Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon TPC

0563822 - FZÚ 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Abed Abud, A. - Abi, B. - Acciarri, R. - Filip, Peter - Kvasnička, Jiří - Lokajíček, Miloš - Zálešák, Jaroslav - Zuklín, Josef … Total 1181 authors
Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon TPC.
Journal of Instrumentation. Roč. 17, č. 1 (2022), č. článku P01005. ISSN 1748-0221. E-ISSN 1748-0221
Research Infrastructure: Fermilab-CZ II - 90113
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : detector: design * DUNE * CERN lab * fabrication
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Impact factor: 1.3, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access

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^{3}3. 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.

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