A study of electron recombination using highly ionizing particles in the ArgoNeuT Liquid Argon TPC

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Acciarri, R ^a   Adams, C ^b   Asaadi, J ^c   Baller, B ^a   Bolton, T ^d   Bromberg, C ^e   Cavanna, F ^b,f   Church, E ^b   Edmunds, D ^e   Ereditato, A ^g   Farooq, S ^d   Fleming, B ^b   Greenlee, H ^a   Horton Smith, G ^d   James, C ^a   Klein, E ^b   Lang, K ^h   Laurens, P ^e   McKee, D ^d   Mehdiyev, R ^h   Page, B ^e   Palamara, O ^b,i   Partyka, K ^b   Rameika, G ^a   Rebel, B ^a   Soderberg, M ^a,c   Spitz, J ^b   Szelc, A M ^b   Weber, M ^g   Wojcik, M ^j   Yang, T ^a   Zeller, G P ^a   more..

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^j LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

more..

Author keywords

Analysis and statistical methods; Cryogenic detectors; Time projection chambers

Indexed keywords

BOX MODELS; CRYOGENIC DETECTORS; ELECTRIC-FIELD DIRECTIONS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; HIGHLY IONIZING PARTICLES; LIQUID ARGON; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;

DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

LIQUEFIED GASES;

EID: 84883162808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/08/P08005     Document Type: Article

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