Advances in the Large Area Picosecond Photo-Detector (LAPPD): 8" x 8" MCP-PMT with Capacitively Coupled ReadoutWe present advances made in the Large Area Picosecond Photodetector (LAPPD), an 8" × 8" microchannel plate photomultiplier tube (MCP-PMT), since pilot production was initiated at Incom, Inc.…Shawn Shin, Melvin Aviles, Stephen Clarke et al.·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn
A truly cylindrical inner tracker for ALICEAfter the successful installation and first operation of the upgraded Inner Tracking System (ITS2), which consists of about 10\,m2 of monolithic silicon pixel sensors, ALICE is pioneering the…Alperen Yüncü·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn
High Rate Studies of the ATLAS sTGC Detector and Optimization of the Filter Circuit on the Input of the Front-End AmplifierThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is expected to be upgraded to the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) by 2029 and achieve instantaneous luminosity around 5 - 7.5 × 1034cm-2…Siyuan Sun, Luca Moleri, Gerardo Vasquez et al.·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn
Monitoring Spent Nuclear Fuel in a Dry Cask Using Momentum Integrated Muon Scattering TomographyNuclear materials accountability and nonproliferation are among the critical tasks to be addressed for the advancement of nuclear energy in the United States. Monitoring spent nuclear fuel is…Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn
An Accessible Method for Simulating Charged-Particle Optics, with Examples for Transmission Electron MicroscopyThe transmission electron microscope (TEM) has become an essential tool for innovation in nanoscience, material science, and biology. Despite these instruments being widely used across both industry…Patrick McBean, Zachary Milne, Arjun Kanthawar et al.·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn
A Retrofittable Photoelectron Gun Proposal for Improved Low Voltage ImagingLow voltage scanning electron microscopy is a powerful tool for examining surface features and imaging beam sensitive materials. Improving resolution during low voltage imaging is then an important…Frances Quigley, Clive Downing, Cormac McGuinness et al.·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn
Liquid argon light collection and veto modeling in GERDA Phase IIThe ability to detect liquid argon scintillation light from within a densely packed high-purity germanium detector array allowed the GERDA experiment to reach an exceptionally low background rate in…GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander et al.·Dec 6, 2022SaveLearn
The new HADES ToF Forward DetectorThe High-Acceptance DiElectron Spectrometer (HADES) at GSI Darmstadt consists of a 6-coil toroidal magnet centered on the beam axis and six identical detection sections located between the coils and…A. Blanco, P. Fonte, L. Lopes et al.·Dec 5, 2022SaveLearn
Magnetic shielding for large photoelectron multipliers for the OSIRIS facility of the JUNO detectorWe present the technical design and characteristics of the magnetic shield developed for 20" PMTs of the low-background OSIRIS facility. A ribbon of amorphous alloy with the extreme magnetic…O. Smirnov, D. Korablev, A. Sotnikov et al.·Dec 5, 2022SaveLearn
Gaseous argon time projection chamber with electroluminescence enhanced optical readoutSystematic uncertainties in accelerator oscillation neutrino experiments arise mostly from nuclear models describing neutrino-nucleus interactions. To mitigate these uncertainties, we can study…R. M Amarinei, F. Sánchez, E. Roe et al.·Dec 5, 2022SaveLearn
Charged Particle Tracking with Machine Learning on FPGAsThe determination of charged particle trajectories (tracking) in collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is one of the most important aspects for event reconstruction at hadron colliders.…H. Abidi, A. Boveia, V. Cavaliere et al.·Dec 5, 2022SaveLearn
A versatile cryogenic system for liquid argon detectorsDetectors for direct dark matter search using noble gases in liquid phase as detection medium need to be coupled to liquefaction, purification and recirculation systems. A dedicated cryogenic system…G. Grauso, A. Basco, N. Canci et al.·Dec 5, 2022SaveLearn
A large facility for photosensors test at cryogenic temperatureCurrent generation of detectors using noble gases in liquid phase for direct dark matter search and neutrino physics need large area photosensors. Silicon based photo-detectors are innovative light…Z. Balmforth, A. Basco, A. Boiano et al.·Dec 5, 2022SaveLearn
Frequency stability and phase noise measurements of a 5,860 km-long intercontinental seafloor optical fibre cableOptical clock comparison via optical fibre links has been achieved over continental scales, but has not yet been demonstrated intercontinentally. The transfer of ultra-stable optical frequencies over…Giuseppe Marra, Paul Gaynor, Mattia Cantono et al.·Dec 5, 2022SaveLearn
The development of radioactivity measurement system in gasesA device for measuring radioactive impurities in gas is developed, consisting of an electrostatic collection type radon detector and an extremely low radioactivity proportional counter. This device…Hiroshi Ogawa·Dec 3, 2022SaveLearn
Nondestructive KPFM-assisted Quality Control in Fabrication of GaAs High-Speed ElectronicsIn this paper, we report on the method of nondestructive quality control that can be used in fabrication of GaAs high-speed electronics. The method relies on the surface potential mapping and enables…Alexander Shurakov, Natalia Kaurova, Ivan Belikov et al.·Dec 2, 2022SaveLearn
Novel Data Analysis Tool for the Evaluation of Coincidence Doppler Broadening Spectra of the Positron-Electron Annihilation LineCoincidence Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy (CDBS) of the 511 keV annihilation line reveals the elemental signature at the annihilation site in matter. For this reason, CDBS enables the analysis of…Leon Chryssos, Christoph Hugenschmidt·Dec 2, 2022SaveLearn
An improved synthetic signal injection routine for the Haloscope At Yale Sensitive To Axion Cold dark matter (HAYSTAC)Microwave cavity haloscopes are among the most sensitive direct detection experiments searching for dark matter axions via their coupling to photons. When the power of the expected microwave signal…Yuqi Zhu, M. J. Jewell, Claire Laffan et al.·Dec 1, 2022SaveLearn
Thermally-driven scintillator flow in the SNO+ neutrino detectorThe SNO+ neutrino detector is an acrylic sphere of radius 6 m filled with liquid scintillator, immersed in a water-filled underground cavern, with a thin vertical neck (radius 0.75 m) extending…J. D. Wilson·Dec 1, 2022SaveLearn
Estimated performance of the TRIUMF ultracold neutron source and electric dipole moment apparatusSearches for the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM) provide strong constraints on theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The TUCAN collaboration is constructing a…Steve Sidhu, Wolfgang Schreyer, Sean Vanbergen et al.·Dec 1, 2022SaveLearn
Photoacoustic Image Quality Improvement from a Single Cell Low Frequency PMUTPhotoacoustic image (PAI) quality improvement using a low frequency piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) having the fundamental resonant frequency 1 MHz is being reported.…Kaustav Roy, Arijit Paramanik, Souradip Paul et al.·Nov 30, 2022SaveLearn
Development of thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon detectors on a flexible substrateThe HASPIDE (Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon PIxels DEtectors) project aims at the development of thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detectors on flexible substrates (mostly Polyimide) for…M. Menichelli, M. Bizzarri, L. Calcagnile et al.·Nov 30, 2022SaveLearn
X-ray Performance of a Small Pixel Size sCMOS Sensor and the Effect of Depletion DepthIn recent years, scientific Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (sCMOS) devices have been increasingly applied in X-ray detection, thanks to their attributes such as high frame rate, low dark…Yu Hsiao, Zhixing Ling, Chen Zhang et al.·Nov 30, 2022SaveLearn
Increasing the Accuracy of Sound Velocity Measurement in a Vector Single-Beam Acoustic Current Velocity MeterAcoustic flow velocity and direction meters from the IST series, which can be integrated into various measuring systems, are considered. The simulation of the flow profile in the measuring tube was…Aleksandr N. Grekov, Nikolay A. Grekov, Sergei S. Peliushenko·Nov 30, 2022SaveLearn
Data-driven simultaneous vertex and energy reconstruction for large liquid scintillator detectorsHigh precision vertex and energy reconstruction is crucial for large liquid scintillator detectors such as JUNO, especially for the determination of the neutrino mass ordering by analyzing the energy…Gui-hong Huang, Wei Jiang, Liang-jian Wen et al.·Nov 30, 2022SaveLearn