Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC

DUNE Collaboration

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10549-w

Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC

DUNE Collaboration

University at Albany, Stony Brook University

CERN
University of Liverpool
University of Oxford
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Universidad del Atlántico
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
Georgian Technical University
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of Bristol
University of Houston
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre India
University of Warwick
Université Grenoble Alpes
University of Catania
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
University of Sussex
University of Colorado Boulder
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Kansas State University
Augustana University
CIEMAT
University of Santiago de Compostela
Argonne National Laboratory
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)
University of Ferrara
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Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
University of Valencia
University of Basel
Universidad de Colima
University of Manchester
Columbia University
Universidad EIA
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Cincinnati
Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Indiana University Bloomington
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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University of Liverpool
University of Oxford
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
University of Valencia
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DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6 × 6 × 6 m³ liquid argon time-projection-chamber (LArTPC) that recorded cosmic-muon data at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2019–2020 as a prototype of the DUNE Far Detector. Charged particles propagating through the LArTPC produce ionization and scintillation light. The scintillation light signal in these detectors can provide the trigger for non-beam events. In addition, it adds precise timing capabilities and improves the calorimetry measurements. In ProtoDUNE-DP, scintillation and electroluminescence light produced by cosmic muons in the LArTPC is collected by photomultiplier tubes placed up to 7 m away from the ionizing track. In this paper, the ProtoDUNE-DP photon detection system performance is evaluated with a particular focus on the different wavelength shifters, such as PEN and TPB, and the use of Xe-doped LAr, considering its future use in giant LArTPCs. The scintillation light production and propagation processes are analyzed and a comparison of simulation to data is performed, improving understanding of the liquid argon properties.

Original language	English
Article number	618
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	82
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10549-w
State	Published - Jul 2022

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Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC

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