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GLACIER: Physics Prospects With A 100 kton Liquid Argon Detector

GLACIER: Physics Prospects With A 100 kton Liquid Argon Detector. Antonio Bueno UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA. Institutions. ETHZ (CH) A. Badertscher, L. Knecht, M. Laffranchi, A. Meregaglia, M. Messina, P. Otiougova, A. Rubbia, J. Ulbricht

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GLACIER: Physics Prospects With A 100 kton Liquid Argon Detector

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  1. GLACIER: Physics Prospects With A 100 kton Liquid Argon Detector Antonio Bueno UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

  2. Institutions • ETHZ (CH) A. Badertscher, L. Knecht, M. Laffranchi, A. Meregaglia, M. Messina, P. Otiougova, A. Rubbia, J. Ulbricht • Granada University (Spain) A. Bueno, J. Lozano, S. Navas • INP Krakow (Poland) A. Zalewska • INR Moscow (Russia) S. Gninenko • IPN Lyon (France) D. Autiero, Y. Déclais, J. Marteau • Sheffield University (UK) N. Spooner • Southampton University (UK) C. Beduz, Y. Yang • University of Bern (CH) A. Ereditato • US Katowice (Poland) J. Kisiel • UPS Warszawa (Poland) E. Rondio • UW Warszawa (Poland) D. Kielczewska • UW Wroclaw (Poland) J. Sobczyk • Relevant references

  3. GLACIER Single 100 kton “boiling” cryogenic tanker with Argon refrigeration Electronic crates  ≈ 70 m h =20 m Perlite insulation

  4. Detector Layout (Bi-phase operation) Charge readout plane GAr E ≈ 3 kV/cm LAr Electronic racks E-field E≈ 1 kV/cm UV & visible light readout + race track Extraction grid Cathode (–2MV) • Charge imaging + scintillation + Cerenkov light readout • Charge amplification to allow for extremely long drifts

  5. Argon production and filling

  6. GLACIER Physics Potential Supernova neutrinos pe++0 Solar neutrinos • Non-accelerator Physics • Neutrino Physics at accelerators Atmospheric neutrinos Nucleon stability Reactor Neutrinos Dark Matter  Factory Beta Beams Super Beams

  7. Neutrinos from Supernovae JCAP 0408:001, 2004 JCAP 0310:009, 2003 hep-ph/0307244 Eight solar mass equivalent Supernova at 10 Kpc 380 e CC from neutronization burst Diffuse (Relic) Supernova Neutrinos JCAP 0412:002, 2004 Signal Bckgnd

  8. Solar Neutrinos hep-ex/0103008

  9. Stability of Ordinary Matter hep-ex/0103008

  10. Expected backgrounds for proton decay p  K+ hep-ex/0103008 p  e+0

  11. Indirect Dark Matter Detection • WIMPs accumulate in the center of the Sun • They annihilate producing among others very energetic e • Excellent capability to detect high energy e pointing to the Sun JCAP 0501:001, 2005

  12. Non-accelerator Physics SUMMARY

  13. Accelerator neutrinos EXPECTED RATES AT A NEUTRINO FACTORY

  14. Sensitivity on 13 Nucl. Phys. B589 (2000) 577

  15. Sensitivity on CP violation in the leptonic sector Nucl. Phys. B631 (2002) 239

  16. Back-Up

  17. Parameters for a tentative layout

  18. Cost Estimate

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