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

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, J.M.; Convery, M.; Cooper-Troendle, L.; Crespo-Anadón, J.I.; Del Tutto, M.; Dennis, S.R.; Devitt, D; Diurba, R.; Dorrill, R.; Duffy, K.; Dytman, S.; Eberly, B; Ereditato, A.; Evans, J.J.; Fine, R.; Fiorentini Aguirre, G.A.; Fitzpatrick, R.S.; Fleming, B.T.; Foppiani, N.; Franco, D; Furmanski, A.P.; 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, G.A.; Hourlier, A.; Itay, R.; James, C.; Ji, X; Jiang, L; Jo, J.H.; Johnson, R.A.; Jwa, Y.-J.; 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, B.R.; Louis, W.C.; Luo, X.; Manivannan, K; Mariani, C.; Marsden, D.; Marshall, J.; Martinez Caicedo, D.A.; 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, A.F.; Moore, C.D.; Mora Lepin, L.; Mousseau, J.; Murphy, M.; Naples, D; Navrer-Agasson, A.; Neely, R.K.; Nowak, J.; Nunes, M.; Palamara, O.; Paolone, V.; Papadopoulou, A.; Papavassiliou, V.; Pate, S.F.; Paudel, A; Pavlovic, Z.; Piasetzky, E.; Ponce-Pinto, I.D.; Prince, S.; Qian, X.; Raaf, J.L.; Radeka, V.; Rafique, A; Reggiani-Guzzo, M.; Ren, L.; Rice, L.C.J.; Rochester, L.; Rodriguez Rondon, J.; Rogers, H.E.; Rosenberg, M.; Ross-Lonergan, M.; Scanavini, G.; Schmitz, D.W.; Schukraft, A.; Seligman, W.; Shaevitz, M.H.; Sharankova, R.; Sinclair, J.; Smith, A.; Snider, E.L.; Söderberg, M; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, J.; Stancari, M; St. John, J.; Strauss, T.; Sutton, K.; Sword-Fehlberg, S.; Szelc, A.M.; Tagg, N; Tang, W.; Terao, K; Thorpe, C; Totani, D.; Toups, M; Tsai, Y-T; Uchida, M.A.; 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, L.E.; Zeller, G.P.; Zennamo, J; Zhang, C.

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

Author(s): 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

Publication date Created: September 22 2021

Publication date (Electronic): September 22 2021

Journal: Journal of Instrumentation

Publisher: IOP Publishing

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Abstract

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, D _L, 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 D _L = 3.74 ^+0.28 _-0.29 cm ²/s.