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

Babicz, M.; Badgett, W.; Benocci, R.; Bertoni, R.; Bonesini, M.; Chatterjee, A.; Diwan, M.; Fava, A.; Menegolli, A.; Meng, G.; Moggi, N.; Petrillo, G.; Prata, M. C.; Raselli, G. L.; Rossella, M.; Savage, G.; Scarpelli, A.; Torretta, D.; Vignoli, C.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2022.167685

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

Abstract

Here, 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.

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Institute of Nuclear Physics - PAN, Krakow (Poland); European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin (Switzerland)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
University of Milano Bicocca, Milan (Italy)
University of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
University of Pavia (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pavia (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Padova (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Bologna (Italy)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pavia (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Assergi (Italy)

Publication Date:: Mon Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2022

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Org.:: ICARUS

OSTI Identifier:: 1900236

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-22-888-ND
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; oai:inspirehep.net:2181422; TRN: US2311021

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1046; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; photomultiplier tubes; scintillation light detector; trigger

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                    Babicz, M., Badgett, W., Benocci, R., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chatterjee, A., Diwan, M., Fava, A., Menegolli, A., Meng, G., Moggi, N., Petrillo, G., Prata, M. C., Raselli, G. L., Rossella, M., Savage, G., Scarpelli, A., Torretta, D., and Vignoli, C. The scintillation light detection system of ICARUS-T600: Hardware implementation and early results.  United States: N. p., 2022. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.nima.2022.167685.

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                    Babicz, M., Badgett, W., Benocci, R., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chatterjee, A., Diwan, M., Fava, A., Menegolli, A., Meng, G., Moggi, N., Petrillo, G., Prata, M. C., Raselli, G. L., Rossella, M., Savage, G., Scarpelli, A., Torretta, D., & Vignoli, C. The scintillation light detection system of ICARUS-T600: Hardware implementation and early results.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167685

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                    Babicz, M., Badgett, W., Benocci, R., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chatterjee, A., Diwan, M., Fava, A., Menegolli, A., Meng, G., Moggi, N., Petrillo, G., Prata, M. C., Raselli, G. L., Rossella, M., Savage, G., Scarpelli, A., Torretta, D., and Vignoli, C. Mon .  
"The scintillation light detection system of ICARUS-T600: Hardware implementation and early results".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2022.167685.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1900236.

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@article{osti_1900236,

  title        = {The scintillation light detection system of ICARUS-T600: Hardware implementation and early results},

  author       = {Babicz, M. and Badgett, W. and Benocci, R. and Bertoni, R. and Bonesini, M. and Chatterjee, A. and Diwan, M. and Fava, A. and Menegolli, A. and Meng, G. and Moggi, N. and Petrillo, G. and Prata, M. C. and Raselli, G. L. and Rossella, M. and Savage, G. and Scarpelli, A. and Torretta, D. and Vignoli, C.},

  abstractNote = {Here, 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.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2022.167685},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 1046,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2022},

  month        = {Mon Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2022}

}

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