Wide angle acceptance and high-speed track recognition in nuclear emulsionA nuclear emulsion film is a three-dimensional tracking device that is widely used in cosmic-ray and high energy physics experiments. Scanning with a wide angle acceptance is crucial for obtaining…Y. Suzuki, T. Fukuda, H. Kawahara et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
Measurements of the neutron absorption in supermirror coatingsIn this work we report on measurements of neutron absorption in supermirror coatings. The measurements were carried out using the SuperADAM instrument at the Institut Laue-Langevin and by measuring…D. D. DiJulio, V. Santoro, A. Devishvili et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
Monitoring the SNS basement neutron background with the MARS detectorWe present the analysis and results of the first dataset collected with the MARS neutron detector deployed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) for the purpose of…COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
An FPGA-based Timing and Control System for the Dynamic Compression SectorA field programmable gate array (FPGA) based timing and trigger control system has been developed for the Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS) user facility located at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at…Shefali Saxena, Daniel R. Paskvan, Nicholas R. Weir et al.·Dec 6, 2021SaveLearn
On a new environment-friendly gas mixture for Resistive Plate ChambersThis paper studies the performance of RPCs working with a new family of environment-friendly operating gases, mainly based on Carbon Dioxide and Hydro-Fluoro-Olefins. The tests are carried out on a 2…G. Proto, B. Liberti, R. Santonico et al.·Dec 5, 2021SaveLearn
4H-Silicon Carbide as particle detector for high-intensity ion beamsIn ion cancer therapy, high-intensity ion beams are used to treat tumors by taking advantage of the Bragg-Peak. Typical ion therapy centers use particle rates up to 1010 ions/second for…Manuel Christanell, Maximilian Tomaschek, Thomas Bergauer·Dec 4, 2021SaveLearn
Low Noise Frequency Domain Multiplexing of TES Bolometers using Sub-kelvin SQUIDsDigital Frequency-Domain Multiplexing (DfMux) is a technique that uses MHz superconducting resonators and Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) arrays to read out sets of Transition…Tucker Elleflot, Aritoki Suzuki, Kam Arnold et al.·Dec 4, 2021SaveLearn
Evaluation of the Constant Fraction Time-Over-Threshold (CF-TOT) method for neutron-gamma pulse shape discriminationThe use of Time-over-Threshold (TOT) for the discrimination between fast neutrons and gamma-rays is advantageous when large number of detection channels are required due to the simplicity of its…A. Roy, D. Vartsky, I. Mor et al.·Dec 4, 2021SaveLearn
Simulation of Motion of Many Ions in a Linear Paul TrapThe quadrupole linear Paul trap is one of the key instruments in building highly stable atomic clocks. However, a frequency reference based on a single trapped ion is limited in stability due to the…Martin Oral, Lukáš Slodička, Ondřej Číp·Dec 4, 2021SaveLearn
Quantum Control of Two Critically Dressed Spin 1/2 Species in Magnetic FluctuationsThe neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source (nEDM@SNS experiment) proposes to measure the nEDM using the spin-dependent capture cross section of neutrons on 3He.…Raymond Tat, Christopher Swank·Dec 3, 2021SaveLearn
Graph Neural Networks for Charged Particle Tracking on FPGAsThe determination of charged particle trajectories in collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is an important but challenging problem, especially in the high interaction density conditions…Abdelrahman Elabd, Vesal Razavimaleki, Shi-Yu Huang et al.·Dec 3, 2021SaveLearn
Improving radiation hardness in space-based Charge-Coupled Devices: An experimental validation of a new pre-fabrication modelling techniqueThe soft X-ray imager (SXI) on the SMILE mission uses two large 4510x4510 back illuminated CCD370s to detect X-rays in the 0.2-2 keV range. These devices take heritage from the optical imaging PLATO…S. Parsons, D. Hall, T. Buggey et al.·Dec 3, 2021SaveLearn
Prototyping and qualification of 2S modules for the CMS Outer Tracker upgrade at the HL-LHCIn preparation for the High Luminosity LHC, the entire tracker detector of the CMS experiment will be exchanged as part of the Phase-2 Upgrade. The new Outer Tracker will comprise approximately…F. Zhang, G. Blanchot, S. Higginbotham et al.·Dec 3, 2021SaveLearn
Performance of a cryo-cooled crystal monochromator illuminated by hard X-rays with MHz repetition rate at the European X-ray Free-Electron LaserWe present experimental data illustrating how heat load affects the performance of a cryogenically cooled monochromator under intense X-ray Free-Electron Laser pulses. The measurements are in good…I. Petrov, U. Boesenberg, V. A. Bushuev et al.·Dec 3, 2021SaveLearn
Compact LumiCal prototype tests for future e+e- collidersThe FCAL collaboration is preparing large-scale prototypes of special calorimeters to be used in the very forward region at future electron-positron colliders for instant luminosity measurement and a…Veta Ghenescu·Dec 3, 2021SaveLearn
Neutral bremsstrahlung electroluminescence in noble liquidsProportional electroluminescence (EL) is the physical effect used in two-phase dark matter detectors, to optically record in the gas phase the ionization signal produced by particle scattering in the…E. Borisova, A. Buzulutskov·Dec 3, 2021SaveLearn
Test of streaming and triggered readout schemes for the TPEX Lead Tungstate CalorimeterTests of a prototype lead tungstate calorimeter were made over two weeks at the end of September, 2019, at the DESY II Test Beam Facility in Hamburg, Germany. The purpose of these tests was to gain…I. Friščić, E. Cline, J. C. Bernauer et al.·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
The SHiP experiment at the proposed CERN SPS Beam Dump FacilityThe Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) Collaboration has proposed a general-purpose experimental facility operating in beam-dump mode at the CERN SPS accelerator to search for light, feebly…SHIP Collaboration·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
Pump-probe cathodoluminescence microscopyIn this paper we describe the technical implementation of pump-probe cathodoluminescence microscopy (PP-CL), a novel technique for studying ultrafast dynamics in materials using combined excitation…Magdalena Solà-Garcia, Kelly W. Mauser, Nika van Nielen et al.·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
Neutral Bremsstrahlung in TPCsTraditionally, it has been assumed that electroluminescence (EL) in time projection chambers was purely an excimer-based emission. This idea changed when neutral bremsstrahlung (NBrS) was observed…P. Amedo, D. González-Díaz, B. J. P. Jones·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
The tracking detector of the FASER experimentFASER is a new experiment designed to search for new light weakly-interacting long-lived particles (LLPs) and study high-energy neutrino interactions in the very forward region of the LHC collisions…FASER Collaboration, Henso Abreu, Claire Antel et al.·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
Picosecond Timing-Planes for Future Collider DetectorsWe report experimental test-beam results on dielectric-loaded waveguide detectors that utilize microwave Cherenkov signals to time and characterize high energy particle showers. These results are…P. W. Gorham, C. Campos, C. Hast et al.·Dec 2, 2021SaveLearn
The Time-resolved Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science Instrument at the Linac Coherent Light SourceThe newly constructed Time-resolved atomic, Molecular and Optical science instrument (TMO), is configured to take full advantage of both linear accelerators at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,…Peter Walter, Timur Osipov, Ming-Fu Lin et al.·Dec 1, 2021SaveLearn
Register-Like Storage Block Used as Cluster Buffers, Histograms, and Hough Transform Accumulators for HEP Trigger SystemsIn high energy physics experiment trigger systems, block memories are utilized for various purposes, especially in binned searching algorithms. In these algorithms, the storages are demanded to…Jinyuan Wu·Dec 1, 2021SaveLearn
A Quench Detection and Monitoring System for Superconducting Magnets at FermilabA quench detection system was developed for protecting and monitoring the superconducting solenoids for the Muon-to-Electron Conversion Experiment (Mu2e) at Fermilab. The quench system was designed…A. Galt, O. Al Atassi, G. Chlachidze et al.·Dec 1, 2021SaveLearn