Abstract
We have measured the lifetime of electrons drifting in liquid argon using a gridded ionization chamber with a drift gap of 153 mm. The electrons were produced by the passage of cosmic rays through the chamber. We find a best fit for the electron lifetime τ at 5 V/cm of 9.2 ms (with 13.2 > τ > 7.1 ms at 95% CL). This value is consistent with all the data below 15 V/cm. This corresponds to an impurity concentration ρ = 0.03 ppb oxygen equivalent. The attenuation length calculated from the above lifetime is 18 m for a field of 1 kV/cm. The liquid remained in the chamber for 14 weeks with no recirculation system and suffered no noticeable deterioration with respect to the lifetime or the pulse height. The low field mobility μ 0 has been measured for fields up to 150 V/cm and we find a value of 545 ± 4 cm 2 V −1 s −1 which is consistent with measurements by other authors. The electron yield as a function of the electric field strength has been measured down to 3 V/cm. The results seem to indicate the need for a modification of the geminate recombination theory.
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