Performance of the 10 m3 ICARUS liquid argon prototype

F. Arneodo; A. Badertscher; B. Baiboussinov; G. Battistoni; P. Benetti; E. Bernardini; M. Bischofberger; A. Borio di Tigliole; R. Brunetti; A. Bueno; E. Calligarich; M. Campanelli; C. Carpanese; D. Cavalli; F. Cavanna; P. Cennini; S. Centro; A. Cesana; C. Chen; D. Chen; Y. Chen; D. Cline; C. De Vecchi; A. Di Credico; R. Dolfini; A. Ferrari; F. Ferri; A. Gigli Berzolari; I. Gil-Botella; L. Grandi; A. Grillo; A. Haag; K. He; X. Huang; A. Kruse; M. Laffranchi; Z. Li; M. Lisowski; F. Lu; J. Ma; C. Matthey; F. Mauri; D. Mazza; G. Meng; C. Montanari; S. Muraro; S. Navas-Concha; M. Nicoletto; G. Nurzia; S. Otwinowski; Q. Ouyang; O. Palamara; D. Pascoli; L. Periale; S. Petrera; G. Piano Mortari; A. Piazzoli; P. Picchi; F. Pietropaolo; T. Rancati; A. Rappoldi; G. L. Raselli; J. Rico; B. Romualdi; M. Rossella; A. Rotilio; A. Rubbia; C. Rubbia; P. Sala; D. Scannicchio; E. Scapparone; E. Segreto; F. Sergiampietri; N. Sinanis; E. Tatananni; M. Terrani; S. Ventura; C. Vignoli; H. Wang; J. Woo; G. Xu; Z. Xu; C. Zhang; Q. Zhang; S. Zhen

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01989-7

Performance of the 10 m³ ICARUS liquid argon prototype

F. Arneodo, A. Badertscher, B. Baiboussinov, G. Battistoni, P. Benetti, E. Bernardini, M. Bischofberger, A. Borio di Tigliole, R. Brunetti, A. Bueno, E. Calligarich, M. Campanelli, C. Carpanese, D. Cavalli, F. Cavanna, P. Cennini, S. Centro, A. Cesana, C. Chen, D. ChenY. Chen, D. Cline, C. De Vecchi, A. Di Credico, R. Dolfini, A. Ferrari, F. Ferri, A. Gigli Berzolari, I. Gil-Botella, L. Grandi, A. Grillo, A. Haag, K. He, X. Huang, A. Kruse, M. Laffranchi, Z. Li, M. Lisowski, F. Lu, J. Ma, C. Matthey, F. Mauri, D. Mazza, G. Meng, C. Montanari, S. Muraro, S. Navas-Concha, M. Nicoletto, G. Nurzia, S. Otwinowski, Q. Ouyang, O. Palamara, D. Pascoli, L. Periale, S. Petrera, G. Piano Mortari, A. Piazzoli, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo, T. Rancati, A. Rappoldi, G. L. Raselli, J. Rico, B. Romualdi, M. Rossella, A. Rotilio, A. Rubbia, C. Rubbia, P. Sala, D. Scannicchio, E. Scapparone, E. Segreto, F. Sergiampietri, N. Sinanis, E. Tatananni, M. Terrani, S. Ventura, C. Vignoli, H. Wang, J. Woo, G. Xu, Z. Xu, C. Zhang, Q. Zhang, S. Zhen

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Abstract

We report on the performance of a liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, operating in a 10 m³ cryostat. This device built in the framework of the ICARUS T600 programme to serve as a full test facility for the adopted cryogenics and mechanical solutions, was successfully tested in 2000 as the last step before the tests of the first 600 t ICARUS module 1 year later. In a final run at the Gran Sasso Laboratory, whose outcome provides the main subject of this paper, also the readout and imaging capabilities of the installed wire chamber and the overall performance of the detector have been successfully tested.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	292-311
Number of pages	20
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	498
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01989-7
State	Published - Feb 11 2003

Keywords

Liquid argon
TPC
Track reconstruction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Arneodo, F., Badertscher, A., Baiboussinov, B., Battistoni, G., Benetti, P., Bernardini, E., Bischofberger, M., Borio di Tigliole, A., Brunetti, R., Bueno, A., Calligarich, E., Campanelli, M., Carpanese, C., Cavalli, D., Cavanna, F., Cennini, P., Centro, S., Cesana, A., Chen, C., ... Zhen, S. (2003). Performance of the 10 m³ ICARUS liquid argon prototype. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 498(1-3), 292-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01989-7

Arneodo, F, Badertscher, A, Baiboussinov, B, Battistoni, G, Benetti, P, Bernardini, E, Bischofberger, M, Borio di Tigliole, A, Brunetti, R, Bueno, A, Calligarich, E, Campanelli, M, Carpanese, C, Cavalli, D, Cavanna, F, Cennini, P, Centro, S, Cesana, A, Chen, C, Chen, D, Chen, Y, Cline, D, De Vecchi, C, Di Credico, A, Dolfini, R, Ferrari, A, Ferri, F, Berzolari, AG, Gil-Botella, I, Grandi, L, Grillo, A, Haag, A, He, K, Huang, X, Kruse, A, Laffranchi, M, Li, Z, Lisowski, M, Lu, F, Ma, J, Matthey, C, Mauri, F, Mazza, D, Meng, G, Montanari, C, Muraro, S, Navas-Concha, S, Nicoletto, M, Nurzia, G, Otwinowski, S, Ouyang, Q, Palamara, O, Pascoli, D, Periale, L, Petrera, S, Mortari, GP, Piazzoli, A, Picchi, P, Pietropaolo, F, Rancati, T, Rappoldi, A, Raselli, GL, Rico, J, Romualdi, B, Rossella, M, Rotilio, A, Rubbia, A, Rubbia, C, Sala, P, Scannicchio, D, Scapparone, E, Segreto, E, Sergiampietri, F, Sinanis, N, Tatananni, E, Terrani, M, Ventura, S, Vignoli, C, Wang, H, Woo, J, Xu, G, Xu, Z, Zhang, C, Zhang, Q & Zhen, S 2003, 'Performance of the 10 m³ ICARUS liquid argon prototype', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 498, no. 1-3, pp. 292-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01989-7

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