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Impact of the positive ion current on large size neutrino detectors and delayed photon emission

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arxiv 1712.07971 v1 pith:5VYJDRQN submitted 2017-12-21 physics.ins-det astro-ph.IMhep-ex

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Given their small mobility coefficient in liquid argon with respect to the electrons, the ions spend a considerably longer time in the active volume. We studied the effects of the positive ion current in a liquid argon time projection chamber, in the context of massive argon experiments for neutrino physics. The constant recombination between free ions and electrons produces a quenching of the charge signal and a constant emission of photons, uncorrelated in time and space to the physical interactions. The predictions evidence some potential concerns for multi-ton argon detectors, particularly when operated on surface

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