Stopping powers of LiF thin films deposited onto self-supporting Al foils for swift protonsThe energy losses of ~(0.273-3.334) MeV protons in Lithium Fluoride thin films deposited by vacuum evaporation onto self-supporting Al foils have been measured using the transmission method. The…Smail Damache, Djamel Moussa, Saad Ouichaoui·May 21, 2021SaveLearn
ATLAS ITk Pixel Detector OverviewFor the High Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider the current ATLAS Inner Detector will be replaced by an all-silicon Inner Tracker. The pixel detector will consist of five barrel layers…Lingxin Meng·May 21, 2021SaveLearn
Characterisation of the PTB ion counter nanodosimeter's target volume and its equivalent size in terms of liquid H2OFor the first time a dedicated investigation of the target size of a nanodosimeter device has been carried out in order to investigate to what extent measured ionisation cluster size distributions…Gerhard Hilgers, Thomas Braunroth, Hans Rabus·May 21, 2021SaveLearn
Mapping the material distribution of a complex structure in an electron beamThe simulation and analysis of High Energy Physics experiments require a realistic simulation of the detector material and its distribution. The challenge is to describe all active and passive parts…Luise Poley, Ulf Stolzenberg, Benjamin Schwenker et al.·May 21, 2021SaveLearn
In-situ X-ray analysis of misfit strain and curvature of bent polytypic GaAs-In(x)Ga(1-x)As core-shell nanowiresMisfit strain in core-shell nanowires can be elastically released by nanowire bending in case of asymmetric shell growth around the nanowire core. In this work, we investigate the bending of GaAs…Mahmoud Al-Humaidi, Ludwig Feigl, Julian Jakob et al.·May 20, 2021SaveLearn
Towards low gas consumption of muographic tracking detectors in field applicationsGaseous detectors are widely used in high energy physics, and are attractive choices in tracking systems for cosmic muon imaging, also called muography. Such detectors offer high resolution and high…Gábor Nyitrai, Gergő Hamar, Dezső Varga·May 20, 2021SaveLearn
Performance of Michigan sMDT Prototype Chambers for the HL-LHC ATLAS Muon Detector UpgradeA new small-diameter Monitored Drift Tube (sMDT) chamber has been developed for the muon spectrometer of the ATLAS experiment to handle the higher collision rates expected at the CERN High Luminosity…Kevin Nelson, Yuxiang Guo, Dante Amidei et al.·May 19, 2021SaveLearn
The CGEM-IT readout chainAn innovative Cylindrical Gas Electron Multiplier (CGEM) detector is under construction for the upgrade of the inner tracker of the BESIII experiment. A novel system has been worked out for the…A. Amoroso, R. Baldini Ferroli, I. Balossino et al.·May 19, 2021SaveLearn
High sensitivity characterization of an ultra-high purity NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator with the SABRE proof-of-principle detectorWe present new results on the radiopurity of a 3.4-kg NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator operated in the SABRE proof-of-principle detector setup. The amount of potassium contamination, determined by the…F. Calaprice, S. Copello, I. Dafinei et al.·May 19, 2021SaveLearn
Non-blocking programmable delay line with minimal dead time and tens of picoseconds jitterWe report a non-blocking high-resolution digital delay line based on an asynchronous circuit design. Field programmable gate array logic primitives were used as a source of delay and optimally…Glib Mazin, Aleš Stejskal, Michal Dudka et al.·May 19, 2021SaveLearn
The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter performance and its upgrade towards the High-Luminosity LHCThe Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) is a sampling hadronic calorimeter covering the central region of the ATLAS experiment. TileCal uses steel as absorber and plastic scintillators as active medium. The…Merve Nazlim Agaras·May 19, 2021SaveLearn
Tunable High-Q Resonator by General Impedance ConverterFor the need of measurements focused in condensed matter physics and especially Bernoulli effect in superconductors we have developed an active resonator with dual operational amplifiers. A tunable…T. Mifune, T. M. Mishonov, N. S. Serafimov et al.·May 18, 2021SaveLearn
Design and Construction of a Device for Measuring Light-Scattering on Anisotropic MaterialsThis is my English translation of my diploma thesis of 1990 (in German). A translation seemed a worthwhile venture because this diploma thesis appears to be unknown today even to close collaborators.…Peter Apian-Bennewitz·May 18, 2021SaveLearn
Analysis of Testbeam Data Recorded with the Large CALICE AHCAL Technological PrototypeThe Analog Hadron Calorimeter (AHCAL) concept developed by the CALICE collaboration is a highly granular sampling calorimeter with 3x3 plastic scintillator tiles…Lorenz Emberger·May 18, 2021SaveLearn
Development of a magnet power supply with a common-mode cancellation method based on automatic calibration of driving pulsesBased on conventional H-bridge topologies of magnet power supplies, a high-frequency common-mode equivalent model was established. It is pointed out that the two phase legs have complementary effect…Yonggao Zhang, Chengkai Chai, Peng Liu et al.·May 18, 2021SaveLearn
Dark matter Axion search with riNg Cavity Experiment DANCE: Development of control system for long-term measurementAxion-like particles (ALPs) are pseudo-scalar particles that are candidates for ultralight dark matter. ALPs interact with photons slightly and cause the rotational oscillation of linear…Hiroki Fujimoto, Yuka Oshima, Masaki Ando et al.·May 18, 2021SaveLearn
Development of a low-cost portable turbidimeter for processesTurbidity is a physical property related to the scattering of light by particles that are suspended in a liquid. Commercial turbidimeters are priced at the range of hundreds to thousands of dollars.…Luis C. Sperandio, Murilo S. Colombo, Cid M. G. Andrade et al.·May 16, 2021SaveLearn
Diamond Channel-Cut Crystals for High-Heat-Load, Beam-Multiplexing, Narrow-Band X-ray MonochromatorsNext-generation, high-brilliance x-ray photon sources call for new x-ray optics. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of using monolithic diamond channel-cut crystals as high-heat-load,…Yuri Shvyd'ko, Sergey Terentyev, Vladimir Blank et al.·May 16, 2021SaveLearn
Simulation of particle identification with the cluster counting techniqueIn this paper we show the potential of the cluster counting technique for particle identification. Simulations based on Garfield++ software prove that this technique improves the particle separation…Federica Cuna, Nicola De Filippis, Francesco Grancagnolo et al.·May 14, 2021SaveLearn
Precision measurement of the electron energy-loss function in tritium and deuterium gas for the KATRIN experimentThe KATRIN experiment is designed for a direct and model-independent determination of the effective electron anti-neutrino mass via a high-precision measurement of the tritium β-decay endpoint…M. Aker, A. Beglarian, J. Behrens et al.·May 14, 2021SaveLearn
Integrated luminosity measurement at CEPCThe very forward region is one of the most challenging regions to instrument at a future e+e- collider. At CEPC, machine-detector interface includes, among others, a calorimeter dedicated for…Ivan Smiljanić, Ivanka Božović-Jelisavčić, Goran Kačarević et al.·May 13, 2021SaveLearn
High Frame-Rate Phase Camera for High-Resolution Wavefront Sensing in Gravitational-Wave DetectorsWe present a novel way of wavefront sensing using a commercially available, continuous-wave time-of-flight camera with QVGA-resolution. This CMOS phase camera is capable of sensing externally…Erik Muñiz, Varun Srivastava, Subham Vidyant et al.·May 13, 2021SaveLearn
An Extended Gate Field Effect Transistor (EGFET)-based pH Microsensor Utilizing a Polypyyrole Coated pH MicroelectrodeHere, an ultra-small size, simple and inexpensive metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET)-integrated needle type EGFET pH microsensor was fabricated. The EGFET pH microsensor has…Mustafa Şen, Fikri Seven·May 13, 2021SaveLearn
SDHCAL technological prototype test beam resultsThe Semi-Digital Hadronic Calorimeter (SDHCAL) is proposed to equip the future ILC detector. A technological prototype of the SDHCAL developed within the CALICE collaboration has been extensively…Héctor García Cabrera·May 13, 2021SaveLearn
Zone refining of ultra-high purity sodium iodide for low-background detectorsThere has been a growing interest in ultra-high purity, low-background NaI(Tl) crystals for dark matter direct searches. Past research indicates that zone refining is an efficient and scalable way to…Burkhant Suerfu, Frank Calaprice, Michael Souza·May 13, 2021SaveLearn