A Generalized Approach to Longitudinal Momentum Determination in Cylindrical Straw Tube DetectorsThe upcoming PANDA experiment at FAIR will be among a new generation of particle physics experiments to employ a novel event filtering system realised purely in software, i.e. a software trigger. To…W. Ikegami Andersson, A. Akram, T. Johansson et al.·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
Deep-Learning-Based Kinematic Reconstruction for DUNEIn the framework of three-active-neutrino mixing, the charge parity phase, the neutrino mass ordering, and the octant of θ23 remain unknown. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a…Junze Liu, Jordan Ott, Julian Collado et al.·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
Axion search with BabyIAXO in view of IAXOAxions are a natural consequence of the Peccei-Quinn mechanism, the most compelling solution to the strong-CP problem. Similar axion-like particles (ALPs) also appear in a number of possible…Javier Galan·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
Properties of Liquid Argon Scintillation Light EmissionLiquid argon is used as active medium in a variety of neutrino and Dark Matter experiments thanks to its excellent properties of charge yield and transport and as a scintillator. Liquid argon…Ettore Segreto·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
MuPix10: First Results from the Final DesignMany years of research and development of High Voltage Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (HVMAPS) have culminated in the final design for the Mu3e pixel sensor. MuPix10 is a fully monolithic sensor…Heiko Augustin, Niklaus Berger, Sebastian Dittmeier et al.·Dec 10, 2020SaveLearn
Construction and commissioning of CMS CE prototype silicon modulesAs part of its HL-LHC upgrade program, the CMS Collaboration is developing a High Granularity Calorimeter (CE) to replace the existing endcap calorimeters. The CE is a sampling calorimeter with…B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff et al.·Dec 10, 2020SaveLearn
A Recursive Method for Real-Time Waveform Fitting with Background Noise RejectionWe present here a technique for developing a high-throughput algorithm to fit a combination of template pulse shapes while simultaneously subtracting parameterized background noise. By convolving the…A. P. Jezghani, L. J. Broussard, C. B. Crawford·Dec 10, 2020SaveLearn
Search for double β-decay modes of 64Zn using purified zincThe production of ultra-pure raw material is a crucial step to ensure the required background level in rare event searches. In this work, we establish an innovative technique developed to produce…F. Bellini, M. Beretta, L. Cardani et al.·Dec 10, 2020SaveLearn
Simulating the Time Projection Chamber responses at the MPD detector using Generative Adversarial NetworksHigh energy physics experiments rely heavily on the detailed detector simulation models in many tasks. Running these detailed models typically requires a notable amount of the computing time…A. Maevskiy, F. Ratnikov, A. Zinchenko et al.·Dec 8, 2020SaveLearn
Beyond 4D Tracking: Using Cluster Shapes for Track SeedingTracking is one of the most time consuming aspects of event reconstruction at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its high-luminosity upgrade (HL-LHC). Innovative detector technologies extend…Patrick J. Fox, Shangqing Huang, Joshua Isaacson et al.·Dec 8, 2020SaveLearn
ALICE data processing for Run 3 and Run 4 at the LHCDuring the upcoming Runs 3 and 4 of the LHC, ALICE will take data at a peak Pb-Pb collision rate of 50 kHz. This will be made possible thanks to the upgrade of the main tracking detectors of the…Chiara Zampolli·Dec 8, 2020SaveLearn
Influence of density and release properties of UCx targets on the fission product yields at ALTOTo study the influence of the structural properties of UCx targets on their release properties, several types of targets using different precursors (carbon and uranium) were synthesized,…Julien Guillot, Brigitte Roussière, Sandrine Tusseau-Nenez et al.·Dec 8, 2020SaveLearn
Measurement of the ionization response of amorphous selenium with 122keV γ raysWe performed a measurement of the ionization response of 200 μm-thick amorphous selenium (aSe) layers under drift electric fields of up to 50 V/μm. The aSe target was exposed to ionizing…Xinran Li, Alvaro E. Chavarria, Snezana Bogdanovich et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
The DAQ system of the 12,000 Channel CMS High Granularity Calorimeter PrototypeThe CMS experiment at the CERN LHC will be upgraded to accommodate the 5-fold increase in the instantaneous luminosity expected at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Concomitant with this increase…B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Detritiation of the electrostatic spectrometer of Troitsk Nu-mass experimentThe paper describes methods and presents results of the Troitsk Nu-mass experiment spectrometer cleanup, which inner volume (40 m3) and surfaces (160 m2) was contaminated by 4.4 GBq of tritium. The…B. V. Ivanov, V. S. Pantuev, A. N. Bukin et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Calibration of the momentum scale of a particle physics detector using the Armenteros-Podolanski plotA method for calibrating the momentum scale in a particle physics detector is described. The method relies on the determination of the masses of the final state particles in two-body decays of…Pablo Baladrón Rodríguez, Veronika Chobanova, Xabier Cid Vidal et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Low-Cost Optoacoustic Tomography System with Programmable Acoustic Delay-LinePhotoacoustic tomography (PAT) is an emerging technology for biomedical imaging that combines the superiorities of high optical contrast and acoustic penetration. In the PAT system, more…Daohuai Jiang, Hengrong Lan, Yiyun Wang et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Detailed investigation on the possibility of using EJ-299-33A plastic scintillator for fast neutron spectroscopy in large scale experimentsDetailed characterization of the newly available plastic scintillator (EJ-299-33A) having the pulse shape discrimination (PSD) property has been carried out in case of a large-sized detector (5…Pratap Roy, K. Banerjee, A. K. Saha et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
An improved design of the readout base board of the photomultiplier tube for future PandaX dark matter experimentsThe PandaX project consists of a series of xenon-based experiments that are used to search for dark matter (DM) particles and to study the fundamental properties of neutrinos. The next DM experiment…Qibin Zheng, Yanlin Huang, Di Huang et al.·Dec 6, 2020SaveLearn
Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis with a Compact Deuterium-Tritium Neutron GeneratorNeutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA) is a spectroscopic technique which uses the resonant absorption of neutrons in the epithermal range to infer the isotopic composition of an object. This…Ethan A. Klein, Farheen Naqvi, Jacob E. Bickus et al.·Dec 5, 2020SaveLearn
Noise temperature measurements for axion haloscope experiments at IBS/CAPPThe axion was first introduced as a consequence of the Peccei-Quinn mechanism to solve the CP problem in strong interactions of particle physics and is a well motivated cold dark matter candidate.…S. W. Youn, E. Sala, J. Jeong et al.·Dec 5, 2020SaveLearn
Characterization of SABRE crystal NaI-33 with direct underground countingUltra-pure NaI(Tl) crystals are the key element for a model-independent verification of the long standing DAMA result and a powerful means to search for the annual modulation signature of dark matter…M. Antonello, I. J. Arnquist, E. Barberio et al.·Dec 4, 2020SaveLearn
Design and Commissioning of the PandaX-4T Cryogenic Distillation System for Krypton and Radon RemovalAn online cryogenic distillation system for the removal of krypton and radon from xenon was designed and constructed for PandaX-4T, a highly sensitive dark matter detection experiment. The krypton…Xiangyi Cui, Zhou Wang, Yonglin Ju et al.·Dec 4, 2020SaveLearn
ALICE FIT data processing and performance during LHC Run 3During the upcoming Run 3 and Run 4 at the LHC the upgraded ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) will operate at a significantly higher luminosity and will collect two orders of magnitude more…Alla Maevskaya·Dec 4, 2020SaveLearn
In-situ electromagnet with active cooling for real-time magneto-optic Kerr effect spectroscopyWe present a compact in-situ electromagnet with an active cooling system for the use in ultra-high vacuum environments. The active cooling enhances the thermal stability and increases the…A. Brozyniak, G. Mendirek, M. Hohage et al.·Dec 4, 2020SaveLearn