Using Compton Imaging to Locate Moving Gamma-Ray Sources in the GRETINA DetectorGRETA, the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array, is an array of highly-segmented HPGe detectors designed to track γ-rays emitted in beam-physics experiments. Its high detection efficiency and…Robert Crabbs, I-Yang Lee, Kai Vetter·Jun 26, 2021SaveLearn
A Common Tracking Software ProjectThe reconstruction of the trajectories of charged particles, or track reconstruction, is a key computational challenge for particle and nuclear physics experiments. While the tuning of track…Xiaocong Ai, Corentin Allaire, Noemi Calace et al.·Jun 25, 2021SaveLearn
Effective exploitation of a geyser bubble-chamber equipment as a background-free fast neutron detectorMOSCAB equipment, a geyser-concept bubble-chamber originally thought for the search of dark matter in the form of WIMPs, is employed for the detection of fast neutrons. Once the background-free…R. Bertoni, G. Bruno, N. Burgio et al.·Jun 25, 2021SaveLearn
First 3D vector tracking of helium recoils for fast neutron measurements at SuperKEKBWe present results from the first deployment of novel, high definition, compact gas Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) with pixel chip readout as part of the BEAST II beam background measurement project…M. T. Hedges, S. E. Vahsen, I. Jaegle et al.·Jun 24, 2021SaveLearn
Simulation Method for Investigating the Use of Transition-Edge Sensors as Spectroscopic Electron DetectorsTransition-edge sensors (TESs) are capable of highly accurate single particle energy measurement. TESs have been used for a wide range of photon detection applications, particularly in astronomy, but…K. M. Patel, S. Withington, C. N. Thomas et al.·Jun 24, 2021SaveLearn
Test-beam and simulation studies for the CLICTD technology demonstrator -- a monolithic CMOS pixel sensor with a small collection diodeThe CLIC Tracker Detector (CLICTD) is a monolithic pixel sensor featuring pixels of 30um x 37.5um and a small collection diode. The sensor is fabricated in a 180 nm CMOS imaging process, using two…Katharina Dort·Jun 24, 2021SaveLearn
GaN HEMT based high energy particles detection preamplifierGaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) have gained some foothold in the power electronics industry due to wide frequency bandwidth and power handling. The material offers a wide bandgap and…G. Orr, M. Azoulay, G. Golan et al.·Jun 24, 2021SaveLearn
The Notre-Dame Cube: An active-target time-projection chamber for radioactive beam experiments and detector developmentActive-target detectors have the potential to address the difficulties associated with the low intensities of radioactive beams. We have developed an active-target detector, the Notre Dame Cube…T. Ahn, J. S. Randhawa, S. Aguilar et al.·Jun 24, 2021SaveLearn
Performance of the ReD TPC, a novel double-phase LAr detector with Silicon Photomultiplier ReadoutA double-phase argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC), with an active mass of 185 g, has been designed and constructed for the Recoil Directionality (ReD) experiment. The aim of the ReD project is to…P. Agnes, S. Albergo, I. Albuquerque et al.·Jun 24, 2021SaveLearn
Robust optical frequency transfer in a noisy urban fiber networkOptical fibers have been recognized as one of the most promising host material for high phase coherence optical frequency transfer over thousands of kilometers. In the pioneering work, the active…Xiang Zhang, Liang Hu, Xue Deng et al.·Jun 24, 2021SaveLearn
Characterization of Silicon Photomultipliers after proton irradiation up to 1012 neq/mm2Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are highly-sensitive photodetectors emerging as the technology of choice for many applications, including large high-energy physics experiments where they often are…A. R. Altamura, F. Acerbi, C. Nociforo et al.·Jun 23, 2021SaveLearn
Characterization of resistive Micromegas detectors for the upgrade of the T2K Near Detector Time Projection ChambersThe second phase of the T2K experiment is expected to start data taking in autumn 2022. An upgrade of the Near Detector (ND280) is under development and includes the construction of two new Time…D. Attié, M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, P. Billoir et al.·Jun 23, 2021SaveLearn
Cantilever-enhanced photoacoustic measurement of light-absorbing aerosolsPhotoacoustic detection is a sensitive method for measurement of light-absorbing particles directly in the aerosol phase. In this article, we demonstrate a new sensitive technique for photoacoustic…Juho Karhu, Joel Kuula, Aki Virkkula et al.·Jun 23, 2021SaveLearn
A new symmetry-based extraction method of Schottky diode parameters from resistance-compensated I-V characteristicsWe present a novel resistance-compensated I-V method to extract the series resistance, ideality factor, barrier height and built-in potential of a metal-semiconductor diode. We show that a reduced…Richard Opio Ocaya, Fahrettin Yakuphanoglu·Jun 23, 2021SaveLearn
Virtual Point Source Synthesis method for 3D Scintillation Detector CharacterizationA novel data-processing method was developed to facilitate scintillation detector characterization. Combined with fan-beam calibration, this method can be used to quickly and conveniently calibrate…Xin Li, Li Tao, Craig S. Levin et al.·Jun 23, 2021SaveLearn
Allpix-Squared Simulations of Multi-element Germanium Detectors for Synchrotron ApplicationsX-rays spectroscopy experiments at synchrotron facilities were limited for many years by the maximum input-count rate and the signal-to-background ratio of germanium fluorescence detectors. These…T. Saleem, F. J. Iguaz, F. Orsini·Jun 22, 2021SaveLearn
Design of the third-generation lead-based neutron spallation target for the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERNThe neutron time-of-flight (nTOF) facility at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) is a pulsed white-spectrum neutron spallation source producing neutrons for two experimental areas:…Raffaele Esposito, Marco Calviani, Oliver Aberle et al.·Jun 21, 2021SaveLearn
Identification of the cosmogenic 11C background in large volumes of liquid scintillators with BorexinoCosmogenic radio-nuclei are an important source of background for low-energy neutrino experiments. In Borexino, cosmogenic 11C decays outnumber solar pep and CNO neutrino events by about ten…M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel et al.·Jun 21, 2021SaveLearn
A simulation study of a windowless gas stripping room in an E//B neutral particle analyzerNeutral Particle Analyzer (NPA) is one of the crucial diagnostic devices on Tokamak facilities. Stripping unit is one of the main parts of the NPA. A windowless gas stripping room with two…Yuan Luo, Wei-Ping Lin, Pei-Pei Ren et al.·Jun 21, 2021SaveLearn
Growth and Evaluation of Improved CsI:Tl and NaI:Tl ScintillatorsScintillators play an important role in radiation detection and imaging. Thallium-doped cesium iodide (CsI:Tl) and sodium iodide (NaI:Tl) are two of the major scintillators that have been used for…R. Hawrami, A. Farsoni, H. Sabet et al.·Jun 19, 2021SaveLearn
The study of active geomagnetic shielding coils system for JUNOThe Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a large liquid scintillator (LS) detector for neutrino mass ordering and other neutrino physics research. The detector uses large-size 20…G. Zhang, J. Songwadhana, H. Lu et al.·Jun 18, 2021SaveLearn
Extracting low energy signals from raw LArTPC waveforms using deep learning techniques -- A proof of conceptWe investigate the feasibility of using deep learning techniques, in the form of a one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN), for the extraction of signals from the raw waveforms produced…Lorenzo Uboldi, David Ruth, Michael Andrews et al.·Jun 18, 2021SaveLearn
A 3.5-THz, x6-Harmonic, Single-Ended Schottky Diode Mixer for Frequency Stabilization of Quantum-Cascade LasersEfficient and compact frequency converters are essential for frequency stabilization of terahertz sources. In this paper, we present a 3.5-THz, x6-harmonic, integrated Schottky diode mixer operating…Divya Jayasankar, Vladimir Drakinskiy, Nick Rothbart et al.·Jun 17, 2021SaveLearn
Application of CNN to a fine segmented scintillator detector for a single particle and neutrino-nucleon eventThis paper presents studies on application of convolutional neural network (CNN) to GEANT4 optical simulation data generated with a scintillator detector subdivided into 1 cubic cm, which is designed…Tomohisa Ogawa·Jun 17, 2021SaveLearn
Computational Compressed Sensing of Fiber Bragg GratingsState-of-the-art fiber Bragg grating interrogators utilize mature concepts and technologies like tunable lasers, optical spectrum analyzers and a combination of time, wavelength, or spatial division…Srikanth Sugavanam, Adenowo Gbadebo, Morteza Kamalian-Kopae et al.·Jun 16, 2021SaveLearn