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lar: use results from Mario's thesis
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ManuelHu committed Jul 23, 2024
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.. [Hitachi1983] A. Hitachi et al. “Effect of ionization density on the time dependence of luminescence
from liquid argon and xenon.” In: Phys. Rev. B 27 (9 May 1983), pp. 5279-5285,
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.27.5279
.. [Schwarz2024] M. Schwarz “Tracing impurities and illuminating their impact: Surveying and characterizing
liquid argon with LLAMA for LEGEND and beyond” (PhD thesis). https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/?id=1741523
"""

from __future__ import annotations
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def lar_peak_attenuation_length(
attenuation_method: ArLifetimeMethods | Quantity = "legend200-llama",
) -> Quantity:
"""Attenuation length in the LEGEND-argon, as measured with LLAMA."""
"""Attenuation length in the LEGEND-argon, as measured with LLAMA,
see [Schwarz2024]_ (p. 124).
"""
if isinstance(attenuation_method, str):
if attenuation_method == "legend200-llama":
return 30 * u.cm
return 33 * u.cm

msg = f"unknown attenuation_method {attenuation_method}"
raise ValueError(msg)
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) -> ArScintLiftime:
"""Singlet and triplet lifetimes of liquid argon.
Singlet time from [Hitachi1983]_ and triplet time as measured by LLAMA in LEGEND-200.
Singlet time from [Hitachi1983]_ and triplet time as measured by LLAMA in LEGEND-200,
see [Schwarz2024]_ (p. 117).
"""
triplet = 1 * u.us
if isinstance(triplet_lifetime_method, str):
if triplet_lifetime_method == "legend200-llama":
triplet = 1.3 * u.us
triplet = 1.16 * u.us
else:
msg = f"unknown triplet_lifetime_method {triplet_lifetime_method}"
raise ValueError(msg)
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