Neutrino mass hierarchy

X Qian, P Vogel - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
The neutrino mass hierarchy, ie, whether the ν 3 neutrino mass eigenstate is heavier or
lighter than the ν 1 and ν 2 mass eigenstates, is one of the remaining undetermined …

Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector

S Amerio, S Amoruso, M Antonello, P Aprili… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
We have constructed and operated the ICARUS T600 liquid argon (LAr) time projection
chamber (TPC). The ICARUS T600 detector is the largest LAr TPC ever built, with a size of …

Measurement of space charge effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using cosmic muons

P Abratenko, M Alrashed, R An, J Anthony… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Large liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), especially those operating near the
surface, are susceptible to space charge effects. In the context of LArTPCs, the space charge …

Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons

C Adams, M Alrashed, R An, J Anthony… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a method used to calibrate the position-and time-dependent response of the
MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber anode wires to ionization particle energy …

Study of electron recombination in liquid argon with the ICARUS TPC

S Amoruso, M Antonello, P Aprili, F Arneodo… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Electron recombination in liquid argon (LAr) is studied by means of charged particle tracks
collected in various ICARUS liquid argon TPC prototypes. The dependence of the …

Underground operation of the ICARUS T600 LAr-TPC: first results

C Rubbia, M Antonello, P Aprili… - Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Important open questions are still present in fundamental Physics and Cosmology, like the
nature of Dark Matter, the matter-antimatter asymmetry and the validity of the Standard …

Measurement of longitudinal electron diffusion in liquid argon

Y Li, T Tsang, C Thorn, X Qian, M Diwan, J Joshi… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report the measurement of longitudinal electron diffusion coefficients in liquid argon for
electric fields between 100 and 2000 V/cm with a gold photocathode as a bright electron …

Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

P Agnes, IFM Albuquerque, T Alexander… - Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to
simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS …

Precise 3D track reconstruction algorithm for the ICARUS T600 liquid argon time projection chamber detector

M Antonello, B Baibussinov, P Benetti… - Advances in High …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors offer charged particle imaging
capability with remarkable spatial resolution. Precise event reconstruction procedures are …

Properties of liquid argon scintillation light emission

E Segreto - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Liquid argon is used as active medium in a variety of neutrino and dark matter experiments
thanks to its excellent properties of charge yield and transport and as a scintillator. Liquid …