Devices for Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Electroplated Bi for X-ray TES AbsorbersElectroplated Bismuth (Bi) is commonly used in Transition-Edge Sensors (TESs) for X-rays because of its high stopping power and low heat capacity. Electroplated Bi is usually grown on top of another…Orlando Quaranta, Lisa M. Gades, Cindy Xue et al.·Nov 3, 2021SaveLearn
Measurement of scintillation response of CsI[Na] to low-energy nuclear recoils by COHERENTWe present results of several measurements of CsI[Na] scintillation response to 3-60 keV energy nuclear recoils performed by the COHERENT collaboration using tagged neutron elastic scattering…D. Akimov, P. An, C. Awe et al.·Nov 3, 2021SaveLearn
Production of 177Lu with deuterons at IFMIF-DONES facilityThe International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility - Demo Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) is a single-sited novel Research Infrastructure for testing, validation and qualification of the…E. López-Melero, F. García-Infantes, I. López-Casas et al.·Nov 3, 2021SaveLearn
A plastic feedthrough suitable for high-voltage DC femtosecond electron diffractometersHighly energetic ultrashort electron bunches have the potential to reveal the ultrafast structural dynamics in relatively thicker in-liquid samples. However, direct current (DC) voltages higher than…Patrick Gicala, Ariel A. Petruk, Nicolás Rivas et al.·Nov 3, 2021SaveLearn
The Straw Tracking Detector for the Fermilab Muon g-2 ExperimentThe Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab uses a gaseous straw tracking detector to make detailed measurements of the stored muon beam profile, which are essential for the experiment to achieve its…B. T. King, T. Albahri, S. Al-Kilani et al.·Nov 3, 2021SaveLearn
Offline Software and Computing for the SPD experimentThe SPD (Spin Physics Detector) is a planned spin physics experiment in the second interaction point of the NICA collider that is under construction at JINR. The main goal of the experiment is the…V. Andreev, A. Belova, A. Galoyan et al.·Nov 3, 2021SaveLearn
Secondary Electron Count Imaging in SEMScanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a versatile technique used to image samples at the nanoscale. Conventional imaging by this technique relies on finding the average intensity of the signal…Akshay Agarwal, John Simonaitis, Vivek K. Goyal et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
Demonstration of MHz frequency domain multiplexing readout of 37 transition edge sensors for high-resolution x-ray imaging spectrometersWe report on the development and demonstration of a MHz frequency domain multiplexing (FDM) technology to read out arrays of cryogenic transition edge sensor (TES) X-ray microcalorimeters. In our FDM…H. Akamatsu, D. Vaccaro, L. Gottardi et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
Optical and mechanical properties of ion-beam-sputtered MgF2 thin films for gravitational-wave interferometersBrownian thermal noise associated with highly reflective coatings is a fundamental limit for several precision experiments, including gravitational-wave detectors. Research is currently ongoing to…M. Granata, A. Amato, M. Bischi et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
Deployment of the readout electronics for the BESIII Cylindrical GEM Inner TrackerThe Beijing Spectrometer (BESIII) is an experimental setup located at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPCII). The recently approved ten-year extension of data acquisition for BESIII prompted…Alberto Bortone·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
Silicon Drift Detectors spectroscopic response during the SIDDHARTA-2 Kaonic Helium run at the DANE colliderA large-area Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) system has been developed by the SIDDHARTA2 collaboration for high precision light kaonic atoms X-ray spectroscopy at the DANE collider of Istituto…Marco Miliucci, Massimiliano Bazzi, Damir Bosnar et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
A fiber detector to monitor ortho-Ps formation and decayWe describe a novel method to use a scintillating fiber detector similar to the Fast Annihilation Cryogenic Tracking (FACT) used at the antimatter experiment AEgIS to monitor the presence of…Benjamin Rienäcker, Roberto Sennen Brusa, Ruggero Caravita et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
Light yield and field dependence measurement in PandaX-II dual-phase xenon detectorThe dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is one of the most sensitive detector technology for dark matter direct search, where the energy deposition of incoming particle can be converted…Zhou Huang, Abdusalam Abdukerim, Zihao Bo et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
Reflection efficiency and spectra resolutions ray-tracing simulations for the VOXES HAPG crystal based Von Hamos spectrometerThe VOXES collaboration at INFN National Laboratories of Frascati developed a prototype of a high resolution Von Hamos X-ray spectrometer using HAPG (Highly Annealed Pyrolytic Graphite) mosaic…V. De Leo, A. Scordo, C. Curceanu et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
A Hardware Co-design Workflow for Scientific Instruments at the EdgeAs spatial and temporal resolutions of scientific instruments improve, the explosion in the volume of data produced is becoming a key challenge. It can be a critical bottleneck for integration…Kazutomo Yoshii, Rajesh Sankaran, Sebastian Strempfer et al.·Nov 2, 2021SaveLearn
The search for Light Dark Matter with NEWS-GThe NEWS-G direct dark matter search experiment uses spherical proportional counters (SPC) with light noble gases to explore low WIMP masses. The first results obtained with an SPC prototype operated…Daniel Durnford, Marie-Cécile Piro·Nov 1, 2021SaveLearn
The Selena Neutrino ExperimentImaging sensors made from an ionization target layer of amorphous selenium (aSe) coupled to a silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) active pixel array for charge readout are a…Alvaro E. Chavarria·Nov 1, 2021SaveLearn
Improved search for neutron to mirror-neutron oscillations in the presence of mirror magnetic fields with a dedicated apparatus at the PSI UCN sourceWhile the international nEDM collaboration at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) took data in 2017 that covered a considerable fraction of the parameter space of claimed potential signals of…N. J. Ayres, Z. Berezhiani, R. Biondi et al.·Oct 31, 2021SaveLearn
Radiation hardness study using SiPMs with single-cell readoutA dedicated single-cell SiPM structure is designed and measured to investigate the radiation damage effects on the gain and turn-off voltage of SiPMs exposed to a reactor neutron fluence up to …E. Garutti, E. Popova, P. Parygin et al.·Oct 31, 2021SaveLearn
Measurements of thermal relaxation of the OGRAN underground setupAn upgraded version of the OGRAN -- combined optical-acoustic gravitational wave detector -- has been investigated in a long-term operation mode. This installation, located at the Baksan Neutrino…Gavrilyuk Y. M., Gusev A. V., Kvashnin N. L. et al.·Oct 31, 2021SaveLearn
First measurements of remoTES cryogenic calorimeters: easy-to-fabricate particle detectors for a wide choice of target materialsLow-temperature calorimeters based on a readout via Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) and operated below 100 mK are well suited for rare event searches with outstanding resolution and low thresholds.…G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, I. Dafinei et al.·Oct 30, 2021SaveLearn
Xenon doping of Liquid Argon in ProtoDUNE Single PhaseThe Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be the next generation long-baseline neutrino experiment. The far detector is designed as a complex of four LAr-TPC (Liquid Argon Time Projection…Niccolò Gallice·Oct 30, 2021SaveLearn
Electronics integration for the GE2/1 and ME0 GEM detector systems for the CMS Phase-2 Muon System UpgradeThe Large Hadron Collider is currently undergoing its High Luminosity upgrade, which is set to increase the instantaneous luminosity by about a factor of five. Consequently, the Compact Muon Solenoid…Stephen D. Butalla, Marcus Hohlmann·Oct 30, 2021SaveLearn
Characterization of a CMOS pixel sensor for charged particle trackingA prototype of the CMOS pixel sensor named SUPIX-1 has been fabricated and tested in order to investigate the feasibility of a pixelated tracker for a proposed Higgs factory, namely, the Circular…L. Li, L. Zhang, J. N. Dong et al.·Oct 30, 2021SaveLearn
Corrections to Kusnetz Method for Measurements of Radon Progeny Concentrations in AirIn 1956, H.L. Kusnetz proposed a quick method for radon progeny concentration measurement in mine atmosphere using a single gross-alpha count of a membrane-filtered air. The method is still widely…Omar Nusair·Oct 30, 2021SaveLearn