Juno: a Python-based graphical package for optical system designThis report introduces Juno, a modular Python package for optical design and simulation. Juno consists of a complete library that includes a graphical user interface to design and visualise arbitrary…David Dierickx, Patrick Cleeve, Sergey Gorelick et al.·Nov 29, 2022SaveLearn
RPC based tracking system at CERN GIF++ facilityWith the HL-LHC upgrade of the LHC machine, an increase of the instantaneous luminosity by a factor of five is expected and the current detection systems need to be validated for such working…K. Mota Amarilo, A. Samalan, M. Tytgat et al.·Nov 29, 2022SaveLearn
CMS RPC data taking during the LHC Run-2 and activities during Long Shutdown 2The CMS experiment collected around 150 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at s = 13 TeV during the Run-2 data taking period of LHC. The CMS RPC system provided redundant information…Kevin Mota Amarilo·Nov 29, 2022SaveLearn
Study of impact ionization coefficients in silicon with Low Gain Avalanche DiodesImpact ionization in silicon devices has been extensively studied and several models for a quantitative description of the impact ionization coefficients have been proposed. We evaluate those models…Esteban Curras Rivera, Michael Moll·Nov 29, 2022SaveLearn
A superconducting nanowire photon number resolving four-quadrant detector-based Gigabit deep-space laser communication receiver prototypeDeep space explorations require transferring huge amounts of data quickly from very distant targets. Laser communication is a promising technology that can offer a data rate of magnitude faster than…Hao Hao, Qing-Yuan Zhao, Yang-Hui Huang et al.·Nov 29, 2022SaveLearn
Observation of Time-Dependent Internal Charge Amplification in a Planar Germanium Detector at Cryogenic TemperatureFor the first time, time-dependent internal charge amplification through impact ionization has been observed in a planar germanium (Ge) detector operated at cryogenic temperature. In a time period of…P. Acharya, M. Fritts, D. -M. Mei et al.·Nov 29, 2022SaveLearn
Advanced Radio Frequency Timing AppaRATus (ARARAT) Technique and ApplicationsThe development of the advanced Radio Frequency Timer of electrons is described. It is based on a helical deflector, which performs circular or elliptical sweeps of keV electrons, by means of 500 MHz…Ani Aprahamian, Amur Margaryan, Vanik Kakoyan et al.·Nov 29, 2022SaveLearn
TCT investigation of the one-sided depletion of low-temperature covalently bonded silicon sensor P-N diodesIn the context of particle detectors, low-temperature covalent wafer-wafer bonding allows for integration of high-Z materials as absorbing layers with readout chips produced in standard CMOS…Johannes Wüthrich, Christoph Alt, André Rubbia·Nov 28, 2022SaveLearn
Design and test results of different aluminum coating layers on the sCMOS sensors for soft X-ray detectionIn recent years, tremendous progress has been made on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors for applications as X-ray detectors. To shield the visible light in X-ray detection, a…W. X. Wang, Z. X. Ling, C. Zhang et al.·Nov 28, 2022SaveLearn
Background measurements and detector response studies for ISMRAN experimentWe report the measurement of the non-reactor environmental backgrounds and the detector response with the Indian Scintillator Matrix for Reactor Anti-Neutrinos (ISMRAN), which is 1 ton detector…R. Dey, P. K. Netrakanti, D. K. Mishra et al.·Nov 27, 2022SaveLearn
Design and Test-Beam Results of the FoCal-H Demonstrator PrototypeThe forward calorimeter (FoCal) of ALICE, planned to be operational for LHC Run 4, will cover the pseudorapidity range 3.4 ≤ η ≤ 5.8 allowing to probe the unexplored region of Bjorken-x…Radoslav Simeonov·Nov 27, 2022SaveLearn
Spectral distribution and flux of γ-ray beams produced through Compton scattering of unsynchronized laser and electron beamsIntense, quasi-monochromatic, polarized γ-ray beams produced by Compton scattering of laser photons against relativistic electrons are used for fundamental studies and applications. Following…Dan Filipescu, Ioana Gheorghe, Konstantin Stopani et al.·Nov 26, 2022SaveLearn
Low-energy Calibration of XENON1T with an Internal 37Ar SourceA low-energy electronic recoil calibration of XENON1T, a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber, with an internal 37Ar source was performed. This calibration source features a 35-day half-life…E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini et al.·Nov 25, 2022SaveLearn
High-Precision 4D Tracking with Large Pixels using Thin Resistive Silicon DetectorsThe basic principle of operation of silicon sensors with resistive read-out is built-in charge sharing. Resistive Silicon Detectors (RSD, also known as AC-LGAD), exploiting the signals seen on the…R. Arcidiacono, G. Borghi, M. Boscardin et al.·Nov 24, 2022SaveLearn
Development of Hybrid Resistive Plate ChambersResistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are essential active media of large-scale experiments as part of the muon systems and (semi-)digital hadron calorimeters. Among the several outstanding issues…Mehmet Tosun, Burak Bilki, Kutlu Kagan Sahbaz·Nov 24, 2022SaveLearn
Deep Machine Learning for the PANDA Software TriggerDeep machine learning methods have been studied for the software trigger of the future PANDA experiment at FAIR, using Monte Carlo simulated data from the GEANT-based detector simulation framework…P. Jiang, K. Götzen, R. Kliemt et al.·Nov 24, 2022SaveLearn
Viscosity measurements of gaseous H2 between 200 K to 300 K with a spinning rotor gaugeExperimental values for the viscosity of the radioactive hydrogen isotopologue tritium are still unknown in literature. Existing values from ab initio calculations disregard quantum mechanic effects…Johanna Wydra, Robin Größle, Alexander Marsteller et al.·Nov 24, 2022SaveLearn
R & D of prototype iTOF-MRPC at CEEThe cooling storage ring (CSR) external-target experiment (CEE) is a spectrometer running at the Heavy Ion Research Facility (HIRFL) at Lanzhou. The CEE is the first large-scale nuclear physics…Y. Zhou, D. Hu, X. Wang et al.·Nov 23, 2022SaveLearn
Fluorescence Suppressor Gas Electron Multiplier (FS-GEM)A method is proposed to dump the spurious signals induced by fluorescence of the electrodes in gaseous detectors under strong X-Ray irradiation, introducing a special fluorescence suppressor…Fabio Sauli·Nov 23, 2022SaveLearn
TRANSLATE -- A Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron Transport in Liquid ArgonThe microphysics of electron and photon propagation in liquid argon is a key component of detector design and calibrations needed to construct and perform measurements within a wide range of particle…Zach Beever, David Caratelli, Angela Fava et al.·Nov 23, 2022SaveLearn
Precise timing and recent advancements with segmented anode PICOSEC Micromegas prototypesTiming information in current and future accelerator facilities is important for resolving objects (particle tracks, showers, etc.) in extreme large particles multiplicities on the detection systems.…I. Manthos, S. Aune, J. Bortfeldt et al.·Nov 22, 2022SaveLearn
The Tracking performance for the IDEA drift chamberThe IDEA detector concept for a future e+e- collider adopts an ultra-low mass drift chamber as a central tracking system. The He-based ultra-low mass drift chamber is designed to provide…Walaa Elmetenawee, gianluigi chiarello, Alessandro Corvaglia et al.·Nov 22, 2022SaveLearn
A detector system for 'absolute' measurements of fission cross sections at nTOF in the energy range below 200 MeVA new measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section was performed at the neutron time-of-flight facility nTOF at CERN. The experiment focused on neutron energies from 20 MeV to several hundred…E. Pirovano, A. Manna, O. Aberle et al.·Nov 22, 2022SaveLearn
Enabling distributed analysis for ALICE Run 3The ALICE Collaboration has just finished a major detector upgrade that increases the data-taking rate capability by two orders of magnitude and will allow to collect unprecedented data samples. For…Raluca Cruceru·Nov 22, 2022SaveLearn
Development of ultra-low mass and high-rate capable RPC based on Diamond-Like Carbon electrodes for MEG II experimentA new type of resistive plate chamber with thin-film electrodes based on diamond-like carbon is under development for background identification in the MEG II experiment. Installed in a low-momentum…Kensuke Yamamoto, Sei Ban, Kei Ieki et al.·Nov 22, 2022SaveLearn