The Photomultiplier Tube Calibration System of the MicroBooNE Experiment

Abstract

We report on the design and construction of a LED-based fiber calibration system for large liquid argon time projection detectors. This system was developed to calibrate the optical systems of the MicroBooNE experiment. As well as detailing the materials and installation procedure, we provide technical drawings and specifications so that the system may be easily replicated in future LArTPC detectors.

References in corpus (2)

• A Measurement of the Absorption of Liquid Argon Scintillation Light by Dissolved Nitrogen at the Part-Per-Million Level
• Testing of Cryogenic Photomultiplier Tubes for the MicroBooNE Experiment

Cited by in corpus (15)

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• Ionization Electron Signal Processing in Single Phase LArTPCs I. Algorithm Description and Quantitative Evaluation with MicroBooNE Simulation
• First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at $E_{\nu }\sim 0.8$ GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector
• Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons
• Measurement of Space Charge Effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC Using Cosmic Muons
• First Measurement of Energy-Dependent Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on Argon with the MicroBooNE Detector
• A Convolutional Neural Network for Multiple Particle Identification in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
• First Measurement of Inclusive Electron-Neutrino and Antineutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections in Charged Lepton Energy on Argon in MicroBooNE
• Improved TPB-coated Light Guides for Liquid Argon TPC Light Detection Systems
• A Light Calibration System for the ProtoDUNE-DP Detector
• Signal Processing in the MicroBooNE LArTPC
• A Model for the Global Quantum Efficiency for a TPB-based Wavelength-Shifting System used with Photomultiplier Tubes in Liquid Argon in MicroBooNE
• Neutrino Event Selection in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber using Wire-Cell 3-D Imaging, Clustering, and Charge-Light Matching