New lower background and higher rate technique for anti-neutrino detection using Tungsten 183 IsotopeLow energy anti-neutrinos detected from reactors or other sources have typically used the conversion of an anti-neutrino on Hydrogen, producing a positron and a free neutron. This neutron is…Jarred Novak, Nickolas Solomey, Brooks Hartsock et al.·Nov 8, 2023SaveLearn
LUCE: A milli-Kelvin calorimeter experiment to study the electron capture of 176LuThe LUCE (LUtetium sCintillation Experiment) project will search for the 176Lu electron capture based on a milli-Kelvin calorimetric approach. This decay is of special interest in the field of…Shihong Fu, Giovanni Benato, Carlo Bucci et al.·Nov 8, 2023SaveLearn
A multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the offline ion source of the PUMA experimentThe antiProton Unstable Matter Annihilation experiment (PUMA) at CERN aims at investigating the nucleon composition in the matter density tail of radioactive as well as stable isotopes by use of…M. Schlaich, J. Fischer, P. Fischer et al.·Nov 7, 2023SaveLearn
Development towards high-resolution kHz-speed rotation-free volumetric imagingX-ray multi-projection imaging (XMPI) provides rotation-free 3D movies of optically opaque samples. The absence of rotation enables superior imaging speed and preserves fragile sample dynamics by…Eleni Myrto Asimakopoulou, Valerio Bellucci, Sarlota Birnsteinova et al.·Nov 7, 2023SaveLearn
A New Ductile, Tougher Resin for Impregnation of Superconducting MagnetsA major remaining challenge for Nb3Sn high field magnets is their training due to random temperature variations in the coils. The main objective of our research is to reduce or eliminate it by…Emanuela Barzi, Daniele Turrioni, Ibrahim Kesgin et al.·Nov 7, 2023SaveLearn
Towards construction of a novel nm resolution MeV-STEM for imaging of thick biological samplesDriven by life-science applications, mega-electron-volt Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (MeV-STEM) has been proposed to image thick biological samples. The high penetration of inelastic…X. Yang, L. Wang, J. Maxson et al.·Nov 7, 2023SaveLearn
Fast and Efficient Type-II Phototransistors Integrated on SiliconIncreasing the efficiency and reducing the footprint of on-chip photodetectors enables dense optical interconnects for emerging computational and sensing applications. Avalanche photodetectors (APD)…Lining Liu, Simone Bianconi, Skylar Wheaton et al.·Nov 7, 2023SaveLearn
Measurement of the electron-hole pair creation energy in a 4H-SiC p-n diodeFor 4H silicon carbide (4H-SiC), the values for the electron-hole pair creation energy εi published in the literature vary significantly. This work presents an experimental…Andreas Gsponer, Matthias Knopf, Philipp Gaggl et al.·Nov 7, 2023SaveLearn
Geant4 simulations of sampling and homogeneous hadronic calorimeters with dual readout for future collidersHadronic calorimeters with dual readout measure both scintillation and Cherenkov lights produced in their active media. They offer improvements in energy resolution and, therefore, have become…S. V. Chekanov, S. Eno, S. Magill et al.·Nov 6, 2023SaveLearn
Design, characterization and installation of the NEXT-100 cathode and electroluminescence regionsNEXT-100 is currently being constructed at the Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees and will search for neutrinoless double beta decay using a high-pressure gaseous time…NEXT Collaboration, K. Mistry, L. Rogers et al.·Nov 6, 2023SaveLearn
Characterization in Geant4 of different PET configurationsPositron Emission Tomography (PET) is a Nuclear Medicine technique that creates images that allow the study of metabolic activity and organ function using radiopharmaceuticals. Continuous improvement…M. L. López Toxqui, C. H. Zepeda Fernández, L. F. Rebolledo Herrera et al.·Nov 6, 2023SaveLearn
SIDDHARTA-2 apparatus for kaonic atoms research on the DA colliderSIDDHARTA-2 represents a state-of-the-art experiment designed to perform dedicated measurements of kaonic atoms, which are particular exotic atom configurations composed of a negatively charged kaon…F. Sirghi, F. Sgaramella, L. Abbene et al.·Nov 6, 2023SaveLearn
Enhanced Sensitivity of THz NbN Hot Electron Bolometer MixersWe studied the effect of the NbN/Au contact on the sensitivities of a NbN hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer by measuring the double sideband (DSB) receiver noise temperature (TrecDSB) at three…B. Mirzaei, J. R. G. Silva, W. J. Vreeling et al.·Nov 5, 2023SaveLearn
Long nanomechanical resonators with circular cross-sectionFabrication of superconducting nanomechanical resonators for quantum research, detectors and devices traditionally relies on a lithographic process, resulting in oscillators with sharp edges and a…Samuli Autti, Andrew Casey, Marie Connelly et al.·Nov 4, 2023SaveLearn
Detection and Calibration of Low-Energy Nuclear Recoils for Dark Matter and Neutrino Scattering ExperimentsDetection of low-energy nuclear recoil events plays a central role in searches for particle dark matter interactions with atomic matter and studies of coherent neutrino scatters. Precise nuclear…Jingke Xu, P. S. Barbeau, Ziqing Hong·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
Two-Stage Cryogenic HEMT Based Amplifier For Low Temperature DetectorsTo search for dark matter candidates with masses below O(MeV), the SPLENDOR (Search for Particles of Light dark mattEr with Narrow-gap semiconDuctORs) experiment is developing novel…J. Anczarski, M. Dubovskov, C. W. Fink et al.·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
Lessons learned while developing the Serenity-S1 ATCA cardThe Serenity-S1 is a Xilinx Virtex Ultrascale+ based Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) processing blade that has been optimised for production. It incorporates many…T. Mehner, L. E. Ardila-Perez, M. Balzer et al.·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
Investigation of low gain avalanche detectors exposed to proton fluences beyond 1015 neqcm-2Low gain avalanche detectors (LGADs) deliver excellent timing resolution, which can mitigate mis-assignment of vertices associated with pileup at the High Luminosity LHC and other future hadron…Josef Sorenson, Martin Hoeferkamp, Gregor Kramberger et al.·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
CMS ECAL VFE design, production and testingMaintaining the required performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) barrel at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) requires the replacement of the entire on-detector…W. Lustermann, D. Abadjiev, G. Dissertori et al.·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
From 3D to 5D tracking: SMX ASIC-based Double-Sided Micro-Strip detectors for comprehensive space, time, and energy measurementsWe present the recent development of a lightweight detector capable of accurate spatial, timing, and amplitude resolution of charged particles. The technology is based on double-sided double-metal…M. Teklishyn, A. Rodríguez Rodríguez, K. Agarwal et al.·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
A Custom Discrete Amplifier-Shaper-Discriminator Circuit for the Drift Chambers of the R3B Experiment at GSIThis contribution presents a pragmatic approach to read-out electronics for drift chambers used in particle physics experiments, specifically for the R3B experiment at GSI. The design uses discrete…Michael Wiebusch, Henning Heggen, Michael Heil·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
A Design of Hadronic Calorimeter for DarkSHINE ExperimentThe sensitivity of the dark photon search through invisible decay final states in low background experiments significantly relies on the neutron and muon veto efficiency, which depends on the amount…Zhen Wang, Rui Yuan, Hanqing Liu et al.·Nov 3, 2023SaveLearn
Characterization of the phonon sensor of the CRYOSEL detector with IR photonsThe sensitivities of light Dark Matter (DM) particle searches with cryogenic detectors are mostly limited by large backgrounds of events that do not produce ionization signal. The CRYOSEL project…Hugues Lattaud, Elsa Guy, Julien Billard et al.·Nov 2, 2023SaveLearn
A Hermetic On-Cryostat Helium Source for Low Temperature ExperimentsWe describe a helium source cell for use in cryogenic experiments that is hermetically sealed in situ on the cold plate of a cryostat. The source cell is filled with helium gas at room…K. E. Castoria, H. Byeon, J. Theis et al.·Nov 2, 2023SaveLearn
Pushing the high count rate limits of scintillation detectors for challenging neutron-capture experimentsOne of the critical aspects for the accurate determination of neutron capture cross sections when combining time-of-flight and total energy detector techniques is the characterization and control of…J. Balibrea Correa, J. Lerendegui-Marco, V. Babiano-Suarez et al.·Nov 2, 2023SaveLearn