Design, Construction, and Performance of the GEM based Radial Time Projection Chamber for the BONuS12 Experiment with CLAS12A new radial time projection chamber based on Gas Electron Multiplier amplification layers was developed for the BONuS12 experiment in Hall B at Jefferson Lab. This device represents a significant…I. Albayrak, S. Aune, C. Ayerbe Gayoso et al.·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
Directional Response of Several Geometries for Reactor-Neutrino DetectorsWe report simulation studies of six low-energy electron-antineutrino detector designs, with the goal of determining their ability to resolve the direction to an antineutrino source. Such detectors…Mark J. Duvall, Brian C. Crow, Max A. A. Dornfest et al.·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
Incident Beamline Design for a Modern Cold Triple Axis Spectrometer at the High Flux Isotope ReactorA modern cold triple axis spectrometer is being planned for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Here, we describe the design of an incident beamline that will put a…G. E. Granroth, M. Daum, A. A. Aczel et al.·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
Measurement of the Photon Detection Efficiency of Hamamatsu VUV4 SiPMs at Cryogenic TemperatureLiquid argon time projection chambers (TPC) are widely used in neutrino oscillation and dark matter experiments. Detection of scintillation light in liquid argon TPC's is challenging because of its…Rodrigo Álvarez-Garrote, Enrique Calvo, Aritz Canto et al.·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation LightDoping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. In this paper, we…DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi et al.·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
A low-energy MHz repetition rate short-pulse electron gunA pulsed electron gun that can produce MHz repetition rate nanosecond pulses is described. The gun uses a Pierce grid in combination with an anode to extract electrons from a tungsten filament…Andrew James Murray, Joshua Rogers·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
First test beam measurement of the 4D resolution of an RSD 450 microns pitch pixel matrix connected to a FAST2 ASICThis paper reports on the spatial and temporal resolutions of an RSD 450 microns pitch pixels array measured at the DESY test beam facility. RSDs, Resistive Silicon Detectors, also known as AC-LGAD,…L. Menzio, F. Siviero, R. Arcidiacono et al.·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
Integrated anti-electronics for positron annihilation spectroscopyImaging the features of a sample using Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS) is currently achieved by rastering, i.e. by scanning the sample surface with a sharply focused positron beam. However,…Francesco Guatieri·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
The O2 software framework and GPU usage in ALICE online and offline reconstruction in Run 3ALICE has upgraded many of its detectors for LHC Run 3 to operate in continuous readout mode recording Pb--Pb collisions at 50 kHz interaction rate without trigger. This results in the need to…Giulio Eulisse, David Rohr·Feb 2, 2024SaveLearn
High-volume tunable resonator for axion searches above 7 GHzWe present results from the first experimental demonstration of a tunable thin-shell axion haloscope. This novel geometry decouples the overall volume of the cavity-based resonator from its resonant…Taj A. Dyson, Chelsea L. Bartram, Ashley Davidson et al.·Feb 1, 2024SaveLearn
Performance of a coarsely pixelated LAPPD photosensor for the SoLID gas Cherenkov detectorsThe SoLID spectrometer's gas Cherenkov counters require photosensors that operate in a high luminosity and high background environment. The reference design features arrays of 9 or 16 tiled…J. Xie, C. Peng, S. Joosten et al.·Feb 1, 2024SaveLearn
High-resolution MHz time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy based on a tunable vacuum ultraviolet sourceTime and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (trARPES) allows direct mapping of the electronic band structure and its dynamic response on femtosecond timescales. Here, we present a new ARPES…Lukas Hellbrück, Michele Puppin, Fei Guo et al.·Feb 1, 2024SaveLearn
Development of a high-frequency dielectric spectrometer using a portable vector network analyzerA simple and novel setup for high-frequency dielectric spectroscopy of materials has been developed using a portable vector network analyzer. The measurement principle is based on radio-frequency…Aitor Erkoreka, Josu Martinez-Perdiguero·Feb 1, 2024SaveLearn
GAMPix: a novel fine-grained, low-noise and ultra-low power pixelated charge readout for TPCsWe report on the development of a novel pixel charge readout system, Grid Activated Multi-scale pixel readout (GAMPix), which is under development for use in the GammaTPC gamma ray instrument…Tom Shutt, Bahrudin Trbalic, Aldo Pena-Perez et al.·Jan 31, 2024SaveLearn
Simulation and Experimental Analysis of Aerogel Attenuation for High Energy Alpha Particles in Fission Fusion Fragment Rocket ApplicationsEmerging studies are geared toward exploring new methods of nuclear rocket propulsion to provide more efficient space transit beyond Earth's orbit. One method is to employ a Fission Fragment Rocket…Sandeep Puri, Andrew Gillespie, Ian Jones et al.·Jan 31, 2024SaveLearn
The 120Gbps VCSEL Array Based Optical Transmitter (ATx) Development for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) ExperimentsThe integration of a Verticle Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) array and a driving Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) in a custom optical array transmitter module (ATx) for operation…Di Guo, Chonghan Liu, Jinghong Chen et al.·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
Progress in coupling MPGD-based Photon Detectors with Nanodiamond PhotocathodesThe next generation of gaseous photon detectors is requested to overcome the limitations of the available technology, in terms of resolution and robustness. The quest for a novel photocathode,…F. M. Brunbauer, C. Chatterjee, G. Cicala et al.·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
Optical Data Transmission ASICs for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) ExperimentsWe present the design and test results of two optical data transmission ASICs for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) experiments. These ASICs include a two-channel serializer (LOCs2) and a…Xiaoting Li, Gang Liu, Jinghong Chen et al.·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
Frequency-domain multiplexing of SNSPDs with tunable superconducting resonatorsThis work culminates in a demonstration of an alternative Frequency Domain Multiplexing (FDM) scheme for Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) using the Kinetic inductance…Sasha Sypkens, Lorenzo Minutolo, Sahil Patel et al.·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
The quality control programme for ITk strip tracker module assemblyThe assembly of the ATLAS Inner Tracker requires the construction of 19,000 silicon strip sensor detector modules in eight different geometries. Modules will be assembled and tested at 31 institutes…Abraham Tishelman-Charny·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
Characterization of the BOLDPET optical prototype, an innovative Cherenkov detector for 511 keV γ radiationIn the present work we describe the design, construction, and testing of the optical prototype developed for the BOLDPET project, with the objective of creating a PET detection module with high…Roman Chyzh, Gerard Tauzin, Dominique Yvon et al.·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
Prototype Cherenkov Detector Characterization for Muon Tomography ApplicationsMuography is an innovative imaging technique using naturally produced elementary particles -- atmospheric muons -- like the X-rays of medical imaging. The modification of the particles flux -- by…Theodore Avgitas, Jean Christophe Ianigro, Jacques Marteau·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
The Design of a High Speed Low Power Phase Locked LoopThe upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter readout system calls for the development of radiation tolerant, high speed and low power serializer ASIC. We have designed a phase locked loop using…Tiankuan Liu, Datao Gong, Suen Hou et al.·Jan 30, 2024SaveLearn
cDVGAN: One Flexible Model for Multi-class Gravitational Wave Signal and Glitch GenerationSimulating realistic time-domain observations of gravitational waves (GWs) and GW detector glitches can help in advancing GW data analysis. Simulated data can be used in downstream tasks by…Tom Dooney, Lyana Curier, Daniel Tan et al.·Jan 29, 2024SaveLearn
Characteristics of the MTx optical transmitter in Total Ionizing DoseThe dual-channel multi-mode 850 nm optical Miniature Transmitter (MTx) is developed for data transmission of the ATLAS LAr calorimeter readout at LHC. The MTx's are exposed to the radiation field of…D. Gong, S. Hou, B. J. Juang et al.·Jan 29, 2024SaveLearn