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

20 Mar 2013, 08:00 → 21 Mar 2013, 20:20 US/Central

One West, Wilson Hall (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Brian Rebel (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Craig Thorn (BNL), Jon Urheim (Indiana University)

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.

Wednesday, 20 March

Physics Requirements

Convener: Dr Brian Rebel (Fermilab)

1 Welcome

Speaker: Dr Pier Oddone (Fermilab)

2 Physics Requirements - Neutrinos

Speaker: Dr Andrzej Szelc (Yale University)

Slides szelc_LArTPC_physics.pdf

3 Physics Requirements - Dark Matter

Speaker: Dr Ben Loer (Fermilab)

Slides PDF slides powerpoint slides

World R&D

Convener: Dr Brian Rebel (Fermilab)

4 European R&D Efforts

Speaker: Christos Touramanis (Liverpool University)

Slides EU-LAr-0312-CT.pdf

5 Discussion

10:30 Coffee Break

Purification

Convener: Stephen Pordes (Fermilab)

6 Materials Test Stand Results

Speaker: Stephen Pordes (Fermilab)

Slides MTS.pdf

7 Gas Flow in Ullage

Speaker: Erik Voirin (Fermilab)

Slides Heat_and_Mass_Transport_in_Ullage_Space.pptx PDF_Heat_and_Mass_Transport_in_Ullage_Space.pdf

8 Liquid Argon Purity Demonstrator

Speaker: Terry Tope (Fermilab)

Slides LAPD_LAr_workshop_3_20_13.pptx.pdf

9 Discussion

12:10 Lunch

Cryogenics

Convener: Prof. Flavio Cavanna (Yale University)

10 MicroBooNE Design and Lessons

Speaker: Mike Zuckerbrot (Fermilab)

Slides Microboone_Cryogenic_System.pdf

11 LBNE Design and Lessons

Speakers: Mr Barry Norris (Fermilab), David Montanari (Fermilab)

Slides LBNE_Cryogenics_Systems_and_Cryostat_Issues_Combined_Mar_19_2013.pdf

12 LArIAT Design

Speaker: Prof. Flavio Cavanna (Yale University)

Slides Cryogenics-LArTPC-R&D-WS-FNAL-Mar13-b.pdf

13 CAPTAIN Design

Speaker: Dr Richard Van de Water (LANL)

Slides CAPTAIN_cryo_March2013.pdf

14 ODH Calculations

Speaker: Bob Sanders (Fermilab)

Slides odh-presentation.pdf

15 Discussion

14:40 Coffee Break

Software

Conveners: Mitch Soderberg (Syracuse University), Dr Thomas Junk (Fermilab)

16 Simulations

Speaker: Dr Michael Kirby (FNAL)

Slides LArTPC_Workshop_Simulation.pdf

17 Reconstruction

Speaker: Dr Herbert Greenlee (Fermilab)

Slides cpad_reco_mar20_2013.pdf

18 Photon Simulation and Reconstruction

Speaker: Mr Benjamin Jones (MIT)

Slides LArTPC_Optical_Software.pdf

19 Analysis Tools

Speaker: Prof. Flavio Cavanna (Yale University)

Slides SW-Analysis-LArTPC-R&D-WS-FNAL-Mar13.pdf

20 Discussion

Thursday, 21 March

Photon Detection

Conveners: Stuart Mufson (Indiana U), Dr Teppei Katori (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

21 MicroBooNE

Speaker: Dr Teppei Katori (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Slides TK_LArTPC_032113.pdf

22 Bo Tests

Speaker: Mr Benjamin Jones (MIT)

Slides LArTPCBoTalk.pdf

23 LBNE Light Guides

Speaker: Stuart Mufson (Indiana U)

Slides AAAworkshopMar13.pdf

24 LBNE WLS Fiber

Speaker: Norm Buchanan (Colorado State University)

Slides LArTPCWorkshop_2013_Buchanan.pdf

25 LBNE VUV Photons

Speaker: Dr Victor Gehman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides LBLWLSUpdateUpdate_2013-03.pdf

26 LArIAT

Speaker: Dr Andrzej Szelc (Yale University)

Slides szelc_lariat_readout.pdf

27 Discussion

10:30 Coffee Break

Electronics, DAQ, and Triggering

Conveners: Carl Bromberg (Michigan State University), Craig Thorn (BNL)

28 Cold Electronics I

Speaker: Prof. Carl Bromberg (Michigan State Univserity)

Slides LArTPC_Workshop_Bromberg.pptx

29 Cold Electronics II

Speaker: Hucheng Chen (Brookhaven National Lab)

Slides Chen.ColdElectronics.03212013.pdf

30 DAQ and Triggering for MicroBooNE

Speaker: Dr Eric Church (Yale)

Slides CPAD-Mtg_20_21-Mar-2013.pdf

31 DAQ and Triggering for Future Experiments

Speaker: Bruce Baller (Fermilab)

Slides Future_Experiment_DAQ.pptx

32 Discussion

12:20 Lunch

TPC and High Voltage

Conveners: Dr Alberto Marchionni (Fermilab), Prof. Karol Lang (University of Texas at Austin)

33 ICARUS

Speaker: Alessandro Menegolli (Pavia)

Slides menegolli_-_ICARUS.pdf

34 MicroBooNE and LBNE Design

Speaker: Dr Bo Yu (Brookhaven National Lab)

Slides MicroBooNE,_LBNE_TPC_Designs.pptx

35 HV Feedthroughs

Speaker: Hanguo Wang (UCLA)

Slides UHMWPE-HV-FT-03-21-2013-FNAL.pdf

36 Argontube

Speaker: Dr Thomas Strauss (Albert Einstein Center for fundamental physics, laboratory for high energy physics, Universitaet Bern)

Slides 13-03-20_Argontube_Bern_general.pptx

37 Dualphase TPC

Speaker: Dr Alberto Marchionni (Fermilab)

Slides Dual_Phase_LAr_TPC.pdf

38 Discussion

15:00 Coffee Break and Photo

Calibration and Test Beams

Conveners: Dr Christopher Mauger (LANL), Jennifer Raaf (Fermilab)

39 Dark Matter

Speaker: Dr Victor Gehman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Slides DMCalibrationUpdate_2013-03.pdf

40 ArgoNeuT

Speaker: Mitch Soderberg (Syracuse University)

Slides Soderberg.pdf

41 Laser Calibrations

Speaker: Dr Thomas Strauss (Albert Einstein Center for fundamental physics, laboratory for high energy physics, Universitaet Bern)

Slides 13-03-20_Argontube_Bern_lasertalk.pptx

42 LArIAT

Speaker: Dr Jason St. John (University of Cincinnati)

Slides LArDBT_jmsj_LArTPC_RDWorkshop_2013_03_21.pdf

43 CAPTAIN

Speaker: Dr Elena Guardincerri (LANL)

Slides Guardincerri_CAPTAIN.pdf

44 Update on LAr TPC Studies in a Testbeam in Japan

Speaker: Prof. Takasumi Maruyama (KEK)

Slides US_LAr_workshop_130321_maruyama.ppt

Closing Discussion

Convener: Jon Urheim (Indiana University)