The Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon time projection chamber

C. E. Taylor; B. Bhandari; J. Bian; K. Bilton; C. Callahan; J. Chaves; H. Chen; D. Cline; R. L. Cooper; D. L. Danielson; J. Danielson; N. Dokania; S. Elliot; S. Fernandes; S. Gardiner; G. Garvey; V. Gehman; F. Giuliani; S. Glavin; M. Gold; C. Grant; E. Guardincerri; T. Haines; A. Higuera; J. Y. Ji; R. Kadel; N. Kamp; A. Karlin; W. Ketchum; L. W. Koerner; D. Lee; K. Lee; Q. Liu; S. Locke; W. C. Louis; P. Madigan; A. Manalaysay; J. Maricic; E. Martin; M. J. Martinez; S. Martynenko; C. Mauger; C. McGrew; J. Medina; P. J. Medina; A. Mills; G. Mills; J. Mirabal-Martinez; A. Olivier; E. Pantic; B. Philipbar; C. Pitcher; V. Radeka; J. Ramsey; K. Rielage; M. Rosen; A. R. Sanchez; J. Shin; G. Sinnis; M. Smy; W. Sondheim; I. Stancu; C. Sterbenz; Y. Sun; R. Svoboda; A. Teymourian; C. Thorn; C. E. Tull; M. Tzanov; R. Van de Water; N. Walsh; H. Wang; Y. Wang; C. Yanagisawa; A. Yarritu; J. Yoo

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The Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon time projection chamber

C. E. Taylor, B. Bhandari, J. Bian, K. Bilton, C. Callahan, J. Chaves, H. Chen, D. Cline, R. L. Cooper, D. L. Danielson, J. Danielson, N. Dokania, S. Elliot, S. Fernandes, S. Gardiner, G. Garvey, V. Gehman, F. Giuliani, S. Glavin, M. GoldC. Grant, E. Guardincerri, T. Haines, A. Higuera, J. Y. Ji, R. Kadel, N. Kamp, A. Karlin, W. Ketchum, L. W. Koerner, D. Lee, K. Lee, Q. Liu, S. Locke, W. C. Louis, P. Madigan, A. Manalaysay, J. Maricic, E. Martin, M. J. Martinez, S. Martynenko, C. Mauger, C. McGrew, J. Medina, P. J. Medina, A. Mills, G. Mills, J. Mirabal-Martinez, A. Olivier, E. Pantic, B. Philipbar, C. Pitcher, V. Radeka, J. Ramsey, K. Rielage, M. Rosen, A. R. Sanchez, J. Shin, G. Sinnis, M. Smy, W. Sondheim, I. Stancu, C. Sterbenz, Y. Sun, R. Svoboda, A. Teymourian, C. Thorn, C. E. Tull, M. Tzanov, R. Van de Water, N. Walsh, H. Wang, Y. Wang, C. Yanagisawa, A. Yarritu, J. Yoo

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This manuscript describes the commissioning of the Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon detector in a neutron beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), which led to a first measurement of high-energy neutron interactions in argon. The Mini-CAPTAIN detector consists of a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with an accompanying photomultiplier tube (PMT) array sealed inside a liquid-argon-filled cryostat. The liquid argon is constantly purified and recirculated in a closed-loop cycle during operation. The specifications and assembly of the detector subsystems and an overview of their performance in a neutron beam are reported.

Original language	English
Article number	165131
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1001
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165131
State	Published - Jun 11 2021
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This work was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program of Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA under project numbers 20120101DR and 20150577ER. This work benefited from the use of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, funded by the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 and we would like to thank Nik Fotiadis, Hye Young Lee and Steve Wender for assistance with the 4FP15R beamline. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Mark Makela and the P-25 neutron team. D.L.D. acknowledges his support as a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow. We further acknowledge the support of the US Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics and the University of Pennsylvania. The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: This work was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program of Los Alamos National Laboratory under project numbers 20120101DR and 20150577ER. This work benefited from the use of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, funded by the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 and we would like to thank Nik Fotiadis, Hye Young Lee and Steve Wender for assistance with the 4FP15R beamline. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Mark Makela and the P-25 neutron team. D.L.D. acknowledges his support as a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow. We further acknowledge the support of the US Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics and the University of Pennsylvania. This work was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program of Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA under project numbers 20120101DR and 20150577ER . This work benefited from the use of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, funded by the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 and we would like to thank Nik Fotiadis, Hye Young Lee and Steve Wender for assistance with the 4FP15R beamline. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Mark Makela and the P-25 neutron team. D.L.D. acknowledges his support as a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow. We further acknowledge the support of the US Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics and the University of Pennsylvania.

Funders	Funder number
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-AC52-06NA25396
U.S. Department of Energy
High Energy Physics
University of Pennsylvania
Laboratory Directed Research and Development
Los Alamos National Laboratory	20120101DR, 20150577ER
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Keywords

Liquid argon detector
Neutron measurement
Photon detection system
Time projection chamber

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Taylor, C. E., Bhandari, B., Bian, J., Bilton, K., Callahan, C., Chaves, J., Chen, H., Cline, D., Cooper, R. L., Danielson, D. L., Danielson, J., Dokania, N., Elliot, S., Fernandes, S., Gardiner, S., Garvey, G., Gehman, V., Giuliani, F., Glavin, S., ... Yoo, J. (2021). The Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon time projection chamber. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1001, Article 165131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165131

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