Giant Liquid Argon Observatory for Proton Decay, Neutrino Astrophysics and CP-violation in the Lepton Sector (GLACIER)

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Giant Liquid Argon Observatory for Proton Decay, Neutrino Astrophysics and CP-violation in the Lepton Sector (GLACIER) A. Badertscher, A. Curioni, U. Degunda, L. Epprecht, S. Horikawa, L. Knecht, C. Lazzaro, D. Lussi, A. Marchionni, G. Natterer, P. Otiougova, F. Resnati, A. Rubbia, C. Strabel, J. Ulbricht, and T. Viant ETH Zurich, 11 Raemistrasse, CH-92 Zurich, Switzerland 1 Introduction Abstract GLACIER (Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment) is a large underground observatory for proton decay search, neutrino astrophysics and CPviolation studies in the lepton sector. Possible underground sites are studied within the FP7 LAGUNA project (Europe) and along the JPARC neutrino beam in collaboration with KEK (Japan). The concept is scalable to very large masses. Looking at the future of neutrino long-baseline experiments, T2K [1] and NOvA [2] can be considered as "Phase I" experiments that will improve the sensitivity to the small mixing angle θ 13 by one order of magnitude over the existing CHOOZ limit (sin 2 2θ 13 >.1) [3], but will have limited sensitivity to the effects of CP violation in the neutrino sector. The next generation of "Phase II" experiments is expected to have significant discovery potential for CP violation, capability to establish the mass hierarchy and - in case θ 13 is small enough to elude "Phase I" experiment - extend the θ 13 discovery potential. In order to do so, a "Phase II" experiment must be designed to have very large statistics, excellent background rejection and very good energy resolution, to measure very precisely the oscillation pattern as a function of neutrino energy. The detector must therefore be very massive (, to 1,, tons of active volume, depending on specific detector technology), and must have the capability to accurately reconstruct neutrino interactions for energies of about 1 GeV. A liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC: see for example [4] and references therein) provides high efficiency for ν e charged current interactions ("signal" events), with high rejection power against ν µ neutral and charged currents backgrounds in the GeV and multi-gev region. In particular, excellent e / π separation comes from fine sampling (few % of a radiation length), and a transverse sampling finer than the typical spatial separation of the 2 γ s from the π decay. The identification capability for electrons, µ, π, K, and protons is also excellent down to energies as low as few tens of MeVs. Embedded in a magnetic field, a LAr TPC gives the possibility to measure both wrong sign muons and wrong sign electrons samples in a neutrino factory beam [5, 6]. Unlike Water Cherenkov detectors, detection and reconstruction efficiencies do not depend on the volume of the detector, therefore a direct comparison between the near and far detector is possible (apart from flux extrapolation). A very large LAr TPC as the one needed in a "Phase II" long baseline neutrino experiment would also have unprecedented sensitivity to proton decay [7] and neutrinos from astrophysical and terrestrial sources (solar and atmospheric neutrinos, neutrinos from stellar collapse [8, 9], or neutrinos from Dark Matter annihilation). GLACIER (Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment) is a proposed very large LAr TPC with a well defined conceptual design [1,11], and some of its characteristics are outlined in the rest of the paper. The underground localization of the experiment is being investigated along the JPARC neutrino beam in Collaboration with KEK (Japan) and in Europe within the LAGUNA design study [12]. Now at University of Zürich, Physik-Institut, CH 57 Zürich, Switzerland. Corresponding author: andre.rubbia@cern.ch

2 The GLACIER detector concept The proposed cryostat for GLACIER is a single module cryo-tank based on industrial liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology. The shape is cylindrical, which gives an excellent surface-to-volume ratio. The detector design is highly scalable, up to a total mass of kton. One key technical challenge is to drift free electrons in liquid argon over a length as large as 2 meters, which requires special care to achieve and maintain high purity in the liquid argon bulk and for the high voltage necessary to generate the drift field (in the order of a MVolt). The readout of the charge relies on the novel Large Electron Multiplier (LEM) technique: LAr LEM-TPCs operate in double phase with charge extraction and amplification in the vapor phase [14]. The concept has been very successfully demonstrated on small prototypes: ionization electrons, after drifting in the LAr volume, are extracted by a set of grids into the gas phase and driven into the holes of one or more LEMs, where charge amplification occurs. Each LEM is a thick macroscopic hole multiplier, which can be manufactured with standard PCB techniques. The electrons signal is readout via two orthogonal coordinates. One possible configuration, which has been tested successfully, is to use the induced signal on the segmented upper electrode of the LEM itself and the other by collecting the electrons on a segmented anode. The images obtained with the LAr LEM-TPC are of very high quality, as in bubble chambers, owing to the charge amplification in the LEM, and have good measured de/ dx resolution. Compared to LAr TPCs with wires immersed in liquid argon, which are hard to scale to very large sizes due to mechanical and capacitance (electronic noise) issues of the long thin wires and by signal attenuation along the drift direction, the LAr LEM-TPC is an elegant solution for very large LAr TPCs with long drift paths and mm-sized readout pitch segmentation. In GLACIER there is also the possibility to detect the Cherenkov light produced by relativistic particles in liquid argon, and allows conceiving to have high Tc superconducting solenoid in liquid argon, in order to obtain a magnetized detector. The requirement for the excavation of the underground cavern are particularly favorable when compared to other detector concepts, requiring a cavern of about 25 m 3 and relatively shallow depth ( m.w.e. overburden). 3 R&D staged approach Effective extrapolation to the kton scale requires concrete and well coordinated R&D steps [13]. A ton-scale LAr LEM-TPC detector is being operated at CERN within the CERN RE18 experiment (ArDM, focused on direct Dark Matter searches [15]). In order to prove the performance for neutrino physics, additional dedicated test beam campaigns are being considered for a detector with a mass of about 1 tons [16], to test and optimize the readout methods and to assess the calorimetric performance of such detectors. Beyond these efforts, a 1 kton-scale device is the appropriate choice for a full engineering prototype of a kton detector. The choice of the size for the prototype is the result of two a priori contradictory constraints: (1) having the largest possible detector as to minimize the extrapolation to kton (2) having the smallest possible detector to minimize the cost and time requirement to build it. A 1 kton detector, which is a full prototype of the GLACIER design, can be built with a diameter of 12 m and a vertical drift of 1 m [11]. From the point of view of the drift path, a mere factor 2 will be needed to extrapolate from the prototype to the kton device. Hence, the prototype will be the practical demonstration for the long drift of free electrons in realistic conditions. At the same time, the rest of the volume scaling from the 1 kon to the kton is achieved by increasing the diameter to about 7 m, and is relatively straightforward noting that (a) large LNG tanks with similar diameters and aspect ratios already exist (b) the LAr LEM-TPC readout above the liquid will be scaled from an area of m 2 (1 kton) to 3 m 2 ( kton). The LAr LEM-TPC is fully modular, and this will not require a fundamental extrapolation of the principle, but rather only poses technical challenges of production, which can be solved in collaboration with industry. 2

3.1 LEM readout R&D In order to study the properties of the LEM and the possibility to reach high gains in double phase, extensive R&D has been performed on several prototypes, built using standard PCB techniques from different manufacturers. Double-sided copper-clad FR4 plates with thicknesses ranging from.8 mm to 1.6 mm are drilled with a regular pattern of 5 µm diameter holes at a relative distance of µm. By applying a potential difference on the two faces of the PCB an intense electric field inside the holes is produced. A first single stage prototype demonstrated a stable operation in pure Ar at room temperature and pressure up to 3.5 bar with a gain of per electron. Measurements were performed at high pressure because the density of Ar at 3.5 bar is roughly equivalent to the expected density of the vapor at the temperature of 87 K (LAr temperature at 1 bar). Double stage LEM configurations were then tested in pure Ar at room temperature, cryogenic temperature and in double phase conditions. The double-stage LEM system demonstrated a gain of 1 3 at a temperature of 87 K and a pressure of 1 bar. The doublephase operation of the LEM proved the extraction of the charge from the liquid to the gas phase. A 3 lt active volume LAr LEM-TPC was then constructed and successfully operated at CERN. In this setup a LAr drift volume of 1 1 cm 2 cross section and with an adjustable depth of up to 3 cm is followed on top by a LEM amplification stage in the Ar vapor at a distance of 1.5 from the liquid surface. Ionization electrons are drifted upward by a uniform electric field generated by a system of field shapers, extracted from the liquid by means of two extraction grids positioned across the liquid-vapour interface and driven to the LEM planes. The amplified charge is readout by two orthogonal electrodes, one using the induced signal on the segmented upper electrode of the LEM itself and the other by collecting the electrons on a segmented anode. In this first production both readout planes were segmented with 6 mm wide strips, for a total of 32 readout channels for a 1 1 cm 2 active area. A gain of about 1 was achieved in realistic double-phase conditions; two events are shown are shown in Fig. 1. Transverse segmentations down to 2-3 mm will be tested in the near future, together with new configuration of the readout electrodes. As a next step of the LEM readout R&D, we foresee the development of the full LEM-based readout for a 6m 3 LAr LEM-TPC designed for test beam exposure. Acknowledgements We thank the the Swiss Science National Foundation and ETH Zürich for supporting this experimental programme. References [1] Y. Itow et al., "The JHF-Kamioka neutrino project," arxiv:hep-ex/119 [2] D. S. Ayres et al. [NOvA Collaboration], "NOvA proposal to build a 3-kiloton off-axis detector to study neutrino oscillations in the Fermilab NuMI beamline," arxiv:hep-ex/5353. [3] M. Apollonio et al. [CHOOZ Collaboration], Phys. Lett. B 466, 415 (1999) [arxiv:hep-ex/99737] [4] S. Amerio et al. [ICARUS Collaboration], "Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T detector," Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 527 (4) [5] A. Rubbia, "Neutrino factories: Detector concepts for studies of CP and T violation effects in neutrino oscillations," arxiv:hep-ph/188. [6] A. Ereditato and A. Rubbia, "Conceptual design of a scalable multi-kton superconducting magnetized liquid argon TPC", Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 155 (6) 233 [arxiv:hep-ph/51131]. [7] A. Bueno et al., "Nucleon decay searches with large liquid argon TPC detectors at shallow depths: Atmospheric neutrinos and cosmogenic backgrounds," JHEP 74 (7) 41 [arxiv:hepph/7111]. [8] I. Gil Botella and A. Rubbia, "Decoupling supernova and neutrino oscillation physics with LAr TPC detectors," JCAP 8 (4) 1 [arxiv:hep-ph/4151]. 3

Anode signals (event 79) LEM signals (event 79) 5 3 3 25 15 5 1 1 1 22 1 1 1 22 22 1 1 1 Anode event display (event 79) 22 1 1 1 LEM event display (event 79) time ( s) 2 2-2 -2 - - 2 4 6 8 1 12 14 16-2 4 6 8 1 12 14 16 - Anode signals (event 1248) LEM signals (event 1248) 7 5 5 3 3 1 1 1 Anode event display (event 1248) 1 1 1 2-2 1 1 1 1 1 1 LEM event display (event 1248) 2-2 - - 2 4 6 8 1 12 14 16-2 4 6 8 1 12 14 16 - Fig. 1: Multi-tracks cosmic ray events as seen in the 3 lt LAr LEM-TPC at CERN. [9] A. G. Cocco, A. Ereditato, G. Fiorillo, G. Mangano and V. Pettorino, "Supernova relic neutrinos in liquid argon detectors," JCAP 412 (4) 2 [arxiv:hep-ph/31]. [1] A. Rubbia, "Experiments for CP-violation: A giant liquid argon scintillation, Cerenkov and charge imaging experiment?," arxiv:hep-ph/211. [11] A. Rubbia, "Underground Neutrino Detectors for Particle and Astroparticle Science: the Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment (GLACIER)," J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 171 (9) 2 [arxiv:98.1286 [hep-ph]]. [12] D. Angus et al. [LAGUNA consortium], this report [13] A. Marchionni, this report. [14] A. Badertscher et al., "Operation of a double-phase pure argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber: comparison of single and double phase operation," Nucl.Instr.andMeth.A(9), doi:1.116/j.nima.9.1.11 [arxiv:97.2944 [physics.ins-det]]. [15] A. Rubbia, "ArDM: A ton-scale liquid argon experiment for direct detection of dark matter in the universe," J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 39 (6) 129 [arxiv:hep-ph/5132] 4

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