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Title: Large low background kTon-scale liquid argon time projection chambers

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
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  1. Univ. of Sussex, Brighton (United Kingdom)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  3. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)
  5. Univ. of Bucharest (Romania)
  6. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
  7. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
  8. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  9. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
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Here we find that it is possible to increase sensitivity to low energy physics in a third or fourth Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)-like module with careful controls over radiopurity and targeted modifications to a detector similar to the DUNE Far Detector design. In particular, sensitivity to supernova and solar neutrinos can be enhanced with improved MeV-scale reach. A neutrinoless double beta decay search with 136Xe loading appears feasible. Furthermore, sensitivity to Weakly-Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) Dark Matter becomes competitive with the planned world program in such a detector, offering a unique seasonal variation detection that is characteristic of the nature of WIMPs.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; 04/2022; AC02-06CH11357; SC0014223; AC02-07CH11359; 664706; 89243024CSC000002
OSTI ID:
1974686
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1958501; OSTI ID: 2332726
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-181472; FERMILAB-PUB-23-050-ND; arXiv:2301.11878; TRN: US2313989
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 50, Issue 6; ISSN 0954-3899
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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