Full-Field Nanoscale X-ray Diffraction-Contrast Imaging using Direct DetectionRecent developments in x-ray science provide methods to probe deeply embedded mesoscale grain structures and spatially resolve them using dark field x-ray microscopy (DFXM). Extending this technique…Elliot Kisiel, Ishwor Poudyal, Peter Kenesei et al.·Dec 14, 2022SaveLearn
The Effectiveness of a Simple Helmholtz coil-like Magnetic Shield at Reducing X-ray-like Background in Space-based X-ray DetectorsBoth active and passive magnetic shielding have been used extensively during past and current X-ray astronomy missions to shield detectors from soft protons and electrons entering through telescope…Christopher S. W. Davis, David Hall·Dec 14, 2022SaveLearn
Optimization strategies and artefacts of time-involved small angle neutron scattering experimentsKinetic small-angle neutron scattering provides access to the microscopic properties of mesoscale systems under slow, periodic perturbations. By interlocking the phases of neutron pulse, sample…Denis Mettus, Alfonso Chacon, Andreas Bauer et al.·Dec 13, 2022SaveLearn
Analysis of test beam data taken with a prototype of TPC with resistive Micromegas for the T2K Near Detector upgradeIn this paper we describe the performance of a prototype of the High Angle Time Projection Chambers (HA-TPCs) that are being produced for the Near Detector (ND280) upgrade of the T2K experiment. The…D. Attié, O. Ballester, M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak et al.·Dec 13, 2022SaveLearn
High accuracy synchrotron radiation interferometry with relativistic electronsA high-precision hypernuclear experiment has been performed at the Mainz Microtron (MAMI) to determine the hypertriton binding energy via decay-pion spectroscopy. A key element of this…P. Klag, P. Achenbach, T. Akiyama et al.·Dec 13, 2022SaveLearn
Evaluation of the mean excitation energy of gaseous and liquid argonCurrent and future experiments need to know the stopping power of liquid argon. It is used directly in calibration, where commonly the minimum-ionizing portion of muon tracks is used as a standard…M. Strait·Dec 12, 2022SaveLearn
Radiofrequency Ice Dielectric Measurements at Summit Station, GreenlandWe recently reported on the radio-frequency attenuation length of cold polar ice at Summit Station, Greenland, based on bistatic radar measurements of radio-frequency bedrock echo strengths taken…J. A. Aguilar, P. Allison, D. Besson et al.·Dec 12, 2022SaveLearn
A Compact TPC for the sPHENIX ExperimentThe sPHENIX detector to be installed at RHIC in 2022 is designed to precisely measure jets, jet correlations, and dilepton pairs in heavy-ion collisions. With these measurements in mind, sPHENIX will…Henry T. Klest·Dec 11, 2022SaveLearn
Resistive Plate Chambers for Precise Measurement of High-Momentum Protons in Short Range Correlations at R3BThe Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams (R3B) collaboration of the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany, has constructed an experimental setup to perform…M. Xarepe, T. Aumann, A. Blanco et al.·Dec 11, 2022SaveLearn
Detector array for the 7H nucleus multi-neutron decay studySetup fitting the requirements for the detailed study of the five-body decay of the 7H nucleus obtained as a result of the proton transfer from the 8He projectiles to the deuterium target nuclei is…A. A. Bezbakh, S. G. Belogurov, V. Chudoba et al.·Dec 11, 2022SaveLearn
Numerical simulation of the response of single gap timing RPCs with the space charge effects and Garfield++In this article, we report the simulated response of timing RPCs of different gas gaps. A 3D Montecarlo code was developed and integrated with Garfield++ to simulate the avalanche processes with…Tanay Dey, Purba Bhattacharya, Supratik Mukhopadhyay et al.·Dec 10, 2022SaveLearn
Concentration retrieval in a calibration-free wavelength modulation spectroscopy system using particle swarm optimization algorithmThis paper develops a spectral fitting technology based on the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, which is applied to a calibration-free wavelength modulation spectroscopy system to achieve…Tingting Zhang, Yongjie Sun, Pengpeng Wang et al.·Dec 10, 2022SaveLearn
Outdoor Systems Performace and UpgradeOver the last two decades, the possibility of using RPCs in outdoors systems has increased considerably. Our group has participated in this effort having installed several systems and continues to…L. Lopes, S. Andringa, P. Assis et al.·Dec 9, 2022SaveLearn
Background Rejection in Highly Pixelated Solid-State DetectorsHighly pixelated solid-state detectors offer outstanding capabilities in the identification and suppression of backgrounds from natural radioactivity. We present the background-identification…Alvaro E. Chavarria·Dec 9, 2022SaveLearn
Letter of Intent: Muonium R&D/Physics Program at the MTAWith the planned turn-on of the PIP-II 800 MeV superconducting proton linac, Fermilab will potentially become the world's best laboratory at which to carry out fundamental muon measurements,…C. Gatto, C. Izzo, C. J. Johnstone et al.·Dec 9, 2022SaveLearn
Evaluation of HPK n+-p planar pixel sensors for the CMS Phase-2 upgradeTo cope with the challenging environment of the planned high luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), scheduled to start operation in 2029, CMS will replace its entire tracking…The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration·Dec 9, 2022SaveLearn
Pixelated silicon detector for radiation beam profile measurementsA pixelated silicon detector, developed originally for particle physics experiments, was used for a beam profile measurement of a Co-60 irradiator in a water phantom. The beam profile was compared to…Joonas Tikkanen, Stefanie Kirschenmann, Nikita Kramarenko et al.·Dec 9, 2022SaveLearn
ViMA -- the spinning rotor gauge to measure the viscosity of tritium between 77 and 300 KExperimental values for the viscosity of the radioactive hydrogen isotope tritium (T2) are currently unavailable in literature. The value of this material property over a wide temperature range is…Johanna Wydra, Alexander Marsteller, Robin Größle et al.·Dec 9, 2022SaveLearn
Ad-hoc Pulse Shape Simulation using Cyclic Positional U-NetHigh-Purity Germanium~(HPGe) detectors have been a key technology for rare-event searches, such as neutrinoless double-beta decay and dark matter searches, for many decades. Pulse shape simulation is…Aobo Li, Julieta Gruszko, Brady Bos et al.·Dec 8, 2022SaveLearn
Development of a large-mass, low-threshold detector system with simultaneous measurements of athermal phonons and scintillation lightWe have combined two low-threshold detector technologies to develop a large-mass, low-threshold detector system that simultaneously measures the athermal phonons in a sapphire detector while an…M. Chaudhuri, G. Agnolet, V. Iyer et al.·Dec 8, 2022SaveLearn
How Fast is Your Detector? The Effect of Temporal Response on Image QualityWith increasing interest in high-speed imaging should come an increased interest in the response times of our scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) detectors. Previous works have…Tiarnan Mullarkey, Matthew Geever, Jonathan J. P. Peters et al.·Dec 8, 2022SaveLearn
The performance of large-pitch AC-LGAD with different N+ doseAC-Coupled LGAD (AC-LGAD) is a new 4D detector developed based on the Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) technology, which can accurately measure the time and spatial information of particles. The…Mengzhao Li, Weiyi Sun, Zhijun Liang et al.·Dec 7, 2022SaveLearn
GPU propagation and visualisation of particle collisions with ALICE magnetic field modelThe ALICE Collaboration at CERN developed a 3D visualisation tool capable of displaying a representation of collected collision data (particle trajectories, clusters and calorimeter towers) called…Piotr Nowakowski, Przemysław Rokita, Łukasz Graczykowski·Dec 7, 2022SaveLearn
Optical Transmission Characterization of Fused Silica Materials Irradiated at the CERN Large Hadron ColliderThe Target Absorbers for Neutrals (TANs) represent one of the most radioactive regions in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Seven 40 cm long fused silica rods with different dopant specifications,…S. Yang, A. Tate, R. Longo et al.·Dec 7, 2022SaveLearn
Sub-10 ps time tagging of electromagnetic showers with scintillating glasses and SiPMsThe high energy physics community has recently identified an e+e- Higgs factory as one of the next-generation collider experiments, following the completion of the High Luminosity LHC program at…Marco T. Lucchini, Andrea Benaglia, Stefan Gundacker et al.·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn