Speaker
Mr
Marcel Zeller
(University of Bern)
Description
For future neutrino oscillation experiments new large mass scale detectors are needed. One possible type of such detectors could be a liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC). Some technical challenges need to be addressed, like the purity of the LAr, the high voltage supply and calibration. To face these challenges, an R\&D program named Argontube is in progress at the LHEP of Albert Einstein Center of Fundamental Physics at the University of Bern. The goal is to reach a charge drift length of $5$ m in liquid Argon and prove the feasibility of large volume TPCs. The Argontube detector is now built and running. In this talk, different aspects of the technology will be reviewed and new results of the first runs using the 5m long TPC will be presented.
Primary author
Mr
Marcel Zeller
(University of Bern)
Co-authors
Prof.
Antonio Ereditato
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Dr
Biagio Rossi
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Dr
Ching-cheng Hsu
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Mr
Christoph Rudolf von Rohr
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Dr
Igor Kreslo
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Dr
Marcello Messina
(Former Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Dr
Michele Weber
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Dr
Sigve Haug
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Prof.
Stefan Janos
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)
Dr
Thomas Strauss
(Alber Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern)