Test of the JUNO 20-inch PMTs during InstallationPhotomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are widely used in neutrino experiments. As a new-generation neutrino observatory, JUNO requires an excellent energy resolution of 3% at 1 MeV. This will be realized with…Haojie Dong, Zhaoyuan Peng, Zhonghua Qin et al.·Jun 19, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced electron-beam lithography to reduce the frequency scatter of 200-400 GHz superconducting microstrip resonators for on-chip filterbank spectrometersIntegrated superconducting spectrometers (ISSs) provide the instantaneous bandwidth, sensitivity, and scalable architecture for large-scale spectroscopic surveys in submillimeter-wave astronomy and…L. G. G. Olde Scholtenhuis, D. J. Thoen, J. J. A. Baselmans et al.·Jun 19, 2026SaveLearn
Characterization of GaN:Si and ZnO:Ga for position-resolved fast timing applicationsWe present the characterization of two fast, crystalline inorganic scintillators, silicon-doped gallium nitride (GaN:Si) and gallium-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Ga), and compare their performance with…Julius Meyer, Joshua W. Cates, Woon-Seng Choong et al.·Jun 19, 2026SaveLearn
Performance Optimization and Characterization of 7-pad Resistive PICOSEC Micromegas DetectorsWe present a comprehensive characterization of resistive PICOSEC Micromegas detector prototypes, tested under identical conditions, constant drift gap, field configurations, and photocathode at the…A. Kallitsopoulou, R. Aleksan, S. Aune et al.·Jun 19, 2026SaveLearn
Operational characterization of LAPPD Generation 2: charge sharing, delayed pulses, and dark-count behaviorWe present a study of charge sharing and electronic cross-talk in second-generation Large-Area Picosecond Photodetectors (LAPPD Gen 2). The LAPPD is a vacuum-based device consisting of a…S. -W. Stradleigh, J. A. Foot, R. Zhang et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Agentic-AI Detector Co-design and Optimization in Vertically-Integrated Differentiable Full SimulationsWe present the first implementation of AI agents into the design and optimization of detectors in high-energy physics experiments via a bi-level optimization framework that vertically integrates…Wonyong Chung, Qibin Liu, Liangyu Wu et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Optical calibration systems of the Pacific Ocean Neutrino ExperimentThis work presents the design and performance characterization of the optical calibration systems produced for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE), which target gain, energy and time…M. Agostini, A. Alexander Wight, M. Altomare et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Comprehensive characterization of a YAG:Ce scintillator: light yield, alpha quenching and pulse-shape discriminationSolid-state scintillators are widely used in particle and applied physics due to their versatility and resistance to diverse environments and operating conditions. This broad range of applications…L. Gironi, S. Dell'Oro, E. Giussani et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Search for dark matter Particles via Invisible Decays in 46Sc Nuclear γ Cascades with a CsI(Tl) DetectorDark matter remains one of the most compelling open problems in modern physics, motivating experimental searches for new light, weakly coupled particles beyond the Standard Model. Despite extensive…Sharada Sahoo, Jing-han Chen, Mahdi Mirzakhani et al.·Jun 18, 2026SaveLearn
Design and Commissioning of a Deuterium-Tritium Gas Delivery System for Muon Catalyzed Fusion in a Diamond Anvil CellWe report the design, commissioning, and operation of deuterium-deuterium (DD) and deuterium-tritium (DT) gas delivery systems developed to load a diamond anvil cell (DAC) beam target for…Elena Koukina, Cody Fagan, Christopher Robert Shmayda et al.·Jun 17, 2026SaveLearn
Prospects for Observing Gravity-gradient Noise and Earthquake Gravity Signals with CHRONOSGround-based gravitational-wave detectors operating in the sub-Hertz regime are expected to be strongly limited by environmental gravity-gradient fluctuations, commonly referred to as Newtonian Noise…Mario Juvenal S. Onglao, Yuki Inoue, Daiki Tanabe·Jun 17, 2026SaveLearn
Track and energy reconstruction algorithms for a time projection chamber with orthogonal fieldsIn this work, we describe the development of track- and energy-reconstruc-tion algorithms for atypical Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) that will be used at the Institute of Experimental and Applied…Martin Vít Vavřík, Babar Ali, Hugo Natal da Luz et al.·Jun 17, 2026SaveLearn
A Search for Effects of Cosmic Rays with Multi-scale Entropy MetricsWe report a comparison of frequency fluctuations in oven-controlled quartz bulk-acoustic-wave oscillators operated above ground and one kilometre underground in a low-muon-background environment. The…William M. Campbell, Ben T. McAllister, Eugene N. Ivanov et al.·Jun 17, 2026SaveLearn
Design, construction, and operation of a 30-ton Water-based Liquid scintillator detector at Brookhaven National LaboratoryWater-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS) was proposed over a decade ago as a novel detector medium that might allow the separation and tuning of the relative ratio of the Cherenkov and scintillation…S. Andrade, A. Baldoni, D. F. Cowen et al.·Jun 17, 2026SaveLearn
A muon scattering tomography system based on high spatial resolution scintillating detectorCosmic ray muon scattering tomography (MST) is an imaging technique that utilizes muon scattering in matter to inspect high-Z materials non-destructively, without requiring an artificial radiation…Zheng Liang, Zebo Tang, Xin Li et al.·Jun 17, 2026SaveLearn
Operation of a Modular 3D-Pixelated Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber in a Neutrino BeamThe 2x2 Demonstrator, a prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) liquid argon (LAr) Near Detector, was exposed to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) neutrino beam at…DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud et al.·Jun 17, 2026SaveLearn
Scene-based field validation of wearable light loggersWearable light loggers are increasingly used to measure personal light exposure. However, there is no standardised method to test how well these devices perform in real-world settings. To address…Burcu Gemici, Niloufar Tabandeh, Cansu Ozkucukler et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Diffuse scattering of neutrons in a wave resonatorIn fundamental experiments with neutrons, the neutron flux and the neutron storage time in the measuring setup are of primary importance. These quantities can be increased by using a storage device…E. D. Kolupaev, V. D. Zhaketov, Yu. V. Nikitenko·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
A High-Precision Frequency Locking Method Based on All-Phase FFT Demonstrated on a Crystal Oscillator with Rubidium Clock ReferenceThis article proposes a novel frequency-locking method based on frequency-domain unbiased phase estimation (FDUPE) for high-precision frequency control. By performing weighted recombination of the…Qibin Zheng, Kang Xu, Jiacheng Yang et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Optimized filtering for pulse-shape based pile-up rejection applied to 0νββ search with 100MoPile-up events, arising from the partial or complete temporal overlap of distinct signals, represent a major challenge in many areas of experimental physics where rare or low-rate processes are…V. Berest, M. Buchynska, P. Carniti et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Drift Correction of Scan Images by Snapshot ReferencingReliable quantitative analysis in scanning (transmission) electron microscopy (S(T)EM) is often hindered by image drift during long-duration spectral mapping for elemental analysis or for various…Zac Thollar, Kanto Maeda, Tetsuya Kubota et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Tungsten Germanide Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors with Saturated Internal Detection Efficiency at Wavelengths up to 29 μmSuperconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are among the most sensitive single-photon detectors available and have the potential to transform fields ranging from infrared astrophysics…Benedikt Hampel, Daniel Kuznesof, Andrew S. Mueller et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Development of a Neutron Imager using CMOS Pixelated SensorWe acquired an image of the Siemens Star Chart using the 10B-INTPIX4 CMOS pixelated imager at J-PARC MLF BL21 (NOVA). The image blurriness, characterized by a root mean square (rms) value of 17 um in…Yoshio Kamiya, Hidetoshi Ohshita, Ryutaro Nishimura et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Vision AI Agent for Continuous Material Monitoring of LEGEND-1000 LoFi Reentrant TubeWe report on a vision AI agent pipeline for non-contact material strain and property extraction from video data, demonstrated on video taken during hydrostatic testing of four OFHC copper cylinders…Sonata Simonaitis-Boyd, Soonhong Lee, Lauren N. O'Brien et al.·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Latent space mapping of interpretable structural coordinates from stochastic single-molecule signalsNanopores are versatile single-molecular sensors, but their utility is fundamentally constrained by stochastic translocation dynamics warping any encoded information. We resolve it by shifting from…Matteo Cartiglia, Sandro Kuppel, Wouter Botermans Wannes Peeters et al.·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn