Performance study and calibration strategy of the HADES scintillator TOF Wall with fast digital readoutWe present in this work the calibration procedure and a performance study of long scintillator bars used for the time-of-flight (TOF) measurement in the HADES experiment. The digital front-end…G. Kornakov, L. Chlad, J. Friese et al.·Mar 12, 2021SaveLearn
Implementation of ACTS into sPHENIX track reconstructionsPHENIX is a high energy nuclear physics experiment under construction at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The primary physics goals of sPHENIX are to…Joseph D. Osborn, Anthony D. Frawley, Jin Huang et al.·Mar 11, 2021SaveLearn
A deep-learning based raw waveform region-of-interest finder for the liquid argon time projection chamberThe liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detector technology has an excellent capability to measure properties of low-energy neutrinos produced by the sun and supernovae and to look for…ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, B. Baller et al.·Mar 11, 2021SaveLearn
The PIXL Instrument on the Mars 2020 Perseverance RoverThe Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) is a micro-focus X-ray fluorescence spectrometer mounted on the robotic arm of NASA's Perseverance rover. PIXL will acquire high spatial…Abigail C. Allwood, Joel A. Hurowitz, Benton C. Clark et al.·Mar 11, 2021SaveLearn
A Delphes card for the EIC yellow-report detectorThe Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Yellow Report specified parameters for the general-purpose detector that can deliver the scientific goals delineated by the EIC White Paper and NAS report. These…Miguel Arratia, Stephen Sekula·Mar 11, 2021SaveLearn
Review of Liquid Argon Detector Technologies in the Neutrino SectorLiquid Argon (LAr) is one of the most widely used scintillators in particle detection, due to its low cost, high availability and excellent scintillation properties. A large number of experiments in…Krishanu Majumdar, Konstantinos Mavrokoridis·Mar 11, 2021SaveLearn
GEM-based detectors for direct detection of low-mass WIMP, solar axions and narrow resonances (quarks)Gas electron multipliers (GEMs) with wire (WGEMs) or metal electrodes (MGEMs), which don't use any plastic insulators between electrodes are created. The chambers containing MGEMs (WGEMs) with…B. M. Ovchinnikov, V. V. Parusov·Mar 10, 2021SaveLearn
Nuclear data development at the European Spallation SourceTransport calculations for neutronic design require accurate nuclear data and validated computational tools. In the Spallation Physics Group, at the European Spallation Source, we perform shielding…Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian, Douglas D. DiJulio, Günter Muhrer·Mar 10, 2021SaveLearn
Measuring the coefficient of moisture expansion of Hysol 9396 loaded with boron nitride powderThe future ATLAS ITk strip tracker will consist of 17,000 silicon strip detector modules mounted on support structures called cores. Cores are assembled from a number of components, among others…Luise Poley, Tim Jones·Mar 10, 2021SaveLearn
Correlated Single- and Few-Electron Backgrounds Milliseconds after Interactions in Dual-Phase Liquid Xenon Time Projection ChambersWe characterize single- and few-electron backgrounds that are observed in dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers at timescales greatly exceeding a maximum drift time after an interaction.…Abigail Kopec, Amanda L. Baxter, Michael Clark et al.·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Science Requirements and Detector Concepts for the Electron-Ion Collider: EIC Yellow ReportThis report describes the physics case, the resulting detector requirements, and the evolving detector concepts for the experimental program at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The EIC will be a…R. Abdul Khalek, A. Accardi, J. Adam et al.·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Development of an energy-sensitive detector for the Atom Probe TomographyA position-energy-sensitive detector has been developed for APT instruments in order to deal with some mass peak overlap issues encountered in APT experiments. Through this new type of detector,…Christian Bacchi, Gérald Da Costa, Emmanuel Cadel et al.·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Construction and Simulation Bias Study of The Guide Tube Calibration System for JUNOA Guide Tube Calibration System (GTCS) has been designed for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), in order to measure the detector energy response near the outer radius of the active…Yuhang Guo, Kangfu Zhu, Qingmin Zhang et al.·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Characterization of Tl2NaYCl6:Ce Scintillation Crystals as Gamma-Ray DetectorsIn this paper the growth of a 16mm diameter Ce-doped Tl2NaYCl6 and its characterization as a gamma-ray detector are reported. With a 16 mm dia. x 8 mm cylindrical sample, energy resolution of…R. Hawrami, E. Ariesanti, A. Burger·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Thermoelectric Sensors as Microcalorimeter LoadThermoelectric power sensors can now be used as transfer standards, instead of bolometers, in the microcalorimeter technique. This alternative has the technical advantages to be less sensitive to…L. Brunetti, L. Oberto, E. Vremera·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
On Coaxial Microcalorimeter CalibrationPrimary power standards in the microwave domain are realized using a calorimetric technique, usually identified with the used measurement system, i.e., the microcalorimeter. It is adjusted for…L. Brunetti, L. Oberto·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Improvement of primary power standard through international comparison feedbackThe high frequency primary power standard is univocally realized by means of a coaxial microcalorimeter, at least up to 40 GHz. The coaxial microcalorimeter is a broadband measurement system adjusted…Luciano Brunetti, Luca Oberto, Marco Sellone·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Alternative Procedures in Realizing of the High Frequency Power Standards with Microcalorimeter and Thermoelectric Power SensorsThe paper describes the realization process of the high frequency power standard based on a twin broadband microcalorimeter designed for effective efficiency measurement of coaxial power sensors with…Emil Vremera, Luciano Brunetti, Luca Oberto et al.·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
Comparison Among Coaxial Microcalorimeter ModelsThermoelectric power sensors used as power transfer standards are promising devices for further enhancements of the microcalorimetric technique in the high frequency field. A coaxial microcalorimeter…L. Brunetti, L. Oberto, M. Sellone et al.·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
A Fast 0.5T Prepolarizer Module for Preclinical Magnetic Resonance ImagingWe present a magnet and high power electronics for Prepolarized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PMRI) in a home-made, special-purpose preclinical system designed for simultaneous visualization of hard…J. P. Rigla, J. Borreguero, C. Gramage et al.·Mar 8, 2021SaveLearn
A low-temperature scanning probe microscopy system with molecular beam epitaxy and optical accessA low-temperature ultra-high vacuum scanning probe microscopy (SPM) system with molecular beam epitaxy capability and optical access was conceived, built, and tested in our lab. The design of the…Ze-Bin Wu, Zhao-Yan Gao, Xi-Ya Chen et al.·Mar 6, 2021SaveLearn
The Design, Construction, and Commissioning of the KATRIN ExperimentThe KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, which aims to make a direct and model-independent determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale, is a complex experiment with many components.…M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, J. F. Amsbaugh et al.·Mar 5, 2021SaveLearn
A mechanically stable and tunable cryogenic Fabry-Perot microcavityHigh-finesse, open-geometry microcavities have recently emerged as a versatile tool for enhancing interactions between photons and material systems, with a range of applications in quantum optics and…Yannik Fontana, Rigel Zifkin, Erika Janitz et al.·Mar 5, 2021SaveLearn
Electrons on a straight path: A novel ionisation vacuum gauge suitable as reference standardThe consortium of the European project 16NRM05 designed a novel ionisation vacuum gauge in which the electrons take a straight path from the emitting cathode through the ionisation space into a…Karl Jousten, Matthias Bernien, Frédéric Boineau et al.·Mar 5, 2021SaveLearn
Positioning Error Probabilities for Some Forms of Center-of-Gravity Algorithm Calculated with the Cumulative Distributions. Part IITo complete a previous work, the probability density functions for the errors in the center-of-gravity as positioning algorithm are derived with the usual methods of the cumulative distribution…Gregorio Landi, Giovanni E. Landi·Mar 5, 2021SaveLearn