An Accessible Instrument for Measuring Soft Material Mechanical PropertiesSoft material research has seen significant growth in recent years, with emerging applications in robotics, electronics, and healthcare diagnostics where understanding material mechanical response is…B. M. Unikewicz, A. M. Pincot, T. Cohen·Apr 23, 2024SaveLearn
Tri-axial time-dependent magnetic field calibrated in-situ by harmonic analysis of adiabatically evolving atomic spinsWe introduce a methodology to calibrate in situ a set of coils generating bi- or tri-axial magnetic fields, at frequencies where a calibration performed under static conditions would be inaccurate.…Giuseppe Bevilacqua, Valerio Biancalana, Yordanka Dancheva et al.·Apr 22, 2024SaveLearn
ETROC1: The First Full Chain Precision Timing Prototype ASIC for CMS MTD Endcap Timing Layer UpgradeWe present the design and characterization of the first full chain precision timing prototype ASIC, named ETL Readout Chip version 1 (ETROC1) for the CMS MTD endcap timing layer (ETL) upgrade. The…Xing Huang, Quan Sun, Datao Gong et al.·Apr 22, 2024SaveLearn
The LHCb VELO Upgrade Module ConstructionThe LHCb detector has undergone a major upgrade for LHC Run 3. This Upgrade I detector facilitates operation at higher luminosity and utilises full-detector information at the LHC collision rate,…K. Akiba, M. Alexander, C. Bertella et al.·Apr 21, 2024SaveLearn
The environmental low-frequency background for macro-calorimeters at the millikelvin scaleMany of the most sensitive physics experiments searching for rare events, like neutrinoless double beta (0ββ) decay and dark matter interactions, rely on cryogenic macro-calorimeters…L. Aragão, A. Armigliato, R. Brancaccio et al.·Apr 21, 2024SaveLearn
Testbeam results of irradiated SiGe BiCMOS monolithic silicon pixel detector without internal gain layerSamples of the monolithic silicon pixel ASIC prototype produced in 2022 within the framework of the Horizon 2020 MONOLITH ERC Advanced project were irradiated with 70 MeV protons up to a fluence of 1…T. Moretti, M. Milanesio, R. Cardella et al.·Apr 19, 2024SaveLearn
Development of Two-Dimensional Neutron Imager with a Sandwich ConfigurationWe have developed a two-dimensional neutron imager based on a semiconductor pixelated sensor, especially designed for experiments measuring of a spatial and a temporal behavior of quantum bound…Y. Kamiya, R. Nishimura, S. Mitsui et al.·Apr 19, 2024SaveLearn
Novel indium phosphide charged particle detector characterization with a 120 GeV proton beamThin film detectors which incorporate semiconductor materials other than silicon have the potential to build upon their unique material properties and offer advantages such as faster response times,…Sungjoon Kim, Manoj B. Jadhav, Vikas Berry et al.·Apr 18, 2024SaveLearn
Study on the static detection of ICF target based on muonic X-ray sphere encoded imagingMuon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) was discovered by Chinese physicist Zhang Wenyu as early as 1947, and it can conduct non-destructive elemental analysis inside samples. Research has shown that MIXE…Dikai Li, Jian Yu, Qian Chen et al.·Apr 17, 2024SaveLearn
A beam-driven proton irradiation setup for precision radiation damage tests of silicon detectorsA proton irradiation site for silicon detectors has been developed and commissioned at the Bonn Isochronous Cyclotron. The accelerator provides 14 MeV proton beams of up to 1 μA at beam widths of…Pascal Wolf, Dennis Sauerland, Reinhard Beck et al.·Apr 17, 2024SaveLearn
Dose rate dependence of TID damage to 65 nm CMOS transistors in X-ray irradiations of the ATLAS ITk Pixel ASIC (ITkPix)The ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) requires a radiation-tolerant pixel readout chip, which must withstand a total ionising dose (TID) of up to 1 Grad. The…Daniela Bortoletto, Aleksandra Dimitrievska, Maurice Garcia-Sciveres et al.·Apr 17, 2024SaveLearn
Advances in Atom Interferometry and their Impacts on the Performance of Quantum Accelerometers On-board Future Satellite Gravity MissionsRecent advances in cold atom interferometry have cleared the path for space applications of quantum inertial sensors, whose level of stability is expected to increase dramatically with the longer…Alireza HosseiniArania, Manuel Schilling, Quentin Beaufils et al.·Apr 16, 2024SaveLearn
Millisecond-resolved infrared spectroscopy study of polymer brush swelling dynamicsWe present the study of millisecond-resolved polymer brush swelling dynamics using infrared spectroscopy with a custom-built quantum cascade laser-based infrared spectrometer at a 1 kHz sampling rate…Koen F. A. Jorissen, Lars B. Veldscholte, Mathieu Odijk et al.·Apr 16, 2024SaveLearn
A newly developed multi-kilo-channel high-speed and precision waveform digitization system for neutrino experimentsThe Jinping Neutrino Experiment(JNE), conducted within the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, aims to detect and analyze of solar neutrinos, geo-neutrinos, and supernova neutrinos. A one-ton…H. Yang, T. Xue, L. Jiang et al.·Apr 16, 2024SaveLearn
Using Micromegas detectors for direct dark matter searches: challenges and perspectivesGas time projection chambers (TPCs) with Micromegas pixelated readouts are being used in dark matter searches and other rare event searches, due to their potential in terms of low background levels,…K. Altenmueller, . Antolin, D. Calvet et al.·Apr 15, 2024SaveLearn
Optimization of Ray-tracing Simulations to Confirm Performance of the GP-SANS Instrument at the High-Flux Isotope ReactorThe CG-2 beamline at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) exhibits a notable discrepancy between observed count rates and the count rates we would expect based on a Monte-Carlo neutron ray-trace…James M. Rogers, Matthew J. Frost, Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt·Apr 13, 2024SaveLearn
Beam Test Performance Studies of CMS Phase-2 Outer Tracker Module PrototypesA new tracking detector will be installed as part of the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS detector for the high-luminosity LHC era. This tracking detector includes the Inner Tracker, equipped with silicon…The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration·Apr 12, 2024SaveLearn
A Kalman Filter for track reconstruction in very large time projection chambersThis study introduces a Kalman Filter tailored for homogeneous gas Time Projection Chambers (TPCs), adapted from the algorithm utilized by the ALICE experiment. In order to describe semi-circular…Federico Battisti, Marian Ivanov, Xianguo Lu·Apr 12, 2024SaveLearn
Towards a realistic noise modelling of quantum sensors for future satellite gravity missionsMapping the Earth's gravity field from space offers valuable insights into climate change, hydro- and biosphere evolution, and seismic activity. Current satellite gravimetry missions have…Joao Encarnacao, Christian Siemes, Ilias Daras et al.·Apr 11, 2024SaveLearn
Design of a Modular GaN-based Three-Phase Three-Level ANPC InverterThis paper presents the design of an 800 V 11 kVA three-level three-phase active neutral point clamped inverter, utilizing 650 V gallium nitride enhancement-mode high-electron-mobility transistors,…Angelo Di Cataldo, Hamed Eivazi, Giuseppe Aiello et al.·Apr 11, 2024SaveLearn
8x8 Patch-Antenna-Coupled TeraFET Detector Array for Terahertz Quantum-Cascade-Laser ApplicationsMonolithically integrated, antenna-coupled field-effect transistors (TeraFETs) are rapid and sensitive detectors for the terahertz range (0.3-10~THz) that can operate at room temperature. We…Jakob Holstein, Nicholas K. North, Michael D. Horbury et al.·Apr 10, 2024SaveLearn
TEMPUS, a Timepix4-based system for event-based X-rays detectionA readout system based on the Timepix4 ASIC, is being developed for photon science. The TEMPUS detector can be operated in two distinct modes: a photon counting mode, which allows for conventional…Jonathan Correa, Alexandr Ignatenko, David Pennicard et al.·Apr 10, 2024SaveLearn
Temperature stabilization of a lab space at 10\,mK-level over a dayTemperature fluctuations over long time scales ( 1\,h) are an insidious problem for precision measurements. In optical laboratories, the primary effect of temperature fluctuations…Dylan Fife, Dong-Chel Shin, Vivishek Sudhir·Apr 10, 2024SaveLearn
Compton Edge Convolutional Model and Algorithm for Energy-channel CalibrationScintillation detectors are essential tools for radiation measurement, but calibrating them accurately can be challenging, especially when full-energy peaks are not prominent. This is common in…Yanbiao Zhang, Fanjie Zeng, Dehua Kong et al.·Apr 10, 2024SaveLearn
Radiation Tolerance of the LHCb Outer Tracker: in the Lab and in the Forward Region at the LHCDuring the detector construction phase between 2004 and 2006, it was discovered that the LHCb Outer Tracker (OT) detector suffered from gain loss after irradiation in the laboratory at moderate…N. Tuning, S. Bachmann, A. Pellegrino et al.·Apr 9, 2024SaveLearn