Weber, Michele; Ereditato, Antonio; Kreslo, Igor; Auger, Martin; Berner, Roman Matthias; Chen, Yifan; Göldi, Damian; Mettler, Thomas Josua; Sinclair, James Robert; Wilkinson, Callum (2020). A New Concept for Kilotonne Scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers. Instruments, 4(1), p. 6. MDPI 10.3390/instruments4010006
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We develop a novel Time Projection Chamber (TPC) concept suitable for deployment in kilotonne-scale detectors, with a charge-readout system free from reconstruction ambiguities, and a robust TPC design that reduces high-voltage risks while increasing the coverage of the light-collection system and maximizing the active volume. This novel concept could be used as a far detector module in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). For the charge-readout system, we used the charge-collection pixels and associated application-specific integrated circuits currently being developed for the liquid argon (LAr) component of the DUNE Near Detector design, ArgonCube. In addition, we divided the TPC into a number of shorter drift volumes, reducing the total voltage used to drift the ionization electrons, and minimizing the stored energy per TPC. Segmenting the TPC also contains scintillation light, allowing for precise trigger localization and a more expansive light-readout system. Furthermore, the design opens the possibility of replacing or upgrading components. These augmentations could substantially improve the reliability and the sensitivity, particularly for low-energy signals, in comparison to traditional monolithic LArTPCs with projective-wire charge readouts.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) 08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Weber, Michele, Ereditato, Antonio, Kreslo, Igor, Auger, Martin, Berner, Roman Matthias, Chen, Yifan, Göldi, Damian, Mettler, Thomas Josua, Sinclair, James Robert, Wilkinson, Callum |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: |
2410-390X |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
BORIS Import LHEP |
Date Deposited: |
07 Jun 2021 17:36 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/instruments4010006 |
Additional Information: |
Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autoren namentlich erwaehnt |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/155611 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/155611 |
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