Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon TPC
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The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that was constructed and operated in the CERN North Area at the end of the H4 beamline. This detector is a prototype for the first far detector module of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), which will be constructed at the Sandford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, U.S.A. The ProtoDUNE-SP detector incorporates full-size components as designed for DUNE and has an active volume of 7 × 6 × 7.2 m3. The H4 beam delivers incident particles with well-measured momenta and high-purity particle identification. ProtoDUNE-SP's successful operation between 2018 and 2020 demonstrates the effectiveness of the single-phase far detector design. This paper describes the design, construction, assembly and operation of the detector components.
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Date Acceptance
2021-10-06
Citation
Journal of Instrumentation, 2022, 17 (1)
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1748-0221
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IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Instrumentation
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17
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1
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MR/T041323/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Instruments & Instrumentation
Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
Photon detectors for UV
visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs, CMOS imagers, etc)
Scintillators
scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)
Time projection Chambers (TPC)
LIGHT
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Published
Article Number
ARTN P01005
Date Publish Online
2022-01-04