Dise\~no de un espectrofot\'ometro UV-VIS de bajo costo para la industria bioqu\'imica: Una Revisi\'onThe spectrophotometry systems commonly required both in research areas and in the chemical and materials industries turn out to be expensive laboratory equipment, in many cases the acquisition of…Francisco Jacob Avila Camacho, Leonardo Miguel Moreno-Villalba, Genaro Iván Cerón-Montes et al.·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Recent developments of the SDHCAL prototypeAfter the construction and successful operation of the first technological prototype of the Semi-Digital Hadronic CALorimeter (SDHCAL), developed within the CALICE collaboration, new R\&D efforts…Gérald Grenier·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Calibration of BAS-TR image plate response to GeV gold ionsThe response of the BAS-TR image plate (IP) was absolutely calibrated using CR-39 track detector for high linear energy transfer (LET) Au ions up to 1.6 GeV (8.2 MeV/nucleon), accelerated by…D. Doria, P. Martin, H. Ahmed et al.·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Compact Michelson interferometers with subpicometer sensitivityThe network of interferometric gravitational-wave observatories has successfully detected tens of astrophysical signals since 2015. In this paper, we experimentally investigate compact sensors that…Jiri Smetana, Rebecca Walters, Sophie Bauchinger et al.·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Radiation Hard 3D Silicon Pixel Sensors for use in the ATLAS Detector at the HL-LHCThe High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) upgrade requires the planned Inner Tracker (ITk) of the ATLAS detector to tolerate extremely high radiation doses. Specifically, the innermost parts of the pixel…Andreas Løkken Heggelund, Simon Huiberts, Ole Dorholt et al.·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Mitigation of calibration ringing in the context of the MTG-S IRS InstrumentEUMETSAT is currently developing the on-ground processing chain of the infrared Fourier transform spectrometers (IRS) on-board of the Meteosat Third Generation sounding satellites (MTG-S). In this…Pierre Dussarrat, Bertrand Theodore, Dorothee Coppens et al.·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Optical, luminescence, and scintillation properties of advanced ZnWO4 crystal scintillatorsZinc tungstate (ZnWO4) crystal scintillators are promising detection material for the experiments searching for double beta decay, dark matter, and investigating rare alpha decays. An extended R&D…P. Belli, R. Bernabei, Yu. A. Borovlev et al.·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Hollow-core fiber Characterization with Correlation-Optical Time Domain ReflectometryUsing a Correlation-OTDR, we characterized the temperature-induced group delay variations of two nested antiresonant nodeless hollow core fibers. The temperature sensitivity of both is substantially…Florian Azendorf, Bernhard Schmauss, Bo Shi et al.·Feb 21, 2022SaveLearn
Imaging Scatterometer for Observing Changes to Optical Coatings During Air AnnealingAir annealing generally reduces absorption, scattering, and mechanical loss in amorphous coatings up to temperatures where damage occurs. Our instrument uses an industrial oven with viewports to…Michael Rezac, Daniel Martinez, Amy Gleckl et al.·Feb 19, 2022SaveLearn
A simple and low-cost setup for part per billion level frequency stabilization and characterization of red He-Ne laserThis work describes the frequency stabilization of a dual longitudinal mode, red (632.8 nm) He-Ne laser, implemented using a low-cost microcontroller and its performance characterization using a…Saurabh Kumar Singh, Avinash Kumar, Pranav R. Shirhatti·Feb 19, 2022SaveLearn
Milligram mass metrology for quantitative deposition of liquid samplesQuantitative dispensing of liquids by mass becomes increasingly difficult as sample volume decreases. Whereas ml quantities of liquid can be directly weighed as dispensed on an analytical balance or…Gordon A. Shaw·Feb 18, 2022SaveLearn
Temperature-independent optical cavities for laser frequency stabilizationWe propose a method for thermal expansion compensation of reference monolithic optical cavities for laser frequency stabilization. Two schemes of optical cavities are considered: a Fabry-Perot…Nikita Zhadnov, Anatoly Masalov·Feb 18, 2022SaveLearn
Study of visible-light emission in pure and methane-doped liquid argonIn liquid argon TPCs for dark matter search and neutrino detection experiments, primary scintillation light is used as a prompt signal of particle scattering, being intensively produced in the vacuum…A. Bondar, E. Borisova, A. Buzulutskov et al.·Feb 18, 2022SaveLearn
Systematic Study of LED Stimulated Recovery of Radiation Damage in Optical MaterialsThe radiation damage in optical materials mostly manifests itself as the loss of optical transmittance. The optical materials recover from radiation damage to some extent when the radiation exposure…Kutlu Kagan Sahbaz, Burak Bilki, Haris Dapo et al.·Feb 18, 2022SaveLearn
Optical transmittance measurements of sheet resistors for the CF4 scintillating light in a gaseous time-projection chamberA gaseous time-projection chamber (TPC) with a reconstructable z coordinate for nuclear recoil tracks has been developed for dark-matter searches and α particle imagings in a low…Hiroshi Ito·Feb 18, 2022SaveLearn
LArQL: A phenomenological model for treating light and charge generation in liquid argonExperimental data shows that both ionization charge and scintillation light in LAr depend on the deposited energy density (dE/dx) and electric field (E). Moreover, free ionization…F. Marinho, L. Paulucci, D. Totani et al.·Feb 17, 2022SaveLearn
Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometerWe report the first successful operation of a neutron interferometer having a separate beam recombining crystal. We achieved this result at the neutron interferometry setup S18 at the ILL in Grenoble…Hartmut Lemmel, Michael Jentschel, Hartmut Abele et al.·Feb 17, 2022SaveLearn
Detection of low-energy X-rays with 1/2 and 1 inch LaBr3:Ce crystals read by SIPM arraysLaBr3:Ce crystals, with photomultiplier or single SiPM readout (up to 3x3 mm2) have been introduced for radiation imaging in medical physics. An R&D was pursued with 1/2" and 1" LaBr3:Ce crystals,…M. Bonesini, R. Bertoni, R. Benocci et al.·Feb 17, 2022SaveLearn
Nano-Trap Engineering in MOF Microenvironment for Ultratrace Iodine SensorsUltra-sensitive and highly selective iodine gas sensors play a crucial role during the nuclear radiation leak for a timely detection and mitigation of pollution, ensuring the safety of a vast number…Arun S. Babal, Samraj Mollick, Waqas Kamal et al.·Feb 17, 2022SaveLearn
Enhancement of photoacoustic spectroscopy with sorption enrichment for ppt-level benzene detectionA real time trace gas detector for benzene is demonstrated. The measurement system takes an advantage of modest enrichment through short adsorption periods to reach a ppt-level detection limit with a…Juho Karhu, Tuomas Hieta·Feb 17, 2022SaveLearn
Potassium abundance in the Earth and Borexino dataAn independent analysis of Borexino single event energy spectrum of recoil electrons and alphas was carried out. We compared two sets of single event sources. The first set is similar to the one used…L. Bezrukov, A. Gromtseva, I. Karpikov et al.·Feb 17, 2022SaveLearn
Tomographic Muon Imaging of the Great Pyramid of GizaThe pyramids of the Giza plateau have fascinated visitors since ancient times and are the last of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world still standing. It has been half a century since Luiz Alvarez…Alan D. Bross, E. C. Dukes, Ralf Ehrlich et al.·Feb 16, 2022SaveLearn
Novel Muon Tomography Detector for the PyramidsCosmic-ray muons which impinge upon the Earth's surface can be used to image the density of geological and man-made materials located above a muon detector. The detectors used for these measurements…Richard T. Kouzes, Alain Bonneville, Azaree Lintereur et al.·Feb 16, 2022SaveLearn
Status and initial physics performance studies of the MPD experiment at NICAThe Nuclotron-base Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) is under construction at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), with commissioning of the facility expected in late 2022. The Multi-Purpose…MPD Collaboration, V. Abgaryan, R. Acevedo Kado et al.·Feb 16, 2022SaveLearn
Nested mirror optics for neutron extraction, transport, and focusingNeutron scattering is a well-established tool for the investigation of the static and dynamic properties of condensed matter systems over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Many studies of…Christoph Herb, Oliver Zimmer, Robert Georgii et al.·Feb 16, 2022SaveLearn