Operation and performance of the ICARUS T600 cryogenic plant at Gran Sasso underground Laboratory
| Autor: | J. Holeczek, Christian Farnese, A. Falcone, K. Zaremba, F. Varanini, Paola Sala, A. Dermenev, David B. Cline, F. Pietropaolo, Angela Fava, E. Calligarich, S. Centro, A. Ivashkin, S. Otwinowski, D. Gibin, Carlo Rubbia, Alfredo G. Cocco, Hui Wang, P. Plonski, A. Dabrowska, F. Sergiampietri, X. Yang, C. Vignoli, M. Kirsanov, Andrea Zani, E. Segreto, A. Guglielmi, S. Mania, Jan Kisiel, N. Canci, A. Scaramelli, M. Torti, G. Meng, J. Lagoda, A. Rappoldi, P. Aprili, R. Sulej, P. Picchi, G.L. Raselli, A. Zalewska, M. Antonello, D. Stefan, Mario Terrani, Alessandra Cesana, C. Montanari, F. Boffelli, I. Kochanek, M. Szarska, K. Cieślik, Alessandro Menegolli, S. N. Gninenko, Arnaud Ferrari, Sandro Ventura, Massimo Rossella, A. Bubak, J.M. Disdier, B. Baibussinov, M. Haranczyk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Antonello, M, Aprili, P, Baibussinov, B, Boffelli, F, Bubak, A, Calligarich, E, Canci, N, Centro, S, Cesana, A, Cieslik, K, Cline, D, Cocco, A, Dabrowska, A, Dermenev, A, Disdier, J, Falcone, A, Farnese, C, Fava, A, Ferrari, A, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Guglielmi, A, Haranczyk, M, Holeczek, J, Ivashkin, A, Kirsanov, M, Kisiel, J, Kochanek, I, Lagoda, J, Mania, S, Menegolli, A, Meng, G, Montanari, C, Otwinowski, S, Picchi, P, Pietropaolo, F, Plonski, P, Rappoldi, A, Raselli, G, Rossella, M, Rubbia, C, Sala, P, Scaramelli, A, Segreto, E, Sergiampietri, F, Stefan, D, Sulej, R, Szarska, M, Terrani, M, Torti, M, Varanini, F, Ventura, S, Vignoli, C, Wang, H, Yang, X, Zalewska, A, Zani, A, Zaremba, K |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors Nuclear engineering FOS: Physical sciences Cryogenic detector Cosmic ray Noble liquid detectors (scintillation ionization double-phase) Particle detector High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) Cryogenic nitrogen plant Noble liquid detectors (scintillation ionization oble liquid detectors (scintillation ionization ouble-phase) Detectors and Experimental Techniques Instrumentation Mathematical Physics ICARUS Time projection chamber Large Hadron Collider Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics Detector Time projection Chambers (TPC) Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) double-phase) Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic Measuring instrument Cryogenic detectors Environmental science High Energy Physics::Experiment |
| Popis: | ICARUS T600 liquid argon time projection chamber is the first large mass electronic detector of a new generation able to combine the imaging capabilities of the old bubble chambers with the excellent calorimetric energy measurement. After the three months demonstration run on surface in Pavia during 2001, the T600 cryogenic plant was significantly revised, in terms of reliability and safety, in view of its long-term operation in an underground environment. The T600 detector was activated in Hall B of the INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory during Spring 2010, where it was operated without interruption for about three years, taking data exposed to the CERN to Gran Sasso long baseline neutrino beam and cosmic rays. In this paper the T600 cryogenic plant is described in detail together with the commissioning procedures that lead to the successful operation of the detector shortly after the end of the filling with liquid Argon. Overall plant performance and stability during the long-term underground operation are discussed. Finally, the decommissioning procedures, carried out about six months after the end of the CNGS neutrino beam operation, are reported. 27 pages; corrected typos; added references and reshuffled reference list (not in order of citation in previous version) 26 pages; forced figures within section; corrected typos |
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