Systematic uncertainties in 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 Smiljanic, Ivanka Bozovic Jelisavcic, Goran Kacarevic et al.·Oct 28, 2020SaveLearn
White Rabbit Time Synchronization for Radiation Detector Readout ElectronicsAs radiation detector arrays in nuclear physics applications become larger and physically more separated, the time synchronization and trigger distribution between many channels of detector readout…Wolfgang Hennig, Shawn Hoover·Oct 28, 2020SaveLearn
Novel imaging technique for α-particles using a fast optical cameraA new imaging technique for α-particles using a fast optical camera focused on a thin scintillator is presented. As α-particles interact in a thin layer of LYSO fast scintillator, they produce a…Gabriele D'Amen, Michael Keach, Andrei Nomerotski et al.·Oct 28, 2020SaveLearn
Performance of the ATLAS Hadronic Tile Calorimeter Demonstrator system for the Phase-II upgrade facing the High-Luminosity LHC eraThe High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) will have a peak luminosity of 5×1034 cm-2 \,s-1, five times higher than the design luminosity of the LHC. The hadronic ATLAS…Eduardo Valdes Santurio·Oct 28, 2020SaveLearn
Extending the dynamic range of SiPMs by understanding their non-linear behaviorThis publication focuses on the study of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) in view of a reconstruction of the incident photon flux in the regime of highly non-linear response. SiPMs are semiconductor…T. Bretz, T. Hebbeker, J. Kemp·Oct 28, 2020SaveLearn
New software based readout driver for the ATLAS experimentIn order to maintain sensitivity to new physics in the coming years of LHC operations, the ATLAS experiment has been working on upgrading a portion of the front-end electronics and replacing some…Serguei Kolos·Oct 28, 2020SaveLearn
Cooling and Timing tests of the ATLAS Fast Tracker VME boardsThe Fast Tracker (FTK) is an ATLAS trigger upgrade built for full event, low-latency, high-rate tracking. The FTK core, made of 9U VME boards, performs the most demanding computational task. The…S. Sottocornola, A. Annovi, N. V. Biesuz et al.·Oct 27, 2020SaveLearn
Redesign of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter link Daughterboard for the HL-LHCThe Phase-2 ATLAS upgrade for the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) has motivated progressive redesigns of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) read-out link and control board…Eduardo Valdes Santurio, Samuel Silverstein, Christian Bohm et al.·Oct 27, 2020SaveLearn
Reducing the hydrogen content in liquid heliumHelium has the lowest boiling point of any element in nature at normal atmospheric pressure. Therefore, any unwanted substance like impurities present in liquid helium will be frozen and will be in…Dominik Sifrig, Sascha Martin, Dominik Zumbühl et al.·Oct 27, 2020SaveLearn
Preliminary Design of a FADC Readout System for the Alpha/Beta Discrimination in a Large Area Plastic Scintillation DetectorThis paper describes a FADC Readout system developed for the tap water α/β dose monitoring system which is based on EJ444 phoswich scintillation detector and wavelength shifting fiber readout. The…Jingjun Wen, Daowei Dou, Jinfu Zhu et al.·Oct 27, 2020SaveLearn
Optimal Filtering of Overlapped Pulses in Microcalorimeter DataHere we present a general algorithm for processing microcalorimeter data with special applicability to data with high photon count rates. Conventional optimal filtering, which has become ubiquitous…Dallas Wulf, Felix Jaeckel, Dan McCammon et al.·Oct 26, 2020SaveLearn
Study of the PICOSEC-Micromegas Detector with Test Beam Data and Phenomenological Modelling of its ResponseIn this work, a part of the Research and Development effort of the PICOSEC detector is presented. The PICOSEC detector is a novel gas-filled detector, based on the Micromegas detector, which has been…K. Paraschou·Oct 26, 2020SaveLearn
Operational experience and evolution of the ATLAS Tile Hadronic Calorimeter Read-Out DriversTileCal is the central hadronic calorimeter of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It is a sampling detector where scintillating tiles are embedded in steel absorber plates. The…A. Valero·Oct 26, 2020SaveLearn
Machine Learning aided 3D-position reconstruction in large LaCl3 crystalsWe investigate five different models to reconstruct the 3D γ-ray hit coordinates in five large monolithic crystals optically coupled to pixelated silicon photomultipliers. These…J. Balibrea-Correa, J. Lerendegui-Marco, V. Babiano et al.·Oct 26, 2020SaveLearn
Noise Analysis of Current Sensitive Preamplifiers and Influence on Energy Resolution of NaI:Tl Detector SystemCurrent Sensitive Preamplifiers (CSPs) are widely used in front-end electronics in data acquire system (DAQ), due to their ability to amplify signals directly. The optimization of energy resolution…Lin Jiang, Jinfu Zhu, Tao Xue et al.·Oct 26, 2020SaveLearn
Machine learning assisted non-destructive transverse beam profile imagingWe present a non-destructive beam profile imaging concept that utilizes machine learning tools, namely genetic algorithm with a gradient descent-like minimization. Electromagnetic fields around a…Zhanibek Omarov, Selcuk Haciomeroglu·Oct 25, 2020SaveLearn
Compact transportable 171Yb+ single-ion optical fully automated clock with 4.9E-16 relative instabilityThe paper describes the results achieved in the development of the compact transportable fully automated optical clock based on a single 171Yb+ ion in a radiofrequency (RF) quadrupole trap. The…Timur Abbasov, Konstantin Makarenko, Ivan Sherstov et al.·Oct 24, 2020SaveLearn
A marine radioisotope gamma-ray spectrum analysis method based on Monte Carlo simulation and MLP neural networkThe monitoring of Cs-137 in seawater using scintillation detector relies on the spectrum analysis method to extract the Cs-137 concentration. And when in poor statistic situation, the calculation…Wenhan Dai, Zhi Zeng, Daowei Dou et al.·Oct 24, 2020SaveLearn
Zero-dead Time NMR in Low Field: Single-Sideband Technique RevisitedRecently the rapid-scan technique is reviving in NMR or EPR, because of its benefits of zero-dead time and low RF power. While signal baseline is still a big problem in such experiments, time-share…Baosong Wu·Oct 24, 2020SaveLearn
Tracking Triggers for the HL-LHCHardware-based track reconstruction in the CMS and ATLAS trigger systems for the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade will provide unique capabilities. An overview is presented of earlier track trigger…Anders Ryd, Louise Skinnari·Oct 23, 2020SaveLearn
Measurement of the transmission secondary electron yield of nanometer-thick films in a prototype Timed Photon CounterWe measure the transmission secondary electron yield of nanometer-thick Al2O3/TiN/Al2O3 films using a prototype version of a Timed Photon Counter (TiPC). We discuss the method to measure…T. H. A. van der Reep, B. Looman, H. W. Chan et al.·Oct 23, 2020SaveLearn
Pulse Shape Discrimination of Bulk and Very Bulk Events within HPGe DetectorsThe CDEX (China Dark matter Experiment) now deploys ~10 kg pPCGe (p-type Point Contact Germanium) detectors in CJPL (China Jinping Underground Laboratory). It aims to detect rare events such as dark…Jinfu Zhu, Tao Xue, Liangjun Wei et al.·Oct 23, 2020SaveLearn
Analysis and Verification of Relation between Digitizer's Sampling Properties and Energy Resolution of HPGe DetectorsThe CDEX (China Dark matter Experiment) aims at detection of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) and 0vbb (Neutrinoless double beta decay) of 76Ge. It now uses ~10 kg HPGe (High Purity…Jinfu Zhu, Tianhao Wang, Tao Xue et al.·Oct 23, 2020SaveLearn
Hard X-ray Photoelectron Momentum Microscopy and Kikuchi Diffraction on (In,Ga,Mn)As Thin FilmsRecent advances in the brilliance of hard-X-ray beamlines and photoelectron momentum microscopy facilitate bulk valence-band mapping and core-level-resolved hard-X-ray photoelectron diffraction…K. Medjanik, O. Fedchenko, O. Yastrubchak et al.·Oct 23, 2020SaveLearn
Conceptual Design of BabyIAXO, the intermediate stage towards the International Axion ObservatoryThis article describes BabyIAXO, an intermediate experimental stage of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO), proposed to be sited at DESY. IAXO is a large-scale axion helioscope that will look…A. Abeln, K. Altenmüller, S. Arguedas Cuendis et al.·Oct 22, 2020SaveLearn