glacier: physics prospects with a 100 kton liquid argon detector
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GLACIER: Physics Prospects With A 100 kton Liquid Argon Detector. Antonio Bueno UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA. Institutions. ETHZ (CH) A. Badertscher, L. Knecht, M. Laffranchi, A. Meregaglia, M. Messina, P. Otiougova, A. Rubbia, J. Ulbricht - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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GLACIER: Physics Prospects With A 100
kton Liquid Argon Detector
GLACIER: Physics Prospects With A 100
kton Liquid Argon Detector
Antonio BuenoUNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA
Antonio BuenoUNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA
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Institutions
Relevant references
ETHZ (CH) A. Badertscher, L. Knecht, M. Laffranchi, A. Meregaglia, M. Messina, P. Otiougova, A. Rubbia, J. Ulbricht
Granada University (Spain) A. Bueno, J. Lozano, S. Navas INP Krakow (Poland) A. Zalewska INR Moscow (Russia) S. Gninenko IPN Lyon (France) D. Autiero, Y. Déclais, J. Marteau Sheffield University (UK) N. Spooner Southampton University (UK) C. Beduz, Y. Yang University of Bern (CH) A. Ereditato US Katowice (Poland) J. Kisiel UPS Warszawa (Poland) E. Rondio UW Warszawa (Poland) D. Kielczewska UW Wroclaw (Poland) J. Sobczyk
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GLACIER
Perlite insulation
≈ 70 m
h =20 m
Electronic crates
Single 100 kton “boiling” cryogenic tanker with Argon refrigeration
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Detector Layout (Bi-phase operation)
LArE-f
ield
Charge readout plane
GAr
UV & visible light readout + race track
E≈ 1 kV/cm
E ≈ 3 kV/cm
Electronic racks
Cathode (–2MV)
Extraction grid
1. Charge imaging + scintillation + Cerenkov light readout
2. Charge amplification to allow for extremely long drifts
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Argon production and fillingLiquid Argon 1st filling time 2 years (assumed)
Liquid Argon 1st filling rate 1,2 liters/second or 150 tons/day
Argon gas equivalent 85000 m3/day
Air volume equivalent (Ar 1%)
8’500’000 m3/day ≈ (205 m)3 /day
Ideal power of separation of Argon mixture
600kW (assuming for Argon 354 kJ/kg)
Assumed efficiency 5%
Estimated power for Argon separation
12 MW
Ideal Argon liquefaction power
817kW (assuming for Argon 478 kJ/kg)
Assumed efficiency 5%
Estimated Argon Liquefaction power
16 MW
Estimated total plant power ≈30 MW
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GLACIER Physics Potential
Non-accelerator Physics
Neutrino Physics at accelerators
Supernova neutrinos
Solar neutrinos
Nucleon stability
pe++
Atmospheric
neutrinos Dark Matter
Reactor Neutrinos
Beta Beams
Factory
Super Beams
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Neutrinos from SupernovaeEight solar mass equivalent
Supernova at 10 Kpc
380 e CC from neutronization burst
Diffuse (Relic) Supernova Neutrinos
Signal Bckgnd
JCAP 0408:001, 2004
JCAP 0310:009, 2003
hep-ph/0307244
JCAP 0412:002, 2004
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Solar Neutrinoshep-ex/0103008
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Stability of Ordinary Matterhep-ex/0103008
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Expected backgrounds for proton decay
hep-ex/0103008
p e+0
p K+
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Indirect Dark Matter Detection WIMPs accumulate in
the center of the Sun They annihilate
producing among others very energetic e
Excellent capability to detect high energy e pointing to the Sun
JCAP 0501:001, 2005
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Non-accelerator Physics
SUMMARY
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Accelerator neutrinosEXPECTED RATES AT A NEUTRINO FACTORY
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Sensitivity on 13Nucl. Phys. B589 (2000) 577
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Sensitivity on CP violation in the leptonic sector
Nucl. Phys. B631 (2002) 239
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Back-Up
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Parameters for a tentative layout
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Cost Estimate
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