quantitatively evaluated by comparing extracted charge with the true charge through a detailed TPC detector simulation taking into account position-dependent induced current inside a single wire region and across multiple wires. Some areas for further improvement of the performance of the charge extraction procedure are also discussed.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/13/07/p07006},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
number = 07,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {7}
}
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