Liquid-Argon Time Projection Chambers in the U.S

Conference · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Submitted to Acta Phys.Polon.B

OSTI ID:966457

Soderberg, M

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors are ideally suited for studying neutrino interactions and probing the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. The ability to drift ionization particles over long distances in purified argon and to trigger on abundant scintillation light allows for excellent particle identification and triggering capability. Recent U.S. based work in the development of LAr TPC technology for massive kiloton size detectors will be discussed in this talk, including details of the ArgoNeuT (Argon Neutrino Test) test-beam project, which is a 175 liter LAr TPC exposed to Fermilab's NuMI neutrino beamline.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 966457
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-09-517-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:0910.3553; TRN: US0903979
• Journal Information: Submitted to Acta Phys.Polon.B, Conference: Presented at 45th Karpacz Winter School in Theoretical Physics: Neutrino interactions: from theory to Monte Carlo simulations, Ladek Zdroj, Poland, 2-11 Feb 2009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ARGON
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
IONIZATION
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PHYSICS
SCINTILLATIONS
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
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