Measurement of the longitudinal diffusion of ionization electrons in the MicroBooNE detector

P. Abratenko; R. An; J. Anthony; J. Asaadi; A. Ashkenazi; S. Balasubramanian; B. Baller; C. Barnes; G. Barr; V. Basque; L. Bathe-Peters; O. Benevides Rodrigues; S. Berkman; A. Bhanderi; A. Bhat; M. Bishai; A. Blake; T. Bolton; L. Camilleri; D. Caratelli; I. Caro Terrazas; R. Castillo Fernandez; F. Cavanna; G. Cerati; Y. Chen; E. Church; D. Cianci; J. M. Conrad; M. Convery; L. Cooper-Troendle; J. I. Crespo-Anadón; M. Del Tutto; S. R. Dennis; D. Devitt; R. Diurba; R. Dorrill; K. Duffy; S. Dytman; B. Eberly; A. Ereditato; J. J. Evans; R. Fine; G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre; R. S. Fitzpatrick; B. T. Fleming; N. Foppiani; D. Franco; A. P. Furmanski; D. Garcia-Gamez; S. Gardiner; G. Ge; S. Gollapinni; O. Goodwin; E. Gramellini; P. Green; H. Greenlee; W. Gu; R. Guenette; P. Guzowski; L. Hagaman; E. Hall; P. Hamilton; O. Hen; G. A. Horton-Smith; A. Hourlier; R. Itay; C. James; X. Ji; L. Jiang; J. H. Jo; R. A. Johnson; Y. J. Jwa; N. Kamp; N. Kaneshige; G. Karagiorgi; W. Ketchum; M. Kirby; T. Kobilarcik; I. Kreslo; R. Lazur; I. Lepetic; K. Li; Y. Li; K. Lin; A. Lister; B. R. Littlejohn; W. C. Louis; X. Luo; K. Manivannan; C. Mariani; D. Marsden; J. Marshall; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; K. Mason; A. Mastbaum; N. McConkey; V. Meddage; T. Mettler; K. Miller; J. Mills; K. Mistry; A. Mogan; T. Mohayai; J. Moon; M. Mooney; A. F. Moor; C. D. Moore; L. Mora Lepin; J. Mousseau; M. Murphy; D. Naples; A. Navrer-Agasson; R. K. Neely; J. Nowak; M. Nunes; O. Palamara; V. Paolone; A. Papadopoulou; V. Papavassiliou; S. F. Pate; A. Paudel; Z. Pavlovic; E. Piasetzky; I. D. Ponce-Pinto; S. Prince; X. Qian; J. L. Raaf; V. Radeka; A. Rafique; M. Reggiani-Guzzo; L. Ren; L. C.J. Rice; L. Rochester; J. Rodriguez Rondon; H. E. Rogers; M. Rosenberg; M. Ross-Lonergan; G. Scanavini; D. W. Schmitz; A. Schukraft; W. Seligman; M. H. Shaevitz; R. Sharankova; J. Sinclair; A. Smith; E. L. Snider; M. Soderberg; S. Söldner-Rembold; P. Spentzouris; J. Spitz; M. Stancari; J. St. John; T. Strauss; K. Sutton; S. Sword-Fehlberg; A. M. Szelc; N. Tagg; W. Tang; K. Terao; C. Thorpe; D. Totani; M. Toups; Y. T. Tsai; M. A. Uchida; T. Usher; W. Van De Pontseele; B. Viren; M. Weber; H. Wei; Z. Williams; S. Wolbers; T. Wongjirad; M. Wospakrik; N. Wright; W. Wu; E. Yandel; T. Yang; G. Yarbrough; L. E. Yates; G. P. Zeller; J. Zennamo; C. Zhang

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/09/P09025

Measurement of the longitudinal diffusion of ionization electrons in the MicroBooNE detector

P. Abratenko, R. An, J. Anthony, J. Asaadi, A. Ashkenazi, S. Balasubramanian, B. Baller, C. Barnes, G. Barr, V. Basque, L. Bathe-Peters, O. Benevides Rodrigues, S. Berkman, A. Bhanderi, A. Bhat, M. Bishai, A. Blake, T. Bolton, L. Camilleri, D. CaratelliI. Caro Terrazas, R. Castillo Fernandez, F. Cavanna, G. Cerati, Y. Chen, E. Church, D. Cianci, J. M. Conrad, M. Convery, L. Cooper-Troendle, J. I. Crespo-Anadón, M. Del Tutto, S. R. Dennis, D. Devitt, R. Diurba, R. Dorrill, K. Duffy, S. Dytman, B. Eberly, A. Ereditato, J. J. Evans, R. Fine, G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre, R. S. Fitzpatrick, B. T. Fleming, N. Foppiani, D. Franco, A. P. Furmanski, D. Garcia-Gamez, S. Gardiner, G. Ge, S. Gollapinni, O. Goodwin, E. Gramellini, P. Green, H. Greenlee, W. Gu, R. Guenette, P. Guzowski, L. Hagaman, E. Hall, P. Hamilton, O. Hen, G. A. Horton-Smith, A. Hourlier, R. Itay, C. James, X. Ji, L. Jiang, J. H. Jo, R. A. Johnson, Y. J. Jwa, N. Kamp, N. Kaneshige, G. Karagiorgi, W. Ketchum, M. Kirby, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kreslo, R. Lazur, I. Lepetic, K. Li, Y. Li, K. Lin, A. Lister, B. R. Littlejohn, W. C. Louis, X. Luo, K. Manivannan, C. Mariani, D. Marsden, J. Marshall, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, K. Mason, A. Mastbaum, N. McConkey, V. Meddage, T. Mettler, K. Miller, J. Mills, K. Mistry, A. Mogan, T. Mohayai, J. Moon, M. Mooney, A. F. Moor, C. D. Moore, L. Mora Lepin, J. Mousseau, M. Murphy, D. Naples, A. Navrer-Agasson, R. K. Neely, J. Nowak, M. Nunes, O. Palamara, V. Paolone, A. Papadopoulou, V. Papavassiliou, S. F. Pate, A. Paudel, Z. Pavlovic, E. Piasetzky, I. D. Ponce-Pinto, S. Prince, X. Qian, J. L. Raaf, V. Radeka, A. Rafique, M. Reggiani-Guzzo, L. Ren, L. C.J. Rice, L. Rochester, J. Rodriguez Rondon, H. E. Rogers, M. Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, G. Scanavini, D. W. Schmitz, A. Schukraft, W. Seligman, M. H. Shaevitz, R. Sharankova, J. Sinclair, A. Smith, E. L. Snider, M. Soderberg, S. Söldner-Rembold, P. Spentzouris, J. Spitz, M. Stancari, J. St. John, T. Strauss, K. Sutton, S. Sword-Fehlberg, A. M. Szelc, N. Tagg, W. Tang, K. Terao, C. Thorpe, D. Totani, M. Toups, Y. T. Tsai, M. A. Uchida, T. Usher, W. Van De Pontseele, B. Viren, M. Weber, H. Wei, Z. Williams, S. Wolbers, T. Wongjirad, M. Wospakrik, N. Wright, W. Wu, E. Yandel, T. Yang, G. Yarbrough, L. E. Yates, G. P. Zeller, J. Zennamo, C. Zhang

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Accurate knowledge of electron transport properties is vital to understanding the information provided by liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Ionization electron drift-lifetime, local electric field distortions caused by positive ion accumulation, and electron diffusion can all significantly impact the measured signal waveforms. This paper presents a measurement of the effective longitudinal electron diffusion coefficient, DL, in MicroBooNE at the nominal electric field strength of 273.9 V/cm. Historically, this measurement has been made in LArTPC prototype detectors. This represents the first measurement in a large-scale (85 tonne active volume) LArTPC operating in a neutrino beam. This is the largest dataset ever used for this measurement. Using a sample of ∼70,000 through-going cosmic ray muon tracks tagged with MicroBooNE's cosmic ray tagger system, we measure DL = 3.74+0.28-0.29 cm2/s.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	P09025
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	16
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/09/P09025
State	Published - Sep 2021

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Charge transport and multiplication in liquid media
Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
Time projection Chambers (TPC)

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Abratenko, P., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., ... Zhang, C. (2021). Measurement of the longitudinal diffusion of ionization electrons in the MicroBooNE detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 16(9), Article P09025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/09/P09025

Abratenko, P, An, R, Anthony, J, Asaadi, J, Ashkenazi, A, Balasubramanian, S, Baller, B, Barnes, C, Barr, G, Basque, V, Bathe-Peters, L, Benevides Rodrigues, O, Berkman, S, Bhanderi, A, Bhat, A, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bolton, T, Camilleri, L, Caratelli, D, Caro Terrazas, I, Castillo Fernandez, R, Cavanna, F, Cerati, G, Chen, Y, Church, E, Cianci, D, Conrad, JM, Convery, M, Cooper-Troendle, L, Crespo-Anadón, JI, Del Tutto, M, Dennis, SR, Devitt, D, Diurba, R, Dorrill, R, Duffy, K, Dytman, S, Eberly, B, Ereditato, A, Evans, JJ, Fine, R, Fiorentini Aguirre, GA, Fitzpatrick, RS, Fleming, BT, Foppiani, N, Franco, D, Furmanski, AP, Garcia-Gamez, D, Gardiner, S, Ge, G, Gollapinni, S, Goodwin, O, Gramellini, E, Green, P, Greenlee, H, Gu, W, Guenette, R, Guzowski, P, Hagaman, L, Hall, E, Hamilton, P, Hen, O, Horton-Smith, GA, Hourlier, A, Itay, R, James, C, Ji, X, Jiang, L, Jo, JH, Johnson, RA, Jwa, YJ, Kamp, N, Kaneshige, N, Karagiorgi, G, Ketchum, W, Kirby, M, Kobilarcik, T, Kreslo, I, Lazur, R, Lepetic, I, Li, K, Li, Y, Lin, K, Lister, A, Littlejohn, BR, Louis, WC, Luo, X, Manivannan, K, Mariani, C, Marsden, D, Marshall, J, Martinez Caicedo, DA, Mason, K, Mastbaum, A, McConkey, N, Meddage, V, Mettler, T, Miller, K, Mills, J, Mistry, K, Mogan, A, Mohayai, T, Moon, J, Mooney, M, Moor, AF, Moore, CD, Mora Lepin, L, Mousseau, J, Murphy, M, Naples, D, Navrer-Agasson, A, Neely, RK, Nowak, J, Nunes, M, Palamara, O, Paolone, V, Papadopoulou, A, Papavassiliou, V, Pate, SF, Paudel, A, Pavlovic, Z, Piasetzky, E, Ponce-Pinto, ID, Prince, S, Qian, X, Raaf, JL, Radeka, V, Rafique, A, Reggiani-Guzzo, M, Ren, L, Rice, LCJ, Rochester, L, Rodriguez Rondon, J, Rogers, HE, Rosenberg, M, Ross-Lonergan, M, Scanavini, G, Schmitz, DW, Schukraft, A, Seligman, W, Shaevitz, MH, Sharankova, R, Sinclair, J, Smith, A, Snider, EL, Soderberg, M, Söldner-Rembold, S, Spentzouris, P, Spitz, J, Stancari, M, St. John, J, Strauss, T, Sutton, K, Sword-Fehlberg, S, Szelc, AM, Tagg, N, Tang, W, Terao, K, Thorpe, C, Totani, D, Toups, M, Tsai, YT, Uchida, MA, Usher, T, Van De Pontseele, W, Viren, B, Weber, M, Wei, H, Williams, Z, Wolbers, S, Wongjirad, T, Wospakrik, M, Wright, N, Wu, W, Yandel, E, Yang, T, Yarbrough, G, Yates, LE, Zeller, GP, Zennamo, J & Zhang, C 2021, 'Measurement of the longitudinal diffusion of ionization electrons in the MicroBooNE detector', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 16, no. 9, P09025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/09/P09025

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AU - An, R.

AU - Anthony, J.

AU - Asaadi, J.

AU - Ashkenazi, A.

AU - Balasubramanian, S.

AU - Baller, B.

AU - Barnes, C.

AU - Barr, G.

AU - Basque, V.

AU - Bathe-Peters, L.

AU - Benevides Rodrigues, O.

AU - Berkman, S.

AU - Bhanderi, A.

AU - Bhat, A.

AU - Bishai, M.

AU - Blake, A.

AU - Bolton, T.

AU - Camilleri, L.

AU - Caratelli, D.

AU - Caro Terrazas, I.

AU - Castillo Fernandez, R.

AU - Cavanna, F.

AU - Cerati, G.

AU - Chen, Y.

AU - Church, E.

AU - Cianci, D.

AU - Conrad, J. M.

AU - Convery, M.

AU - Cooper-Troendle, L.

AU - Crespo-Anadón, J. I.

AU - Del Tutto, M.

AU - Dennis, S. R.

AU - Devitt, D.

AU - Diurba, R.

AU - Dorrill, R.

AU - Duffy, K.

AU - Dytman, S.

AU - Eberly, B.

AU - Ereditato, A.

AU - Evans, J. J.

AU - Fine, R.

AU - Fiorentini Aguirre, G. A.

AU - Fitzpatrick, R. S.

AU - Fleming, B. T.

AU - Foppiani, N.

AU - Franco, D.

AU - Furmanski, A. P.

AU - Garcia-Gamez, D.

AU - Gardiner, S.

AU - Ge, G.

AU - Gollapinni, S.

AU - Goodwin, O.

AU - Gramellini, E.

AU - Green, P.

AU - Greenlee, H.

AU - Gu, W.

AU - Guenette, R.

AU - Guzowski, P.

AU - Hagaman, L.

AU - Hall, E.

AU - Hamilton, P.

AU - Hen, O.

AU - Horton-Smith, G. A.

AU - Hourlier, A.

AU - Itay, R.

AU - James, C.

AU - Ji, X.

AU - Jiang, L.

AU - Jo, J. H.

AU - Johnson, R. A.

AU - Jwa, Y. J.

AU - Kamp, N.

AU - Kaneshige, N.

AU - Karagiorgi, G.

AU - Ketchum, W.

AU - Kirby, M.

AU - Kobilarcik, T.

AU - Kreslo, I.

AU - Lazur, R.

AU - Lepetic, I.

AU - Li, K.

AU - Li, Y.

AU - Lin, K.

AU - Lister, A.

AU - Littlejohn, B. R.

AU - Louis, W. C.

AU - Luo, X.

AU - Manivannan, K.

AU - Mariani, C.

AU - Marsden, D.

AU - Marshall, J.

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AU - Mason, K.

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AU - Mettler, T.

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AU - Mills, J.

AU - Mistry, K.

AU - Mogan, A.

AU - Mohayai, T.

AU - Moon, J.

AU - Mooney, M.

AU - Moor, A. F.

AU - Moore, C. D.

AU - Mora Lepin, L.

AU - Mousseau, J.

AU - Murphy, M.

AU - Naples, D.

AU - Navrer-Agasson, A.

AU - Neely, R. K.

AU - Nowak, J.

AU - Nunes, M.

AU - Palamara, O.

AU - Paolone, V.

AU - Papadopoulou, A.

AU - Papavassiliou, V.

AU - Pate, S. F.

AU - Paudel, A.

AU - Pavlovic, Z.

AU - Piasetzky, E.

AU - Ponce-Pinto, I. D.

AU - Prince, S.

AU - Qian, X.

AU - Raaf, J. L.

AU - Radeka, V.

AU - Rafique, A.

AU - Reggiani-Guzzo, M.

AU - Ren, L.

AU - Rice, L. C.J.

AU - Rochester, L.

AU - Rodriguez Rondon, J.

AU - Rogers, H. E.

AU - Rosenberg, M.

AU - Ross-Lonergan, M.

AU - Scanavini, G.

AU - Schmitz, D. W.

AU - Schukraft, A.

AU - Seligman, W.

AU - Shaevitz, M. H.

AU - Sharankova, R.

AU - Sinclair, J.

AU - Smith, A.

AU - Snider, E. L.

AU - Soderberg, M.

AU - Söldner-Rembold, S.

AU - Spentzouris, P.

AU - Spitz, J.

AU - Stancari, M.

AU - St. John, J.

AU - Strauss, T.

AU - Sutton, K.

AU - Sword-Fehlberg, S.

AU - Szelc, A. M.

AU - Tagg, N.

AU - Tang, W.

AU - Terao, K.

AU - Thorpe, C.

AU - Totani, D.

AU - Toups, M.

AU - Tsai, Y. T.

AU - Uchida, M. A.

AU - Usher, T.

AU - Van De Pontseele, W.

AU - Viren, B.

AU - Weber, M.

AU - Wei, H.

AU - Williams, Z.

AU - Wolbers, S.

AU - Wongjirad, T.

AU - Wospakrik, M.

AU - Wright, N.

AU - Wu, W.

AU - Yandel, E.

AU - Yang, T.

AU - Yarbrough, G.

AU - Yates, L. E.

AU - Zeller, G. P.

AU - Zennamo, J.

AU - Zhang, C.

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Measurement of the longitudinal diffusion of ionization electrons in the MicroBooNE detector

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