Operation and performance of the ICARUS T600 cryogenic plant at Gran Sasso underground Laboratory

被引：22

作者：

Antonello, M. ^{[1
]}

Aprili, P. ^{[1
]}

Baibussinov, B. ^{[2
,3
]}

Boffelli, F. ^{[4
,5
]}

Bubak, A. ^{[6
]}

Calligarich, E. ^{[4
,5
]}

Canci, N. ^{[1
]}

Centro, S. ^{[2
,3
]}

Cesana, A. ^{[7
,8
]}

Cieslik, K. ^{[9
]}

Cline, D. B. ^{[10
]}

Cocco, A. G. ^{[11
,12
]}

Dabrowska, A. ^{[9
]}

Dermenev, A. ^{[13
]}

Disdier, J. M. ^{[21
]}

Falcone, A. ^{[4
,5
]}

Farnese, C. ^{[2
,3
]}

Fava, A. ^{[2
,3
]}

Ferrari, A. ^{[14
]}

Gibin, D. ^{[2
,3
]}

Gninenko, S. ^{[13
]}

Guglielmi, A. ^{[2
,3
]}

Haranczyk, M. ^{[9
]}

Holeczek, J. ^{[6
]}

Ivashkin, A. ^{[13
]}

Kirsanov, M. ^{[13
]}

Kisiel, J. ^{[6
]}

Kochanek, I. ^{[6
]}

Lagoda, J.

Mania, S. ^{[6
]}

Menegolli, A. ^{[4
,5
]}

Meng, G. ^{[2
,3
]}

Montanari, C. ^{[4
,5
]}

Otwinowski, S. ^{[10
]}

Picchi, P. ^{[16
]}

Pietropaolo, F. ^{[2
,3
]}

Plonski, P. ^{[17
]}

Rappoldi, A. ^{[4
,5
]}

Raselli, G. L. ^{[4
,5
]}

Rossella, M. ^{[4
,5
]}

Rubbia, C. ^{[1
,14
]}

Sala, P. R. ^{[18
]}

Scaramelli, A. ^{[18
]}

Segreto, E. ^{[1
]}

Sergiampietri, F. ^{[19
,20
]}

Stefan, D. ^{[18
]}

Sulej, R. ^{[15
]}

Szarska, M. ^{[9
]}

Terrani, M. ^{[7
,8
]}

Torti, M. ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] INFN, Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy

[2] Univ Padua, Padua, Italy

[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Padua, Italy

[4] Univ Pavia, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[6] Univ Silesia, Inst Phys, Katowice, Poland

[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[8] Politecn Milan, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[9] H Niewodniczanski Inst Nucl Phys, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland

[10] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

[11] Univ Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

[12] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-80125 Naples, Italy

[13] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia

[14] CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

[15] Natl Ctr Nucl Res, PL-05400 Otwock, Swierk, Poland

[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy

[17] Warsaw Univ Technol, Inst Radioelect, Warsaw, Poland

[18] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[19] Univ Pisa, Pisa, Italy

[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Pisa, Italy

[21] Luca Scarcia Co, Pisa, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION | 2015年 / 10卷

关键词：

Time projection Chambers (TPC); Noble liquid detectors (scintillation; ionization; double-phase); Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Cryogenic detectors; LIQUID ARGON; SEARCH; BEAM;

D O I：

10.1088/1748-0221/10/12/P12004

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

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 an 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 (CNGS) 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 underground run are discussed. Finally, the decommissioning procedures, carried out about six months after the end of the CNGS neutrino beam operation, are reported.

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