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Proto-DUNE High Voltage Feed-Through Electric Field Simulation with COMSOL

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Abstract

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will require the construction of four liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPC) approximately 13,000 cubic meters in volume to act as neutrino detectors. These detectors will depend on a powerful, uniform electric field, which will require a power supply capable of delivering 300,000 V. To help ensure smooth, predictable operation of the final detectors, a prototype detector, Proto-DUNE, is being constructed. As part of prototyping a high voltage feed-through for Proto-DUNE, it has been modeled in COMSOL to simulate the electric field it generates to foresee and prevent failures like electrical arcing.

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Authors

  • Michael Solek

    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Jaehoon Yu

    The University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Arlington, UTA HEP

  • Wooyoung Jang

    The University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Arlington

  • Ahmed Bedair

    University of Texas at Arlington, UTA HEP

  • Steven Boucher

    University of Texas at Arlington, UTA HEP

  • Eric Garcia

    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Gajendra Gurung

    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Aayush Bhattarai

    The University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Arlington

  • Harshwardhan Prasad

    University of Texas at Arlington, UTA HEP

  • Chao Ma

    University of Texas at Arlington, Florida International University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas A&M University–Commerce, University of Houston Downtown, Texas A\&M University, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics, MSEC, Texas State University, Ingram School of Engineering, MSEC, Texas State University, MSEC, Texas State University, Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University, University of San Francisco, University of Wuppertal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Houston, University of Texas at Dallas, Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Center for Neutrino Physics, Department of Physics Virginia Tech, None, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University