Characterization of Multianode Photomultiplier Tubes for use in the CLAS12 RICH DetectorWe present results of the detailed study of several hundred Hamamatsu H12700 Multianode Photomultiplier Tubes (MaPMTs), characterizing their response to the Cherenkov light photons in the second Ring…Pavel Degtiarenko, Andrey Kim, Valery Kubarovsky et al.·Feb 15, 2022SaveLearn
Evaluation of a Positron-Emission-Tomography-based SiPM readout for Compact Segmented Neutron ImagersGamma-ray emission from special nuclear material (SNM) is relatively easy to shield from detection using modest amounts of high-Z material. In contrast, fast-neutrons are much more penetrating and…Viacheslav A. Li, Felicia Sutanto, Timothy M. Classen et al.·Feb 15, 2022SaveLearn
Pulse-shape discrimination in water-based scintillatorsThis work describes a class of liquid scintillators that contain mostly water (>50 wt. % of the entire composition) and can discriminate between interactions induced by neutrons and gamma rays. By…Michael J. Ford, Natalia P. Zaitseva, M. Leslie Carman et al.·Feb 15, 2022SaveLearn
Simulation Studies of a Novel Muography Detector for the Great PyramidsMuography is an imaging technique that can be used to examine the interior structure of large-size objects. The technique is based on measurements of the absorption of cosmic-ray muons passing…S. Aly, Y. Assran, A. Bonneville et al.·Feb 15, 2022SaveLearn
Importance of the X-ray edge singularity for the detection of relic neutrinos in the PTOLEMY projectDirect detection of relic neutrinos in a beta-decay experiment is an ambitious goal that has long been beyond the reach of available technology. One of the most challenging practical difficulties for…Zhiyang Tan, Vadim Cheianov·Feb 15, 2022SaveLearn
The Phase-I Trigger Readout Electronics Upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon CalorimetersThe Phase-I trigger readout electronics upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon calorimeters enhances the physics reach of the experiment during the upcoming operation at increasing Large Hadron Collider…G. Aad, A. V. Akimov, K. Al Khoury et al.·Feb 15, 2022SaveLearn
Ionization yield measurement in a germanium CDMSlite detector using photo-neutron sourcesTwo photo-neutron sources, 88Y9Be and 124Sb9Be, have been used to investigate the ionization yield of nuclear recoils in the CDMSlite germanium detectors by the SuperCDMS…SuperCDMS Collaboration, M. F. Albakry, I. Alkhatib et al.·Feb 14, 2022SaveLearn
Accelerating the Inference of the Exa.TrkX PipelineRecently, graph neural networks (GNNs) have been successfully used for a variety of particle reconstruction problems in high energy physics, including particle tracking. The Exa.TrkX pipeline based…Alina Lazar, Xiangyang Ju, Daniel Murnane et al.·Feb 14, 2022SaveLearn
GEANT4 simulation study of the response of a miniature radiation detector in Galactic Cosmic Rays and inside a spacecraftThe Miniaturized Detector for Application in Space (MIDAS) is a compact device with dimensions 5 x 5 x 1 cm3 which combines position sensitive Si detectors and a fast neutrons spectrometer. MIDAS is…K. Karafasoulis, C. Papadimitropoulos, C. Potiriadis et al.·Feb 14, 2022SaveLearn
Deferred Optical Photon simulation for the JUNO experimentThe Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is designed to determine the neutrino mass ordering and precisely measure oscillation parameters. It is being built in South China at a depth of…Tao Lin·Feb 14, 2022SaveLearn
GeMSE: a Low-Background Facility for Gamma-Spectrometry at Moderate Rock OverburdenThe GeMSE (Germanium Material and meteorite Screening Experiment) facility operates a low-background HPGe crystal in an underground laboratory with a moderate rock overburden of 620\,m.w.e. in…Diego Ramírez García, Daniel Baur, Jaron Grigat et al.·Feb 14, 2022SaveLearn
Developing high-performance DIRC detector for the Future Electron Ion Collider ExperimentThe Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will be the next frontier project of nuclear physics in the United States. It is planned to be built in the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in close collaboration…Greg Kalicy·Feb 14, 2022SaveLearn
Evaluation of cosmogenic production of 39Ar and 42Ar for rare-event physics using underground argonUnderground argon (UAr) with lower cosmogenic activities of 39Ar and 42Ar has been planned as a detector in detecting scintillation light and charge collection using time projection…Chao Zhang, Dongming Mei·Feb 13, 2022SaveLearn
Optimization of the first CUPID detector moduleCUPID will be a next generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double β decay, whose discovery would establish the Majorana nature of the neutrino. Based on the experience achieved…CUPID collaboration, A. Armatol, C. Augier et al.·Feb 13, 2022SaveLearn
Characterization and Comparison of Glass ElectrodesThis paper presents the study on the characterization of glass electrodes, which are one of the main components of detectors like Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). The RPCs are being used in various…R. Kanishka, V. Bhatnagar·Feb 12, 2022SaveLearn
Response of a Commercial 0.25 um Thin-Film Silicon-on-Sapphire CMOS Technology to Total Ionizing DoseThe radiation response of a 0.25 um silicon-on-sapphire CMOS technology is characterized at the transistor and circuit levels utilizing both standard and enclosed layout devices. Device-level…Michael P. King, Datao Gong, Chonghan Liu et al.·Feb 11, 2022SaveLearn
Optical Links for ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Front-end Electronics ReadoutWe present the optical data links for the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter. The current status of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser failures, the up-to-date results in searching for the…Tiankuan Liu·Feb 11, 2022SaveLearn
A 4.9-GHz Low Power, Low Jitter, LC Phase Locked LoopThis paper presents a low power, low jitter LC phase locked loop (PLL) which has been designed and fabricated in a commercial 0.25-um Silicon-on-Sapphire CMOS technology. Random jitter and…Tiankuan Liu·Feb 11, 2022SaveLearn
Epicenter localization using forward-transmission laser interferometryWidely distributed optical fibers, together with phase-sensitive laser interferometry, can expand seismic detection methods and have great potential for epicenter localization. In this paper, we…Bohan Zhang, Guan Wang, Zhongwang Pang et al.·Feb 11, 2022SaveLearn
Flux ramp modulation based hybrid microwave SQUID multiplexerWe present a hybrid microwave SQUID multiplexer that combines two frequency-division multiplexing techniques to allow multiplexing a given number of cryogenic detectors with only a fraction of…Constantin Schuster, Mathias Wegner, Christian Enss et al.·Feb 11, 2022SaveLearn
The CYGNO ExperimentThe search for a novel technology able to detect and reconstruct nuclear and electron recoil events with the energy of a few keV has become more and more important now that large regions of high-mass…Fernando Domingues Amaro, Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi et al.·Feb 11, 2022SaveLearn
Denoising Convolutional Networks to Accelerate Detector SimulationThe high accuracy of detector simulation is crucial for modern particle physics experiments. However, this accuracy comes with a high computational cost, which will be exacerbated by the large…Sunanda Banerjee, Brian Cruz Rodriguez, Lena Franklin et al.·Feb 10, 2022SaveLearn
Argonne Pixel Tracking Telescope at the Fermilab Test Beam FacilityThe Argonne Pixel Tracking Telescope is installed at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. The telescope consists of six planar n+-in-n silicon sensors with a pixel size of 250 × 50 μm2.…Vallary Bhopatkar, Mathieu Benoit, Binbin Dong et al.·Feb 10, 2022SaveLearn
A Novel Silicon Photomultiplier Readout Architecture for Low-light ApplicationsIn this article we describe the photon detection readout electronics for the nEDM@SNS experiment. The chosen "photon counting" architecture, which utilizes high-efficiency silicon photomultipliers…V. Cianciolo, Yu. V. Efremenko, L. Fabris et al.·Feb 10, 2022SaveLearn
Non-linear Cherenkov Muon Spectrometer Using Multi-Layer Pressurized C3F8 Gas RadiatorsA new Cherenkov muon spectrometer using diversely sized C3F8 gas radiators and nonlinear threshold muon momentum levels was studied using Geant4 simulations. Despite its compact size (<1m3), the…Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis·Feb 10, 2022SaveLearn