Radiation-induced effects in glass windows for optical readout GEM-based detectorsIn this paper we present irradiation measurements performed to select a transparent anode substrate that best meets the requirements of an optical readout for a novel detector, the LaGEMPix. The…A. Maia Oliveira, S. Braccini, P. Casolaro et al.·Jun 8, 2021SaveLearn
Optical calibration of the SNO+ detector in the water phase with deployed sourcesSNO+ is a large-scale liquid scintillator experiment with the primary goal of searching for neutrinoless double beta decay, and is located approximately 2 km underground in SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada.…SNO+ Collaboration, :, M. R. Anderson et al.·Jun 7, 2021SaveLearn
Development of very-thick transparent GEMs with wavelength-shifting capability for noble element TPCsA new concept for the simultaneous detection of primary and secondary scintillation in time projection chambers is proposed. Its core element is a type of very-thick GEM structure supplied with…M. Kuźniak, D. González-Díaz, P. Amedo et al.·Jun 7, 2021SaveLearn
Apparatus for Measuring Strength in Biaxial CompressionMost measurements of compressive strength of ductile materials have involved Hopkinson-Kolsky bars or Taylor anvils placing samples in uniaxial compression. In these geometries strain is limited by…J. L. Belof, J. I. Katz·Jun 7, 2021SaveLearn
Addressable Graphene Encapsulation of Wet Specimens on a Chip for Combinatorial Optical, Electron, Infrared and X-ray based Spectromicroscopy StudiesLabel-free spectromicroscopy methods offer the capability to examine complex cellular phenomena. Electron and X-ray-based spectromicroscopy methods, though powerful, have been hard to implement with…Christopher Arble, Hongxuan Guo, Alessia Matruglio et al.·Jun 7, 2021SaveLearn
Usage of GPUs in ALICE Online and Offline processing during LHC Run 3ALICE will significantly increase its Pb--Pb data taking rate from the 1\,kHz of triggered readout in Run 2 to 50 kHz of continuous readout for LHC Run 3. Updated tracking detectors are installed for…David Rohr·Jun 7, 2021SaveLearn
The Mu3e experiment: Toward the construction of an HV-MAPS vertex detectorThe Mu3e experiment searches for the lepton flavor violating decay μ+~→~e+~e+~e- with an ultimate aimed sensitivity of 1 event in 1016 decays. This goal can only be achieved by…Thomas Rudzki, Heiko Augustin, Marin Deflorin et al.·Jun 7, 2021SaveLearn
Assessing the Value of Complex Refractive Index and Particle Density for Calibration of Low-Cost Particle Matter Sensor for Size-Resolved Particle Count and PM2.5 MeasurementsCommercially available low-cost particulate matter (PM) sensors provide output as total or size-specific particle counts and mass concentrations. These quantities are not measured directly but are…Ching-Hsuan Huang, Jiayang He, Elena Austin et al.·Jun 6, 2021SaveLearn
The use of Boosted Decision Trees for Energy Reconstruction in JUNO experimentThe Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a neutrino experiment with a broad physical program. The main goals of JUNO are the determination of the neutrino mass ordering and high…Arsenii Gavrikov, Fedor Ratnikov·Jun 5, 2021SaveLearn
Measurement of the muon flux in the bunker of Monte Soratte with the CRC detectorIn the context of the PTOLEMY project, the need for a site with a rather low cosmogenic induced background led us to measure the differential muon flux inside the bunker of Monte Soratte, located…Attanasio Candela, Alfredo Cocco, Nicola D Ambrosio et al.·Jun 4, 2021SaveLearn
Test of a small prototype of the COMET cylindrical drift chamberThe performance of a small prototype of a cylindrical drift chamber (CDC) used in the COMET Phase-I experiment was studied by using an electron beam. The prototype chamber was constructed with…C. Wu, T. S. Wong, Y. Kuno et al.·Jun 4, 2021SaveLearn
Study on cosmogenic activation in copper for rare event search experimentsThe rare event search experiments using germanium detectors are performed in the underground laboratories to prevent cosmic rays. However, the cosmogenic activation of the cupreous detector…Ze She, Zhi Zeng, Hao Ma et al.·Jun 3, 2021SaveLearn
Long 48-cm ULE cavities in vertical and horizontal orientations for Sr optical clockThe development of an optical clock with ultimate accuracy and stability requires lasers with very narrow linewidth. We present two ultrastable laser systems based on 48 cm long Fabry-Perot cavities…Nikita Zhadnov, Konstantin Kudeyarov, Denis Kryuchkov et al.·Jun 3, 2021SaveLearn
Particle Identification at FCC-eeEquipping an experiment at FCC-ee with particle identification (PID) capabilities, in particular the ability to distinguish between hadron species, would bring great benefits to the physics…Guy Wilkinson·Jun 2, 2021SaveLearn
Multi-particle reconstruction in the High Granularity Calorimeter using object condensation and graph neural networksThe high-luminosity upgrade of the LHC will come with unprecedented physics and computing challenges. One of these challenges is the accurate reconstruction of particles in events with up to 200…Shah Rukh Qasim, Kenneth Long, Jan Kieseler et al.·Jun 2, 2021SaveLearn
Characterization of the CMS Endcap Timing Layer readout chip prototype with charge injectionWe present the characterization of a readout Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for the CMS Endcap Timing Layer (ETL) of the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade with charge injection. The ASIC,…H. Sun, D. Gong, W. Zhang et al.·Jun 1, 2021SaveLearn
Fiber radio frequency transfer using bidirectional frequency division multiplexing disseminationWe report on the realization of a novel fiber-optic radio frequency (RF) transfer scheme with the bidirectional frequency division multiplexing (FDM) dissemination technique. Here, the proper…Qi Li, Liang Hu, jinbo Zhang et al.·Jun 1, 2021SaveLearn
Time Resolution of the 4H-SiC PIN DetectorWe address the determination of the time resolution for the 100~μm 4H-SiC PIN detectors fabricated by Nanjing University (NJU). The time response to β particles from a 90Sr…Tao Yang, Yuhang Tan, Qing Liu et al.·May 31, 2021SaveLearn
Optimizing the geometry of aerodynamic lens injectors for single-particle coherent diffractive imaging of gold nanoparticlesSingle-particle x-ray diffractive imaging (SPI) of small (bio-)nanoparticles (NPs) requires optimized injectors to collect sufficient diffraction patterns to reconstruct the NP structure with high…Lena Worbs, Nils Roth, Jannik Lübke et al.·May 31, 2021SaveLearn
Surface characterization of p-type point contact germanium detectorsP-type point contact (PPC) germanium detectors are used in rare event and low-background searches, including neutrinoless double beta (0vbb) decay, low-energy nuclear recoils, and coherent elastic…F. Edzards, L. Hauertmann, I. Abt et al.·May 30, 2021SaveLearn
Electrostatic-lenses position-sensitive TOF MCP detector for beam diagnostics and new scheme for mass measurements at HIAFA foil-microchannel plate (MCP) detector, which uses electrostatic lenses and possesses both good position and timing resolutions, has been designed and simulated for beam diagnostics and mass…un-hao Liu, Zhuang Ge, Qian Wang et al.·May 30, 2021SaveLearn
Design of an Instrumentation Unit with Datalogger for Heat Flow Measurement in Solid MetalsAn instrumentation unit that measures heat flow along the test column of solid metal samples is described. The study also describes the design of a datalogger using Arduino Mega Microcontroller. The…Ben Festus, Ewetumo T., Adedayo K. D. et al.·May 29, 2021SaveLearn
Statistical position reconstruction for RPC-based thermal neutron detectorsMultilayer position-sensitive 10B-RPC thermal neutron detectors offer an attractive combination of sub-millimeter spatial resolution and high (>50%) detection efficiency. Here we describe a new…A. Morozov, L. M. S. Margato, V. Solovov et al.·May 28, 2021SaveLearn
Design and construction of Xenoscope -- a full-scale vertical demonstrator for the DARWIN observatoryThe DARWIN observatory is a proposed next-generation experiment to search for particle dark matter and other rare interactions. It will operate a 50 t liquid xenon detector, with 40 t in the time…L. Baudis, Y. Biondi, M. Galloway et al.·May 28, 2021SaveLearn
Balanced photodetectors nonlinearity for short-pulse regimeShort pulse lasers are used to characterize the nonlinear response of amplified photodetectors. Two widely used balanced detectors are characterized in terms of amplitude, area, broadening, and…Philippe Guay, Jérôme Genest·May 28, 2021SaveLearn