https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10549-w
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
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Abilene Christian University, 79601, Abilene, TX, USA
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University of Albany, SUNY, 12222, Albany, NY, USA
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University of Amsterdam, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Antalya Bilim University, 07190, Döşemealti/Antalya, Turkey
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University of Antananarivo, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia
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Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, IL, USA
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Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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Banaras Hindu University, 221 005, Varanasi, India
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Università del Bologna, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, NY, USA
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University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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University of California Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA
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University of California Santa Barbara, 93106, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA
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University of Cambridge, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Università di Catania, 2, 95131, Catania, Italy
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Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
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Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, 22290-180, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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CERN, The European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211, Meyrin, Switzerland
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Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University, 180 00, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA
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Chung-Ang University, 06974, Seoul, South Korea
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CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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University of Cincinnati, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Cinvestav), Mexico City, Mexico
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Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico
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University of Colorado Boulder, 80309, Boulder, CO, USA
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Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Columbia University, 10027, New York, NY, USA
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Centro de Tecnologia da Informacao Renato Archer, Amarais, CEP 13069-901, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Central University of South Bihar, 824236, Gaya, India
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Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 00, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Czech Technical University, 115 19, Prague 1, Czech Republic
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Dakota State University, 57042, Madison, SD, USA
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University of Dallas, 75062-4736, Irving, TX, USA
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Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LAPP-IN2P3, 74000, Annecy, France
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Daresbury Laboratory, WA4 4AD, Cheshire, UK
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Durham University, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK
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University of Edinburgh, EH8 9YL, Edinburgh, UK
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Universidad EIA, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
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ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa-FCUL, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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Universidade Federal de Alfenas, 37715-400, Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil
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Universidade Federal de Goias, 74690-900, Goiania, GO, Brazil
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13604-900, Araras, SP, Brazil
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Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-580, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-901, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 60510, Batavia, IL, USA
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University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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University of Florida, 32611-8440, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Fluminense Federal University, 9 Icaraí, 24220-900, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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University of Granada & CAFPE, 18002, Granada, Spain
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Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
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Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, L’Aquila, AQ, Italy
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University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000, Grenoble, France
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Universidad de Guanajuato, C.P. 37000, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Jhunsi, 211 019, Allahabad, India
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University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, 500 046, Hyderabad, India
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Idaho State University, 83209, Pocatello, ID, USA
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Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE)-Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC and Universitat de València, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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Instituto Galego de Fisica de Altas Enerxias, A Coruña, Spain
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Illinois Institute of Technology, 60616, Chicago, IL, USA
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Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, SW7 2BZ, London, UK
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781 039, Guwahati, India
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Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 502285, Hyderabad, India
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Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Bologna, 40127, Bologna, BO, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Catania, 95123, Catania, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Ferrara, 44122, Ferrara, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Genova, 16146, Genoa, GE, Italy
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Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima 25, Peru
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University of Insubria, Via Ravasi, 2, 21100, Varese, VA, Italy
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Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems 6 Joliot-Curie, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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Kansas State University, 66506, Manhattan, KS, USA
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University of Liverpool, L69 7ZE, Liverpool, UK
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University of Lucknow, 226007, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55122, Mainz, Germany
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Received:
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March
2022
Accepted:
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June
2022
Published online:
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July
2022
DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6 
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liquid argon time-projection-chamber (LArTPC) that recorded cosmic-muon data at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2019–2020 as a prototype of the DUNE Far Detector. Charged particles propagating through the LArTPC produce ionization and scintillation light. The scintillation light signal in these detectors can provide the trigger for non-beam events. In addition, it adds precise timing capabilities and improves the calorimetry measurements. In ProtoDUNE-DP, scintillation and electroluminescence light produced by cosmic muons in the LArTPC is collected by photomultiplier tubes placed up to 7 m away from the ionizing track. In this paper, the ProtoDUNE-DP photon detection system performance is evaluated with a particular focus on the different wavelength shifters, such as PEN and TPB, and the use of Xe-doped LAr, considering its future use in giant LArTPCs. The scintillation light production and propagation processes are analyzed and a comparison of simulation to data is performed, improving understanding of the liquid argon properties.
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