Review of Liquid Argon Detector Technologies in the Neutrino Sector

Liquid Argon (LAr) is one of the most widely used scintillators in particle detection, due to its low cost, high availability and excellent scintillation properties. A large number of experiments in the neutrino sector are based around using LAr in one or more Time Projection Chambers (TPCs), leading to high resolution three-dimensional particle reconstruction. In this paper, we review and summarise a number of these Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) experiments, and briefly describe the specific technologies that they currently employ. This includes single phase LAr experiments (ICARUS T600, MicroBooNE, SBND, LArIAT, DUNE-SP, ProtoDUNE-SP, ArgonCube and Vertical Drift) and dual phase LAr experiments (DUNE-DP, WA105, ProtoDUNE-DP and ARIADNE). We also discuss some new avenues of research in the field of LArTPC readout, which show potential for wide-scale use in the near future.

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Liquid Argon (LAr) is widely used in particle detection due to its low cost, high availability, and excellent scintillation properties. Many neutrino experiments are based on using LAr in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for high resolution three-dimensional particle reconstruction. Current experiments include both single phase and dual phase LAr experiments, with new research focusing on LArTPC readout technologies for potential wide-scale use in the future.