Characterization of ultracold neutron production in thin solid deuterium films at the PSI Ultracold Neutron sourceWe determined the ultracold neutron (UCN) production rate by superthermal conversion in the solid deuterium (sD2) moderator of the UCN source at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). In particular,…G. Bison, B. Blau, W. Chen et al.·Nov 22, 2022SaveLearn
EOS: a demonstrator of hybrid optical detector technologyEOS is a technology demonstrator, designed to explore the capabilities of hybrid event detection technology, leveraging both Cherenkov and scintillation light simultaneously. With a fiducial mass of…T. Anderson, E. Anderssen, M. Askins et al.·Nov 22, 2022SaveLearn
Status of the X17 search in MontrealAt the Montreal Tandem accelerator, an experiment is being set up to measure internal pair creation from the decay of nuclear excited states using a multiwire proportional chamber and scintillator…G. Azuelos, B. Broerman, D. Bryman et al.·Nov 21, 2022SaveLearn
Radon Emanation Techniques and Measurements for LZRadon emanation was projected to account for >50% of the electron recoil background in the WIMP region of interest for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment. To mitigate the amount of radon inside the…N. I. Chott, R. W. Schnee·Nov 21, 2022SaveLearn
ACHINOS: A Multi-Anode Read-Out for Position Reconstruction and Tracking with Spherical Proportional CountersThe spherical proportional counter is a versatile gaseous detector with physics applications ranging from rare event searches to fast neutron spectroscopy. In its simplest form, the detector operates…I. Katsioulas, P. Knights, I. Manthos et al.·Nov 21, 2022SaveLearn
Correcting for probe wandering by precession path segmentationPrecession electron diffraction has in the past few decades become a powerful technique for structure solving, strain analysis, and orientation mapping, to name a few. One of the benefits of…Gregory Nordahl, Lewys Jones, Emil Frang Christiansen et al.·Nov 21, 2022SaveLearn
Commissioning and first performances of the ALICE MID RPCsALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is designed to study p-p and Pb-Pb collisions at ultra-relativistic energies. ALICE is equipped with a Muon…Livia Terlizzi·Nov 21, 2022SaveLearn
RD50-MPW3: A fully monolithic digital CMOS sensor for future tracking detectorsThe CERN-RD50 CMOS working group develops the RD50-MPWseries of monolithic high-voltage CMOS pixel sensors for potential use in future high luminosity experiments such as the HL-LHC and FCC-hh. In…Patrick Sieberer, Chenfan Zhang, Thomas Bergauer et al.·Nov 21, 2022SaveLearn
Realizing a Robust, Reconfigurable Active Quenching Design for Multiple Types of Single-Photon Avalanche DetectorsMost active quench circuits used for single-photon avalanche photodetectors (APDs) are designed either with discrete components which lack the flexibility of dynamically changing the control…Subash Sachidananda, Prithvi Gundlapalli, Victor Leong et al.·Nov 20, 2022SaveLearn
Simulation of the Signal Propagation for Thin-gap RPC in the ATLAS Phase-II UpgradeThin-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) with a 1 mm gap size are introduced in the Phase-II ATLAS upgrade. Smaller avalanche charge due to the reduced gap size raises concerns for signal integrity.…Zirui Liu, Xiangyu Xie, Pingxin Zhang et al.·Nov 20, 2022SaveLearn
A feasibility study of the reflection readout method of Resistive-Plate ChambersThe conventional readout method of the RPC detector uses two sets of orthogonal readout strips placed at the both sides of the gas gap to collect signals of opposite polarities to obtain space…Y. X. Ding, X. Y. Xie, J. X. Li et al.·Nov 20, 2022SaveLearn
A Large-Area RPC Detector for MuographyA muon telescope equipped with four Resistive Plate Chambers of 2 m2 per plane was tested with the muon scattering tomography technique. The telescope was operated during several hours with high…João Saraiva, Carlos Alemparte, Daniel Belver et al.·Nov 19, 2022SaveLearn
Application of non-uniform Fourier transform to non-uniform sampling Fourier transform spectrometersResampling by interpolation is the traditional method to process interferograms from non-uniformly sampled Fourier transform spectrometers. The non-uniform fast Fourier transform (NUFFT) is an…Muqian Wen, John Houlihan·Nov 19, 2022SaveLearn
MIASANS at the longitudinal neutron resonant spin-echo spectrometer RESEDAThe RESEDA (Resonant Spin-Echo for Diverse Applications) instrument has been optimized for neutron scattering measurements of quasi-elastic and inelastic processes over a wide parameter range. One…J. C. Leiner, C. Franz, J. K. Jochum et al.·Nov 18, 2022SaveLearn
Particle Physics at the European Spallation SourcePresently under construction in Lund, Sweden, the European Spallation Source (ESS) will be the world's brightest neutron source. As such, it has the potential for a particle physics program with a…H. Abele, A. Alekou, A. Algora et al.·Nov 18, 2022SaveLearn
Techniques for the investigation of segmented sensors using the Two Photon Absorption -- Transient Current TechniqueThe Two Photon Absorption - Transient Current Technique (TPA-TCT) was used to investigate a silicon strip detector with illumination from the top. Measurement and analysis techniques for the TPA-TCT…Sebastian Pape, Esteban Curras, Marcos Fernandez Garcia et al.·Nov 18, 2022SaveLearn
Purification Efficiency and Radon Emanation of Gas Purifiers used with Pure and Binary Gas Mixtures for Gaseous Dark Matter DetectorsRare event searches require extreme radiopurity in all detector components. This includes the active medium, which in the case of gaseous detectors, is the operating gas. The gases used typically…K., Altenmüller, J. F. Castel et al.·Nov 18, 2022SaveLearn
Study on degradation of VUV-sensitivity of MPPC for liquid xenon scintillation detector by radiation damage in MEG II experimentIn the MEG II experiment, the liquid xenon gamma-ray detector uses Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPC) which are sensitive to vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light under a high-intensity muon beam…K. Ieki, T. Iwamoto, S. Kobayashi et al.·Nov 17, 2022SaveLearn
First survey of centimeter-scale AC-LGAD strip sensors with a 120 GeV proton beamWe present the first beam test results with centimeter-scale AC-LGAD strip sensors, using the Fermilab Test Beam Facility and sensors manufactured by the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Sensors of…Christopher Madrid, Ryan Heller, Claudio San Martín et al.·Nov 17, 2022SaveLearn
Calibration strategy of the PROSPECT-II detector with external and intrinsic sourcesThis paper presents an energy calibration scheme for an upgraded reactor antineutrino detector for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). The PROSPECT collaboration is…M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass et al.·Nov 17, 2022SaveLearn
Light detection with power and signal transmission over fiberThe Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next generation long baseline (1300 km) neutrino oscillation experiment. The neutrino beam measurements will be performed by a near detector (ND)…H. V. Souza·Nov 17, 2022SaveLearn
Characterisation of Gamma-irradiated MCz-Silicon Detectors with a High-K Negative Oxide as Field InsulatorThe high-luminosity operation of the Tracker in the Compact Muon Solenid (CMS) detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment calls for the development of silicon-based sensors. This involves…S. Bharthuar, M. Bezak, E. Brücken et al.·Nov 16, 2022SaveLearn
Pulse shape discrimination using a convolutional neural network for organic liquid scintillator signalsA convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture is developed to improve the pulse shape discrimination (PSD) power of the gadolinium-loaded organic liquid scintillation detector to reduce the fast…K. Y. Jung, B. Y. Han, E. J. Jeon et al.·Nov 15, 2022SaveLearn
Upgrade of the MARI spectrometer at ISISThe MARI direct geometry time-of-flight neutron spectrometer at ISIS has been upgraded with an m=3 supermirror guide and new detector electronics. This has resulted in a flux gain of…Manh Duc Le, Tatiana Guidi, Robert I. Bewley et al.·Nov 15, 2022SaveLearn
Irradiation of luminescence dosimeters in pulsed mixed radiation fieldsUHDpulse - Metrology for Advanced Radiotherapy using beams with Ultra-High Pulse Dose Rates is a European project aimed at developing novel dosimetry standards, as well as improving existing ones,…A. Cimmino, I. Ambrožová, S. Motta et al.·Nov 14, 2022SaveLearn