Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC

The European Physical Journal C SpringerOpen 82:7 (2022) 618

Authors:

A Abed Abud, B Abi, R Acciarri, MA Acero, MR Adames, G Adamov, M Adamowski, D Adams, M Adinolfi, A Aduszkiewicz, J Aguilar, Z Ahmad, J Ahmed, B Aimard, B Ali-Mohammadzadeh, T Alion, K Allison, S Alonso Monsalve, M AlRashed, C Alt, A Alton, R Alvarez, P Amedo, J Anderson, C Andreopoulos, F Azfar

Abstract:

DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6 x 6 x 6 m3 liquid argon time-projection-chamber (LArTPC) that recorded cosmic-muon data at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2019-2020 as a prototype of the DUNE Far Detector. Charged particles propagating through the LArTPC produce ionization and scintillation light. The scintillation light signal in these detectors can provide the trigger for non-beam events. In addition, it adds precise timing capabilities and improves the calorimetry measurements. In ProtoDUNE-DP, scintillation and electroluminescence light produced by cosmic muons in the LArTPC is collected by photomultiplier tubes placed up to 7m away from the ionizing track. In this paper, the ProtoDUNE-DP photon detection system performance is evaluated with a particular focus on the different wavelength shifters, such as PEN and TPB, and the use of Xe-doped LAr, considering its future use in giant LArTPCs. The scintillation light production and propagation processes are analyzed and a comparison of simulation to data is performed, improving understanding of the liquid argon properties

EAS 2022 takes positive steps forward for sustainable astronomy

Nature Astronomy Springer Nature 6:7 (2022) 765-765

Authors:

Antoaneta Antonova, Maarten Baes, Andreas Burkert, Roger L Davies, Inma Dominguez, Lex Kaper, Nick D Kylafis, Sara Lucatello, Georges Meylan, Agata Różańska

Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora

(2022)

Authors:

DUNE Collaboration, A Abed Abud, B Abi, R Acciarri, MA Acero, MR Adames, G Adamov, M Adamowski, D Adams, M Adinolfi, C Adriano, A Aduszkiewicz, J Aguilar, Z Ahmad, J Ahmed, B Aimard, F Akbar, B Ali-Mohammadzadeh, K Allison, S Alonso Monsalve, M AlRashed, C Alt, A Alton, R Alvarez, P Amedo, J Anderson, C Andreopoulos, M Andreotti, M Andrews, F Andrianala, S Andringa, N Anfimov, A Ankowski, M Antoniassi, M Antonova, A Antoshkin, S Antusch, A Aranda-Fernandez, L Arellano, LO Arnold, MA Arroyave, J Asaadi, L Asquith, A Aurisano, V Aushev, D Autiero, V Ayala Lara, M Ayala-Torres, F Azfar, A Back, H Back, JJ Back, C Backhouse, I Bagaturia, L Bagby, N Balashov, S Balasubramanian, P Baldi, B Baller, B Bambah, F Barao, G Barenboim, G Barker, W Barkhouse, C Barnes, G Barr, J Barranco Monarca, A Barros, N Barros, JL Barrow, A Basharina-Freshville, A Bashyal, V Basque, C Batchelor, J Battat, F Battisti, F Bay, MCQ Bazetto, JL Bazo Alba, JF Beacom, E Bechetoille, B Behera, E Belchior Batista das Chagas, L Bellantoni, G Bellettini, V Bellini, O Beltramello, N Benekos, C Benitez Montiel, F Bento Neves, J Berger, S Berkman, P Bernardini, RM Berner, A Bersani, S Bertolucci, M Betancourt, A Betancur Rodríguez, A Bevan, Y Bezawada, AT Bezerra, TJ Bezerra, A Bhardwaj, V Bhatnagar, M Bhattacharjee, D Bhattarai, S Bhuller, B Bhuyan, S Biagi, J Bian, M Biassoni, K Biery, B Bilki, M Bishai, A Bitadze, A Blake, FDM Blaszczyk, GC Blazey, E Blucher, J Boissevain, S Bolognesi, T Bolton, L Bomben, M Bonesini, C Bonilla-Diaz, F Bonini, A Booth, F Boran, S Bordoni, A Borkum, N Bostan, P Bour, D Boyden, J Bracinik, D Braga, D Brailsford, A Branca, A Brandt, J Bremer, C Brew, SJ Brice, C Brizzolari, C Bromberg, J Brooke, A Bross, G Brunetti, M Brunetti, N Buchanan, H Budd, I Butorov, I Cagnoli, T Cai, D Caiulo, R Calabrese, P Calafiura, J Calcutt, M Calin, S Calvez, E Calvo, A Caminata, A Campos Benitez, D Caratelli, D Carber, JM Carceller, G Carini, B Carlus, MF Carneiro, P Carniti, I Caro Terrazas, H Carranza, T Carroll, JF Castaño Forero, A Castillo, C Castromonte, E Catano-Mur, C Cattadori, F Cavalier, G Cavallaro, F Cavanna, S Centro, G Cerati, A Cervelli, A Cervera Villanueva, M Chalifour, A Chappell, E Chardonnet, N Charitonidis, A Chatterjee, S Chattopadhyay, MS Chavarry Neyra, H Chen, M Chen, Y Chen, Z Chen, Z Chen-Wishart, Y Cheon, D Cherdack, C Chi, S Childress, R Chirco, A Chiriacescu, K Cho, S Choate, D Chokheli, PS Chong, A Christensen, D Christian, G Christodoulou, A Chukanov, M Chung, E Church, V Cicero, P Clarke, G Cline, TE Coan, AG Cocco, J Coelho, J Collot, N Colton, E Conley, R Conley, J Conrad, M Convery, S Copello, P Cova, L Cremaldi, L Cremonesi, JI Crespo-Anadón, M Crisler, E Cristaldo, J Crnkovic, R Cross, A Cudd, C Cuesta, Y Cui, D Cussans, J Dai, O Dalager, H Da Motta, L Da Silva Peres, C David, Q David, GS Davies, S Davini, J Dawson, K De, S De, P Debbins, I De Bonis, M Decowski, A De Gouvea, PC De Holanda, IL De Icaza Astiz, A Deisting, P De 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J Fowler, W Fox, J Franc, K Francis, D Franco, J Freeman, J Freestone, J Fried, A Friedland, S Fuess, IK Furic, K Furman, AP Furmanski, A Gabrielli, A Gago, H Gallagher, A Gallas, A Gallego-Ros, N Gallice, V Galymov, E Gamberini, T Gamble, F Ganacim, R Gandhi, S Ganguly, F Gao, S Gao, D Garcia-Gamez, MÁ García-Peris, S Gardiner, D Gastler, J Gauvreau, P Gauzzi, G Ge, N Geffroy, B Gelli, A Gendotti, S Gent, Z Ghorbani-Moghaddam, P Giammaria, T Giammaria, N Giangiacomi, D Gibin, I Gil-Botella, S Gilligan, C Girerd, A Giri, D Gnani, O Gogota, M Gold, S Gollapinni, K Gollwitzer, RA Gomes, L Gomez Bermeo, LS Gomez Fajardo, F Gonnella, D González Caamaño, D Gonzalez-Diaz, M Gonzalez-Lopez, MC Goodman, O Goodwin, S Goswami, C Gotti, E Goudzovski, C Grace, R Gran, E Granados, P Granger, C Grant, D Gratieri, P Green, S Green, S Greenberg, L Greenler, J Greer, J Grenard, C Griffith, M Groh, J Grudzinski, K Grzelak, W Gu, E Guardincerri, V Guarino, M Guarise, R Guenette, E Guerard, M Guerzoni, D 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Water observed in the atmosphere of τ Boötis Ab with CARMENES/CAHA

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 514:3 (2022) 4160-4172

Authors:

Rebecca K Webb, Siddharth Gandhi, Matteo Brogi, Jayne L Birkby, Ernst de Mooij, Ignas Snellen, Yapeng Zhang

First light for GRAVITY Wide

Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 665 (2022) A75-A75

Authors:

R Abuter, F Allouche, A Amorim, C Bailet, M Bauböck, J-P Berger, P Berio, A Bigioli, O Boebion, ML Bolzer, H Bonnet, G Bourdarot, P Bourget, W Brandner, Y Clénet, B Courtney-Barrer, Y Dallilar, R Davies, D Defrère, A Delboulbé, F Delplancke, R Dembet, PT de Zeeuw, A Drescher, A Eckart

Abstract:

More than a century ago, Albert Einstein presented his general theory of gravitation (GR) to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. One of the predictions of the theory is that not only particles and objects with mass, but also the quanta of light, photons, are tied to the curvature of space-time, and thus to gravity. There must be a critical compactness, above which photons cannot escape. These are black holes (henceforth BH). It took fifty years after the theory was announced before possible candidate objects were identified by observational astronomy. And another fifty years have passed, until we finally have in hand detailed and credible experimental evidence that BHs of 10 to 10^10 times the mass of the Sun exist in the Universe. Three very different experimental techniques, but all based on Michelson interferometry or Fourier-inversion spatial interferometry have enabled the critical experimental breakthroughs. It has now become possible to investigate the space-time structure in the vicinity of the event horizons of BHs. We briefly summarize these interferometric techniques, and discuss the spectacular recent improvements achieved with all three techniques. Finally, we sketch where the path of exploration and inquiry may go on in the next decades.Comment: 50 pages, accepted to The Astronomy and Astrophysics Revie