Recent developments in data reconstruction for aerogel RICH at Belle IIIn the forward end-cap of the Belle II spectrometer, particle identification is provided by a proximity focusing RICH detector with an aerogel radiator (ARICH). The ARICH's primary function is to…Luka Santelj·May 26, 2023SaveLearn
The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider: A Description of the Detector Configuration for Run 3The ATLAS detector is installed in its experimental cavern at Point 1 of the CERN Large Hadron Collider. During Run 2 of the LHC, a luminosity of $L=2×…ATLAS Collaboration·May 26, 2023SaveLearn
Storage, Accumulation and Deceleration of Secondary Beams for Nuclear AstrophysicsLow-energy investigations on rare ion beams are often limited by the available intensity and purity of the ion species in focus. Here, we present the first application of a technique that combines…J. Glorius, Yu. A. Litvinov, M. Aliotta et al.·May 25, 2023SaveLearn
Latest vertex and tracking detector developments for the future Electron-Ion ColliderThe high-luminosity high-energy Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) to be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) will provide a clean environment to study several fundamental questions in the high…Xuan Li·May 24, 2023SaveLearn
TCAD simulation of AC-LGADsLow Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) are thin silicon detectors with moderate internal signal amplification and time resolution as good as 17 ps for minimum ionizing particles. However, the current…M. Nizam, K. W. Shin, S. M. Mazza et al.·May 24, 2023SaveLearn
Directional eddy current probe configuration for in-line detection of out-of-plane wrinklesReal-time monitoring of carbon fibre composites during Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) manufacturing remains a challenge for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques. An directional eddy-current…Meirbek Mussatayev, Qiuji Yi, Mark Fitzgerald et al.·May 24, 2023SaveLearn
Study experimental time resolution limits of recent ASICs at Weeroc with different SiPMs and scintillatorsMedical applications, such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and space applications, such as Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), are in need of highly specialized ASICs. Weeroc, in…Tasneem Saleem, Salleh Ahmad, Jean-Baptiste Cizel et al.·May 24, 2023SaveLearn
Imaging electron angular distributions to assess a full-power petawatt-class laser focusWe present a novel technique to assess the focal volume of petawatt-class lasers at full power. Our approach exploits quantitative measurement of the angular distribution of electrons born in the…Smrithan Ravichandran, Marine Huault, Roberto Lera et al.·May 23, 2023SaveLearn
Modeling of Surface Damage at the Si/SiO2-interface of Irradiated MOS-capacitorsSurface damage caused by ionizing radiation in SiO2 passivated silicon particle detectors consists mainly of the accumulation of a positively charged layer along with trapped-oxide-charge and…N. Akchurin, G. Altopp, B. Burkle et al.·May 23, 2023SaveLearn
First measurements with a new β-electron detector for spectral shape studiesThe shape of the electron spectrum emitted in β decay carries a wealth of information about nuclear structure and fundamental physics. In spite of that, few dedicated measurements have been…V. Guadilla, A. Algora, M. Estienne et al.·May 23, 2023SaveLearn
Possible evidence for the production of Ar2*- metastable negative molecular ions in gaseous argon of two-phase detectors for dark matter searchesOur recent studies of electroluminescence (EL) properties in two-phase argon detectors for dark matter searches have revealed the presence of unusual delayed pulses in the EL signal in the form of…A. Buzulutskov, E. Frolov, E. Borisova et al.·May 23, 2023SaveLearn
Development of Fe2O3/YSZ ceramic plates for cryogenic operation of resistive-protected gaseous detectorsWe present a ceramic material based on hematite (Fe2O3) and zirconia stabilized with yttria at 8% molar (YSZ), that exhibits stable electrical properties with transported charge and that can be…L. Olano-Vegas, I. Pardo, S. Leardini et al.·May 22, 2023SaveLearn
Qualification of piezo-electric actuators for the MADMAX booster system at cryogenic temperatures and high magnetic fieldsWe report on the qualification of a piezo-based linear stage for the manipulation of positions of dielectric discs in the booster of the MADMAX axion dark matter search experiment. A first…E. Garutti, H. Janssen, D. Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo et al.·May 22, 2023SaveLearn
Development of AC-LGAD detector with finer pitch electrodes for high energy physics experimentsLow-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) sensor is one of candidate sensors for the tracker at future hadron collider experiments. To use this sensor as a tracking detector, AC-LGAD sensor is being developed…Sayuka Kita, Koji Nakamura, Tomoka Imamura et al.·May 21, 2023SaveLearn
Fiber-optic temperature sensing probe using low-coherence light sourceWe present a new approach for measuring fiber tip temperature using low-coherence Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry, which eliminates the need for an independent reference path and…Kanon Toda, Kenta Otsubo, Kohei Noda et al.·May 20, 2023SaveLearn
Extension of measurement range in OCDR based on double-modulation schemeWe extend the measurement range of optical correlation-domain reflectometry (OCDR) by modulating the laser output frequency at two frequencies, while preserving spatial resolution. We demonstrate…Mana Sakamoto, Tomoya Miyamae, Kohei Noda et al.·May 20, 2023SaveLearn
The 4D Camera: an 87 kHz direct electron detector for scanning/transmission electron microscopyWe describe the development, operation, and application of the 4D Camera -- a 576 by 576 pixel active pixel sensor for scanning/transmission electron microscopy which operates at 87,000 Hz. The…Peter Ercius, Ian J. Johnson, Philipp Pelz et al.·May 19, 2023SaveLearn
Inductive Simulation of Calorimeter Showers with Normalizing FlowsSimulating particle detector response is the single most expensive step in the Large Hadron Collider computational pipeline. Recently it was shown that normalizing flows can accelerate this process…Matthew R. Buckley, Claudius Krause, Ian Pang et al.·May 19, 2023SaveLearn
Generalizing to new geometries with Geometry-Aware Autoregressive Models (GAAMs) for fast calorimeter simulationGeneration of simulated detector response to collision products is crucial to data analysis in particle physics, but computationally very expensive. One subdetector, the calorimeter, dominates the…Junze Liu, Aishik Ghosh, Dylan Smith et al.·May 19, 2023SaveLearn
The Regenerative Current Mirror: A Very Low Power Front-End Amplifier for Silicon Pixel DetectorsIn pixelized detectors, reducing power consumption in the front end ASIC chips becomes a crucial demand. Optimization based on mature pre-amplifier schemes today is unlikely to bring sufficient…Jinyuan Wu·May 17, 2023SaveLearn
Study of collision and γ-cascade times following neutron-capture processes in cryogenic detectorsThe emission of γ-rays after a neutron capture in a cryogenic detector can generate mono-energetic nuclear recoils in the sub-keV regime, of direct interest for the calibration of Dark Matter…CRAB collaboration, G. Soum-Sidikov, H. Abele et al.·May 17, 2023SaveLearn
Design, construction, characterization, and testing of one-channel electronic module for the Hamamatsu Multi-Pixel Photon Counter S12572-100PThe Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC) or Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) can detect from a single photon to several thousand ones; it has high gain -105 to 106-, low operation voltage -65 to…L. Arceo, J. Félix·May 17, 2023SaveLearn
Quantum gravity unchained: Atomic sensors as exotic field telescopes in multi-messenger astronomyWe propose a novel, exotic physics, modality in multi-messenger astronomy. We are interested in a DIRECT detection of exotic fields emitted by the mergers. This approach must be contrasted with the…A. Derevianko·May 16, 2023SaveLearn
Assessment of few-hits machine learning classification algorithms for low energy physics in liquid argon detectorsThe physics potential of massive liquid argon TPCs in the low-energy regime is still to be fully reaped because few-hits events encode information that can hardly be exploited by conventional…Roberto Moretti, Marco Rossi, Matteo Biassoni et al.·May 16, 2023SaveLearn
Exposing a fibre-based dual-readout calorimeter to a positron beamA prototype of a dual-readout calorimeter using brass capillary tubes surrounding scintillating and clear plastic optical fibres was tested using beams of particles with energies between 10 and 100…N. Ampilogov, S. Cometti, J. Agarwala et al.·May 16, 2023SaveLearn