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1. Transatlantic Air Travel in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy: Does It Affect the Fetus?

Author

B. Petrikovsky, M. Terrani, and L. Sichinava

Subjects
pregnancy, travel, fetus, airplane, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991
Abstract

Most commercial airlines allow pregnant women to fly up to 36 weeks of gestation. Available information suggests that noise, vibration, and cosmic radiation present a small risk for the pregnant air traveler. The goal of the study was to assess the possible effect of transatlantic flights on the condition of the third-trimester fetus. In total, 112 patients were recruited into the study between January 2005 and June 2016. All underwent a transatlantic flight in the third trimester of pregnancy. All underwent nonstress test before and within 12 hours after the transatlantic flight, and 24 hours later. Patients were asked to report changes in fetal movements (FMs), if any, during takeoff, flight itself, and landing. The time of flight varied from 8 to 15 hours; average flight time was 9 ± 3.8 hours. Ninety-eight patients were the passengers of first or business class, and the rest were of economy class. Increased FM during takeoff was reported by 17 patients (15%), no change in FM by 62 (35%), decreased FM by 4 (3.6%). During flight itself, increased FM was reported by 6 pregnant passengers (5.4%), no change in FM by 70 (63%), decreased FM by 8 (7%).

Published
2018
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2. Precise 3D Track Reconstruction Algorithm for the ICARUS T600 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Detector

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M. Antonello, B. Baibussinov, P. Benetti, E. Calligarich, N. Canci, S. Centro, A. Cesana, K. Cieslik, D. B. Cline, A. G. Cocco, A. Dabrowska, D. Dequal, A. Dermenev, R. Dolfini, C. Farnese, A. Fava, A. Ferrari, G. Fiorillo, D. Gibin, S. Gninenko, A. Guglielmi, M. Haranczyk, J. Holeczek, A. Ivashkin, J. Kisiel, I. Kochanek, J. Lagoda, S. Mania, A. Menegolli, G. Meng, C. Montanari, S. Otwinowski, A. Piazzoli, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo, P. Plonski, A. Rappoldi, G. L. Raselli, M. Rossella, C. Rubbia, P. Sala, A. Scaramelli, E. Segreto, F. Sergiampietri, D. Stefan, J. Stepaniak, R. Sulej, M. Szarska, M. Terrani, F. Varanini, S. Ventura, C. Vignoli, H. Wang, X. Yang, A. Zalewska, and K. Zaremba

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors offer charged particle imaging capability with remarkable spatial resolution. Precise event reconstruction procedures are critical in order to fully exploit the potential of this technology. In this paper we present a new, general approach to 3D reconstruction for the LAr TPC with a practical application to the track reconstruction. The efficiency of the method is evaluated on a sample of simulated tracks. We present also the application of the method to the analysis of stopping particle tracks collected during the ICARUS T600 detector operation with the CNGS neutrino beam.

Published
2013
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3. New Indication for an Established Procedure: Cervical Cerclage for Prevention of Umbilical Cord Prolapse

Author

B. M. Petrikovsky, M. Terrani, and A. Dillon

Subjects
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Abstract

Objective: Funic presentation is a risk factor for umbilical cord prolapse. In the majority of cases, umbilical cord prolapse is an obstetric emergency. Currently there is no strategy to prevent umbilical cord prolapse in patients with funic presentation. Placing a third trimester cervical cerclage was proposed, as a mechanical barrier of prolapse, in women with funic presentation. Materials and Methods: Twelve patients with funic presentation, detected between 23 and 34 weeks of gestation, were included in the study. Patients were informed that although cervical cerclage have been widely used in obstetrics, it had not been offered in patients with funic presentation. Gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, location of umbilical cord at birth, presence or absence of umbilical cord prolapsed, and neonatal condition at birth were recorded in all cases. Results: Patients’ age varied from 21 to 40 years, mean of 28 ± 6.2 years, and gestational age at the time of diagnosis of funic presentation varied from 26 to 34 weeks of pregnancy. All patients were seen weekly after the cervical cerclage placement to assess the umbilical cord location. Seven patients had vertex presentation, four had breech presentation, and one had transverse lie presentation. A follow-up sonogram of the umbilical cord revealed the following: funic presentation was persistent throughout the entire pregnancy in five patients, disappeared in four, and became intermittent in three. The delivery mode was as follows: cesarean section was performed in eight patients (five with persistent funic presentation, two with intermittent, and one with resolved funic presentation because of failure to progress in labor). There were five patients who delivered vaginally. Funic presentation was confirmed in all patients who underwent cesarean sections. None of the patients had had an umbilical cord prolapse. Conclusion: In view of high perinatal mortality of umbilical cord prolapses, placement of cervical cerclage could be added to obstetric armamentarium in patients with funic presentation, after proper counseling.

Published
2022

5. A search for the analogue to Cherenkov radiation by high energy neutrinos at superluminal speeds in ICARUS

Author

ICARUS Collaboration, M. Antonello(Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi), P. Aprili(Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi), B. Baibussinov(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), M. Baldo Ceolin(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), P. Benetti(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), E. Calligarich(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), N. Canci(Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi), F. Carbonara(Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e INFN Napoli, Italy), S. Centro(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), A. Cesana(INFN, Sezione di Milano e Politecnico, Milano, Italy), K. Cieslik(The Henryk Niewodniczanski, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland), D. B. Cline(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, USA), A. G. Cocco(Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e INFN Napoli, Italy), A. Cohen(Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, USA), A. Dabrowska(The Henryk Niewodniczanski, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland), D. Dequal(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), A. Dermenev(INR RAS, Russia), R. Dolfini(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), C. Farnese(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), A. Fava(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), A. Ferrari(CERN, CH-1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland), G. Fiorillo(Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e INFN Napoli, Italy), D. Gibin(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), A. Gigli Berzolari(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), S. Gninenko(INR RAS, Russia), A. Guglielmi(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), M. Haranczyk(The Henryk Niewodniczanski, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland), J. Holeczek(Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), A. Ivashkin(INR RAS, Russia), J. Kisiel(Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), I. Kochanek(Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), J. Lagoda(National Centre for Nulcear research, Otwock/Swierk, Poland), S. Mania(Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), G. Mannocchi(Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati), A. Menegolli(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), G. Meng(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), C. Montanari(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), S. Otwinowski(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, USA), L. Periale(Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati), A. Piazzoli(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), P. Picchi(Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati), F. Pietropaolo(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), P. Plonski(Institute for Radioelectronics, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Warsaw, Poland), A. Rappoldi(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), G. L. Raselli(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), M. Rossella(Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica e INFN, Università di Pavia, Italy), C. Rubbia(Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi), P. Sala(INFN, Sezione di Milano e Politecnico, Milano, Italy), E. Scantamburlo(Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy), A. Scaramelli(INFN, Sezione di Milano e Politecnico, Milano, Italy), E. Segreto(Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi), F. Sergiampietri(Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Italy), D. Stefan(Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi), J. Stepaniak(National Centre for Nulcear research, Otwock/Swierk, Poland), R. Sulej(National Centre for Nulcear research, Otwock/Swierk, Poland), M. Szarska(The Henryk Niewodniczanski, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland), M. Terrani(INFN, Sezione di Milano e Politecnico, Milano, Italy), F. Varanini(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), S. Ventura(Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Università di Padova, Italy), C. Vignoli(Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi), H. Wang(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, USA), X. Yang(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, USA), A. Zalewska(The Henryk Niewodniczanski, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland), K. Zaremba(Institute for Radioelectronics, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Warsaw, Poland), M., Antonello, P., Aprili, B., Baibussinov, M. B., Ceolin, P., Benetti, E., Calligarich, N., Canci, F., Carbonara, S., Centro, A., Cesana, K., Cieslik, D. B., Cline, A. G., Cocco, A., Dabrowska, D., Dequal, A., Dermenev, R., Dolfini, C., Farnese, A., Fava, A., Ferrari, Fiorillo, Giuliana, D., Gibin, A. G., Berzolari, S., Gninenko, A., Guglielmi, M., Haranczyk, J., Holeczek, A., Ivashkin, J., Kisiel, I., Kochanek, J., Lagoda, S., Mania, G., Mannocchi, A., Menegolli, G., Meng, C., Montanari, S., Otwinowski, L., Periale, A., Piazzoli, P., Picchi, F., Pietropaolo, P., Plonski, A., Rappoldi, G. L., Raselli, M., Rossella, C., Rubbia, P. R., Sala, E., Scantamburlo, A., Scaramelli, E., Segreto, F., Sergiampietri, D., Stefan, J., Stepaniak, R., Sulej, M., Szarska, M., Terrani, F., Varanini, S., Ventura, C., Vignoli, H., Wang, X., Yang, A., Zalewska, K., Zaremba, and A., Cohen

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, argon time, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, superluminal neutrino, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), neutrino, Superluminal neutrino-Lar TPC detector-Cern neutrino beam, cherenkov radiation, Cherenkov radiation, Physics, ICARUS, Superluminal motion, hep-ex, neutrino energy spectrum, Massless particle, Antimatter, argon, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Energy source, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton, Liquefied gases
Abstract

The OPERA collaboration has claimed evidence of superluminal {\nu}{_\mu} propagation between CERN and the LNGS. Cohen and Glashow argued that such neutrinos should lose energy by producing photons and e+e- pairs, through Z0 mediated processes analogous to Cherenkov radiation. In terms of the parameter delta=(v^2_nu-v^2_c)/v^2_c, the OPERA result implies delta = 5 x 10^-5. For this value of \delta a very significant deformation of the neutrino energy spectrum and an abundant production of photons and e+e- pairs should be observed at LNGS. We present an analysis based on the 2010 and part of the 2011 data sets from the ICARUS experiment, located at Gran Sasso National Laboratory and using the same neutrino beam from CERN. We find that the rates and deposited energy distributions of neutrino events in ICARUS agree with the expectations for an unperturbed spectrum of the CERN neutrino beam. Our results therefore refute a superluminal interpretation of the OPERA result according to the Cohen and Glashow prediction for a weak current analog to Cherenkov radiation. In particular no superluminal Cherenkov like e+e- pair or gamma emission event has been directly observed inside the fiducial volume of the "bubble chamber like" ICARUS TPC-LAr detector, setting the much stricter limit of delta < 2.5 10^-8 at the 90% confidence level, comparable with the one due to the observations from the SN1987A., Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures

Published
2015

6. The trigger system of the ICARUS experiment for the CNGS beam

Author

F. Boffelli, Arnaud Ferrari, F. Sergiampietri, C. Vignoli, Carlo Rubbia, Alfredo G. Cocco, P. Picchi, A. Falcone, X. Yang, B. Baibussinov, J. Holeczek, K. Cieslik, S. Mania, M. Haranczyk, A. Dabrowska, P. Benetti, Andrea Zani, Angela Fava, P. Plonski, S. Centro, Christian Farnese, D. Gibin, Massimo Rossella, S. N. Gninenko, Paola Sala, F. Varanini, C. Montanari, G. Fiorillo, M. Kirsanov, E. Calligarich, Daniele Dequal, G.L. Raselli, A. Dermenev, J. Lagoda, A. Rappoldi, M. Nicoletto, D. Stefan, S. Otwinowski, Alessandro Menegolli, K. Zaremba, M. Torti, A. Bubak, M. Szarska, J. Kisiel, A. Guglielmi, E. Segreto, A. Scaramelli, A. Cesana, R. Dolfini, Hongwei Wang, G. Meng, A. Zalewska, D. Cline, Sandro Ventura, I. Kochanek, R. Sulej, M. Antonello, F. Pietropaolo, M. Terrani, Antonello, M, Baibussinov, B, Benetti, P, Boffelli, F, Bubak, A, Calligarich, E, Centro, S, Cesana, A, Cieslik, K, Cline, D, Cocco, A, Dabrowska, A, Dequal, D, Dermenev, A, Dolfini, R, Falcone, A, Farnese, C, Fava, A, Ferrari, A, Fiorillo, G, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Guglielmi, A, Haranczyk, M, Holeczek, J, Kirsanov, M, Kisiel, J, Kochanek, I, Lagoda, J, Mania, S, Menegolli, A, Meng, G, Montanari, C, Nicoletto, M, Otwinowski, S, Picchi, P, Pietropaolo, F, Plonski, P, Rappoldi, A, Raselli, G, Rossella, M, Rubbia, C, Sala, P, Scaramelli, A, Segreto, E, Sergiampietri, F, Stefan, D, Sulej, R, Szarska, M, Terrani, M, Torti, M, Varanini, F, Ventura, S, Vignoli, C, Wang, H, Yang, X, Zalewska, A, Zani, A, Zaremba, K, M., Antonello, B., Baibussinov, P., Benetti, F., Boffelli, A., Bubak, E., Calligarich, S., Centro, A., Cesana, K., Cieslik, D., Cline, A., Cocco, A., Dabrowska, D., Dequal, A., Dermenev, R., Dolfini, A., Falcone, C., Farnese, A., Fava, A., Ferrari, Fiorillo, Giuliana, D., Gibin, S., Gninenko, A., Guglielmi, M., Haranczyk, J., Holeczek, M., Kirsanov, J., Kisiel, I., Kochanek, J., Lagoda, S., Mania, A., Menegolli, G., Meng, C., Montanari, M., Nicoletto, S., Otwinowski, P., Picchi, F., Pietropaolo, P., Plonski, A., Rappoldi, G., Raselli, M., Rossella, C. i., M., P., Sala, A., Scaramelli, E., Segreto, F., Sergiampietri, D., Stefan, R. j., Sulej, M., Szarska, M., Terrani, M., Torti, F., Varanini, S., Ventura, C., Vignoli, H., Wang, X., Yang, A., Zalewska, A., Zani, and K., Zaremba

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase), High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Neutrino detector, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Nuclear Experiment, physics.ins-det, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, ICARUS, Physics, Scintillation, Noble liquid detectors (scintillation,ionization, double-phase), Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Liquefied gase, Trigger concepts and systems (hardware and software), Scintillation counter, Trigger circuits, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Active mass, Charge signals, Liquid argon, Neutrino beams, Scintillation light, Time information, Trigger systems, Underground laboratory, Event (particle physics), Beam (structure), neutrino detectors
Abstract

The ICARUS T600 detector, with its 470 tons of active mass, is the largest liquid Argon TPC ever built. Operated for three years in the LNGS underground laboratory, it has collected thousands of CNGS neutrino beam interactions and cosmic ray events with energy spanning from tens of MeV to tens of GeV, with a trigger system based on scintillation light, charge signal on TPC wires and time information (for beam related events only). The performance of trigger system in terms of efficiency, background and live-time as a function of the event energy for the CNGS data taking is presented., 23 pages, 23 figures. Published as M Antonello et al 2014 JINST 9 P08003

Published
2014

7. Long term activation in a 15 MeV radiotherapy accelerator

Author

F. Zanellati, M. Terrani, C. Stucchi, A. Brusa, and A. Cesana

Subjects
Physics, business.industry, Gamma ray, Particle accelerator, General Medicine, Radiation, Linear particle accelerator, law.invention, Nuclear physics, law, Neutron, Cobalt-60, Radiation protection, Isotopes of cobalt, Nuclear medicine, business
Abstract

The high energy electrons produced by linear accelerators can generate several radioisotopes by means of photonuclear reactions. The activity produced in the head of a 15 MV Mevatron Siemens 77 medical linear accelerator was measured by high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry, during its decommissioning 1 year after the last clinical use. The activity of 54Mn, 57Co, 60Co, 181W, and 65Zn was measured while the activity of other radioisotopes which emit soft beta or gamma rays such as 59Ni, 63Ni, and 55Fe was inferred by appropriate scaling factors. The number of pieces requiring particular care is limited, their mass does not exceed some tens of kilograms, and their volume is of the order of some thousands of cm3. Moreover, these materials are metals and the emitted radiation can be easily shielded, so that storage should not create particular problems.

Published
2008

8. Americium 242m and its potential use in space applications

Author

P. Benetti, M. Terrani, G.L. Raselli, A Cesana, and L Cinotti

Subjects
History, Isotope, Chemistry, Fission, Nuclear Theory, chemistry.chemical_element, Nuclear pumped laser, Americium, Natural abundance, Nuclear reactor, Computer Science Applications, Education, law.invention, Nuclear physics, law, Neutron, Nuclide, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The isotope Am242m is an interesting nuclide as it shows one of the known highest neutron fission cross section. This could be useful in some special applications, like the nuclear reactor for space propulsion proposed by C. Rubbia. A detailed measurement of the energy transfer from the fission fragments to the gas as a function of the path and the gas type is an important item for the evaluation of the engine performances. This was carried out by means of an ionisation chamber. However the Am242m availability, in particular at high isotopic abundance, is still at present a serious drawback. A production model, experimentally tested in thermal nuclear reactors, has been used to evaluate the achievable isotopic abundances. The results are quite below 70% and advise the use of separation techniques for further enrichment. The use of Am242m for other applications like nuclear pumped laser is suggested.

Published
2006

9. Experimental search for the 'LSND anomaly' with the ICARUS detector in the CNGS neutrino beam

Author

M. Antonello, B. Baibussinov, P. Benetti, E. Calligarich, N. Canci, S. Centro, A. Cesana, K. Cieślik, D. B. Cline, A. G. Cocco, A. Dabrowska, D. Dequal, A. Dermenev, R. Dolfini, C. Farnese, A. Fava, A. Ferrari, G. Fiorillo, D. Gibin, S. Gninenko, A. Guglielmi, M. Haranczyk, J. Holeczek, A. Ivashkin, M. Kirsanov, J. Kisiel, I. Kochanek, J. Lagoda, S. Mania, A. Menegolli, G. Meng, C. Montanari, S. Otwinowski, A. Piazzoli, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo, P. Plonski, A. Rappoldi, G. L. Raselli, M. Rossella, C. Rubbia, P. R. Sala, E. Scantamburlo, A. Scaramelli, E. Segreto, F. Sergiampietri, D. Stefan, J. Stepaniak, R. Sulej, M. Szarska, M. Terrani, F. Varanini, S. Ventura, C. Vignoli, H. G. Wang, X. Yang, A. Zalewska, K. Zaremba, M., Antonello, B., Baibussinov, P., Benetti, E., Calligarich, N., Canci, S., Centro, A., Cesana, K., Cieslik, D. B., Cline, A. G., Cocco, A., Dabrowska, D., Dequal, A., Dermenev, R., Dolfini, C., Farnese, A., Fava, A., Ferrari, Fiorillo, Giuliana, D., Gibin, S., Gninenko, A., Guglielmi, M., Haranczyk, J., Holeczek, A., Ivashkin, M., Kirsanov, J., Kisiel, I., Kochanek, J., Lagoda, S., Mania, A., Menegolli, G., Meng, C., Montanari, S., Otwinowski, A., Piazzoli, P., Picchi, F., Pietropaolo, P., Plonski, A., Rappoldi, G. L., Raselli, M., Rossella, C., Rubbia, P. R., Sala, E., Scantamburlo, A., Scaramelli, E., Segreto, F., Sergiampietri, D., Stefan, J., Stepaniak, R., Sulej, M., Szarska, M., Terrani, F., Varanini, S., Ventura, C., Vignoli, H. G., Wang, X., Yang, A., Zaewska, and K., Zaremba

Subjects
antineutrinos, Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), FOS: Physical sciences, Atomic, High Energy Physics - Experiment, MiniBooNE, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle and Plasma Physics, OSCILLATIONS, Nuclear, Engineering (miscellaneous), ICARUS, Physics, Quantum Physics, Large Hadron Collider, hep-ex, Oscillation, Anomaly (natural sciences), Detector, light sterile, Molecular, neutrinos, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Neutrino Ocillations, Sterile neutrinos, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment, KARMEN
Abstract

We report an early result from the ICARUS experiment on the search for nu_mu to nu_e signal due to the LSND anomaly. The search was performed with the ICARUS T600 detector located at the Gran Sasso Laboratory, receiving CNGS neutrinos from CERN at an average energy of about 20 GeV, after a flight path of about 730 km. The LSND anomaly would manifest as an excess of nu_e events, characterized by a fast energy oscillation averaging approximately to sin^2(1.27 Dm^2_new L/ E_nu) = 1/2. The present analysis is based on 1091 neutrino events, which are about 50% of the ICARUS data collected in 2010-2011. Two clear nu_e events have been found, compared with the expectation of 3.7 +/- 0.6 events from conventional sources. Within the range of our observations, this result is compatible with the absence of a LSND anomaly. At 90% and 99% confidence levels the limits of 3.4 and 7.3 events corresponding to oscillation probabilities of 5.4 10^-3 and 1.1 10^-2 are set respectively. The result strongly limits the window of open options for the LSND anomaly to a narrow region around (Dm^2, sin^2(2 theta))_new = (0.5 eV^2, 0.005), where there is an overall agreement (90% CL) between the present ICARUS limit, the published limits of KARMEN and the published positive signals of LSND and MiniBooNE Collaborations., 10 pages, 7 figures

Published
2012

10. New experimental validation of the pulse height weighting technique for capture cross-section measurements

Author

L. Perrot, J. Pancin, F. Voss, Marco Radici, K. Wisshak, Ch.O. Bacri, V. Chepel, E. Berthomieux, L. Zanini, S. Marrone, P. Baumann, A. Lindote, T. Papaevangelou, M. Vincente-Vincente, Nicola Colonna, C. Tapia, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, G. Vannini, Per Carlson, M. Embid-Segura, H. Frais-Koelbl, E. Savvidis, F. Rejmund, H. Wendler, J. Salgado, A. Poch, Y. Giomataris, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, Saed Dababneh, L. Tavora, K.G. Ioannides, F. Gramegna, I. Duran, Aaron Couture, D. Cortina, M. Terrani, A. Goverdovski, George Kitis, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, A. Herrera-Martinez, Manuel Lozano, B. Berthier, R. Vlastou, F. Gunsing, Gerald Badurek, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, Alberto Mengoni, G. Cortes, A. Molina-Coballes, G. Aerts, A. Pavlik, N. Tsangas, Enrico Chiaveri, M. Rosetti, W. Rapp, P. Rullhusen, E. Gonzalez-Romero, R. Dolfini, N. Janeva, C. Domingo-Pardo, C. Eleftheriadis, E. Boscolo-Marchi, C. Paradela, E. Jericha, S. Markov, Roberto Capote, S. Lukic, A. Perez-Parra, Rene Reifarth, P. E. Koehler, P.A. Assimakopoulos, A. Kelic, I. F. Gonçalves, D. Cano-Ott, A. Plukis, P. Pavlopoulos, M.I. Lopes, F. Bečvář, P. Cennini, José M. Martínez-Val, S. David, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Sigfrido Boffi, S. Andriamonje, G. Tagliente, U. Abbondanno, Yacine Kadi, J.C. Soares, José Manuel Perlado, L. Ferrant, D. Karamanis, C. Borcea, C. Coceva, L. Ferreira-Lourenco, R. C. Haight, Heinz Oberhummer, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, E. Griesmayer, P. F. Mastinu, Michael Heil, A. Ventura, H. Beer, R. Terlizzi, E. Kossionides, H. Leeb, V. Ketlerov, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, F. Käppeler, Michael Wiescher, W.I. Furman, Carlo Rubbia, E. Mínguez, Subramanian Raman, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Peskov, V. Vlachoudis, A. Angelopoulos, N. Bustreo, G. Rudolf, P. Calviño, C. Moreau, V. Konovalov, V. Lacoste, C. Pretel, James L. Cox, Thomas Rauscher, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TOF, U.Abbondanno, G.Aert, H.Alvarez, S.Adriamonje, A.Angelopoulo, P.Assimakopoulo, C.Bacri, C.Badurek, P.Bauman, F.Becvar, H.Beer, J.Benlliure, B.Berthier, E.Berthoumieux, S.Boffi, C.Borcea, N.Bustreo, F.Calvino, D.Cano-Ott, R.Capote, P.Carlson, P.Cennini, V.Chepel, E.Chiaveri, N.Colonna, G.Corte, D.Cortina, A.Couture, J.Cox, S.Dababneh, M.Dahlfor, S.David, R.Dolfini, C.Domingo, I.Dura-Escribano, C.Eleftheriadi, M.Embid-Segura, L.Ferrant, A.Ferrari, L.Ferreira-Lourenco, R.Ferreira-Marque, H.Frais-Koelbl, W.Furman, Y.Giomatari, I.Goncalve, E.Gonzales-Romero, A.Goverdovski, F.Gramegna, E.Griiesmayer, F.GGunsing, R.Haight, M.Heil, A.Errera-Martinez, K.Ioannide, N.Janeva, E.Jericha, Y.Kadi, F.Kappeler, D.Karamani, A.Kelic, V.Ketlerov, G.Kiti, P.Koehler, V.Konovalov, E.Kossionide, V.Lacoste, H.Leeb, A.Lindote, I.Lope, M.Lozano, S.Lukic, S.Markov, S.Marrone, J.Martinez-Val, P.Mastinu, A.Mengoni, P.Milazzo, E.Minguez, C.Moreau, F.Neve, H.Oberhummer, S.O’Brien, J.Pancin, C.Paradela, A.Pavlik, P.Pavlopoulo, A.Perez-Parra, J.Perlado, L.Perrot, V.Peskov, R.Plag, A.Plomplen, A.Pluki, A.Poch, A.policarpo, C.Pretel, J.Quesada, M.Radici, W.Rapp, R.Reifarth, F.Rejmund, M.Rosetti, C.Rubbia, G.Rudolf, P.Rullhusen, J.Salgado, E.Savvidi, C.Stephan, G.Tagliente, J.Tain, C.Tapia, L.Tassan-Got, L.Tavora, M.Terrani, N.Tsanga, G.Vannini, P.Vaz, A.Ventura, D.Villamarin-Fernandez, M.Vincente-Vincente, V.Vlachoudi, R.Vlastou, F.Vo, H.Wendler, M.Wiescher, K.Wisshak, and L.Zanini

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, TheoryofComputation_COMPUTATIONBYABSTRACTDEVICES, Monte Carlo method, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], ComputingMethodologies_ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE, 01 natural sciences, monte carlo simulations, Cross section (physics), Optics, 0103 physical sciences, neutron capture cross-sections, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Pulse height, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Liquid scintillation counting, Detector, TheoryofComputation_GENERAL, Experimental validation, NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS, pulse height weighting technique, c6d6 scintillation detectors, Weighting, Neutron capture, ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION, business
Abstract

The accuracy of the pulse height weighting technique for the determination of neutron capture cross-sections is investigated. The technique is applied to measurements performed with C6D6 liquid scintillation detectors of two different types using capture samples of various dimensions. The data for well-known (n, gamma) resonances are analyzed using weighting functions obtained from Monte Carlo simulations of the experimental set-up. Several causes of systematic deviation are identified and their effect is quantified. In all the cases measured the reaction yield agrees with the standard value within 2%. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Published
2004

11. Underground operation of the ICARUS T600 LAr-TPC: first results

Author

Christian Farnese, R. Dolfini, G. Meng, S. Muraro, A. Cesana, R. Sulej, A. Guglielmi, M. Terrani, Carlo Rubbia, E. Segreto, A. Scaramelli, K. Zaremba, M. Baldo Ceolin, Alfredo G. Cocco, N. Canci, A. Zalewska, P. Benetti, P. Plonski, Ornella Palamara, X. Yang, T. Golan, Daniele Dequal, A. Dermenev, L. Barzè, Hongwei Wang, F. Sergiampietri, D. Stefan, Jan T. Sobczyk, Paola Sala, F. Varanini, C. Vignoli, T. J. Palczewski, P. Picchi, I. Kochanek, G. Mannocchi, A. Gigli Berzolari, G. Fiorillo, M. Kirsanov, S. N. Gninenko, Arnaud Ferrari, Paweł Karbowniczek, J. Lagoda, M.C. Prata, Angela Fava, A. Rappoldi, J. . Zmuda, S. Centro, P. Przewlocki, E. Scantamburlo, M. Szarska, L. Periale, B. Baibussinov, J. Holeczek, A. Piazzoli, F. Carbonara, K. Cieslik, A. Dabrowska, S. Mania, M. Haranczyk, Massimo Rossella, P. Aprili, Alessandro Menegolli, T. Wachala, C. Montanari, D. Cline, F. Pietropaolo, Sandro Ventura, J. Kisiel, F. Mauri, M. Antonello, J. Stepaniak, F. Cavanna, E. Calligarich, D. Gibin, S. Otwinowski, Mattias Lantz, G.L. Raselli, C., Rubbia, M., Antonello, P., Aprili, B., Baibussinov, M., Baldo Ceolin, L., Barzè, P., Benetti, E., Calligarich, N., Canci, Carbonara, Francesco, F., Cavanna, S., Centro, A., Cesana, K., Cieslik, D. B., Cline, A. G., Cocco, A., Dabrowska, D., Dequal, A., Dermenev, R., Dolfini, C., Farnese, A., Fava, A., Ferrari, Fiorillo, Giuliana, D., Gibin, A., Gigli Berzolari, S., Gninenko, T., Golan, A., Guglielmi, M., Haranczyk, J., Holeczek, P., Karbowniczek, M., Kirsanov, J., Kisiel, I., Kochanek, J., Lagoda, M., Lantz, S., Mania, G., Mannocchi, F., Mauri, A., Menegolli, G., Meng, C., Montanari, S., Muraro, S., Otwinowski, O., Palamara, T. J., Palczewski, L., Periale, A., Piazzoli, P., Picchi, F., Pietropaolo, P., Plonski, M., Prata, P., Przewlocki, A., Rappoldi, G. L., Raselli, M., Rossella, P., Sala, E., Scantamburlo, A., Scaramelli, E., Segreto, F., Sergiampietri, J., Sobczyk, D., Stefan, J., Stepaniak, R., Sulej, M., Szarska, M., Terrani, F., Varanini, S., Ventura, C., Vignoli, T., Wachala, H., Wang, X., Yang, A., Zalewska, K., Zaremba, and J., Zmuda

Subjects
ICARUS, Physics, Particle physics, Liquid detectors, Proton decay, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, Time projection Chambers (TPC), Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Cryogenic liquid detector, Bubble chamber, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Subatomic particle, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Liquid detectors
Abstract

Open questions are still present in fundamental Physics and Cosmology, like the nature of Dark Matter, the matter-antimatter asymmetry and the validity of the particle interaction Standard Model. Addressing these questions requires a new generation of massive particle detectors exploring the subatomic and astrophysical worlds. ICARUS T600 is the first large mass (760 ton) example of a novel detector generation able to combine the imaging capabilities of the old famous "bubble chamber" with an excellent energy measurement in huge electronic detectors. ICARUS T600 now operates at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory, studying cosmic rays, neutrino oscillation and proton decay. Physical potentialities of this novel telescope are presented through few examples of neutrino interactions reconstructed with unprecedented details. Detector design and early operation are also reported., 14 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. Submitted to Jinst

Published
2011

12. Performance of the ICARUS liquid argon prototype

Author

M. Terrani, G. Battistoni, S. Otwinowski, A. Di Credico, P. Picchi, P. Cennini, Antonio Bueno, J. Ma, L. Periale, Paola Sala, Hui Wang, B. Romualdi, André Rubbia, M. Lisowski, E. Tatananni, Z. Xu, C. De Vecchi, E. Calligarich, S. Zhen, P. Benetti, C. Carpanese, A. Rappoldi, Arnaud Ferrari, F. Arneodo, J. Woo, K. He, David B. Cline, Z. Li, Q. Zhang, G. Piano Mortari, A. Kruse, A. A. Grillo, F. Lu, Mario Campanelli, S. Centro, Chao Zhang, Eugenio Scapparone, Elisa Bernardini, F. Cavanna, A. Haag, A. Badertscher, F. Ferri, O. Palamara, D. Cavalli, C. Vignoli, D. A. Scannicchio, C. Rubbia, A. Borio di Tigliole, D. Pascoli, F. Sergiampietri, L. Grandi, M. Laffranchi, M. Nicoletto, Xiaojing Huang, C. Matthey, I. Gil-Botella, Sandro Ventura, A. Rotilio, Chang Chen, Massimo Rossella, G.L. Raselli, Yi-Chun Chen, Silvia Muraro, D.B. Chen, E. Segreto, T. Rancati, F. Mauri, F. Pietropaolo, A. Cesana, S. Navas-Concha, R. Brunetti, R. Dolfini, G. Nurzia, B. Baiboussinov, A. Gigli Berzolari, G. Xu, C. Montanari, S. Petrera, N. Sinanis, M. Bischofberger, D. Mazza, G. Meng, J. Rico, Q. Ouyang, and A. Piazzoli

Subjects
Cryostat, ICARUS, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Wire chamber, Time projection chamber, Argon, Nuclear engineering, Detector, chemistry.chemical_element, Cryogenics, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, chemistry, Instrumentation
Abstract

We report on the performance of a liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, operating in a 10 m 3 cryostat. This device built in the framework of the ICARUS T600 programme to serve as a full test facility for the adopted cryogenics and mechanical solutions, was successfully tested in 2000 as the last step before the tests of the first 600 t ICARUS module 1 year later. In a final run at the Gran Sasso Laboratory, whose outcome provides the main subject of this paper, also the readout and imaging capabilities of the installed wire chamber and the overall performance of the detector have been successfully tested.

Published
2003

13. The ICARUS liquid argon time projection chamber

Author

P. Cennini, A. Gigli Berzolari, J. Ma, Paola Sala, S. Zheng, S. Centro, E. Calligarich, F. Pietropaolo, Sandro Ventura, F. Lu, G. Piano Mortari, David B. Cline, Chao Zhang, A. Kruse, G. Meng, J. Rico, X. Huan, R. Brunetti, Antonio Bueno, F. Cavanna, Q. Zhang, G. Nurzia, F. Mauri, A. Cesana, C. Vignoli, G. Xu, C. Rossi, C. Matthey, Hui Wang, A. Piazzoli, C. Montanari, J. Woo, K. He, A. Rappoldi, S. Suzuki, S. Petrera, D. Mazza, Mario Campanelli, Z. Li, Z. Xu, R. Dolfini, B. Baiboussinov, Massimo Rossella, P. Torre, Youngho Seo, F. Sergiampietri, P. Goudsmit, C. Carpanese, P. Benetti, F. Arneodo, Elisa Bernardini, Chang Chen, G.L. Raselli, Yi-Chun Chen, P. Picchi, T. Rancati, D. A. Scannicchio, D. Pascoli, G. Battistoni, S. Otwinowski, Arnaud Ferrari, André Rubbia, L. Periale, C. Rubbia, A. Badertscher, L. Mazzone, A. Borio di Tigliole, M. Terrani, O. Palamara, and D. Cavalli

Subjects
Physics, ICARUS, Liquid argon time projection chamber, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Argon, Time projection chamber, chemistry.chemical_element, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Particle detector, Imaging, chemistry, Measuring instrument, Liquid argon, Instrumentation
Abstract

Years of R&D allowed the overcoming of the main technological problems in the establishment of the ICARUS technology. A major step of the ICARUS scientific program has been the construction and testing of a 10 m3 prototype, which paved the way for the installation of the first 600 t ICARUS module. We present a summary of the basic principles of the ICARUS technique and some of the events collected exposing the 10 m3 module to cosmic rays at LNGS, from February to May 2000.

Published
2001

14. ICARUS. A status report

Author

David B. Cline, P. Torre, P. Cennini, P. Picchi, Paola Sala, Z. Xu, M. Nicoletto, F. Cavanna, L. Periale, Silvia Resconi, Yi Chen, A. Piazzoli, J. Ma, M. Terrani, Hui Wang, S. Zheng, E. Calligarich, Massimo Rossella, Alessandro Bettini, R. Dolfini, Chao Zhang, F. Arneodo, F. Mauri, C. Vignoli, Q. Zhang, L. Mazzone, G. Piano-Mortari, D. Pascoli, C. Rubbia, J. Woo, A. Benetti, S. Parlati, C. Carpanese, K. He, D. A. Scannicchio, F. Sergiampietri, F. Pietropaolo, A. Cesana, Z. Li, F. Lu, A. Borio, P. Benetti, X.P. Huang, M. Verdecchia, J. P. Revol, S. Otwinowski, G. Xu, D. Cavalli, C. Montanari, André Rubbia, A. Pepato, Chang Chen, G.L. Raselli, Andrea Ferrari, Sandro Ventura, C. Rossi, A. Rappoldi, Shingo Suzuki, G. Mannocchi, S. Centro, and A. Gigli Berzolari

Subjects
Physics, ICARUS, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, business.industry, Liquid argon, Aerospace engineering, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Status report, business, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Simulation
Abstract

The latest evolutions of the ICARUS project are reviewed. During the present year the collaboration has been heavily involved into the construction of the first full scale prototypes of the 600 ton ICARUS detector. Cryogenic and purification tests as well as mechanical tests on a wires chamber module, are presently under completion. No major problems were found and we foresee to be ready for the commissioning of the major detector components by the end of the present year. Also, the Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation program has been subject to a rapid acceleration. Following our formal proposal, submitted and approved at the beginning of this year by the CERN SPSLC, a working group has been formed to study the details of the beam and a sensitive program has been formulated by which first neutrinos can be sent to the Gran Sasso at the end of year 2001.

Published
1999

15. Measurement of Through-Going Particle Momentum By Means Of Multiple Scattering With The ICARUS T600 TPC

Author

A. Ankowski, M. Antonello, P. Aprili, F. Arneodo, A. Badertscher, B. Baiboussinov, M. B. Ceolin, G. Battistoni, P. Benetti, A. B. Tigliole, R. Brunetti, A. Bueno, E. Calligarich, F. Carbonara, M. C. Carmona, F. Cavanna, P. Cennini, S. Centro, A. Cesana, D. B. Cline, K. Cieslik, A. G. Cocco, C. D. Vecchi, A. Dabrowska, A. D. Cicco, R. Dolfini, A. Ereditato, A. Ferrari, D. Garcia Gamez, Y. Ge, D. Gibin, A. G. Berzolari, I. Gil Botella, K. Graczyk, L. Grandi, A. Guglielmi, J. Holeczek, D. Kielczewska, J. Kisiel, T. Kozlowski, M. Laffranchi, J. Lagoda, B. Lisowski, J. Lozano, M. Markiewicz, A. M. de, C. Matthey, F. Mauri, A. J. Melgarejo, A. Menegolli, G. Meng, M. Messina, P. Mijakowski, C. Montanari, S. Muraro, S. Navas, J. Nowak, S. Otwinowski, O. Palamara, L. Periale, G. P. Mortari, A. Piazzoli, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo, W. Polchlopek, M. Posiadala, M. Prata, M. C. Prata, P. Przewlocki, A. Rappoldi, G. L. Raselli, E. Rondio, M. Rossella, B. Rossi, A. Rubbia, C. Rubbia, P. R. Sala, D. Scannicchio, E. Segreto, Y. Seo, F. Sergiampietri, J. Sobczyk, D. Stefan, J. Stepaniak, R. Sulej, M. Szeptycka, M. Szarska, M. Terrani, F. Varanini, S. Ventura, C. Vignoli, T. Wachala, H. Wang, X. Yang, A. Zalewska, FIORILLO, GIULIANA, A., Ankowski, M., Antonello, P., Aprili, F., Arneodo, A., Badertscher, B., Baiboussinov, M. B., Ceolin, G., Battistoni, P., Benetti, A. B., Tigliole, R., Brunetti, A., Bueno, E., Calligarich, F., Carbonara, M. C., Carmona, F., Cavanna, P., Cennini, S., Centro, A., Cesana, D. B., Cline, K., Cieslik, A. G., Cocco, C. D., Vecchi, A., Dabrowska, A. D., Cicco, R., Dolfini, A., Ereditato, A., Ferrari, Fiorillo, Giuliana, D., Garcia Gamez, Y., Ge, D., Gibin, A. G., Berzolari, I., Gil Botella, K., Graczyk, L., Grandi, A., Guglielmi, J., Holeczek, D., Kielczewska, J., Kisiel, T., Kozlowski, M., Laffranchi, J., Lagoda, B., Lisowski, J., Lozano, M., Markiewicz, A. M., De, C., Matthey, F., Mauri, A. J., Melgarejo, A., Menegolli, G., Meng, M., Messina, P., Mijakowski, C., Montanari, S., Muraro, S., Nava, J., Nowak, S., Otwinowski, O., Palamara, L., Periale, G. P., Mortari, A., Piazzoli, P., Picchi, F., Pietropaolo, W., Polchlopek, M., Posiadala, M., Prata, M. C., Prata, P., Przewlocki, A., Rappoldi, G. L., Raselli, E., Rondio, M., Rossella, B., Rossi, A., Rubbia, C., Rubbia, P. R., Sala, D., Scannicchio, E., Segreto, Y., Seo, F., Sergiampietri, J., Sobczyk, D., Stefan, J., Stepaniak, R., Sulej, M., Szeptycka, M., Szarska, M., Terrani, F., Varanini, S., Ventura, C., Vignoli, T., Wachala, H., Wang, X., Yang, and A., Zalewska

Subjects
ICARUS, Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Scattering, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Standard Model, Computational physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Momentum, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), LIGHT, LIQUID ARGON, Rare events, High Energy Physics::Experiment, IONIZING TRACKS, Engineering (miscellaneous), Charged current, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The ICARUS collaboration has demonstrated, following the operation of a 600 ton (T600) detector at shallow depth, that the technique based on liquid Argon TPCs is now mature. The study of rare events, not contemplated in the Standard Model, can greatly benefit from the use of this kind of detectors. In particular, a deeper understanding of atmospheric neutrino properties will be obtained thanks to the unprecedented quality of the data ICARUS provides. However if we concentrate on the T600 performance, most of the $\nu_\mu$ charged current sample will be partially contained, due to the reduced dimensions of the detector. In this article, we address the problem of how well we can determine the kinematics of events having partially contained tracks. The analysis of a large sample of atmospheric muons collected during the T600 test run demonstrate that, in case the recorded track is at least one meter long, the muon momentum can be reconstructed by an algorithm that measures the Multiple Coulomb Scattering along the particle's path. Moreover, we show that momentum resolution can be improved by a factor two using an algorithm based on the Kalman Filtering technique. The ICARUS collaboration has demonstrated, following the operation of a 600 ton (T600) detector at shallow depth, that the technique based on liquid Argon TPCs is now mature. The study of rare events, not contemplated in the Standard Model, can greatly benefit from the use of this kind of detectors. In particular, a deeper understanding of atmospheric neutrino properties will be obtained thanks to the unprecedented quality of the data ICARUS provides. However if we concentrate on the T600 performance, most of the $\nu_\mu$ charged current sample will be partially contained, due to the reduced dimensions of the detector. In this article, we address the problem of how well we can determine the kinematics of events having partially contained tracks. The analysis of a large sample of atmospheric muons collected during the T600 test run demonstrate that, in case the recorded track is at least one meter long, the muon momentum can be reconstructed by an algorithm that measures the Multiple Coulomb Scattering along the particle's path. Moreover, we show that momentum resolution can be improved by a factor two using an algorithm based on the Kalman Filtering technique.

Published
2006

16. Performance evaluation of a hit finding algorithm for the ICARUS detector

Author

R. Dolfini, A. Piazzoli, P. Cennini, C. Carpanese, Massimo Rossella, Paola Sala, F. Arneodo, C. Rubbia, S. Centro, G. Xu, L. Mazzone, J. P. Revol, C. Montanari, F. Sergiampietri, C. Vignoli, Alessandro Bettini, M. Verdecchia, Hui Wang, Paola Torre, A. Gigli Berzolari, F. Mauri, Z. Xu, Q. Zhang, F. Lu, S. Parlati, P. Benetti, F. Pietropaolo, Sandro Ventura, M. Nicoletto, Silvia Resconi, Chao Zhang, S. Otwinowski, F. Cavanna, A. Pepato, G. Piano Mortari, J. Woo, K. He, A. Cesana, Z. Li, A. Borio, J. Ma, S. Zheng, E. Calligarich, Yi Chen, D. A. Scannicchio, D. Pascoli, G. Mannocchi, C. Rossi, I. De Mitri, A. Rappoldi, Chang Chen, G.L. Raselli, Shingo Suzuki, David B. Cline, M. Terrani, P. Picchi, A. Ferrari, D. Cavalli, L. Periale, and X.P. Huang

Subjects
Physics, ICARUS, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Robustness (computer science), Detector, Cosmic ray, Raw data, Instrumentation, Algorithm, Data reduction
Abstract

A procedure to filter the ICARUS digitized data is presented. The final multi-kiloton detector will provide raw data at a rate of the order of 100 Gbytes/s and therefore a crucial element of the acquisition chain will be the on-line data reduction system. A filter has been developed to process the signals and to tag the meaningful data. The hit detection efficiency has been evaluated on a sample of signals obtained from cosmic rays events in the 3 t ICARUS prototype. Its robustness has been tested also on simulated events with different signal to noise ratio. The hit finder hardware implementation is also presented.

Published
1998

17. The liquid argon TPC for the ICARUS experiment

Author

G. Mannocchi, S. Otwinowski, P. Picchi, A. Pepato, P. Cennini, Paola Sala, M. Terrani, C. Rossi, E. Calligarich, P. Benetti, C. Carpanese, A. Rappoldi, A. Borio, F. Casagrande, P. Torre, F. Arneodo, L. Periale, David B. Cline, J. P. Revol, H. Wang, E. Cesana, S. Centro, F. Cavanna, G. Piano Mortari, D. Cavalli, C. Vignoli, D. A. Scannicchio, C. Rubbia, Silvia Resconi, D. Pascoli, F. Sergiampietri, Alessandro Bettini, M. Verdecchia, Sandro Ventura, Andrea Ferrari, Massimo Rossella, G.L. Raselli, F. Mauri, S. Parlati, F. Pietropaolo, R. Dolfini, S. Suzuki, A. Gigli Berzolari, C. Montanari, and A. Piazzoli

Subjects
ICARUS, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Proton decay, Orders of magnitude (temperature), Solar neutrino, Detector, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear physics, Physical phenomena, Liquid argon, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The ICARUS project aims at the realisation of a large liquid argon TPC to be run at the Underground Laboratories of Gran Sasso in Italy. An intense R&D activity has put on firm grounds this new detector technology and experimentally confirmed its feasibility on a few ton scale. Based on these solid achievements, the collaboration is now confident of being able to build and safely operate a multi-kton detector. The reseach program of the experiment involves the systematic study of a wide spectrum of physical phenomena covering many orders of magnitude in the energy deposited in the detector: from the few MeV of solar neutrino interactions, to the about one GeV of the proton decay and atmospheric neutrinos, up to the higher energies of neutrinos from accelerators.

Published
1997

18. On atmospheric 39Ar and 42Ar abundance

Author

L. Periale, M. Verdecchia, A. Cesana, P. Benetti, M. Terrani, Hui Wang, David B. Cline, C. De Vecchi, S. Otwinowski, G. Muratori, F. Cavanna, A. Pepato, G. Piano Mortari, P. Cennini, D. A. Scannicchio, S. Centro, E. Calligarich, A. Piazzoli, Sandro Ventura, C. Rubbia, A. Rappoldi, P. Picchi, G.L. Raselli, M. Zhou, W.H. Tian, J. P. Revol, Alessandro Bettini, Sergio Cittolin, X. Li, A. Gigli Berzolari, F. Pietropaolo, D. Dzialo Giudice, S. Suzuki, F. Mauri, R. Dolfini, C. Montanari, and F. Casagrande

Subjects
Physics, ICARUS, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Argon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Other Fields of Physics, chemistry.chemical_element, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, chemistry, Volume (thermodynamics), Abundance (ecology), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclide, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation
Abstract

Ar and 42Ar are possible sources of background in large volume argon based detectors for the study of low energy neutrino events, as proposed for the ICARUS experiment. The production of these nuclides from neutron capture by atmospheric argon is estimated by taking into account both cosmic rays and contributions from nuclear explosions.

Published
1995

19. Discovery of oxygen radioactivity of atomic nuclei

Author

A. Guglielmetti, C. Chiesa, C. Migliorino, M. Terrani, R. Bonetti, and A. Cesana

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear track, chemistry, Branching fraction, Atomic nucleus, chemistry.chemical_element, Spontaneous emission, Atomic physics, Oxygen, Radioactive decay
Abstract

By using solid-state nuclear track detectors arranged in 2π geometry we collected 27 events due to the radioactive decay of 228 Th by 20 O emission. The partial half-life is (5.29 ± 1.01) × 10 20 s and the branching ratio relative to α decay is (1.13 ± 0.22) × 10 −13 . This is the first case of observation of spontaneous emission of oxygen clusters from nuclei.

Published
1993

20. Measurement of exotic decay half lives with track detectors

Author

A. Guglielmetti, R. Bonetti, C. Migliorino, A. Cesana, C. Chiesa, and M. Terrani

Subjects
Nuclear physics, chemistry, Radiochemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Heavy ion, Track detectors, Uranium, Phosphate glass
Abstract

Track detectors used in experimental studies of heavy ion radioactivity are briefly reviewed with particular emphasys on a recently developed phosphate glass, BP1. In addition we report on a new measurement of the 232 U 24 Ne + 208 Pb decay rate, which allows to update previous results for Ne emission from 234 U and 235 U.

Published
1991

21. Long-term activation in a 15 MeV radiotherapy accelerator

Author

A, Brusa, A, Cesana, C, Stucchi, M, Terrani, and F, Zanellati

Subjects
Radioisotopes, Photons, Models, Statistical, Reproducibility of Results, Electrons, Radiotherapy Dosage, Equipment Design, Tungsten, Gamma Rays, Metals, Spectrophotometry, Radiation Oncology, Scattering, Radiation, Particle Accelerators
Abstract

The high energy electrons produced by linear accelerators can generate several radioisotopes by means of photonuclear reactions. The activity produced in the head of a 15 MV Mevatron Siemens 77 medical linear accelerator was measured by high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry, during its decommissioning 1 year after the last clinical use. The activity of 54Mn, 57Co, 60Co, 181W, and 65Zn was measured while the activity of other radioisotopes which emit soft beta or gamma rays such as 59Ni, 63Ni, and 55Fe was inferred by appropriate scaling factors. The number of pieces requiring particular care is limited, their mass does not exceed some tens of kilograms, and their volume is of the order of some thousands of cm3. Moreover, these materials are metals and the emitted radiation can be easily shielded, so that storage should not create particular problems.

Published
2008

22. Neutron activation analysis of obsidian from two Neolithic sites in Italy

Author

M. Terrani, A.J. Ammerman, C. Polglase, and A. Cesana

Subjects
Archeology, Lithic technology, Neutron activation analysis, Archaeology, Geology, Northern italy
Abstract

The report presents the results of the characterization of obsidian from two Neolithic sites in Italy, Gaione on the Po Plain and Bevilacqua in Calabria. The comparison of neutron activation analyses made at laboratories in Milan and Bradford shows good agreement between the two. Neutron activation analysis is confirmed to be a reliable method for the sourcing of obsidian in Italy. A total of 17 pieces of obsidian from Gaione is examined; this makes it the Neolithic site with the largest number of samples analysed to date in northern Italy. Three different sources of obsidian are observed at the site: Lipari, Palmarola and Sardinia. In addition, the material from Gaione displays an association between lithic technology and the source of the obsidian. Specifically, obsidian from the island of Lipari is represented at Gaione principally in the form of blades. The six pieces analysed from Bevilacqua all come from Lipari. The report closes with a brief discussion of some of the implications of the results for the study of exchange systems in the Neolithic period.

Published
1990

23. Performance of a liquid argon time projection chamber exposed to the CERN West Area Neutrino Facility neutrino beam

Author

G. Piano Mortari, A. Martinez de la Ossa, P. Picchi, P. Cennini, Alberto Pullia, C. Vignoli, E. Cesana, Sandro Ventura, Paola Sala, T. Tabarelli de Fatis, F. Sergiampietri, C. Rubbia, André Rubbia, C. Matthey, M. Nicoletto, I. De Mitri, A. Rappoldi, David B. Cline, Alessio Ghezzi, M. Terrani, Jan Kisiel, S. Navas, Antonio Bueno, R. Dolfini, Hui Wang, T. Rancati, A. Puccini, P. Negri, A. Curioni, C. Montanari, N. G. Redaelli, S. Otwinowski, F. Casagrande, Shingo Suzuki, A. Pepato, F. Terranova, P. Benetti, A. Zalewska, Stefano Ragazzi, A. Borio di Tigliole, Marco Paganoni, E. Rondio, F. Arneodo, A. Tonazzo, F. Mauri, M. Bonesini, F. Pietropaolo, G.L. Raselli, A. Guglielmi, C. De Vecchi, F. Cavanna, L. Periale, E. Calligarich, B. Boschetti, O. Palamara, D. Cavalli, S. Centro, Jan T. Sobczyk, G. Mannocchi, Arnaud Ferrari, Arneodo, F, Benetti, P, Bonesini, M, Di Tigliole, A, Boschetti, B, Bueno, A, Calligarich, E, Casagrande, F, Cavalli, D, Cavanna, F, Cennini, P, Centro, S, Cesana, E, Cline, D, Curioni, A, De Mitri, I, De Vecchi, C, Dolfini, R, Ferrari, A, Ghezzi, A, Guglielmi, A, Kisiel, J, Mannocchi, G, De La Ossa, A, Matthey, C, Mauri, F, Montanari, C, Navas, S, Negri, P, Nicoletto, M, Otwinowski, S, Paganoni, M, Palamara, O, Pepato, A, Periale, L, Mortari, G, Picchi, P, Pietropaolo, F, Puccini, A, Pullia, A, Ragazzi, S, Rancati, T, Rappoldi, A, Raselli, G, Redaelli, N, Rondio, E, Rubbia, A, Rubbia, C, Sala, P, Sergiampietri, F, Sobczyk, J, Suzuki, S, TABARELLI DE FATIS, T, Terrani, M, Terranova, F, Tonazzo, A, Ventura, S, Vignoli, C, Wang, H, and Zalewska, A

Subjects
ICARUS, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Time projection chamber, Large Hadron Collider, Argon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, chemistry.chemical_element, Particle identification, Nuclear physics, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, Neutrino detector, chemistry, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, neutrino, liquid argon, TPC, Neutrino
Abstract

We present the results of the first exposure of a Liquid Argon TPC to a multi-GeV neutrino beam. The data have been collected with a 50 liters ICARUS-like chamber located between the CHORUS and NOMAD experiments at the CERN West Area Neutrino Facility (WANF). We discuss both the instrumental performance of the detector and its capability to identify and reconstruct low-multiplicity neutrino interactions.

Published
2006

24. Measurement of the n-TOF beam profile with a micromegas detector

Author

J. Pancin, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, S. Andriamonje, A. Angelopoulos, P. Assimakopoulos, C. Bacri, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, H. Beer, J. Benlliure, B. Berthier, E. Berthoumieux, S. Boffi, C. Borcea, E. Boscolo-Marchi, N. Bustreo, F. Calvino, D. Cano-ott, R. Capote, P. Carlson, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, D. Cortina, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Dababneh, M. Dahlfors, S. David, A. Delbart, J. Derre, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo, I. Duran-Escribano, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, L. Ferreira-Lourenco, R. Ferreiramarques, H. Frais-Koelbl, W. Furman, Y. Giomataris, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, K. Ioannides, N. Janeva, F. Jeanneau, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karamanis, A. Kelic, V. Ketlerov, G. Kitis, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, V. Lacoste, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, S. Markov, S. Marrone, J. Martinez-Val, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. Milazzo, E. Minguez, A. Molina-Coballes, C. Moreau, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'brien, I. Papadopoulos, T. Papavengelou, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, A. Perez-Parra, J. Perlado, V. Peskov, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, A. Policarpo, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, M. Radici, S. Raman, W. Rapp, R. Reifarth, F. Rejmund, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, E. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. Tain, C. Tapia, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, M. Terrani, N. Tsangas, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, M. Vincente-Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, L. Zanini, J.Pancin, U.Abbondanno, G.Aert, H.Alvarez, S.Adriamonje, A.Angelopoulo, P.Assimakopoulo, C.Bacri, C.Badurek, P.Bauman, F.Becvar, H.Beer, J.Benlliure, B.Berthier, E.Berthoumieux, S.Boffi, C.Borcea, N.Bustreo, F.Calvino, D.Cano-Ott, R.Capote, P.Carlson, P.Cennini, V.Chepel, E.Chiaveri, N.Colonna, G.Corte, D.Cortina, A.Couture, J.Cox, S.Dababneh, M.Dahlfor, S.David, R.Dolfini, C.Domingo, I.Dura-Escribano, C.Eleftheriadi, M.Embid-Segura, L.Ferrant, A.Ferrari, L.Ferreira-Lourenco, R.Ferreira-Marque, H.Frais-Koelbl, W.Furman, Y.Giomatari, I.Goncalve, E.Gonzales-Romero, A.Goverdovski, F.Gramegna, E.Griiesmayer, F.GGunsing, R.Haight, M.Heil, A.Errera-Martinez, K.Ioannide, N.Janeva, E.Jericha, Y.Kadi, F.Kappeler, D.Karamani, A.Kelic, V.Ketlerov, G.Kiti, P.Koehler, V.Konovalov, E.Kossionide, V.Lacoste, H.Leeb, A.Lindote, I.Lope, M.Lozano, S.Lukic, S.Markov, S.Marrone, J.Martinez-Val, P.Mastinu, A.Mengoni, P.Milazzo, E.Minguez, C.Moreau, F.Neve, H.Oberhummer, S.O’Brien, C.Paradela, A.Pavlik, P.Pavlopoulo, A.Perez-Parra, J.Perlado, L.Perrot, V.Peskov, R.Plag, A.Plomplen, A.Pluki, A.Poch, A.policarpo, C.Pretel, J.Quesada, M.Radici, W.Rapp, R.Reifarth, F.Rejmund, M.Rosetti, C.Rubbia, G.Rudolf, P.Rullhusen, J.Salgado, E.Savvidi, C.Stephan, G.Tagliente, J.Tain, C.Tapia, L.Tassan-Got, L.Tavora, M.Terrani, N.Tsanga, G.Vannini, P.Vaz, A.Ventura, D.Villamarin-Fernandez, M.Vincente-Vincente, V.Vlachoudi, R.Vlastou, F.Vo, H.Wendler, M.Wiescher, K.Wisshak, and L.Zanini

Subjects
Elastic scattering, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Argon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Beam profile, Nuclear Theory, chemistry.chemical_element, MicroMegas detector, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, Neutron radiation, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, chemistry, NEUTRON BEAMS, Neutron cross section, MICROMEGAS DETECTOR, Neutron detection, Neutron beam profiler, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Micromegas
Abstract

A Micromegas detector was used in the neutron Time-Of-Flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN to evaluate the spatial distribution of the neutron beam as a function of its kinetic energy. This was achieved over a large range of neutron energies by using two complementary processes: at low energy by capture of a neutron via the 6Li(n,[alpha])t reaction, and at high energy by elastic scattering of neutrons on gas nuclei (argon+isobutane or helium+isobutane). Data are compared to Monte Carlo simulations and an analytic function fitting the beam profile has been calculated with a sufficient precision to use in neutron capture experiments at the n_TOF facility. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4BRSWVV-3/1/01dd54d28c7a57560574f1adfbd8a2f0

Published
2004

25. Neutron capture cross section measurement of 151-Sm at the CERN neutron time of flight facility (n_TOF)

Author

U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, S. Adriamonje, A. Angelopoulos, P. Assimakopoulos, C. Bacri, C. Badurek, P. Bauman, F. Becvar, H. Beer, J. Benlliure, B. Berthier, E. Berthoumieux, S. Boffi, C. Borcea, N. Bustreo, F. Calvino, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, P. Carlson, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, D. Cortina, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Dababneh, M. Dahlfors, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo, I. Dura Escribano, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, L. Ferreira Lourenco, R. Ferreira Marques, H. Frais Koelbl, W. Furman, Y. Giomataris, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzales Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griiesmayer, F. GGunsing, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Errera Martinez, K. Ioannides, N. Janeva, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Kappeler, D. Karamanis, A. Kelic, V. Ketlerov, G. Kitis, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, V. Lacoste, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, S. Markov, S. Marrone, J. Martinez Val, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. Milazzo, E. Minguez, C. Moreau, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, A. Perez Parra, J. Perlado, L. Perrot, V. Peskov, R. Plag, A. Plomplen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, A. policarpo, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, M. Radici, W. Rapp, R. Reifarth, F. Rejmund, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, E. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. Tain, C. Tapia, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, M. Terrani, N. Tsangas, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin Fernandez, M. Vincente Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, L. Zanini, VANNINI, GIANNI, U.Abbondanno, G.Aert, H.Alvarez, S.Adriamonje, A.Angelopoulo, P.Assimakopoulo, C.Bacri, C.Badurek, P.Bauman, F.Becvar, H.Beer, J.Benlliure, B.Berthier, E.Berthoumieux, S.Boffi, C.Borcea, N.Bustreo, F.Calvino, D.Cano-Ott, R.Capote, P.Carlson, P.Cennini, V.Chepel, E.Chiaveri, N.Colonna, G.Corte, D.Cortina, A.Couture, J.Cox, S.Dababneh, M.Dahlfor, S.David, R.Dolfini, C.Domingo, I.Dura-Escribano, C.Eleftheriadi, M.Embid-Segura, L.Ferrant, A.Ferrari, L.Ferreira-Lourenco, R.Ferreira-Marque, H.Frais-Koelbl, W.Furman, Y.Giomatari, I.Goncalve, E.Gonzales-Romero, A.Goverdovski, F.Gramegna, E.Griiesmayer, F.GGunsing, R.Haight, M.Heil, A.Errera-Martinez, K.Ioannide, N.Janeva, E.Jericha, Y.Kadi, F.Kappeler, D.Karamani, A.Kelic, V.Ketlerov, G.Kiti, P.Koehler, V.Konovalov, E.Kossionide, V.Lacoste, H.Leeb, A.Lindote, I.Lope, M.Lozano, S.Lukic, S.Markov, S.Marrone, J.Martinez-Val, P.Mastinu, A.Mengoni, P.Milazzo, E.Minguez, C.Moreau, F.Neve, H.Oberhummer, S.O’Brien, J.Pancin, C.Paradela, A.Pavlik, P.Pavlopoulo, A.Perez-Parra, J.Perlado, L.Perrot, V.Peskov, R.Plag, A.Plomplen, A.Pluki, A.Poch, A.policarpo, C.Pretel, J.Quesada, M.Radici, W.Rapp, R.Reifarth, F.Rejmund, M.Rosetti, C.Rubbia, G.Rudolf, P.Rullhusen, J.Salgado, E.Savvidi, C.Stephan, G.Tagliente, J.Tain, C.Tapia, L.Tassan-Got, L.Tavora, M.Terrani, N.Tsanga, G.Vannini, P.Vaz, A.Ventura, D.Villamarin-Fernandez, M.Vincente-Vincente, V.Vlachoudi, R.Vlastou, F.Vo, H.Wendler, M.Wiescher, K.Wisshak, and L.Zanini

Published
2004

26. Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector

Author

C. Vignoli, D. García Gámez, Cezary Juszczak, N. Spinelli, P. Picchi, Antonio Bueno, M. C. Prata, Arnaud Ferrari, D. A. Scannicchio, R. Dolfini, F. Sergiampietri, Raffaele Velotta, F. Lu, D. Pascoli, Massimo Rossella, B. Baiboussinov, D. Corti, Federico Ferri, G. Battistoni, G. Meng, A. Gigli Berzolari, Q. Ouyang, M. Markiewicz, Chang Chen, Youngho Seo, S. Otwinowski, G.L. Raselli, S. Zhen, Mario Campanelli, Yi-Chun Chen, Silvia Muraro, S. Centro, Y. Ge, P. Cennini, Salvatore Amoruso, J. Holeczek, Jerzy W. Mietelski, A. Piazzoli, B. Bekman, E. Segreto, Riccardo Bruzzese, Elisa Bernardini, M. Baldo Ceolin, X. Yang, H. Kuna-Ciskal, J. Woo, T. Rancati, M. Laffranchi, M. Messina, Paola Sala, K. He, J. Łagoda, Xuan Wang, A. Di Cicco, Marta Felcini, D.B. Chen, J. A. Nowak, Z. Li, D. Chen, A. Cesana, J. Rico, G. Fiorillo, M. Bischofberger, D. Mazza, J. Ma, G. Nurzia, Jan Kisiel, E. Rondio, F. Pietropaolo, A. Borio di Tigliole, D. Gibin, T. Kozłowski, P. Aprili, W. Półchłopek, Alessandro Menegolli, Z. Dai, Hui Wang, E. Calligarich, R. Santorelli, R. Brunetti, A. Martinez de la Ossa, S. Navas-Concha, M. Szeptycka, P. Benetti, Q. Zhang, I. Gil-Botella, J. Stepaniak, G. C. Trinchero, F. Mauri, A. D. Ferella, Z. Xu, F. Cavanna, G. Piano Mortari, K. Cieślik, C. Carpanese, F. Arneodo, Jan T. Sobczyk, Xiaojing Huang, A. Badertscher, M. Terrani, A. Melgarejo, R. Sulej, A. Guglielmi, C. De Vecchi, G. Mannocchi, David B. Cline, A. Zalewska, J. Zalipska, Antonio Ereditato, M. Antonello, M. Nicoletto, Mario Armenante, F. Carbonara, L. Grandi, A. Rappoldi, W. Zipper, Gianpiero Mangano, G. Xu, C. Montanari, D. Kielczewska, A. Dabrowska, Chao Zhang, M. Szarska, O. Palamara, L. Periale, D. Cavalli, Rosalía Cid, Sandro Ventura, André Rubbia, C. Matthey, C. Osuna, S. Amerio, C. Rubbia, B. Lisowski, A. G. Cocco, Krzysztof M. Graczyk, S. Galli, Amerio, S., Amoruso, Salvatore, Antonello, M., Aprili, P., Armenante, M., Arneodo, F., Badertscher, A., Baiboussinov, B., Ceolin, M. B., Battistoni, G., Bekman, B., Benetti, P., Bernardini, E., Bischofberger, M., A. B., Di, Brunetti, R., Bruzzese, Riccardo, Bueno, A., Calligarich, E., Campanelli, M., Carbonara, F., Carpanese, C., Cavalli, D., Cavanna, F., Cennini, P., Centro, S., Cesana, A., Chen, C., Chen, D., Chen, D. B., Chen, Y., Cid, R., Cline, D. B., Cieslik, K., Cocco, A. G., Corti, D., Dai, Z., Vecchi, C. D., Dabrowska, A., Cicco, A. D., Dolfini, R., Ereditato, A., Felcini, M., Ferella, A., Ferrari, A., Ferri, F., Fiorillo, Giuliana, Galli, S., Gamez, D. G., Ge, Y., Gibin, D., Berzolari, A. G., Gil Botella, I., Graczyk, K., Grandi, L., Guglielmi, A., He, K., Holeczek, J., Huang, X., Juszczak, C., Kielczewska, D., Kisiel, J., Kozlowski, T., Kuna Ciskal, H., Laffranchi, M., Lagoda, J., Li, Z., Lisowski, B., Lu, F., Ma, J., Mangano, G., Mannocchi, G., Markiewicz, M., A. M., De, Matthey, C., Mauri, F., Mazza, D., Melgarejo, A. J., Menegolli, A., Meng, G., Messini, M., Mietelski, J. W., Montanari, C., Muraro, S., Navas Concha, S., Nicoletto, M., Nowak, J., Nurzia, G., Osuna, C., Otwinowski, S., Ouyang, Q., Palamra, O., Pascoli, D., Periale, L., Mortari, G. P., Piazzoli, A., Picchi, P., Pietropaolo, F., Polchlopek, W., Prata, M., Rancati, T., Rappoldi, A., Raselli, G. L., Rico, J., Rondio, E., Rossella, M., Rubbia, A., Rubbia, C., Sala, P., Santorelli, Roberto, Scannicchio, D., Segreto, E., Seo, Y., Sergiampietri, F., Sobczyk, J., Spinelli, Nicola, Stepaniak, J., Sulej, R., Szeptycka, M., Szarska, M., Terrani, M., Trinchero, G., Velotta, Raffaele, Ventura, S., Vignoli, C., Wang, H., Wang, X., Woo, J., Xu, G., Xu, Z., Yang, X., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zhang, C., Zhang, Q., Zhen, S., and Zipper, W.

Subjects
Physics, ICARUS, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Time projection chamber, IMAGE, business.industry, Detector, TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER, PERFORMANCE, Modular design, LIQUID-ARGON TPC, Nuclear physics, LIGHT, Acceptance testing, Observatory, IONIZING TRACKS, Neutrino, Aerospace engineering, business, ELECTRON LIFETIME, Instrumentation, Event reconstruction
Abstract

We have constructed and operated the ICARUS T600 liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC). The ICARUS T600 detector is the largest LAr TPC ever built, with a size of about 500 tons of fully imaging mass. The design and assembly of the detector relied on industrial support and represents the applications of concepts matured in laboratory tests to the kton scale. The ICARUS T600 was commissioned for a technical run that lasted about 3 months. During this period all the detector features were extensively tested with an exposure to cosmic-rays at surface with a resulting data collection of about 30000 events. The detector was developed as the first element of a modular design. Thanks to the concept of modularity, it will be possible to realize a detector with several ktons active mass, to act as an observatory for astroparticle and neutrino physics at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory and a second-generation nucleon decay experiment. In this paper a description of the ICARUS T600 is given, detailing its design specifications, assembly procedures and acceptance tests. Commissioning procedures and results of the technical run are also reported, as well as results from the off-line event reconstruction. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2004

27. IMPROVED ACCURACY (<font>N</font>, γ) MEASUREMENTS AT N_TOF

Author

J. Salgado, F. Gramegna, A. Poch, Rene Reifarth, A. Kelic, A. Pavlik, R. Vlastou, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, E. Berthoumieux, M. Vincente-Vincente, Y. Giomataris, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Mengoni, I. Duran-Escribano, N. Colonna, E. Boscolo-Marchi, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Ketlerov, James L. Cox, F. Voss, W.I. Furman, Isabel Lopes, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, G. Cortes, D. Karamanis, C. Eleftheriadis, P. Cennini, E. Mínguez, F. Rejmund, A. Herrera-Martinez, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, A. Plukis, Marco Radici, Roberto Capote, Matthias Heil, J. Pancin, A. Angelopoulos, Arnaud Ferrari, E. Jericha, P.A. Assimakopoulos, Corrie S. Moreau, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. Borcea, S. David, G. Tagliente, H. Leeb, C. Tapia, José M. Martínez-Val, S. Andriamonje, A. Molina-Coballes, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, L. Ferrant, E. González-Romero, L. Ferreira-Lourenco, L. Perrot, G. Vannini, S. O'Brien, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, U. Abbondanno, A. Lindote, B. Berthier, José Manuel Perlado, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Aerts, M. Rosetti, C. Stephan, F. Gunsing, R. Terlizzi, Y. Kadi, E. Griesmayer, S. Markov, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. G. Ioannides, L. Tavora, N. Janeva, S. Lukic, F. Käppeler, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, E. Savvidis, A. Perez-Parra, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, N. Bustreo, M. Terrani, P. Baumann, P. Rullhusen, P. E. Koehler, A. Ventura, Subramanian Raman, V. Konovalov, M. Embid-Segura, D. Cano-Ott, K. Wisshak, Per Carlson, P. Pavlopoulos, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, F. Bečvář, N. Tsangas, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, Aaron Couture, C.O. Bacri, H. Wendler, C. Domingo, E. Kossionides, V. Peskov, R. C. Haight, V. Lacoste, L. Zanini, F. Calviño, C. Paradela, H. Beer, C. Rubbia, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, Michael Wiescher, R. Ferreira-Marques, Saed Dababneh, C. Pretel, Sigfrido Boffi, George Kitis, W. Rapp, and A. Goverdovski

Published
2003

28. NEUTRON CAPTURE MEASUREMENTS AT THE CERN-NTOF FACILITY FOR ADS APPLICATIONS

Author

J. M. Quesada, M. Embid-Segura, G. Vannini, M. Rosetti, L. Tassan-Got, P. Cennini, J. Salgado, C. Pretel, K. G. Ioannides, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, A. Poch, S. O'Brien, C.O. Bacri, N. Bustreo, M. Dahlfors, B. Berthier, P. Vaz, C. Stephan, F. Gunsing, R. Terlizzi, V. Peskov, C. Eleftheriadis, E. Jericha, L. Ferrant, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, V. Konovalov, G. Cortes, D. Karamanis, W. Rapp, Aaron Couture, I. Duran-Escribano, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, Subramanian Raman, D. Cano-Ott, L. Tavora, E. González-Romero, A. Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, Roberto Capote, P. Rullhusen, A. Pavlik, F. Rejmund, P.A. Assimakopoulos, V. Lacoste, Sigfrido Boffi, S. David, Matthias Heil, L. Perrot, Marco Radici, Y. Giomataris, G. Tagliente, W.I. Furman, J. Pancin, A. Perez-Parra, E. Savvidis, E. Mínguez, A. Lindote, Y. Kadi, G. Aerts, M. Vincente-Vincente, M. Terrani, H. Frais-Koelbl, A. Goverdovski, P. E. Koehler, V. Chepel, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, G. Rudolf, F. Calviño, Gerald Badurek, H. Leeb, R. Dolfini, José M. Martínez-Val, P. Baumann, P. Pavlopoulos, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, Per Carlson, U. Abbondanno, George Kitis, Isabel Lopes, José Manuel Perlado, Heinz Oberhummer, K. Wisshak, F. Käppeler, A. Ventura, H. Wendler, F. Bečvář, A. J. M. Plompen, A. Angelopoulos, S. Andriamonje, E. Griesmayer, N. Tsangas, E. Kossionides, H. Álvarez, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, James L. Cox, J. L. Tain, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, L. Zanini, E. Boscolo-Marchi, R. Ferreira-Marques, Saed Dababneh, C. Borcea, N. Colonna, L. Ferreira-Lourenco, Corrie S. Moreau, S. Markov, A. Plukis, C. Domingo, R. C. Haight, F. Gramegna, C. Paradela, H. Beer, Michael Wiescher, C. Rubbia, N. Janeva, S. Lukic, A. Herrera-Martinez, Arnaud Ferrari, A. Molina-Coballes, Isabel S. Gonçalves, F. Voss, S. Marrone, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. Tapia, Rene Reifarth, and A. Kelic

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Large Hadron Collider
Published
2003

29. Observation of long ionizing tracks with the ICARUS T600 first half-module

Author

L. Periale, A. Cesana, F. Mauri, A. Gigli Berzolari, S. Navas-Concha, David B. Cline, A. Zalewska, C. Carpanese, F. Ferri, P. Cennini, F. Lu, D. Kielczewska, A. Dabrowska, F. Pietropaolo, A. Borio di Tigliole, Paola Sala, S. Centro, C. Matthey, Jan T. Sobczyk, S. Zhen, G. Nurzia, E. Segreto, G. Xu, C. Montanari, M. M. Wojcik, Hui Wang, W. Półchłopek, C. Rubbia, C. De Vecchi, Z. Xu, André Rubbia, Elisa Bernardini, J. Zalipska, T. Rancati, B. Badelek, M. Laffranchi, B. Bekman, F. Sergiampietri, M. Terrani, B. Baiboussinov, Z. Dai, Krzysztof M. Graczyk, A. Martinez de la Ossa, Y. Ge, Xiaojing Huang, M. Szeptycka, Sandro Ventura, P. Benetti, I. Gil-Botella, J. Woo, K. He, J. Łagoda, Massimo Rossella, Z. Li, M. Messina, Chao Zhang, L. Grandi, J. Holeczek, F. Arneodo, Arnaud Ferrari, Q. Zhang, R. Brunetti, D. Chen, A. Bueno, J. Ma, M. Szarska, O. Palamara, D. Cavalli, A. Rappoldi, W. Zipper, E. Calligarich, M Campanelli, C. Vignoli, E. Rondio, T. Kozłowski, J. Stepaniak, F. Cavanna, H. Kuna-Ciskal, G. Piano Mortari, D.B. Chen, Q. Ouyang, M. Nicoletto, Marta Felcini, A. Piazzoli, J. Rico, Jan Kisiel, A. Badertscher, P. Picchi, Cezary Juszczak, D. A. Scannicchio, D. Pascoli, G. Battistoni, S. Otwinowski, M. Baldo Ceolin, R. Dolfini, G. Meng, M. Bischofberger, D. Mazza, M. Markiewicz, Chang Chen, G.L. Raselli, Yi-Chun Chen, Silvia Muraro, and Michal Szleper

Subjects
Physics, ICARUS, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Ionization, Muon, Cryogenic detector, Elementary particles, Cosmic rays, Delta rays, Liquid argon, Time-projection chamber, Nuclear physics, Instrumentation, Humanities
Abstract

F. Arneodo, B. Bade"ek, A. Badertscher, B. Baiboussinov, M. Baldo Ceolin, G. Battistoni, B. Bekman, P. Benetti, E. Bernardini, M. Bischofberger, A. Borio di Tigliole, R. Brunetti, A. Bueno, E. Calligarich, M. Campanelli, C. Carpanese, D. Cavalli, F. Cavanna, P. Cennini, S. Centro, A. Cesana, C. Chen, D. Chen, D.B. Chen, Y. Chen, D. Cline, Z. Dai, C. De Vecchi, A. Dabrowska, R. Dolfini*, M. Felcini, A. Ferrari, F. Ferri, Y. Ge, A. Gigli Berzolari, I. Gil-Botella, K. Graczyk, L. Grandi, K. He, J. Holeczek, X. Huang, C. Juszczak, D. Kie"czewska, J. Kisiel, T. Koz"owski, H. Kuna-Ciska", M. Laffranchi, J. Łagoda, Z. Li, F. Lu, J. Ma, M. Markiewicz, A. Martinez de la Ossa, C. Matthey, F. Mauri, D. Mazza, G. Meng, M. Messina, C. Montanari, S. Muraro, S. Navas-Concha, M. Nicoletto, G. Nurzia, S. Otwinowski, Q. Ouyang, O. Palamara, D. Pascoli, L. Periale, G. Piano Mortari, A. Piazzoli, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo, W. P ! o"ch"opek, T. Rancati, A. Rappoldi, G.L. Raselli, J. Rico, E. Rondio, M. Rossella, A. Rubbia, C. Rubbia, P. Sala, D. Scannicchio, E. Segreto, F. Sergiampietri, J. Sobczyk, J. Stepaniak, M. Szeptycka, M. Szleper, M. Szarska, M. Terrani, S. Ventura, C. Vignoli, H. Wang, M. W ! ojcik, J. Woo, G. Xu, Z. Xu, A. Zalewska, J. Zalipska, C. Zhang, Q. Zhang, S. Zhen, W. Zipper a INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, s.s. 17bis Km 18+910, Assergi (L’Aquila), Italy b Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Warszawa, Poland c Institute for Particle Physics, ETH H . onggerberg, Z . urich, Switzerland Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Universit " a di Padova, via Marzolo 8, Padova, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Universit " a di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy f Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Universit " a di Pavia, via Bassi 6, Pavia, Italy Dpto de F!isica Te ! orica y del Cosmos & C.A.F.P.E., Universidad de Granada, Avda. Severo Ochoa s/n, Granada, Spain Dipartimento di Fisica e INFN, Universit " a dell’Aquila, via Vetoio, L’Aquila, Italy CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Politecnico di Milano (CESNEF), Universit " a di Milano, via Ponzio 34/3, Milano, Italy

Published
2003

30. First observation of spontaneous fission of232U

Author

S. P. Tretyakova, M. Terrani, V. L. Mikheev, R. Bonetti, A. Guglielmetti, and A. Cesana

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cluster decay, Atomic physics, Spontaneous fission
Abstract

By using a low-sensitivity glass track detector in planar geometry we measured the decay rate of ${}^{232}\mathrm{U}$ by spontaneous fission to be ${\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{\mathrm{SF}}=(8.6\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.8)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}24}{\mathrm{s}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1},$ corresponding to a half-life ${T}_{1/2}=(8.1\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.7)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{22}\mathrm{s}.$ The inconsistency and consistency of this result with previous work is discussed, and spontaneous fission half-lives are compared with cluster decay ones for the various uranium isotopes measured up to now.

Published
2000

31. First observation of 140-cm drift ionizing tracks in the ICARUS liquid-argon TPC

Author

L. Periale, C. Matthey, G. Piano Mortari, Z. Xu, A. Curioni, Daniela Rebuzzi, Antonio Bueno, G. Nurzia, R. Dolfini, B. Baiboussinov, M. Terrani, André Rubbia, A. Ferrari, P. Cennini, C. Vignoli, G. Meng, Mario Campanelli, T. Rancati, A. Gigli Berzolari, C. Carpanese, P. Brunetti, E. Calligarich, J. Rico, F. Arneodo, C. Rossi, A. Rappoldi, Paola Sala, A. Borio di Tigliole, F. Sergiampietri, D. A. Scannicchio, J. P. Revol, Sandro Ventura, A. Badertscher, D. Pascoli, A. Cesana, L. Mazzone, S. Centro, C. Montanari, J. Woo, F. Pietropaolo, S. Otwinowski, P. Benetti, Hui Wang, Elisa Bernardini, O. Palamara, D. Cavalli, D. Mazza, G.L. Raselli, S. Petrera, A. Pepato, Paola Torre, F. Cavanna, David B. Cline, F. Mauri, Massimo Rossella, C. Rubbia, A. Piazzoli, and P. Picchi

Subjects
ICARUS, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Argon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Instrumentation, chemistry.chemical_element, Particle detector, Cathode, law.invention, Nuclear physics, chemistry, law, Measuring instrument, Lepton
Abstract

This is a short note to acknowledge the successful operation of a 140-cm drift liquid argon TPC built in the framework of the ICARUS experiment. We show few cosmic muon tracks crossing the whole drift volume from the wire planes to the cathode. Data were taken at drift fields of 450 and 500 V/cm.

Published
2000

32. Determination of through-going tracks' direction by means of δ-rays in the ICARUS liquid argon time projection chamber

Author

P. Torre, C. Carpanese, M. Terrani, F. Arneodo, A. Ferrari, C. Vignoli, J. P. Revol, Hui Wang, P. Cennini, Paola Sala, André Rubbia, Z. Xu, Mario Campanelli, G. Meng, J. Rico, P. Picchi, C. Rossi, A. Rappoldi, S. Centro, F. Sergiampietri, L. Periale, D. Mazza, A. Cesana, Elisa Bernardini, C. Montanari, Antonio Bueno, S. Otwinowski, David B. Cline, C. Matthey, P. Brunetti, G. Piano Mortari, S. Petrera, A. Piazzoli, R. Dolfini, A. Pepato, B. Baiboussinov, O. Palamara, Massimo Rossella, D. Cavalli, A. Borio di Tigliole, A. Badertscher, L. Mazzone, G.L. Raselli, G. Battistoni, D. A. Scannicchio, D. Pascoli, P. Benetti, Daniela Rebuzzi, F. Cavanna, Sandro Ventura, E. Calligarich, J. Woo, F. Pietropaolo, F. Mauri, G. Nurzia, A. Gigli Berzolari, T. Rancati, and C. Rubbia

Subjects
ICARUS, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Argon, Time projection chamber, Large Hadron Collider, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, chemistry.chemical_element, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, Delta ray, chemistry, Instrumentation
Abstract

We exploited the crossing muon data, collected in the 50 l liquid argon TPC exposed at the CERN neutrino beam in 1997, to investigate the possibility of identitying the direction of minimum ionizing particle tracks relying only on δ-rays orientation. In this note we show that simple selection criteria allow using δ-rays down to very low energy (few MeV) with high efficiency and no misidentification of their direction. The Monte Carlo prediction – two recognized δ-rays per meter of track – is very well matched by the result of the scanning of the experimental data.

Published
2000

33. Scintillation efficiency of nuclear recoil in liquid xenon

Author

A. Badertscher, André Rubbia, T. Rancati, L. Mazzone, L. Periale, A. Cesana, D. A. Scannicchio, G. Piano Mortari, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo, J. Woo, D. Pascoli, C. Rubbia, Sandro Ventura, W.H. Tian, R. Dolfini, G. Nurzia, Hui Wang, F. Sergiampietri, Antonio Bueno, M. Terrani, Elisa Bernardini, D. Mazza, B. Baiboussinov, P. Cennini, David B. Cline, Z. Xu, Paola Sala, C. Vignoli, J.P Revo, C. Rossi, R. Brunetti, I. De Mitri, A. Rappoldi, F. Mauri, Daniela Rebuzzi, S. Otwinowski, Massimo Rossella, A. Piazzoli, F. Cavanna, A. Pepato, C. Montanari, Shingo Suzuki, S. Centro, A. Gigli Berzolari, S. Petrera, Alessandro Bettini, G. Meng, C. Matthey, E. Calligarich, P. Benetti, O. Palamara, D. Cavalli, C. Carpanese, J. Rico, F. Arneodo, G.L. Raselli, Arnaud Ferrari, A Borio di Tiogliole, and Mario Campanelli

Subjects
Physics, Elastic scattering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scintillation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron radiation, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, Xenon, Recoil, chemistry, Scintillation counter, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks
Abstract

We present the results of a test done with a Liquid Xenon (LXe) detector for “Dark Matter” search, exposed to a neutron beam to produce nuclear recoil events simulating those which would be generated by WIMP's elastic scattering. The aim of the experiment was to measure directly the scintillation efficiency of nuclear recoil. The nuclear recoil considered in the test was in the tens of keV range. The ratio of measured visible energy over the true recoil energy was evaluated to be about 20%, in good agreement with the theoretical predictions.

Published
2000

34. Erratum to 'Observation of long ionizing tracks with the ICARUS T600 first half-module' [Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 508 (2003) 287–294]

Author

G. Meng, M. Bischofberger, D. Mazza, M. Baldo Ceolin, Elisa Bernardini, S. Centro, Z. Dai, C. Matthey, Hui Wang, Arnaud Ferrari, M. Messina, A. Piazzoli, R. Brunetti, M. Markiewicz, André Rubbia, G.L. Raselli, M. Rossela, A. Bueno, Silvia Muraro, Michal Szleper, C. Zhang, P. Picchi, D.B. Chen, C. Montanari, P. Cennini, Z. Li, K. He, A. Zalewska, Z. Xu, J. Zalipska, M. M. Wojcik, Paola Sala, Krzysztof M. Graczyk, G. Battistoni, M. Nicoletto, M. Terrani, G. Xu, W. Półchłopek, T. Rancati, D. Kielczewska, A. Dabrowska, J. Lagoda, M. Laffranchi, F. Lu, Y. Chen, Jan T. Sobczyk, E. Rondio, E. Segreto, C. Chen, F. Arneodo, T. Kozłowski, Cezary Juszczak, A. Badertscher, P. Benetti, A. Rappoldi, D. A. Scannicchio, W. Zipper, David B. Cline, C. Carpanese, D. Pascoli, S. Otwinowski, H. Kuna-Ciskal, C. De Vecchi, M. Szarska, O. Palamara, D. Cavalli, G. Nurzia, L. Periale, J. Stepaniak, Marta Felcini, J. Rico, F. Pietropaolo, F. Cavanna, M. Campanelli, G. Piano Mortari, J. Holeczek, Jan Kisiel, J. Ma, E. Calligarich, A. Martinez de la Ossa, M. Szeptycka, S. Zhen, B. Bekman, F. Mauri, A. Gigli Berzolari, J. Woo, Sandro Ventura, Q. Ouyang, L. Grandi, A. Cesana, X.P. Huang, Q. Zhang, S. Navas-Concha, R. Dolfini, A. Borio di Tigliole, F. Sergiampietri, B. Baiboussinov, I. Gil-Botella, Y. Ge, Federico Ferri, C. Vignoli, D. Chen, C. Rubbia, and B. Badelek

Subjects
ICARUS, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Ionizing radiation
Published
2004

35. Neon radioactivity of uranium isotopes

Author

C. Migliorino, M. Terrani, P. B. Price, A. Cesana, C. Chiesa, R. Bonetti, and A. Guglielmetti

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Neon, Angular distribution, chemistry, Isotopes of uranium, Isotopes of neon, Uranium-232, Branching fraction, Uranium-234, Uranium-235, chemistry.chemical_element
Abstract

We report a new measurement of the rate of spontaneous emission of monoenergetic Ne nuclear clusters from $^{232}\mathrm{U}$, which results in a revision of rates previously reported for Ne radioactivity of $^{232}\mathrm{U}$, $^{234}\mathrm{U}$, and $^{235}\mathrm{U}$. The Ne emission rate goes up a factor of 4.6 for $^{232}\mathrm{U}$, goes down a factor of 4.8 for $^{234}\mathrm{U}$, and may have been marginally detected (1.9\ensuremath{\sigma}) for $^{235}\mathrm{U}$.

Published
1991

37. Characterization of Phoenician pottery from Mothia by neutron activation analysis

Author

M. Terrani, N. Cuomo Di Caprio, V. Tusa, A. Cesana, and A. Ciasca

Subjects
Materials science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Mineralogy, Pollution, language.human_language, Archaeological evidence, Analytical Chemistry, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Homogeneous, language, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Phoenician, Pottery, Neutron activation analysis, Spectroscopy
Abstract

The concentration of 7 elements (Na, Al, Mg, Ti, Ca, V, Mn) was determined by Neutron Activation Analysis in 35 samples of pottery and 14 samples of clay. The samples were collected in Mothia (a Phoenician stronghold in Sicily during 5th–4th century B. C.) and in its neighbourhoods. Cluster analysis of the data showed that most of the samples are homogeneous and confirmed the archaeological evidence that they are mostly local ware. The detailed results of the analyses are reported and the technique used for cluster analysis is described.

Published
1983

38. Gamma-ray activity determination in large volume samples with a germanium-lithium detector

Author

M. Terrani and A. Cesana

Subjects
Volume (thermodynamics), Chemistry, Potassium, Detector, Gamma ray, Analytical chemistry, Lanthanum, chemistry.chemical_element, Alkali metal, Particle detector, Analytical Chemistry, Semiconductor detector
Abstract

A method for the determination of the ..gamma..-ray activity of large volume sources is described and discussed. The efficiency of the detector is expressed as the product of an intrinsic, a geometrical, and a self-absorption factor. The first and the second terms are determined experimentally while the last is evaluated theoretically. The method has been applied to the determination of the ..gamma.. specific activity of natural potassium and natural lanthanum. For potassium a value of 3.21 +- 0.01 ..gamma../s g of K was obtained, while for /sup 138/La the partial half-lives for the photons of 789.1 and 1435.8 keV turned out to be 3.68 +- 0.14 x 10/sup 11/ y and 1.99 +- 0.03 x 10/sup 11/ y, respectively.

Published
1977

39. Determination of silver traces in air by neutron activation analysis

Author

A. Albini, A. Cesana, and M. Terrani

Subjects
Materials science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Radiochemistry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Analytical chemistry, Particulates, Pollution, Analytical Chemistry, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Limit (mathematics), Neutron activation analysis, Spectroscopy, Neutron activation
Abstract

A non-destructive system for determination of silver traces in air particulates collected on cellulose filters is described, based on neutron activation followed by110Ag β− counting instead of the 657.7 keV γ-ray. The determination limit (for 10% confidence limit) is estimated to be about 10−9 g. The method is easily applicable to the determination of silver in cloud seeding experiments, since the filters themselves provide a consistent and fairly uniform source and samples are collected in general far from industrial areas, where the concentration of possible interfering elements in air is reasonably low.

Published
1976

40. On the resonance activation analysis of biological materials

Author

M. Terrani, F. Rossitto, and A. Cesana

Subjects
Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Composite filter, Resonance, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Nanotechnology, Pollution, Spectroscopy, Biological materials, Analytical Chemistry
Abstract

The performance of B+Cd tilter in activation analysis of biological materials is briefly discussed and compared with that of a composite filter recently proposed.

Published
1978

42. CHARACTERIZATION OF SAMIAN WARE SHERDS BY MEANS OF NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS

Author

A. Stenico, M. Terrani, S. Villani, and G. Banterla

Subjects
Archeology, History, Chemistry, Analytical chemistry, High resolution, Mineralogy, Neutron activation analysis, Archaeological evidence, Counting rate, Characterization (materials science)
Abstract

Neutron activation analysis has been employed for the characterization of Samian ware sherds. The analysed samples were classified in ten groups, seven of which belonged to the Arretine production, according to archaeological evidence. By means of high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy, 22 elements have been identified and analysed. Compositional characterization was looked for by taking counting rate ratios of different nuclides in the samples. The compositional pattern of the sherds was found to be fairly uniform both for each pot and for each group so that, at least in the examined cases, it can be assumed to be characteristic of a given workshop.

Published
1973

43. Unfolding methods in neutron spectra measurements by foil activation technique

Author

V. Sangiust, R. Dierckx, M. Nimis, and M. Terrani

Subjects
Physics, Core (optical fiber), Nuclear magnetic resonance, Activation technique, Detector, Neutron spectra, General Medicine, Irradiation, Atomic physics, FOIL method, Spectral line
Abstract

Two unfolding methods, SAND II and SPECTRA, are tested and compared. The experimental results obtained with nine threshold detectors irradiated in the centre of the core of the L54 reactor are used as input data. The relative merits of the two methods are presented and discussed.

Published
1972

44. Slow neutron spectrum measurement with a LiF single crystal as monochromator

Author

F. Rossitto and M. Terrani

Subjects
Materials science, business.industry, Spectrum (functional analysis), General Medicine, Neutron temperature, Spectral line, law.invention, Optics, law, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, Neutron, Slow neutron, business, Single crystal, Counting rate, Monochromator
Abstract

A detailed description of slow neutron spectrum measurement, employing LiF as monochromator, is given. The correction factors to be applied to the counting rate obtained, some of which cannot be found at present in the litterature, are separately evaluated and discussed.

Published
1967

45. Convolution analysis of pulse-height distributions

Author

F. Rossitto and M. Terrani

Subjects
Physics, Optics, Distribution (mathematics), Spectrometer, business.industry, Differential equation, Mathematical analysis, General Medicine, business, Integral equation, Pulse height, Energy (signal processing), Convolution
Abstract

The possibilities offered by a particular application of the convolution technique to the quantitative analysis of pulse-height distributions are treated and discussed.

Published
1970

46. Dead-time correction for mixtures of short-lives radionuclides

Author

F. Rossitto and M. Terrani

Subjects
Radionuclide, Radiation, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Resolution (mass spectrometry), Chemistry, Radiochemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Dead time, Particle detector, Mixing (physics)
Abstract

The general form for the dead-time correction in the case of a mixture containing any number of radionuclides, and when the counting time is long compared with the half-lives of the components of the mixture, is presented and discussed.

Published
1968

47. The analysis of fissile nuclide mixtures by delayed neutron emission

Author

M. Terrani, F. Cavallari, and S. Terrani

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Materials science, Fissile material, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Uranium-235, Neutron cross section, Neutron detection, General Medicine, Nuclide, Nuclear Experiment, Delayed neutron, Neutron temperature
Abstract

The delayed neutron emission following fission can be used for the analysis of mixtures of fissile nuclides with various techniques. The one based on irradiation in different neutron spectra from a thermal reactor is described and compared with the dynamical methods. The problems connected with the analysis are presented and discussed with particular attention to the determination of its limits and to the influence of the experimental parameters on them. The application to two mixtures important in practice is also presented and discussed.

Published
1970

48. Choice of neutron filters in activation analysis

Author

S. Terrani, M. Terrani, and F. Rossitto

Subjects
Cadmium, Materials science, Physics::Medical Physics, Composite number, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, chemistry.chemical_element, General Medicine, Filter (signal processing), Computational physics, Condensed Matter::Materials Science, chemistry, Condensed Matter::Superconductivity, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, Neutron, Irradiation, Boron
Abstract

Boron, cadmium and composite boron+cadmium filters are considered and simple expressions useful for the optimal choice of the filter have been derived and compared with experimental results. Some problems connected with the irradiation in filtered beams are also pointed out and discussed.

Published
1972

49. Determination of the full energy peak efficiency of NaI(Tl) detectors

Author

M. Terrani and A. Cesana

Subjects
Radiation, Materials science, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Simple (abstract algebra), Detector, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Energy (signal processing), Computational physics
Abstract

A simple procedure for the accurate evaluation of the full energy peak efficiency of NaI(Tl) crystals is described. Particular attention is given to the peak to total ratio determination for which a new method is proposed.

Published
1978

50. Precise 3D track reconstruction algorithm for the ICARUS T600 liquid argon time projection chamber detector

Author

N. Canci, K. Zaremba, S. Mania, R. Sulej, F. Pietropaolo, A. Guglielmi, R. Dolfini, M. Terrani, D. Stefan, G. Meng, A. Ivashkin, Christian Farnese, Carlo Rubbia, B. Baibussinov, J. Holeczek, Alfredo G. Cocco, Daniele Dequal, A. Dermenev, A. Scaramelli, Massimo Rossella, K. Cieslik, Angela Fava, X. Yang, C. Montanari, M. Haranczyk, S. Centro, F. Sergiampietri, C. Vignoli, E. Segreto, S. N. Gninenko, P. Benetti, A. Dabrowska, P. Plonski, A. Zalewska, A. Rappoldi, M. Szarska, P. Picchi, M. Antonello, A. Cesana, A. Piazzoli, D. Cline, Andrea Ferrari, Sandro Ventura, Hongwei Wang, Paola Sala, G. Fiorillo, J. Lagoda, J. Stepaniak, E. Calligarich, G.L. Raselli, D. Gibin, S. Otwinowski, I. Kochanek, Alessandro Menegolli, J. Kisiel, F. Varanini, M., Antonello, B., Baibussinov, P., Benetti, E., Calligarich, N., Canci, S., Centro, A., Cesana, K., Cieslik, D. B., Cline, A. G., Cocco, A., Dabrowska, D., Dequal, A., Dermenev, R., Dolfini, C., Farnese, A., Fava, A., Ferrari, Fiorillo, Giuliana, D., Gibin, S., Gninenko, A., Guglielmi, M., Haranczyk, J., Holeczek, A., Ivashkin, J., Kisiel, I., Kochanek, J., Lagoda, S., Mania, A., Menegolli, G., Meng, C., Montanari, S., Otwinowski, A., Piazzoli, P., Picchi, F., Pietropaolo, P., Plonski, A., Rappoldi, G. L., Raselli, M., Rossella, C., Rubbia, P., Sala, A., Scaramelli, E., Segreto, F., Sergiampietri, D., Stefan, J., Stepaniak, R., Sulej, M., Szarska, M., Terrani, F., Varanini, S., Ventura, C., Vignoli, H., Wang, X., Yang, A., Zalewska, and K., Zaremba

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Liquid argon, Time projection chambers, Data processing, Track reconstruction, Article Subject, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, FOS: Physical sciences, Bioengineering, Mathematical Sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Optics, DESIGN, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Image resolution, physics.ins-det, Event reconstruction, Physics, ICARUS, Time projection chamber, business.industry, hep-ex, Track (disk drive), Detector, Reconstruction algorithm, ICARUS T600 detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Sample (graphics), lcsh:QC1-999, Physical Sciences, TPC, business, Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors offer charged particle imaging capability with remarkable spatial resolution. Precise event reconstruction procedures are critical in order to fully exploit the potential of this technology. In this paper we present a new, general approach of three-dimensional reconstruction for the LAr TPC with a practical application to track reconstruction. The efficiency of the method is evaluated on a sample of simulated tracks. We present also the application of the method to the analysis of real data tracks collected during the ICARUS T600 detector operation with the CNGS neutrino beam., Comment: Submitted to Advances in High Energy Physics

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