Design and implementation of the cosmic ray tagger system for the ICARUS detector at FNAL
Abstract The ICARUS-T600 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber is operating at Fermilab at shallow depth and thus exposed to a high flux of cosmic rays that can fake neutrino interactions. A cosmic ray tagging (CRT) system (∼ 1100 m 2 ), surrounding the cryostat with two layers of fiber embedded plastic scintillators, was developed to mitigate the cosmic ray induced background. Using nanosecond-level timing information, the CRT can distinguish incoming cosmic rays from outgoing particles from neutrino interactions in the TPC. In this paper an overview of the CRT system, its installation and commissioning at Fermilab, and its performance are discussed.
Authors
- L. Pasqualini
- T. E. Coan
- V. Pia
- S. Zucchelli
- G. Laurenti
- H. S. Budd
- P. Sala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-5564)
- S. Bertolucci
- Gianfranco Ingratta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-1658)
- N. Mauri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-1548)
- C. Hilgenberg
- G. Sirri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2626-2853)
- K. S. McFarland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9289-5005)
- A. Heggestuen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-4916)
- A. Montanari
- R.J. Wilson
- V. Paolone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2162-0957)
- L. Degli Esposti
- M. Iliescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9648-3451)
- L. Patrizii
- D. Casazza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8537-5113)
- L. Di Noto
- C. Mariani
- Alessandro Ruggeri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3702-524X)
- C. Guandalini
- P. Sapienza
- B. Behera
- M. Guerzoni
- U. Kose
- T. Boone
- E. Montagna
- A. Schukraft
- M. Betancourt
- L. Bagby
- R. Howell
- A. Surdo
- D. Cherdack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3829-728X)
- M. Murphy
- V. Cicero
- M. Vicenzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5674-9294)
- Francesco Poppi
- L. Stančo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9706-5104)
- Antoni Aduszkiewicz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-2312)
- T. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4558-7856)
- M. Pozzato
- D. Di Ferdinando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4644-1752)
- N. Tosi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0474-0247)
- M. Tenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4254-5901)
- G. Pellegrini
- A. Campos
- N. Moggi
- V. Togo
- P. Bernardini
Institutions
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Southern Methodist University (US)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (IT)
- University of Houston (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/04/t04002
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87