First observation of 140-cm drift ionizing tracks in the ICARUS liquid-argon TPC
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This is a short note to acknowledge the successful operation of a 140-cm drift liquid argon TPC built in the framework of the ICARUS experiment. We show few cosmic muon tracks crossing the whole drift volume from the wire planes to the cathode. Data were taken at drift "elds of 450 and 500 V/cm. ( 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. 0168-9002/00/$ see front matter ( 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII: S 0 1 6 8 9 0 0 2 ( 9 9 ) 0 1 2 9 6 6
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