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T1 - Calibration and simulation of ionization signal and electronics noise in the ICARUS liquid argon time projection chamber
AU - The ICARUS collaboration
AU - Abratenko, P.
AU - Abrego-Martinez, N.
AU - Aduszkiewicz, A.
AU - Akbar, F.
AU - Aliaga Soplin, L.
AU - Artero Pons, M.
AU - Asaadi, J.
AU - Badgett, W.F.
AU - Baibussinov, B.
AU - Behera, B.
AU - Bellini, V.
AU - Benocci, R.
AU - Berger, J.
AU - Berkman, S.
AU - Bertolucci, S.
AU - Betancourt, M.
AU - Bonesini, M.
AU - Boone, T.
AU - Bottino, B.
AU - Braggiotti, A.
AU - Brailsford, D.
AU - Brice, S.J.
AU - Brio, V.
AU - Brizzolari, C.
AU - Budd, H.S.
AU - Campani, A.
AU - Campos, A.
AU - Carber, D.
AU - Carneiro, M.
AU - Caro Terrazas, I.
AU - Carranza, H.
AU - Dolan, S.
AU - Ferrari, A.
AU - Garcia, F.G.
AU - Gu, W.
AU - Howard, B.
AU - James, C.
AU - Kim, J.S.
AU - Li, Y.
AU - Murphy, M.
AU - Saha, S.
AU - Smith, J.
AU - Stewart, J.
AU - Williams, Z.
AU - Wilson, R.J.
AU - Wilson, P.
AU - Wood, A.
AU - Yu, H.
AU - Yu, J.
AU - Zhang, C.
PY - 2025/1/31
Y1 - 2025/1/31
N2 - The ICARUS liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detector has been taking physics data since 2022 as part of the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program. This paper details the equalization of the response to charge in the ICARUS time projection chamber (TPC), as well as data-driven tuning of the simulation of ionization charge signals and electronics noise. The equalization procedure removes non-uniformities in the ICARUS TPC response to charge in space and time. This work leverages the copious number of cosmic ray muons available to ICARUS at the surface. The ionization signal shape simulation applies a novel procedure that tunes the simulation to match what is measured in data. The end result of the equalization procedure and simulation tuning allows for a comparison of charge measurements in ICARUS between Monte Carlo simulation and data, showing good performance with minimal residual bias between the two.
AB - The ICARUS liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detector has been taking physics data since 2022 as part of the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program. This paper details the equalization of the response to charge in the ICARUS time projection chamber (TPC), as well as data-driven tuning of the simulation of ionization charge signals and electronics noise. The equalization procedure removes non-uniformities in the ICARUS TPC response to charge in space and time. This work leverages the copious number of cosmic ray muons available to ICARUS at the surface. The ionization signal shape simulation applies a novel procedure that tunes the simulation to match what is measured in data. The end result of the equalization procedure and simulation tuning allows for a comparison of charge measurements in ICARUS between Monte Carlo simulation and data, showing good performance with minimal residual bias between the two.
KW - dE/dx detectors
KW - Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
KW - Neutrino detectors
KW - Time projection chambers
U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/20/01/p01032
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/20/01/p01032
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
SN - 1748-0221
IS - 01
M1 - P01032
ER -