LBNE and the Fermilab Liquid Argon Detector Programme
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Planned Impact
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Specifically for the Liverpool neutrino group, we have a strong track record in developing applications from detectors and ideas generated for our basic research:
1. We have developed and constructed an antineutrino detector based on the technology of the T2K Near Detector ECAL (plastic scintillator bars with wavelength shifting fibers and MPPCs) which has been funded by grants from STFC (Follow-up and recently Mini-IPS), the Royal Society and private investors. The detector is at the time of writing operating in the Wylfa Power Station grounds and will monitor the planned power-up cycle in the next few weeks.
2. Working with colleagues from Academia, Industry and Government (ETH Zurich, Padova, Insumbria, CAEN, ARKTIS, Irish Revenue Commissioner) we have developed with EU funds a transportable neutron detector able to detect Special Nuclear Materials, which is at the time of writing being tested by the relevant security personnel at Heathrow Airport.
Our in-house LAr TPC R&D together with the specific activities to be carried out in terms of the research proposed here will lead to high-sensitivity, high-resolution detectors for potential use in the health and security domains.
Specifically for the Liverpool neutrino group, we have a strong track record in developing applications from detectors and ideas generated for our basic research:
1. We have developed and constructed an antineutrino detector based on the technology of the T2K Near Detector ECAL (plastic scintillator bars with wavelength shifting fibers and MPPCs) which has been funded by grants from STFC (Follow-up and recently Mini-IPS), the Royal Society and private investors. The detector is at the time of writing operating in the Wylfa Power Station grounds and will monitor the planned power-up cycle in the next few weeks.
2. Working with colleagues from Academia, Industry and Government (ETH Zurich, Padova, Insumbria, CAEN, ARKTIS, Irish Revenue Commissioner) we have developed with EU funds a transportable neutron detector able to detect Special Nuclear Materials, which is at the time of writing being tested by the relevant security personnel at Heathrow Airport.
Our in-house LAr TPC R&D together with the specific activities to be carried out in terms of the research proposed here will lead to high-sensitivity, high-resolution detectors for potential use in the health and security domains.
| Description | CERN Neutrino Facility (CENF) |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN - Other |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am co-spokesperson (leader) of the protoDUNE-SP experiment at CENF (CERN experiment NP04). Karol Hennessy from my team is NP04 Data Acquisition co-coordinator. Engineers and technicians from my Liverpool neutrino group are participating in the construction of APAs at Daresbury Laboratory. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CENF has constructed a 800-ton cryostat for Liquid Argon and its cryogenic systems, infrastructure for he experiment, elements for the TPC such as Field Cages, Data Acquisition and computing resources for the data analysis. |
| Impact | N/A. experiment in construction. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Title | GENIE neutrino interaction generator toolkit |
| Description | GENIE is the leading neutrino interactions modelling and event generator suite that incorporates a variety of phenomenological models and experimental measurements. It was implemented for studies of DUNE (as LBNE is known since 2015). The toolkit was also develop further in order to provide more robust predictions. |
| Type Of Technology | Physical Model/Kit |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | Improved neutrino interaction generator allows current and future experiments to have better Monte Carlo simulation and control better their related sources of systematic errors, thus improving the precision and accuracy of their physics results. |
| URL | http://www.genie-mc.org |