Enhanced low-energy supernova burst detection in large liquid argon time projection chambers enabled by Q-Pix

(Q-Pix Collaboration)

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Abstract

The detection of neutrinos from core-collapse supernovae may reveal important process features as well as neutrino properties. The detection of supernova neutrinos is one of the main science drivers for future kiloton-scale neutrino detectors based on liquid argon. Here we show that for such detectors the intrinsically 3D readout in Q-Pix offers numerous advantages relative to a wire-based readout, such as higher reconstruction efficiency, lower energy threshold, considerably lower data rates, and potential pointing information.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032011
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume106
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2022

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics Awards No. DE-0000253485 and No. DE-SC0020065. R. G. is also supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. S. K. is also supported by the Ezoe Memorial Recruit and Masason Foundations. J. B. R. B. is supported by the Brachman Hoffman Fellowship through Wellesley College.

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U.S. Department of Energy
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Wellesley College
Office of Science
High Energy PhysicsDE-SC0020065, DE-0000253485

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