Title
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
Date Issued
01 July 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abud A.A.
Abi B.
Acciarri R.
Acero M.A.
Adames M.R.
Adamov G.
Adamowski M.
Adams D.
Adinolfi M.
Aduszkiewicz A.
Aguilar J.
Ahmad Z.
Ahmed J.
Aimard B.
Ali-Mohammadzadeh B.
Alion T.
Allison K.
Monsalve S.A.
AlRashed M.
Alt C.
Alton A.
Alvarez R.
Amedo P.
Anderson J.
Andreopoulos C.
Andreotti M.
Andrews M.
Andrianala F.
Andringa S.
Anfimov N.
Ankowski A.
Antoniassi M.
Antonova M.
Antoshkin A.
Antusch S.
Aranda-Fernandez A.
Arellano L.
Arnold L.O.
Arroyave M.A.
Asaadi J.
Asquith L.
Aurisano A.
Aushev V.
Autiero D.
Lara V.A.
Ayala-Torres M.
Azfar F.
Back A.
Back H.
Back J.J.
Backhouse C.
Bagaturia I.
Bagby L.
Balashov N.
Balasubramanian S.
Baldi P.
Baller B.
Bambah B.
Barao F.
Barenboim G.
Alzas P.B.
Barker G.
Barkhouse W.
Barnes C.
Barr G.
Monarca J.B.
Barros A.
Barros N.
Barrow J.L.
Basharina-Freshville A.
Bashyal A.
Basque V.
Batchelor C.
Chagas E.B.d.
Battat J.B.R.
Battisti F.
Bay F.
Bazetto M.C.Q.
Alba J.L.L.B.
Beacom J.F.
Bechetoille E.
Behera B.
Beigbeder C.
Bellantoni L.
Bellettini G.
Bellini V.
Beltramello O.
Benekos N.
Montiel C.B.
Neves F.B.
Berger J.
Berkman S.
Bernardini P.
Berner R.M.
Bersani A.
Bertolucci S.
Betancourt M.
Rodríguez A.B.
Bevan A.
Bezawada Y.
Ayala Lara, V.
Publisher(s)
Institute for Ionics
Springer Nature
Abstract
DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6 × 6 × 6 m3 liquid argon time-projection-chamber (LArTPC) that recorded cosmic-muon data at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2019–2020 as a prototype of the DUNE Far Detector. Charged particles propagating through the LArTPC produce ionization and scintillation light. The scintillation light signal in these detectors can provide the trigger for non-beam events. In addition, it adds precise timing capabilities and improves the calorimetry measurements. In ProtoDUNE-DP, scintillation and electroluminescence light produced by cosmic muons in the LArTPC is collected by photomultiplier tubes placed up to 7 m away from the ionizing track. In this paper, the ProtoDUNE-DP photon detection system performance is evaluated with a particular focus on the different wavelength shifters, such as PEN and TPB, and the use of Xe-doped LAr, considering its future use in giant LArTPCs. The scintillation light production and propagation processes are analyzed and a comparison of simulation to data is performed, improving understanding of the liquid argon properties.
Volume
82
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Física nuclear
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85134377753
Source
European Physical Journal C
ISSN of the container
14346044
Sponsor(s)
The ProtoDUNE-DP detector was constructed and operated on the CERN Neutrino Platform. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the CERN management, and the CERN EP, BE, TE, EN and IT Departments for NP04/ProtoDUNE-SP. This document was prepared by the DUNE collaboration using the resources of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP User Facility. Fermilab is managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359. This work was supported by CNPq, FAPERJ, FAPEG and FAPESP, Brazil; CFI, IPP and NSERC, Canada; CERN; MŠMT, Czech Republic; ERDF, H2020-EU and MSCA, European Union; CNRS/IN2P3 and CEA, France; INFN, Italy; FCT, Portugal; NRF, South Korea; CAM, Fundación “La Caixa”, Junta de Andalucía-FEDER, MICINN, and Xunta de Galicia, Spain; SERI and SNSF, Switzerland; TÜBİTAK, Turkey; The Royal Society and UKRI/STFC, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
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