LBNE and the Fermilab Liquid Argon Detector Programme
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
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Planned Impact
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Publications
Manly S
(2021)
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
in Instruments
Abi B
(2020)
Volume I. Introduction to DUNE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2018)
Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part II. Data/simulation comparison and performance in MicroBooNE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abi B
(2020)
Volume IV. The DUNE far detector single-phase technology
in Journal of Instrumentation
Acciarri R
(2017)
Michel electron reconstruction using cosmic-ray data from the MicroBooNE LArTPC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2022)
Cosmic ray muon clustering for the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using sMask-RCNN
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams D
(2020)
Design and performance of a 35-ton liquid argon time projection chamber as a prototype for future very large detectors
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2021)
Vertex-finding and reconstruction of contained two-track neutrino events in the MicroBooNE detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2017)
Determination of muon momentum in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using an improved model of multiple Coulomb scattering
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams D
(2018)
Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber
in Journal of Instrumentation
Description | This award is for research to pave the way to the development of the data acquisition system (DAQ) for a large liquid argon detector for a future neutrino oscillation experiment, the DUNE experiment. There were two major goals of this research, both of which have been met. (1) The work provided the data acquisition system for the '35ton prototype' liquid argon detector at Fermilab, that has now completed. (2) Providing the design of the DAQ (including costings) for the final DUNE experiment. The entire DUNE project has made very rapid progress and the work in this grant has led to a much more sophisticated prototype being proposed and built; ProtoDUNE at CERN. The team of people working on this prototype has enlarged considerably compared to the early prototype. The DAQ is at a very good stage of readiness and we expect to operate the prototype in the CERN particle beam in the summer of 2018. The design of the DAQ for the final DUNE experiment has also recently (Feb 2018) undergone a major iteration and is in the international search-for-funding phase. |
Exploitation Route | As the ProtoDUNE prototype starts operating, we will gain more insight into the next stage of the data acquisition design, including strategies for handling the immense amount of data expected from the final DUNE detector. This is essential for getting the full science potential from the DUNE experiment. Since the inception of this grant, teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol and Edinburgh have joined the UK DAQ effort on DUNE (alongside teams from Universities of Oxford, Warwick and Sussex). Added March 2020: The DUNE experiment is continuing to grow internationally and in the UK (for the UK, the additions are Imperial, UCL, RHUL, Liverpool, Rutherford Lab). |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Electronics Other |
URL | http://www.dunescience.org/ |
Description | DUNE: Pre-Construction Phase |
Amount | £351,764 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R000271/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 09/2019 |
Title | ProtoDUNE DAQ design review |
Description | The ProtoDUNE experiment at CERN has specific needs with regard to Data Acquisition from the experiment. This institute has direct responsibility to providing the data acquisition for ProtoDUNE. It is also a bridging step to providing DAQ for the large DUNE experiment to which this grant relates. In November 2016, the project went through a thorough design review process for the ProtoDUNE DAQ involving both internal and external reviewers. The review covered requirements, interfaces, risks, technical obstacles and other items. It was passed, by which we mean that the reviewers found no flaws. They made several helpful comments and recommendations, which are being acted on. The DAQ design relies on a combination of standard and innovative methods which will pave the way for the methodology on the DUNE experiment and possibly other neutrino experiments. The DUNE experiment is a multi-mnational collaboration and the design methodology is being shared among all institutes. Once a functional version is operating (expected in 2018), the design methodology will be presented at conferences and made available in journal articles. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The DAQ design relies on a combination of standard and innovative methods which will pave the way for the methodology on the DUNE experiment and possibly other neutrino experiments. The DUNE experiment is a multi-mnational collaboration and the design methodology is being shared among all institutes. Once a functional version is operating (expected in 2018), the design methodology will be presented at conferences and made available in journal articles. |
Description | Submission of grant request for Pre-Construction of DUNE experiment |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Department of Chemistry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The DUNE experiment is a collaboration of over 150 institutions from 30 countries. The Oxford group is one of the groups that is hoping to provide the data acquisition system for this important experiment, which is one of the technologies required to operate it. The goal is to reduce the cost, while providing the maximum scope for physics discovery with the data that is collected. Oxford is providing management, software and hardware effort on this collaboration. |
Collaborator Contribution | Other partners are providing hardware, software, management and design effort to this collaboration. |
Impact | A grant has been written and submitted to the STFC for continuation funding. This will be reported in the grants and funding section of ResearchFish if successful. |
Start Year | 2014 |