Observation of long ionizing tracks with the ICARUS T600 first half-module

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doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(03)01508-0

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“…This test demonstrated that the LAr TPC technique can be operated at large mass scale with a drift length of 1.5 m. Data taking with cosmicray events allowed to assess the detector performance in a quantitative way [7][8][9][10][11]. Installation of the T600 module at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory is currently on-going.…”

Section: The Liquid Argon Tpc Techniquementioning

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The liquid Argon TPC: a powerful detector for future neutrino experiments and proton decay searches

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Rubbia

2006

Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

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We discuss the possibility of new generation neutrino and astroparticle physics experiments exploiting the liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) technique, following a graded strategy that envisions applications with increasing detector masses (from 100 ton to 100 kton). The ICARUS R&D program has already demonstrated that the technology is mature with the test of the T600 detector at surface. Since 2003 we have been working with the conceptual design of a very large LAr TPC with a mass of 50-100 kton to be built by employing a monolithic technology based on the use of industrial, large volume, cryogenic tankers developed by the petro-chemical industry. Such a detector, if realized, would be an ideal match for a Super Beam, Beta Beam or Neutrino Factory, covering a broad physics program that includes the detection of atmospheric, solar and supernova neutrinos, and searches for proton decay, in addition to the rich accelerator neutrino physics program. A "test module" with a mass of the order of 10 kton operated underground or at shallow depth would represent a necessary milestone towards the realization of the 100 kton detector, with an interesting physics program on its own. In parallel, physics is calling for a shorter scale application of the LAr TPC technique at the level of 100 ton mass, for low energy neutrino physics and for use as a near station setup in future long baseline neutrino facilities. We outline here the main physics objectives and the design of such a detector for operation in the upcoming T2K neutrino beam. We finally present the result of a series of R&D studies conducted with the aim of validating the design of the proposed detectors.

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Section: The Liquid Argon Tpc Techniquementioning

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The liquid Argon TPC: a powerful detector for future neutrino experiments and proton decay searches

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2006

Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

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“…They had the maximum size allowed for transportation into the LNGS underground laboratory. In the following they will be referred as West module -the one already commissioned in 2001 in Pavia and widely characterized [23][24][25][26][27][28] -and East module (the CNGS beam was arriving from the North, figure 2). Each cold vessel was realized with 150 mm thick panels (3.9 m long and 2 m wide) made of aluminum honeycomb glued between two Al skins and to extruded profiles at the borders.…”

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Operation and performance of the ICARUS T600 cryogenic plant at Gran Sasso underground Laboratory

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A: ICARUS T600 liquid argon time projection chamber is the first large mass electronic detector of a new generation able to combine the imaging capabilities of the old bubble chambers with an excellent calorimetric energy measurement. After the three months demonstration run on surface in Pavia during 2001, the T600 cryogenic plant was significantly revised, in terms of reliability and safety, in view of its long term operation in an underground environment. The T600 detector was activated in Hall B of the INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory during spring 2010, where it was operated without interruption for about three years, taking data exposed to the CERN to Gran Sasso long baseline neutrino beam (CNGS) and cosmic rays. In this paper the T600 cryogenic plant is described in detail together with the commissioning procedures that lead to the successful operation of the detector shortly after the end of the filling with liquid argon. Overall plant performance and stability during the underground run are discussed. Finally, the decommissioning procedures, carried out about six months after the end of the CNGS neutrino beam operation, are reported. K: Time projection Chambers (TPC); Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase); Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Cryogenic detectors A X P : 1504.015562015 JINST 10 P12004

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“…17) and detected in 3 anode wire planes oriented at 3 different angles to provide x-y coordinate in the plane which, together with the drift time, allows a 3-D reconstruction of the tracks. The collaboration has successfully operated the so-called T600 module which will be installed at the Gran Sasso [40], [41]. The T600 operation has proven the technique, which provides very good spatial resolution and particle identification capabilities.…”

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