IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LIQUID ARGON TPC BY DOPING WITH TETRA-METHYL-GERMANIUM

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作者
CENNINI, P
REVOL, JP
RUBBIA, C
TIAN, WH
GIUDICE, DD
LI, X
MOTTO, S
PICCHI, P
BOCCACCIO, P
CAVANNA, F
PIANO MORTARI, G
VERDECCHIA, M
CLINE, D
OTWINOWSKI, S
WANG, HG
ZHOU, M
BETTINI, A
CASAGRANDE, F
CENTRO, S
DEVECCHI, C
PEPATO, A
PIETROPAOLA, F
VENTURA, S
BENETTI, P
CALLIGARICH, E
DOLFINI, R
BERZOLARI, AG
MAURI, F
MAZZONE, L
MONTANARI, C
NEGRINI, M
PIAZZOLI, A
RAPPOLDI, A
RASELLI, GL
SCANNICCHIO, D
VIGNOLI, C
PERIALE, L
SUZUKI, S
机构
[1] INFN, NAZL FRASCATI LAB, FRASCATI, ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL LEGNARO, I-35020 LEGNANO, ITALY
[3] UNIV AQUILA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-67010 COPPITO, ITALY
[4] UNIV AQUILA, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, COPPITO, ITALY
[5] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, DEPT PHYS, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
[6] UNIV PADUA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, PADUA, ITALY
[7] UNIV PADUA, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, PADUA, ITALY
[8] UNIV PAVIA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-27100 PAVIA, ITALY
[9] UNIV PAVIA, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-27100 PAVIA, ITALY
[10] CNR TORINO, ICGF, TURIN, ITALY
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10.1016/0168-9002(94)01405-1
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
In order to recover the charge lost by electron-ion recombination, we doped pure liquid argon with a photosensitive hydrocarbon, tetra-methyl-germanium (TMG), in the 3 ton ICARUS TPC. A charge increase of 25% to 220% was observed for different electric fields and for energy densities ranging from 1.6 to 32 MeV/cm.
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页码:660 / 662
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