Modeling Electronegative Impurity Concentrations in Liquid Argon Detectors

ORAL

Abstract

Achieving long electron lifetime is crucial to reach the high performance of large Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) envisioned for next generation neutrino experiments. We have built up a quantitative model to describe the impurity distribution and transportation in a cryostat. Henrys constants of Oxygen and water, which describe the partition of impurities between gas argon and liquid argon, have been deduced through this model with the measurements in BNL 20-L LAr test stand. These results indicate the importance of the gas purification system and prospects on large LArTPC detectors will be discussed.

Authors

  • Wei Tang

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Yichen Li

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Craig Thorn

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Xin Qian

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory