LArIAT: Liquid Argon In A Testbeam

Abstract

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are ideal detectors for precision neutrino physics. These detectors, when located deep underground, can also be used for measurements of proton decay, and astrophysical neutrinos. The technology must be completely developed, up to very large mass scales, and fully mastered to construct and operate these detectors for this physics program. As part of an integrated plan of developing these detectors, accurate measurements in LArTPC of known particle species in the relevant energy ranges are now deemed as necessary. The LArIAT program aims to directly achieve these goals by deploying LArTPC detectors in a dedicated calibration test beam line at Fermilab. The set of measurements envisaged here are significant for both the short-baseline (SBN) and long-baseline (LBN) neutrino oscillation programs in the US, starting with MicroBooNE in the near term and with the adjoint near and far liquid argon detectors in the Booster beam line at Fermilab envisioned in the mid-term, and moving towards deep underground physics such as with the long-baseline neutrino facility (LBNF) in the longer term.

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• Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator-produced Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam
• The ArgoNeuT Detector in the NuMI Low-Energy beam line at Fermilab
• The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups
• LArSoft: A Software Package for Liquid Argon Time Projection Drift Chambers
• Expected performance of an ideal liquid argon neutrino detector with enhanced sensitivity to scintillation light
• A tagged low-momentum kaon test-beam exposure with a 250L LAr TPC (J-PARC T32)

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• Modeling impurity concentrations in liquid argon detectors
• A Hybrid 3D/2D Field Response Calculation for Liquid Argon Detectors with PCB Based Anode Plane
• First Run of the LArIAT Testbeam Experiment