Towards a fiber barrel detector for next-generation high-pressure gaseous xenon TPCsThe NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) project is an international collaboration aimed at finding evidence of neutrinoless double beta decay using gaseous xenon. The current phase of the…S. R. Soleti·Dec 9, 2023SaveLearn
Boosting Resonant Sensing in Fluids: A Surprising DiscoveryMicro-mechanical resonators are widely used in modern sensing technology due to their high quality-factor (Q), enabling sensitive detection of various stimuli. However, the performance of these…Sri Harsha Paladugu, Kaustav Roy, Anuj Ashok et al.·Dec 8, 2023SaveLearn
Comparison of readout systems for high-rate silicon photo-multiplier applicationsRecent years have shown an increased use of silicon photo-multipliers (SiPM) in experiments as they are of reasonable cost, have relatively low power consumption and are easily available in a variety…M. L. Wong, M. Kołodziej, K. Briggl et al.·Dec 8, 2023SaveLearn
Riptide: a proton-recoil track imaging detector for fast neutronsRiptide is a detector concept aiming to track fast neutrons. It is based on neutron--proton elastic collisions inside a plastic scintillator, where the neutron momentum can be measured by imaging the…C. Pisanti, A. Berardi, P. Console Camprini et al.·Dec 8, 2023SaveLearn
Additive manufacturing of a 3D-segmented plastic scintillator detector for tracking and calorimetry of elementary particlesPlastic-scintillator detectors are devices used for the detection of elementary particles. They provide good particle identification with excellent time resolution, whilst being inexpensive due to…Tim Weber, Andrey Boyarintsev, Umut Kose et al.·Dec 7, 2023SaveLearn
Triple-GEM detectors for the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS muon spectrometerThe High-Luminosity LHC will deliver an unprecedented instantaneous luminosity, requiring all experiments to upgrade their detectors to sustain the higher background rates. The upgrade of the CMS…Antonello Pellecchia·Dec 7, 2023SaveLearn
Neutrino-based safeguards of CANDU spent fuel using superconducting detectors and the CE interactionTo prevent the unauthorised spread of radioactive materials, it is essential to detect and monitor spent nuclear fuel. This paper investigates the feasibility of using a detector based on transition…M. Stringer, A. Erlandson, V. N. P. Anghel et al.·Dec 6, 2023SaveLearn
Monte-Carlo ray-tracing studies of multiplexed prismatic graphite analyzers for the cold-neutron triple-axis spectrometer at the High Flux Isotope ReactorA modern cold triple-axis spectrometer to study quantum condensed matter systems is planned for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Here, we describe the conceptual…Adit S. Desai, Travis J. Williams, Marcus Daum et al.·Dec 6, 2023SaveLearn
PMUT-Powered Photoacoustic Detection: Revolutionizing Microfluidic Concentration MeasurementsThis report introduces a novel optofluidic platform based on piezo-MEMS technology, capable of identifying subtle variations in the fluid concentration. The system utilizes piezoelectric…Kaustav Roy, Akshay Kumar, Vijayendra Shastri et al.·Dec 5, 2023SaveLearn
Compensation of front-end and modulation delays in phase and ranging measurements for time-delay interferometryIn the context of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), the laser subsystems exhibit frequency fluctuations that introduce significant levels of noise into the measurements, surpassing the…Philipp Euringer, Niklas Houba, Gerald Hechenblaikner et al.·Dec 5, 2023SaveLearn
Design and test for the CEPC muon subdetector based on extruded scintillator and SiPMA combination of scintillator, wavelength shifting (WLS) fiber, and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) shows an excellent performance in the `KL and μ detector (KLM)' of the Belle II experiment.…Hongyu Zhang, Xiyang Wang, Weihu Ma et al.·Dec 5, 2023SaveLearn
Measurements of time resolution of the RD50-MPW2 DMAPS prototype using TCT and 90SrResults in this paper present an in-depth study of time resolution for active pixels of the RD50-MPW2 prototype CMOS particle detector. Measurement techniques employed include Backside- and Edge-TCT…J. Debevc, M. Franks, B. Hiti et al.·Dec 4, 2023SaveLearn
Simulation of Charge Collection in a Boron-coated Straw Detector for Emerging Fuel CyclesTristructural-isotropic (TRISO) fuel is currently one of the most mature fuel types for candidate advanced reactor types, namely pebble bed reactors (PBRs). In PBRs, TRISO-fueled pebbles can be…Ming Fang, Angela Di Fulvio·Dec 3, 2023SaveLearn
A novel design for 100 meter-scale water attenuation length measurement and monitoringWater Cherenov detector is a vital part in most of neutrino or cosmic ray research. As detectors grow in size, the water attenuation length (WAL) becomes increasingly essential for detector…Li Wang, Jilei Xu, Shuxiang Lu et al.·Dec 3, 2023SaveLearn
Quasi-monolithic Compact Interferometric Sensor Head Design with Laser Auto-alignmentInterferometers play a crucial role in high-precision displacement measurement such as gravitational-wave detection. Conventional interferometer designs require accurate laser alignment, including…Xiang Lin, Peng Qiu, Yurong Liang et al.·Dec 2, 2023SaveLearn
A liquid-phase loop-mode argon purification systemNoble gas and liquid detectors rely on high chemical purity for successful operation. While gaseous purification has emerged as a reliable method of producing high-purity noble fluids, the…Christoph Vogl, Mario Schwarz, Patrick Krause et al.·Nov 30, 2023SaveLearn
Photon radiation calorimetry for anomalous heat generation in NiCu multilayer thin film during hydrogen gas desorptionIn order to investigate the anomalous heat effect (AHE) in NiCu multilayer thin film, photon radiation calorimetry has been developed. Three types of photon detectors are employed to cover a wide…J. Kasagi, T. Itoh, Y. Shibasaki et al.·Nov 30, 2023SaveLearn
Building confidence in state-of-the-art ab initio calculations of the density virial coefficients B and C of helium-4: Part 2. Direct evaluation by high accuracy experimental data using RIGTIn our previous work [1], using indirect evaluation methods we concluded that the uncertainties of the second and the third density virial coefficient, B and C, of helium-4 at 5 K calculated by…Haiyang Zhang, Wenjing Liu, Xiangjie Kong et al.·Nov 29, 2023SaveLearn
Building confidence in state-of-the-art ab initio calculations of the density virial coefficients of B and C of helium-4: Part 1. Indirect evaluation methods using the results of SPRIGTIn this work, we propose indirect evaluation methods to check the accuracy and the uncertainty of ab initio calculated virial coefficients. To this end, we have used single-pressure refractive-index…Haiyang Zhang, Bo Gao, Mark Plimmer et al.·Nov 29, 2023SaveLearn
Preliminary results on the long term operation of RPCs with eco-friendly gas mixtures under irradiation at the CERN Gamma Irradiation FacilitySince 2019 a collaboration between researchers from various institutes and experiments (i.e. ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb/SHiP and the CERN EP-DT group), has been operating several RPCs with diverse…L. Quaglia, D. Ramos, M. Abbrescia et al.·Nov 29, 2023SaveLearn
The Design and Technology Development of the JUNO Central DetectorThe Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a large scale neutrino experiment with multiple physics goals including deter mining the neutrino mass hierarchy, the accurate measurement of…The JUNO Collaboration·Nov 29, 2023SaveLearn
Signatures of Thermal and Electrical Crosstalk in a Microwave Multiplexed Hard X-ray Transition Edge Sensor ArrayWe investigate the crosstalk between Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) pixels in a prototype 24-pixel hard X-ray array fabricated at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. Analysis shows…Panthita Triamkitsawat, Tejas Guruswamy, Orlando Quaranta et al.·Nov 28, 2023SaveLearn
Impact of mechanical disturbances to the placement of reference light in Fourier transform interferometersFourier transform interferometers usually need a dedicated reference light to precisely track optical path difference changes. There are a few different ways to incorporate the reference light into…Muqian Wen·Nov 28, 2023SaveLearn
Performance of the most recent Microchannel-Plate PMTs for the PANDA DIRC detectors at FAIRIn the PANDA experiment at the FAIR facility at GSI two DIRC (Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov light) detectors will be used for π/K separation up to 4 GeV/c. Due to their location in…S. Krauss, M. Böhm, K. Gumbert et al.·Nov 28, 2023SaveLearn
Lifetime and performance of the very latest microchannel-plate photomultipliersThe PANDA experiment at the FAIR facility at GSI will study hadron physics using a high intensity antiproton beam of up to 15 GeV/c momentum to perform high precision spectroscopy. Two DIRC detectors…D. Miehling, M. Böhm, K. Gumbert et al.·Nov 28, 2023SaveLearn