Numerical characterization of the ARAPUCA: a new technology for detecting scintillation light in noble liquids

• Grant number: 17/13942-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2017
• End date: September 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Laura Paulucci Marinho
• Grantee: Laura Paulucci Marinho
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Ana Amélia Bergamini Machado ; Ettore Segreto ; Franciole da Cunha Marinho

Abstract

The Fermilab neutrino program search answers to some fundamental questions in physics such as the neutrino mass hierarchy, CP violation in the leptonic sector, and the possible existence of a fourth neutrino flavor. The detection technique chosen is the use of time projection chambers made of large liquid argon volumes. In addition to this system, argon scintillation light will be collected and used for timing and calorimetry resolution. For this, a new device for trapping light, the ARAPUCA, is expected to improve by an order of 10 the photon collection efficiency compared to the initially considered method for the experiments, based on the use of light guides (acrylic bars). This project is dedicated to the complete characterization of the ARAPUCA, still under testing phase, and of the acquisition electronics for the photon detection system of the SBND and DUNE experiments via Monte Carlo simulations. This will allow for robustness in predictions made using simulations for decision making processes related to the experiment's design, as well as for the development of reconstruction algorithms, through the implementation of a module in the software platform adopted by these collaborations. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARINHO, F.; CARVALHO, C. M.; APOLINARIO, F. R.; PAULUCCI, L.. Measuring light with light-dependent resistors: an easy approach for optics experiments. European Journal of Physics, v. 40, n. 3, MAY 2019. (17/13942-5)

TOTANI, D.; CANCELO, G.; CAVANNA, F.; ESCOBAR, C. O.; KEMP, E.; MARINHO, F.; PAULUCCI, L.; PHAN, D. D.; MUFSON, S.; MACIAS, C.; et al. A measurement of absolute efficiency of the ARAPUCA photon detector in liquid argon. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 15, n. 6, JUN 2020. (17/13942-5)

MARINHO, F.; PAULUCCI, L.; MACHADO, A. A.; SEGRETO, E.; IOP. Numerical characterization of the ARAPUCA: a new approach for LAr scintillation light detection. WAKE CONFERENCE 2021, v. 1056, p. 6-pg., 2018-01-01. (17/13942-5, 16/01106-5)

PAULUCCI, L.; MARINHO, F.; MACHADO, A. A.; SEGRETO, E.. A complete simulation of the X-ARAPUCA device for detection of scintillation photons. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 15, n. 1, JAN 2020. (17/13942-5)

SOUZA, V, H.; SEGRETO, E.; MACHADO, A. A.; SARMENTO, R. R.; BAZETTO, M. C. Q.; PAULUCCI, L.; MARINHO, F.; PIMENTEL, V. L.; DEMOLIN, F. L.; DE SOUZA, G.; et al. iquid argon characterization of the X-ARAPUCA with alpha particles, gamma rays and cosmic muon. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 16, n. 11, NOV 2021. (19/11557-2, 16/01106-5, 17/13942-5)

SEGRETO, E.; MACHADO, A. A.; PAULUCCI, L.; MARINHO, F.; GALANTE, D.; GUEDES, S.; FAUTH, A.; TEIXEIRA, V.; GELLI, B.; GUZZO, M. R.; et al. Liquid argon test of the ARAPUCA device. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 13, AUG 2018. (16/01106-5, 17/13942-5)