Speaker
Fernanda Psihas
(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
Description
The low energy program of next generation LArTPCs is currently expected to span a range of energies as low as 10s of MeV. LArTPC capabilities below 10 MeV could enable DUNE sensitivity to solar neutrinos and neutrino-less double-beta decay in addition to enhanced sensitivity to the supernova neutrino signals. We summarize the challenges of enhancing LArTPC sensitivities near 1 MeV and propose photosensitive dopants to address said challenges. We will also detail the studies we are undertaking in a 10-cm cubic LArTPC at Fermilab in pursuit of a systematic characterization of the MeV-scale capabilities of doped LArTPCs.
Primary author
Fernanda Psihas
(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
