High-Accuracy Absolute Magnetometry with Application to the Fermilab Muon g-2 ExperimentWe present details of a high-accuracy absolute scalar magnetometer based on pulsed proton NMR. The B-field magnitude is determined from the precession frequency of proton spins in a cylindrical…D. Flay, D. Kawall, T. Chupp et al.·Sep 18, 2021SaveLearn
Point Absorber Limits to Future Gravitational-Wave DetectorsHigh-quality optical resonant cavities require low optical loss, typically on the scale of parts per million. However, unintended micron-scale contaminants on the resonator mirrors that absorb the…W. Jia, H. Yamamoto, K. Kuns et al.·Sep 17, 2021SaveLearn
Performance of scintillating tiles with direct silicon-photomultiplier (SiPM) readout for application to large area detectorsThe light yield, the time resolution and the efficiency of different types of scintillating tiles with direct Silicon Photomultiplier readout and instrumented with a customised front-end electronics…A. Balla, B. Buonomo, V. Cafaro et al.·Sep 17, 2021SaveLearn
Fast DAQ system with image rejection for axion dark matter searchesA fast data acquisition (DAQ) system for axion dark matter searches utilizing a microwave resonant cavity, also known as axion haloscope searches, has been developed with a two-channel digitizer that…S. Ahn, M. J. Lee, A. K. Yi et al.·Sep 17, 2021SaveLearn
Fabricacion de un magnetron sputtering para deposito de peliculas nanometricas magneticasThis paper presents the development of scientific instrumentation for the fabrication of ferromagnetic thin films, by sputtering technique, for the use of 2-inch-diameter targets. Thin films were…David Ley Dominguez, Cesar O. Romero, Giuseppe Pirruccio et al.·Sep 17, 2021SaveLearn
A six degree-of-freedom fused silica seismometer: Design and tests of a metal prototypeGround vibrations couple to the longitudinal and angular motion of the aLIGO test masses and limit the observatory sensitivity below 30\,Hz. Novel inertial sensors have the potential to improve the…Amit Singh Ubhi, Jiri Smetana, Teng Zhang et al.·Sep 16, 2021SaveLearn
Characterization of Muon and Electron Beams in the Paul Scherrer Institute PiM1 Channel for the MUSE ExperimentThe MUon Scattering Experiment, MUSE, at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, investigates the proton charge radius puzzle, lepton universality, and two-photon exchange, via simultaneous…E. Cline, W. Lin, P. Roy et al.·Sep 15, 2021SaveLearn
Measuring Recoiling Nucleons from the Nucleus with the Electron Ion ColliderShort range correlated nucleon-nucleon (NN) pairs are an important part of the nuclear ground state. They are typically studied by scattering an electron from one nucleon in the pair and detecting…F. Hauenstein, A. Jentsch, J. R. Pybus et al.·Sep 15, 2021SaveLearn
Development of water extraction system for liquid scintillatorpurification of JUNOThe Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) uses 20k tons of liquid scintillator (LS)to detect neutrinos. The content of radioactive substances in the liquid scintillator will affect…Jiaxuan Ye, Jian Fang, Tao hu et al.·Sep 15, 2021SaveLearn
A measurement of the mean electronic excitation energy of liquid xenonDetectors using liquid xenon as target are widely deployed in rare event searches. Conclusions on the interacting particle rely on a precise reconstruction of the deposited energy which requires…Laura Baudis, Patricia Sanchez-Lucas, Kevin Thieme·Sep 15, 2021SaveLearn
Performance evaluation of GAGG(Ce)/LFS scintillator + MPPC array readout with ASICWe constructed a gamma-ray detector by combining two types of scintillator array detectors with an MPPC array and evaluated the spectral performance by reading out the signals from the MPPC with a…Daiki Nobashi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Hiroyasu Tajima et al.·Sep 15, 2021SaveLearn
Simulation of the Kinetic Energy Spectrum of Primary Electron Generated by a 6 keV X-Ray Source in a Gas VolumeWith the intention of creating a complete simulation of the Thick GEM detector, this work presents a partial simulation of the interaction of 6 keV X-Ray radiation with a gas volume. For the gas, it…Lucas Maia Rios, Mauro R. Cosentino·Sep 14, 2021SaveLearn
Fast, high precision autofocus on a motorised microscope: automating blood sample imaging on the OpenFlexure MicroscopeThe OpenFlexure Microscope is a 3D printed, low-cost microscope capable of automated image acquisition through the use of a motorised translation stage and a Raspberry Pi imaging system. This…Joe Knapper, Joel T. Collins, Julian Stirling et al.·Sep 14, 2021SaveLearn
Development and characterization of a slow wavelength shifting coating for background rejection in liquid argon detectorsWe describe a technique, applicable to liquid-argon-based dark matter detectors, allowing for discrimination of alpha-decays in detector regions with incomplete light collection from…D. Gallacher, A. Leonhardt, H. Benmansour et al.·Sep 14, 2021SaveLearn
Radiogenic neutron background in reactor neutrino experimentsWe report a novel correlated background in the antineutrino detection using the inverse beta decay reaction. Spontaneous fissions and (α,n) reactions in peripheral materials of the…Zhiyuan Chen, Xin Zhang, Zeyuan Yu et al.·Sep 14, 2021SaveLearn
Impact of xenon doping in the scintillation light in a large liquid-argon TPCThe use of xenon-doped liquid argon is a promising alternative for large pure liquid-argon TPCs. Not only xenon-doped liquid argon enhances the light production, mitigating the possible suppression…J. Soto-Oton, for DUNE Collaboration·Sep 13, 2021SaveLearn
Photon detection probability prediction using one-dimensional generative neural networkPhoton detection is important for liquid argon detectors for direct dark matter searches or neutrino property measurements. Precise simulation of photon transport is widely used to understand the…Wei Mu, Alexander I. Himmel, Bryan Ramson·Sep 11, 2021SaveLearn
Energy reconstruction in a liquid argon calorimeter cell using convolutional neural networksThe liquid argon ionization current in a sampling calorimeter cell can be analyzed to determine the energy of detected particles. In practice, experimental artifacts such as pileup and electronic…L. Polson, L. Kurchaninov, M. Lefebvre·Sep 10, 2021SaveLearn
Sensitivity Analysis of calibration methods and factors effecting the statistical nature of radiation measurementScintillator detectors electronics is recalibrated against the datasheet given by the manufacturer. Optimal and mutual dependent values of (a) high voltage at PMT (Photomultiplier Tube), (b)…Mayank Goswami, Kajal Kumari·Sep 9, 2021SaveLearn
Fast Simulation of a High Granularity Calorimeter by Generative Adversarial NetworksWe present the 3DGAN for the simulation of a future high granularity calorimeter output as three-dimensional images. We prove the efficacy of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for generating…Gul Rukh Khattak, Sofia Vallecorsa, Federico Carminati et al.·Sep 9, 2021SaveLearn
The TaichuPix1: A Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor with fast in-pixel readout electronics for the CEPC vertex detectorThe proposed Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) imposes new challenges for the vertex detector in terms of high resolution, low material, fast readout and low power. The Monolithic Active…T. Wu, S. Grinstein, R. Casanova et al.·Sep 9, 2021SaveLearn
The Dynamics of Ions on Phased Radio-frequency Carpets in High Pressure Gases and Application for Barium Tagging in Xenon Gas Time Projection ChambersRadio-frequency (RF) carpets with ultra-fine pitches are examined for ion transport in gases at atmospheric pressures and above. We develop new analytic and computational methods for modeling RF ion…NEXT Collaboration, B. J. P. Jones, A. Raymond et al.·Sep 8, 2021SaveLearn
Interferometric sensing of a commercial geophoneWe present a modified commercial L-4C geophone with interferometric readout that demonstrated a resolution 60 times lower than the included coil-magnet readout at low frequencies. The intended…S. J. Cooper, C. J. Collins, L. Prokhorov et al.·Sep 7, 2021SaveLearn
A 4pi time-of-flight detector for the ND280/T2K upgradeND280 is a near detector of the T2K experiment which is located in the J-PARC accelerator complex in Japan. After a decade of fruitful data-taking, ND280 is scheduled for upgrade. The time-of-flight…A. Korzenev, F. Barao, S. Bordoni et al.·Sep 7, 2021SaveLearn
A Novel Manufacturing Process for Glass THGEMs and First Characterisation in an Optical Gaseous Argon TPCThis paper details a novel, patent pending, abrasive machining manufacturing process for the formation of sub-millimetre holes in THGEMs, with the intended application in gaseous and dual-phase TPCs.…Adam Lowe, Krishanu Majumdar, Konstantinos Mavrokoridis et al.·Sep 7, 2021SaveLearn