First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform

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First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform. / DUNE Collaboration ; Blake, A.; Brailsford, D. et al.
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title = "First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform",

abstract = " The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of $7.2\times 6.0\times 6.9$~m$^3$. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Platform in a specially-constructed beam that delivers charged pions, kaons, protons, muons and electrons with momenta in the range 0.3~GeV$/c$ to 7~GeV/$c$. Beam line instrumentation provides accurate momentum measurements and particle identification. The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a prototype for the first far detector module of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, and it incorporates full-size components as designed for that module. This paper describes the beam line, the time projection chamber, the photon detectors, the cosmic-ray tagger, the signal processing and particle reconstruction. It presents the first results on ProtoDUNE-SP's performance, including noise and gain measurements, $dE/dx$ calibration for muons, protons, pions and electrons, drift electron lifetime measurements, and photon detector noise, signal sensitivity and time resolution measurements. The measured values meet or exceed the specifications for the DUNE far detector, in several cases by large margins. ProtoDUNE-SP's successful operation starting in 2018 and its production of large samples of high-quality data demonstrate the effectiveness of the single-phase far detector design. ",

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author = "{DUNE Collaboration} and B. Abi and Abud, {A. Abed} and R. Acciarri and Acero, {M. A.} and G. Adamov and M. Adamowski and D. Adams and P. Adrien and M. Adinolfi and Z. Ahmad and J. Ahmed and T. Alion and Monsalve, {S. Alonso} and C. Alt and C. Andreopoulos and Andrews, {M. P.} and F. Andrianala and S. Andringa and A. Ankowski and M. Antonova and S. Antusch and A. Aranda-Fernandez and A. Ariga and Arnold, {L. O.} and Arroyave, {M. A.} and J. Asaadi and A. Aurisano and V. Aushev and D. Autiero and F. Azfar and H. Back and Back, {J. J.} and C. Backhouse and P. Baesso and L. Bagby and R. Bajou and S. Balasubramanian and P. Baldi and B. Bambah and F. Barao and G. Barenboim and Barker, {G. J.} and W. Barkhouse and C. Barnes and G. Barr and A. Blake and D. Brailsford and R. Cross and Nowak, {J. A.} and P. Ratoff",

year = "2020",

month = dec,

day = "3",

doi = "10.1088/1748-0221/15/12/P12004",

language = "English",

journal = "Journal of Instrumentation",

issn = "1748-0221",

publisher = "Institute of Physics Publishing",

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T1 - First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform

AU - DUNE Collaboration

AU - Abi, B.

AU - Abud, A. Abed

AU - Acciarri, R.

AU - Acero, M. A.

AU - Adamov, G.

AU - Adamowski, M.

AU - Adams, D.

AU - Adrien, P.

AU - Adinolfi, M.

AU - Ahmad, Z.

AU - Ahmed, J.

AU - Alion, T.

AU - Monsalve, S. Alonso

AU - Alt, C.

AU - Andreopoulos, C.

AU - Andrews, M. P.

AU - Andrianala, F.

AU - Andringa, S.

AU - Ankowski, A.

AU - Antonova, M.

AU - Antusch, S.

AU - Aranda-Fernandez, A.

AU - Ariga, A.

AU - Arnold, L. O.

AU - Arroyave, M. A.

AU - Asaadi, J.

AU - Aurisano, A.

AU - Aushev, V.

AU - Autiero, D.

AU - Azfar, F.

AU - Back, H.

AU - Back, J. J.

AU - Backhouse, C.

AU - Baesso, P.

AU - Bagby, L.

AU - Bajou, R.

AU - Balasubramanian, S.

AU - Baldi, P.

AU - Bambah, B.

AU - Barao, F.

AU - Barenboim, G.

AU - Barker, G. J.

AU - Barkhouse, W.

AU - Barnes, C.

AU - Barr, G.

AU - Blake, A.

AU - Brailsford, D.

AU - Cross, R.

AU - Nowak, J. A.

AU - Ratoff, P.

PY - 2020/12/3

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N2 - The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of $7.2\times 6.0\times 6.9$~m$^3$. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Platform in a specially-constructed beam that delivers charged pions, kaons, protons, muons and electrons with momenta in the range 0.3~GeV$/c$ to 7~GeV/$c$. Beam line instrumentation provides accurate momentum measurements and particle identification. The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a prototype for the first far detector module of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, and it incorporates full-size components as designed for that module. This paper describes the beam line, the time projection chamber, the photon detectors, the cosmic-ray tagger, the signal processing and particle reconstruction. It presents the first results on ProtoDUNE-SP's performance, including noise and gain measurements, $dE/dx$ calibration for muons, protons, pions and electrons, drift electron lifetime measurements, and photon detector noise, signal sensitivity and time resolution measurements. The measured values meet or exceed the specifications for the DUNE far detector, in several cases by large margins. ProtoDUNE-SP's successful operation starting in 2018 and its production of large samples of high-quality data demonstrate the effectiveness of the single-phase far detector design.

AB - The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of $7.2\times 6.0\times 6.9$~m$^3$. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Platform in a specially-constructed beam that delivers charged pions, kaons, protons, muons and electrons with momenta in the range 0.3~GeV$/c$ to 7~GeV/$c$. Beam line instrumentation provides accurate momentum measurements and particle identification. The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a prototype for the first far detector module of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, and it incorporates full-size components as designed for that module. This paper describes the beam line, the time projection chamber, the photon detectors, the cosmic-ray tagger, the signal processing and particle reconstruction. It presents the first results on ProtoDUNE-SP's performance, including noise and gain measurements, $dE/dx$ calibration for muons, protons, pions and electrons, drift electron lifetime measurements, and photon detector noise, signal sensitivity and time resolution measurements. The measured values meet or exceed the specifications for the DUNE far detector, in several cases by large margins. ProtoDUNE-SP's successful operation starting in 2018 and its production of large samples of high-quality data demonstrate the effectiveness of the single-phase far detector design.

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