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Search for anomalies in the neutrino sector with muon spectrometers and large LArTPC imaging detectors at CERN
A new experiment with an intense ~2 GeV neutrino beam at CERN SPS is proposed
in order to definitely clarify the possible existence of additional neutrino
states, as pointed out by neutrino calibration source experiments, reactor and
accelerator experiments and measure the corresponding oscillation parameters.
The experiment is based on two identical LAr-TPCs complemented by magnetized
spectrometers detecting electron and muon neutrino events at Far and Near
positions, 1600 m and 300 m from the proton target, respectively. The ICARUS
T600 detector, the largest LAr-TPC ever built with a size of about 600 ton of
imaging mass, now running in the LNGS underground laboratory, will be moved at
the CERN Far position. An additional 1/4 of the T600 detector (T150) will be
constructed and located in the Near position. Two large area spectrometers will
be placed downstream of the two LAr-TPC detectors to perform charge
identification and muon momentum measurements from sub-GeV to several GeV
energy range, greatly complementing the physics capabilities. This experiment
will offer remarkable discovery potentialities, collecting a very large number
of unbiased events both in the neutrino and antineutrino channels, largely
adequate to definitely settle the origin of the observed neutrino-related
anomalies.Comment: Contribution to the European Strategy for Particle Physics - Open
Symposium Preparatory Group, Kracow 10-12 September 201
Search for "anomalies" from neutrino and anti-neutrino oscillations at Delta_m^2 ~ 1eV^2 with muon spectrometers and large LAr-TPC imaging detectors
This proposal describes an experimental search for sterile neutrinos beyond
the Standard Model with a new CERN-SPS neutrino beam. The experiment is based
on two identical LAr-TPC's followed by magnetized spectrometers, observing the
electron and muon neutrino events at 1600 and 300 m from the proton target.
This project will exploit the ICARUS T600, moved from LNGS to the CERN "Far"
position. An additional 1/4 of the T600 detector will be constructed and
located in the "Near" position. Two spectrometers will be placed downstream of
the two LAr-TPC detectors to greatly complement the physics capabilities.
Spectrometers will exploit a classical dipole magnetic field with iron slabs,
and a new concept air-magnet, to perform charge identification and muon
momentum measurements in a wide energy range over a large transverse area. In
the two positions, the radial and energy spectra of the nu_e beam are
practically identical. Comparing the two detectors, in absence of oscillations,
all cross sections and experimental biases cancel out, and the two
experimentally observed event distributions must be identical. Any difference
of the event distributions at the locations of the two detectors might be
attributed to the possible existence of {\nu}-oscillations, presumably due to
additional neutrinos with a mixing angle sin^2(2theta_new) and a larger mass
difference Delta_m^2_new. The superior quality of the LAr imaging TPC, in
particular its unique electron-pi_zero discrimination allows full rejection of
backgrounds and offers a lossless nu_e detection capability. The determination
of the muon charge with the spectrometers allows the full separation of nu_mu
from anti-nu_mu and therefore controlling systematics from muon
mis-identification largely at high momenta.Comment: Experiment proposa
The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment
The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers
of increasing size and sensitivity. The XENONnT experiment is the latest
detector in the program, planned to be an upgrade of its predecessor XENON1T.
It features an active target of 5.9 tonnes of cryogenic liquid xenon (8.5
tonnes total mass in cryostat). The experiment is expected to extend the
sensitivity to WIMP dark matter by more than an order of magnitude compared to
XENON1T, thanks to the larger active mass and the significantly reduced
background, improved by novel systems such as a radon removal plant and a
neutron veto. This article describes the XENONnT experiment and its sub-systems
in detail and reports on the detector performance during the first science run.Comment: 32 pages, 19 figure
CUORE-0 detector: design, construction and operation
The CUORE experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ofTe with an array of 988 TeO bolometers arranged in 19 towers.CUORE-0, the first tower assembled according to the CUORE procedures, was builtand commissioned at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, and took data fromMarch 2013 to March 2015. In this paper we describe the design, constructionand operation of the CUORE-0 experiment, with an emphasis on the improvementsmade over a predecessor experiment, Cuoricino. In particular, we demonstratewith CUORE-0 data that the design goals of CUORE are within reach
The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC
ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is a general-purpose, heavy-ion detector at the CERN LHC which focuses on QCD, the strong-interaction sector of the Standard Model. It is designed to address the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark-gluon plasma at extreme values of energy density and temperature in nucleus-nucleus collisions. Besides running with Pb ions, the physics programme includes collisions with lighter ions, lower energy running and dedicated proton-nucleus runs. ALICE will also take data with proton beams at the top LHC energy to collect reference data for the heavy-ion programme and to address several QCD topics for which ALICE is complementary to the other LHC detectors. The ALICE detector has been built by a collaboration including currently over 1000 physicists and engineers from 105 Institutes in 30 countries. Its overall dimensions are 161626 m3 with a total weight of approximately 10 000 t. The experiment consists of 18 different detector systems each with its own specific technology choice and design constraints, driven both by the physics requirements and the experimental conditions expected at LHC. The most stringent design constraint is to cope with the extreme particle multiplicity anticipated in central Pb-Pb collisions. The different subsystems were optimized to provide high-momentum resolution as well as excellent Particle Identification (PID) over a broad range in momentum, up to the highest multiplicities predicted for LHC. This will allow for comprehensive studies of hadrons, electrons, muons, and photons produced in the collision of heavy nuclei. Most detector systems are scheduled to be installed and ready for data taking by mid-2008 when the LHC is scheduled to start operation, with the exception of parts of the Photon Spectrometer (PHOS), Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) and Electro Magnetic Calorimeter (EMCal). These detectors will be completed for the high-luminosity ion run expected in 2010. This paper describes in detail the detector components as installed for the first data taking in the summer of 2008
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