Integrating embedded neural networks and self-mixing interferometry for smart sensors designSelf-mixing interferometry is a measurement approach in which a laser beam is re-injected into the emitting laser itself after reflection on a target. Information about the position of the target can…Pierre-Emmanuel Novac, Laurent Rodriguez, Stéphane Barland·Mar 26, 2024SaveLearn
Estimating the detection of antineutrinos in the future Brazilian neutron sourceIn line with the tradition of employing nuclear reactors for neutrino physics research, we present potential experiments that could be undertaken using the new Brazilian neutron source, the Brazilian…Luiz Paulo de Oliveira·Mar 26, 2024SaveLearn
Efficient generation of realistic guided wave signals for reliability estimationAcross non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM), accurate knowledge of the systems' reliability for detecting defects, such as Probability of Detection (POD) analysis is…Panpan Xu, Robin Jones, Georgios Sarris et al.·Mar 25, 2024SaveLearn
Enabling pulse shape discrimination with commercial ASICsFast electronic readout for high-channel density scintillator-based systems is needed for radiation tracking and imaging in a wide range of applications, including nuclear physics, nuclear security…John Leland, Ming Fang, Satwik Pani et al.·Mar 25, 2024SaveLearn
Helium Detection in Technical MaterialsMaterials used to study nuclear fusion can retain atmospheric helium unless pretreated before an experiment. Understanding helium outgassing is important for accurate diagnostics in experiments…Andrew K. Gillespie, Cuikun Lin, Django Jones et al.·Mar 25, 2024SaveLearn
CaloPointFlow II Generating Calorimeter Showers as Point CloudsThe simulation of calorimeter showers presents a significant computational challenge, impacting the efficiency and accuracy of particle physics experiments. While generative ML models have been…Simon Schnake, Dirk Krücker, Kerstin Borras·Mar 23, 2024SaveLearn
A compact and open-source microcontroller-based rapid auto-alignment systemMaintaining stable and precise alignment of a laser beam is crucial in many optical setups. In this work, we present a microcontroller-based rapid auto-alignment system that detects and corrects for…Yanda Geng, Alan Tsidilkovski, Kevin Weber et al.·Mar 22, 2024SaveLearn
Performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter in pp collisions at s = 13 TeVThe operation and performance of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) are presented, based on data collected in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV at the CERN LHC, in…CMS Collaboration·Mar 22, 2024SaveLearn
Application of the VMM ASIC for SiPM-based calorimetryHighly integrated multichannel readout electronics is crucial in contemporary particle physics experiments. A novel silicon photomultiplier readout system based on the VMM3a ASIC was developed, for…I. Bearden, V. Buchakchiev, A. Buhl et al.·Mar 21, 2024SaveLearn
Aging suppression in Multistrip Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers for high counting rate experimentsA long term operation of Multi-Strip Multi-Gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MSMGRPC) with gas mixtures based on C2H2F4 and SF6 leads to aging effects, observed as depositions on the surface of the…M. Petris, V. Aprodu, D. Bartos et al.·Mar 21, 2024SaveLearn
A new class of axion haloscope resonators: the polygonal coaxial cavityIn the search for axionic Dark Matter, the high frequency part of the QCD axion parameter space is favored, as indicated by both cosmological and astrophysical arguments and recent indications from…Raffaele Di Vora, Caterina Braggio, Giovanni Carugno et al.·Mar 21, 2024SaveLearn
Measurement of muon flux variations with scintillators in Mexico City and their correlation to solar activityIn this work we report the variations of the atmospheric muons flux in Mexico City. The measurements were performed from September to December 2023 at at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences of UNAM,…Diego Martínez Montiel, Leonid Serkin, Guy Paic et al.·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
Systematic approach to measure the performance of microchannel-plate photomultipliersIn this paper, we present our approach to systematically measure numerous performance parameters of MCP-PMTs. The experimental setups, the analyses and selected results are discussed. Although the…A. Lehmann, M. Böhm, M. Götz et al.·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
The sPHENIX Micromegas Outer TrackerThe sPHENIX Time Projection Chamber Outer Tracker (TPOT) is a Micromegas based detector. It is a part of the sPHENIX experiment that aims to facilitate the calibration of the Time Projection Chamber,…S. Aune, B. Azmoun, A. Bonenfant et al.·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
Experience gained about Resistive Plate Chambers ageing from the ALICE Muon TRigger/IDentifier detectorThe ALICE Muon IDentifier is composed of 72 single-gap bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers, which have been operational since 2009 in maxi-avalanche mode (discrimination threshold:7 mV without…Alessandro Ferretti·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
Superconducting Microwave Detector Technology for Ultra-Light Dark Matter Haloscopes and other Fundamental Physics Experiments: Device Physics (Part II)We consider and compare candidate superconducting detector technologies that might be applied to the readout of cavity-axion haloscopes and similar fundamental physics experiments. We conclude that a…David J. Goldie, Stafford Withington, Christopher N. Thomas·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
Superconducting Microwave Detector Technology for Ultra-Light Dark Matter Haloscopes and other Fundamental Physics Experiments: Background Theory (Part I)We consider how superconducting microwave detector technology might be applied to the readout of cavity-axion haloscopes and similar fundamental physics experiments. Expressions for the sensitivity…Christopher N. Thomas, Stafford Withington, David J. Goldie·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
Beam test of n-type Silicon pad array detector at PS CERNThis work reports the testing of a Forward Calorimeter (FoCal) prototype based on an n-type Si pad array detector at the CERN PS accelerator. The FoCal is a proposed upgrade in the ALICE detector…Sawan, M. Bregant, J. L. Bouly et al.·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
Design, construction, and operation of a 1-ton Water-based Liquid scintillator detector at Brookhaven National LaboratoryWater-based liquid scintillators (WbLS) are attractive neutrino detector materials because they allow us to tune the ratio of the Cherenkov and scintillation signals. Using WbLS large-scale neutrino…X. Xiang, G. Yang, S. Andrade et al.·Mar 20, 2024SaveLearn
Improving tracking algorithms with machine learning: a case for line-segment tracking at the High Luminosity LHCIn this work, we present a study on ways that tracking algorithms can be improved with machine learning (ML). We base this study on the line segment tracking (LST) algorithm that we have designed to…Jonathan Guiang, Slava Krutelyov, Manos Vourliotis et al.·Mar 19, 2024SaveLearn
Calibration and characterization of the RED-100 detector at the Kalinin nuclear power plantRED-100 is a two-phase Xe detector designed and built for the study of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering CEvNS of reactor antineutrinos. A comprehensive calibration was performed in order…D. Yu. Akimov, I. S. Aleksandrov, F. B. Ata Kurbonova et al.·Mar 19, 2024SaveLearn
High Precision Inertial Sensors on a One Inch Diameter OpticCompact, high-precision inertial sensors are needed to isolate many modern physics experiments from disturbances caused by seismic motion. We present a novel inertial sensor whose mechanical…Jonathan J Carter, Pascal Birckigt, Oliver Gerberding et al.·Mar 19, 2024SaveLearn
Study of silicon photomultipliers for the readout of a lead/scintillating-fiber calorimeterThe KLOE electromagnetic calorimeter is expected to be reused in the Near Detector complex of the DUNE experiment at Fermilab. The possible substitution of traditional Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs)…F. Alemanno, P. Bernardini, A. Corvaglia et al.·Mar 19, 2024SaveLearn
Development of low-radon ultra-pure water for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino ObservatoryThe Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO) is a state-of-the-art liquid scintillator-based neutrino physics experiment under construction in South China. To reduce the background from…T. Y. Guan, Y. P. Zhang, B. Wang et al.·Mar 19, 2024SaveLearn
A new method to search for highly ionizing exotic particles, monopoles and beyond, using time projection chamberMeasuring the energy loss and mass of highly ionizing particles predicted by theories from beyond the Standard Model pose considerable challenges to conventional detection techniques. Such particles…Mesut Arslandok, Helen Caines, Marian Ivanov·Mar 18, 2024SaveLearn