A Non-Linear Kalman Filter for track parameters estimation in High Energy PhysicsThe Kalman Filter is a widely used approach for the linear estimation of dynamical systems and is frequently employed within nuclear and particle physics experiments for the reconstruction of charged…Xiaocong Ai, Heather M. Gray, Andreas Salzburger et al.·Dec 17, 2021SaveLearn
iDREAM: industrial Detector of REactor Antineutrinos for Monitoring at Kalinin nuclear power plantThe paper is devoted to the description of the iDREAM detector and its systems. iDREAM is a prototype detector designed to demonstrate the feasibility of antineutrino detectors for remote reactor…A. Abramov, A. Chepurnov, A. Etenko et al.·Dec 17, 2021SaveLearn
Design considerations of the European DEMO's IR-interferometer/polarimeter based on TRAVIS simulationsInterferometry is the primary density control diagnostic for large-scale fusion devices, including ITER and DEMO. In this paper we present a ray tracing simulation based on TRAVIS accounting for…K. J. Brunner, N. Marushchenko, Y. Turkin et al.·Dec 17, 2021SaveLearn
The strong-field QED experiment LUXE at the European XFEL and its detector challengesThe LUXE experiment aims at studying high-field QED in electron-laser and photon-laser interactions, with the 16.5 GeV electron beam of the European XFEL and a laser beam with power of up to 350 TW.…O. Borysov·Dec 16, 2021SaveLearn
Instrumentation Challenges of the Strong-Field QED Experiment LUXE at the European XFELThe LUXE experiment aims at studying strong-field QED in electron-laser and photon-laser interactions, with the 16.5 GeV electron beam of the European XFEL and a laser beam with power of up to…K. Fleck·Dec 16, 2021SaveLearn
Efficiency and time resolution of monolithic silicon pixel detectors in SiGe BiCMOS technologyA monolithic silicon pixel detector prototype has been produced in the SiGe BiCMOS SG13G2 130 nm node technology by IHP. The ASIC contains a matrix of hexagonal pixels with pitch of approximately 100…G. Iacobucci, L. Paolozzi, P. Valerio et al.·Dec 16, 2021SaveLearn
Charged Hadron Identification with dE/dx and Time-of-Flight at Future Higgs FactoriesThe design of detector concepts has been driven for a long time by requirements on transverse momentum, impact parameter and jet energy resolutions, as well as hermeticity. Only rather recently it…Ulrich Einhaus·Dec 16, 2021SaveLearn
Studies on tetrafluoropropene-CO2 based gas mixtures for the Resistive Plate Chambers of the ALICE Muon IDentifierDue to their simplicity and comparatively low cost Resistive Plate Chambers are gaseous detectors widely used in high-energy and cosmic rays physics when large detection areas are needed. However,…Alessandro Ferretti·Dec 16, 2021SaveLearn
Numerical study of effects of electrode parameters and image charge on the electric field configuration of RPCsThe working of a resistive plate chamber depends on the electric field applied inside the gas gap. The strength of this electric field inside the gas gap depends on parameters like electrode…Tanay Dey, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Subhasis Chattopadhyay·Dec 16, 2021SaveLearn
Allpix2 -- Silicon Detector Monte Carlo Simulations for Particle Physics and BeyondAllpix2 is a versatile, open-source simulation framework for silicon pixel detectors. Its goal is to ease the implementation of detailed simulations for both single sensors and more complex setups…Simon Spannagel, Paul Schütze·Dec 16, 2021SaveLearn
OpenHumidistat: Humidity-controlled experiments for everyoneHumidity control is a crucial element for a wide variety of experiments. Yet, often naive methods are used that do not yield stable regulation of the humidity, are slow, or are inflexible. PID-based…Lars B. Veldscholte, Sissi de Beer·Dec 15, 2021SaveLearn
Analytical model of the readout power and SQUID hysteresis parameter dependence of the resonator characteristics of microwave SQUID multiplexersWe report on the development of an analytical model describing the readout power and SQUID hysteresis parameter dependence of the resonator characteristics used for frequency encoding in microwave…Mathias Wegner, Christian Enss, Sebastian Kempf·Dec 15, 2021SaveLearn
Optofluidic ptychography on a chipWe report the implementation of a fully on-chip, lensless microscopy technique termed optofluidic ptychography. This imaging modality complements the miniaturization provided by microfluidics and…Pengming Song, Chengfei Guo, Shaowei Jiang et al.·Dec 15, 2021SaveLearn
Ptychographic sensor for large-scale lensless microbial monitoring with high spatiotemporal resolutionTraditional microbial detection methods often rely on the overall property of microbial cultures and cannot resolve individual growth event at high spatiotemporal resolution. As a result, they…Shaowei Jiang, Chengfei Guo, Zichao Bian et al.·Dec 15, 2021SaveLearn
Radiation damage on SiPMs for Space ApplicationsSilicon Photo-multipliers (SiPMs) are very sensitive photo-detectors that experienced a big development in the last years in several applications, like LIDAR, astrophysics, medical imaging and high…Anna Rita Altamura, Fabio Acerbi, Benedetto Di Ruzza et al.·Dec 15, 2021SaveLearn
Laser-lithographically written micron-wide superconducting nanowire single-photon detectorsWe demonstrate the fabrication of micron-wide tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors on a silicon substrate using laser lithography. We show saturated internal detection…Maximilian Protte, Varun B. Verma, Jan Philipp Höpker et al.·Dec 15, 2021SaveLearn
Detector challenges of the strong-field QED experiment LUXE at the European XFELThe LUXE experiment (Laser Und XFEL Experiment) is a new experiment in planning at DESY Hamburg using the electron beam of the European XFEL (Eu.XFEL). LUXE is intended to study collisions between a…Yan Benhammou·Dec 15, 2021SaveLearn
Developing an accurate and robust tool for pixel module characterizationFor operation at the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the ATLAS experiment is building a new all-silicon inner tracker (ITk). The production and testing of thousands of silicon pixel and…D. Hohov, A. Lounis, A. Falou et al.·Dec 14, 2021SaveLearn
Scintillation and optical properties of xenon-doped liquid argonLiquid argon (LAr) is a common choice as detection medium in particle physics and rare-event searches. Challenges of LAr scintillation light detection include its short emission wavelength, long…C. Vogl, M. Schwarz, X. Stribl et al.·Dec 14, 2021SaveLearn
AI based Scintillation Detector CalibrationData set generated from the scintillation detector is used to build a mathematical model based on three different algorithms: (a) Multiple Polynomial Regression (b) Support Vector Regression (c)…Navaneeth P. R., Kajal Kumari, Mayank Goswami·Dec 14, 2021SaveLearn
Simulation studies of the Moliere radius for em calorimeter materialsThe Monte Carlo calculations of the Moliere radius (RM) for some homogeneous and heterogeneous media used in electromagnetic calorimetry in the energy range from 50 MeV to 10 GeV are presented in…O. P. Gavrishchuk, V. E. Kovtun, T. V. Malykhina·Dec 14, 2021SaveLearn
Towards the ultimate PMT waveform analysis for neutrino and dark matter experimentsPhotomultiplier tube (PMT) voltage waveforms are the raw data of many neutrino and dark matter experiments. Waveform analysis is the cornerstone of data processing. We evaluate the performance of all…Dacheng Xu, Benda Xu, Erjin Bao et al.·Dec 14, 2021SaveLearn
Commissioning and installation of the new small-Diameter Muon Drift Tube (sMDT) detectors for the Phase-I upgrade of the ATLAS Muon SpectrometerThe Monitored Drift Tubes, as a part of the ATLAS muon spectrometer, are precision drift chambers designed to provide excellent spatial resolution and high tracking efficiency independent of the…G. H. Eberwein, O. Kortner, H. Kroha et al.·Dec 13, 2021SaveLearn
Nonlinear pile-up separation with LSTM neural networks for cryogenic particle detectorsIn high-background or calibration measurements with cryogenic particle detectors, a significant share of the exposure is lost due to pile-up of recoil events. We propose a method for the separation…Felix Wagner·Dec 13, 2021SaveLearn
R&D of Wavelength-Shifting Reflectors and Characterization of the Quantum Efficiency of Tetraphenyl Butadiene and Polyethylene Naphthalate in Liquid ArgonDetectors based on liquid argon (LAr) often require surfaces that can shift vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light and reflect the visible shifted light. For the LAr instrumentation of the LEGEND-200…G. R. Araujo, L. Baudis, N. McFadden et al.·Dec 13, 2021SaveLearn