LArTPC (Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Detector) R&D Workshop

US/Central
One West, Wilson Hall (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

One West, Wilson Hall

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
Brian Rebel (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Craig Thorn (BNL), Jon Urheim (Indiana University)
Description

This workshop will provide a forum to discuss current activities in the US that are aimed at the development of a very large detector based on the liquid argon time projection chamber concept.  It is intended that the output of the workshop is a coherent description of the current R&D efforts as well as a list of challenges that need to be addressed by future efforts.  The workshop is being organized under the auspices of the Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors (CPAD) and will provide input to the Community Summer Study.
Contact: Cynthia M. Sazama
  • Wednesday, 20 March
    • 09:00 09:50
      Physics Requirements One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Convener: Dr Brian Rebel (Fermilab)
      • 09:00
        Welcome 10m
        Speaker: Dr Pier Oddone (Fermilab)
      • 09:10
        Physics Requirements - Neutrinos 20m
        Speaker: Dr Andrzej Szelc (Yale University)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Physics Requirements - Dark Matter 20m
        Speaker: Dr Ben Loer (Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 09:50 10:30
      World R&D One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Convener: Dr Brian Rebel (Fermilab)
      • 09:50
        European R&D Efforts 30m
        Speaker: Christos Touramanis (Liverpool University)
        Slides
      • 10:20
        Discussion 10m
    • 10:30 10:50
      Coffee Break 20m Wilson Hall Atrium

      Wilson Hall Atrium

    • 10:50 12:10
      Purification One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Convener: Stephen Pordes (Fermilab)
      • 10:50
        Materials Test Stand Results 15m
        Speaker: Stephen Pordes (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 11:05
        Gas Flow in Ullage 20m
        Speaker: Erik Voirin (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Liquid Argon Purity Demonstrator 30m
        Speaker: Terry Tope (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 11:55
        Discussion 15m
    • 12:10 13:20
      Lunch 1h 10m Wilson Hall Café (Universe)

      Wilson Hall Café

      Universe

    • 13:20 14:40
      Cryogenics One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Convener: Prof. Flavio Cavanna (Yale University)
      • 13:20
        MicroBooNE Design and Lessons 15m
        Speaker: Mike Zuckerbrot (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 13:35
        LBNE Design and Lessons 20m
        Speakers: Mr Barry Norris (Fermilab), David Montanari (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 13:55
        LArIAT Design 10m
        Speaker: Prof. Flavio Cavanna (Yale University)
        Slides
      • 14:05
        CAPTAIN Design 10m
        Speaker: Dr Richard Van de Water (LANL)
        Slides
      • 14:15
        ODH Calculations 10m
        Speaker: Bob Sanders (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 14:25
        Discussion 15m
    • 14:40 15:00
      Coffee Break 20m Wilson Hall Atrium

      Wilson Hall Atrium

    • 15:00 16:30
      Software One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Conveners: Mitch Soderberg (Syracuse University), Dr Thomas Junk (Fermilab)
      • 15:00
        Simulations 20m
        Speaker: Dr Michael Kirby (FNAL)
        Slides
      • 15:20
        Reconstruction 20m
        Speaker: Dr Herbert Greenlee (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 15:40
        Photon Simulation and Reconstruction 20m
        Speaker: Mr Benjamin Jones (MIT)
        Slides
      • 16:00
        Analysis Tools 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Flavio Cavanna (Yale University)
        Slides
      • 16:20
        Discussion 10m
  • Thursday, 21 March
    • 09:00 10:30
      Photon Detection One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Conveners: Stuart Mufson (Indiana U), Dr Teppei Katori (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • 09:00
        MicroBooNE 12m
        Speaker: Dr Teppei Katori (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
        Slides
      • 09:12
        Bo Tests 12m
        Speaker: Mr Benjamin Jones (MIT)
        Slides
      • 09:24
        LBNE Light Guides 12m
        Speaker: Stuart Mufson (Indiana U)
        Slides
      • 09:36
        LBNE WLS Fiber 12m
        Speaker: Norm Buchanan (Colorado State University)
        Slides
      • 09:48
        LBNE VUV Photons 12m
        Speaker: Dr Victor Gehman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        LArIAT 12m
        Speaker: Dr Andrzej Szelc (Yale University)
        Slides
      • 10:12
        Discussion 18m
    • 10:30 10:50
      Coffee Break 20m Wilson Hall Atrium

      Wilson Hall Atrium

    • 10:50 12:20
      Electronics, DAQ, and Triggering One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Conveners: Carl Bromberg (Michigan State University), Craig Thorn (BNL)
      • 10:50
        Cold Electronics I 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Carl Bromberg (Michigan State Univserity)
        Slides
      • 11:10
        Cold Electronics II 20m
        Speaker: Hucheng Chen (Brookhaven National Lab)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        DAQ and Triggering for MicroBooNE 20m
        Speaker: Dr Eric Church (Yale)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        DAQ and Triggering for Future Experiments 20m
        Speaker: Bruce Baller (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 12:10
        Discussion 10m
    • 12:20 13:30
      Lunch 1h 10m Wilson Hall Café

      Wilson Hall Café

    • 13:30 15:00
      TPC and High Voltage One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Conveners: Dr Alberto Marchionni (Fermilab), Prof. Karol Lang (University of Texas at Austin)
      • 13:30
        ICARUS 20m
        Speaker: Alessandro Menegolli (Pavia)
        Slides
      • 13:50
        MicroBooNE and LBNE Design 20m
        Speaker: Dr Bo Yu (Brookhaven National Lab)
        Slides
      • 14:10
        HV Feedthroughs 15m
        Speaker: Hanguo Wang (UCLA)
        Slides
      • 14:25
        Argontube 15m
        Speaker: Dr Thomas Strauss (Albert Einstein Center for fundamental physics, laboratory for high energy physics, Universitaet Bern)
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Dualphase TPC 15m
        Speaker: Dr Alberto Marchionni (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 14:55
        Discussion 5m
    • 15:00 15:30
      Coffee Break and Photo 30m Wilson Hall Atrium

      Wilson Hall Atrium

    • 15:30 17:00
      Calibration and Test Beams One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Conveners: Dr Christopher Mauger (LANL), Jennifer Raaf (Fermilab)
      • 15:30
        Dark Matter 10m
        Speaker: Dr Victor Gehman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 15:40
        ArgoNeuT 10m
        Speaker: Mitch Soderberg (Syracuse University)
        Slides
      • 15:50
        Laser Calibrations 10m
        Speaker: Dr Thomas Strauss (Albert Einstein Center for fundamental physics, laboratory for high energy physics, Universitaet Bern)
        Slides
      • 16:00
        LArIAT 15m
        Speaker: Dr Jason St. John (University of Cincinnati)
        Slides
      • 16:15
        CAPTAIN 15m
        Speaker: Dr Elena Guardincerri (LANL)
        Slides
      • 16:30
        Update on LAr TPC Studies in a Testbeam in Japan 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Takasumi Maruyama (KEK)
        Slides
    • 17:00 18:00
      Closing Discussion One West, Wilson Hall

      One West, Wilson Hall

      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

      P. O. Box 500 Batavia, IL 60510-5011
      Convener: Jon Urheim (Indiana University)