Published May 1, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

The ICARUS liquid argon TPC: A complete imaging device for particle physics

  • 1. Dept. of Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  • 2. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 3. INFN, Padova (Italy)
  • 4. Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. Padova (Italy)
  • 5. INFN Udine (Italy)
  • 6. Dipt. di Fisica, Uni. Udine (Italy)
  • 7. INFN, Coppito (Italy)
  • 8. Dipt. di Fisica, Univ. L'Aquila, Coppito (Italy)
  • 9. Lab. Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Roma (Italy)
  • 10. IHEP, Beijing (China)

Description

A liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr-TPC) working as an electronic bubblechamber, continuously sensitive, self-triggering, able to provide 3-D imaging of any ionizing event together with a good calorimetric response was first proposed by Rubbia in 1977. In the following years experiments were undertaken to verify the feasibility of such a detector. At present a 3 tons complete detector is working at CERN under stable conditions from several months. (orig./HSI)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A
Journal Volume
315
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
223-228
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE

Conference

Title
Frontier detectors for frontier physics.
Acronym
5. Pisa meeting on advanced detectors
Dates
26-31 May 1991.
Place
La Biodola, Elba (Italy).