Aluminum-Based Superconducting Tunnel Junction Sensors for Nuclear Recoil SpectroscopyThe BeEST experiment is searching for sub-MeV sterile neutrinos by measuring nuclear recoil energies from the decay of 7Be implanted into superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) sensors. The recoil…Spencer L. Fretwell, Connor Bray, Inwook Kim et al.·May 13, 2026SaveLearn
Machine Learning for neutron source distributionsIn light of the recent advancements in machine learning, we propose a novel approach to neutron source distribution estimation through the utilisation of probabilistic generative models. The…Jose Ignacio Robledo, Norberto Schmidt, Klaus Lieutenant et al.·May 12, 2026SaveLearn
CaloArt: Large-Patch x-Prediction Diffusion Transformers for High-Granularity Calorimeter Shower GenerationHigh-granularity calorimeters make ML-based fast shower simulation a high-dimensional generative modeling problem, where voxel-space generators must balance physics fidelity with training and…Zhengkun Huang, Gongxing Sun·May 12, 2026SaveLearn
Development and validation of a forward 0.7--4 MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutron capability at the CN Van de Graaff of LNLThe CN Van de Graaff accelerator of INFN--LNL provides forward-angle quasi-monoenergetic neutrons in the 0.7--4 MeV range via the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction on thin metallic lithium targets. This work…Jeffery Wyss, Pierfrancesco Mastinu, Elizabeth Musacchio González et al.·May 12, 2026SaveLearn
Outer Detector of Hyper-KamiokandeHyper-Kamiokande (HK) is the world's largest water Cherenkov ring-imaging detector, planning to start data taking in 2028. The Outer Detector (OD) surrounds the Inner Detector and plays a critical…R. Shinoda·May 12, 2026SaveLearn
Construction, commissioning, and beam test of a pilot 3D-projection opaque water-based liquid scintillator detectorWe report on the design, construction, and beam test of a pilot three-dimensional projection detector based on opaque water-based liquid scintillator (oWbLS). The detector consists of an $8 × 8…H. Che, M. V. Diwan, S. Gokhale et al.·May 11, 2026SaveLearn
Performance of the Particle-Identification Silicon-Telescope Array Coupled with the VAMOS++ Magnetic SpectrometerThe Particle-Identification Silicon-Telescope Array (PISTA) is a new detection system designed for high-resolution studies of the fission process induced by multi-nucleon transfer in inverse…L. Bégué-Guillou, A. Lemasson, P. Morfouace et al.·May 11, 2026SaveLearn
Correction of STEM DistortionsThe manuscript considers Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) images and derives transformations needed to correct various distortions occurring during scanning. These transformations…Pavel Potapov, Giulio Guzzinati·May 10, 2026SaveLearn
The ICESPICE demonstrator for particle/γ-e- coincidence experiments at Florida State UniversityThe Internal Conversion Electron SPectrometer In Coincidence Experiments (ICESPICE) demonstrator has been developed at Florida State University to enable particle/gamma-electron coincidence…A. L. Conley, M. Spieker, R. Aggarwal et al.·May 9, 2026SaveLearn
A Modular Zero-Dead-Time Data Acquisition and Real-Time GPU Processing Platform for High Throughput Physics ExperimentsHigh-throughput physics experiments require efficient and increasingly complex real-time processing. This paper presents a modular, software-defined platform combining high-bandwidth PCIe digitizers…Toma-Stefan Cezar, Marios Maroudas, Dieter Horns·May 9, 2026SaveLearn
Characterisation of the Thermoflow due to the Dry Nitrogen Flushing Scheme in the ATLAS Inner Tracker using Computational Fluid DynamicsThe planned High Luminosity upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN aims to increase the instantaneous luminosity peak to about 7.5 x 1034 cm-2s-1. The ATLAS detector will be…Muaaz Bhamjee, Matthew Connell, Simon Connell et al.·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Test-Beam Performance of the AstroPix Silicon Sensor for Imaging CalorimetryAstroPix is a high-voltage CMOS HVCMOS monolithic active pixel sensor MAPS developed for future space-based gamma-ray missions. It is also a candidate technology for the imaging layer of the Barrel…Yoonha Hong, Jeongsu Bok, Geunpil An et al.·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Optimisation of TES design for the CRESST experimentThe CRESST experiment aims at the direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter particles via elastic scattering off nuclei in different target crystals at cryogenic temperatures. The advancement in W-TES…G. Angloher, S. Banik, A. Bento et al.·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Track and Vertex Reconstruction with the ATLAS Inner DetectorCharged-particle reconstruction is a fundamental part of the event reconstruction in modern multi-purpose high-energy physics detectors. This paper describes the algorithms used to reconstruct…ATLAS Collaboration·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Characterization of a Two-Channel Optical and Near-infrared Transition Edge Sensor System for Rare-Event SearchesTransition edge sensors (TESs) are superconducting energy-resolving microcalorimeters that have demonstrated low background rates as well as quantum efficiencies close to unity for photons at optical…Manuel Meyer, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Friederike Januschek et al.·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Design and Characterization of Racetrack 3D-Trench Silicon Sensor Based on 8-Inch Process with Excellent Time ResolutionIn the extreme environments of high-luminosity colliders, traditional planar silicon sensors suffer severe radiation-induced performance degradation and fail to satisfy the stringent demands of…Huimin Ji, Manwen Liu, Kuo Ma et al.·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Review of germanium-silicon single-photon avalanche diodesWhile it took about a decade for a germanium (Ge) thin film grown on a silicon (Si) substrate to be successfully applied as a detector material for high-speed optical fiber communication application,…Neil Na, Erik Chen, Gerald S. Bullerb et al.·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Precision Light Yield and Crosstalk Characterization for the SuperFGD scintillator cubesA detailed study of a 5×5×5 cube prototype of the SuperFGD detector was performed using a 730 MeV/c pion beam at the SC-1000 synchrocyclotron (PNPI, Gatchina, Russia). The detector,…I. Alekseev, A. Chvirova, M. Danilov et al.·May 8, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamic thermal sensitivity of microwave cryogenic sapphire resonatorWe have discovered a memory effect in the temperature sensitivity of a cryogenic sapphire microwave resonator, at the heart of the ultra-stable Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillators (CSOs). Such effect is…Mohamed-Yacine Hachani, Christophe Fluhr, Benoit Dubois et al.·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Machine learning inference of fission yields from gamma spectroscopy for very low-yield nuclear test verificationVery low-yield nuclear tests pose a major verification challenge for the zero-yield standard of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). The zero-yield standard prohibits any explosive…Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin, Jiehui Li, Christopher Fichtlscherer et al.·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Stability of Charge Collection Efficiency in a Novel Graphene-Optimized Silicon Carbide Detector Under 160 keV X-Ray IrradiationA novel graphene-optimized silicon carbide PIN detector was fabricated. Its electrical properties, charge collection performance and signal rise time were evaluated under non-irradiated conditions…Yingjie Huang, Congcong Wang, Jingxuan He et al.·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Study of Particle Fluence Effects on Collected Charge and Depletion Voltage of the ATLAS IBL Planar Pixel SensorsAfter ten years of operation at the LHC, the planar pixel sensors of the innermost barrel layer of the ATLAS Pixel detector have accumulated an average bulk damage fluence in excess of…ATLAS Collaboration·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Demonstration of a compact optical resonator-based displacement sensing technique with sub-femtometer precisionWe demonstrate sub-femtometer displacement-sensing results achieved with a compact optical resonator-based laser interferometry technique called heterodyne cavity-tracking, intended for local…Shreevathsa Chalathadka Subrahmanya, Jonathan Joseph Carter, Oliver Gerberding·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Characterisation and Monte Carlo validation of a compact AmBe neutron irradiation facility providing fast and thermal neutron fields for detector developmentWe report the design, commissioning and benchmarking of a compact AmBe-based neutron irradiation facility capable of providing both fast and thermal neutron dominated fields through multiple detector…A. J. Bevan, I. Dawson·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
A real-time demonstrator of track reconstruction with FPGAs at LHCbThe upgraded LHCb detector has started its Run 3 of data taking in 2022, with a completely overhauled DAQ system, reading out and processing the full detector data at every LHC bunch crossing (30 MHz…Francesco Terzuoli, Wander Baldini, Giovanni Bassi et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn