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The DUNE far detector vertical drift technology Technical design report

  • The DUNE collaboration
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • University of Oxford
  • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia
  • CEFET-PR
  • Georgian Technical University
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
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  • University of Rochester
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  • Augustana University
  • Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
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  • University of Valencia
  • Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
  • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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  • Universidad del Magdalena
  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • Tel Aviv University
  • University of Sussex
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • University of Cincinnati
  • National University of Kyiv
  • Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • University of Warwick
  • Long Beach VA and University of California
  • University of Vigo
  • University of Hyderabad
  • York University
  • Instituto Superior Técnico
  • University of North Dakota
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  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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  • INFN Sezione di Catania
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  • Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
  • Michigan State University
  • Sezione di Lecce
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  • University of Bologna
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  • Universidad EIA
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  • University of California, Davis
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  • University of Chicago
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  • Beykent University
  • University of Iowa
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  • University of Milano-Bicocca
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  • University of Bern
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  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Genoa
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  • University of Puerto Rico
  • Chung-Ang University
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  • Dordt University
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  • Yerevan Institute for Theoretical Physics and Modeling
  • Abilene Christian University
  • State University of New York Albany
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  • National Institute of Technology, Hiroshima College
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  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Milano
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  • INFN Sezione di Pavia
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  • Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial
  • Centro de Tecnologia da Informacao Renato Archer
  • Gran Sasso Science Institute
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  • Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
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  • Idaho State University
  • University of Jyväskylä
  • University of Tokyo
  • University of California, Los Angeles

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Abstract

DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe. The dual-site experiment will employ an intense neutrino beam focused on a near and a far detector as it aims to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy and to make high-precision measurements of the PMNS matrix parameters, including the CP-violating phase. It will also stand ready to observe supernova neutrino bursts, and seeks to observe nucleon decay as a signature of a grand unified theory underlying the standard model. The DUNE far detector implements liquid argon time-projection chamber (LArTPC) technology, and combines the many tens-of-kiloton fiducial mass necessary for rare event searches with the sub-centimeter spatial resolution required to image those events with high precision. The addition of a photon detection system enhances physics capabilities for all DUNE physics drivers and opens prospects for further physics explorations. Given its size, the far detector will be implemented as a set of modules, with LArTPC designs that differ from one another as newer technologies arise. In the vertical drift LArTPC design, a horizontal cathode bisects the detector, creating two stacked drift volumes in which ionization charges drift towards anodes at either the top or bottom. The anodes are composed of perforated PCB layers with conductive strips, enabling reconstruction in 3D. Light-trap-style photon detection modules are placed both on the cryostat's side walls and on the central cathode where they are optically powered. This Technical Design Report describes in detail the technical implementations of each subsystem of this LArTPC that, together with the other far detector modules and the near detector, will enable DUNE to achieve its physics goals.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberT08004
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume19
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2024
Externally publishedYes

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