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physics.ins-det2019★ 63 cited

A Method to Determine the Electric Field of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers Using a UV Laser System and its Application in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +187

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) are now a standard detector technology for making accelerator neutrino measurements, due to their high material density, precise tra…

physics.ins-det2019

A New Concept for Kilotonne Scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

M. Auger, R. Berner, Y. Chen +25

We develop a novel approach for a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) concept suitable for deployment in kilotonne scale detectors, with a charge-readout system free from reconstruction…

physics.ins-det2019★ 74 cited

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

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +186

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 lo…

physics.ins-det2019★ 4 cited

First Operation of a Resistive Shell Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber -- A new Approach to Electric-Field Shaping

Roman Berner, Yifan Chen, Antonio Ereditato +8

We present a new technology for the shaping of the electric field in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) using a carbon-loaded polyimide foil. This technology allows for the minimisati…

physics.ins-det2019★ 2 cited

Rejecting cosmic background for exclusive neutrino interaction studies with Liquid Argon TPCs; a case study with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +172

Cosmic ray (CR) interactions can be a challenging source of background for neutrino oscillation and cross-section measurements in surface detectors. We present methods for CR rejec…

physics.ins-det2019★ 31 cited

Design and construction of the MicroBooNE Cosmic Ray Tagger system

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +171

The MicroBooNE detector utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) with an 85 t active mass to study neutrino interactions along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fe…