Ultracold Neutron Properties of the Eljen-299-02D deuterated scintillatorIn this paper we report studies of the Fermi potential and loss per bounce of ultracold neutron (UCN) on a deuterated scintillator (Eljen-299-02D). These UCN properties of the scintillator enables a…Z. Tang, E. B. Watkins, S. M. Clayton et al.·Sep 25, 2020SaveLearn
A Possible Method of Carbon Deposit Mapping on Plasma Facing Components Using Infrared ThermographyThe material eroded from the surface of plasma facing components is redeposited partly close to high heat flux areas. At these locations, the deposit is heated by the plasma and the deposition…R Mitteau, J Spruytte, S Vallet et al.·Sep 25, 2020SaveLearn
Optical transceivers for event triggers in the ATLAS phase-I upgradeThe ATLAS phase-I upgrade aims to enhance event trigger performance in the Liquid Argon (LAr) calorimeter and the forward muon spectrometer. The trigger signals are transmitted by optical…L. Zhang, C. Chen, I. Cohen et al.·Sep 25, 2020SaveLearn
Lenseless X-ray Nano-Tomography down to 150nm Resolution: On the Quantification of Modulation Transfer and Focal Spot of the Lab-based ntCT SystemThe ntCT nano tomography system is a geometrically magnifying X-ray microscopy system integrating the recent Excillum NanoTube nano-focus X-ray source and a CdTe photon counting detector from…Jonas Graetz, Dominik Müller, Andreas Balles et al.·Sep 24, 2020SaveLearn
Technical design of the phase I Mu3e experimentThe Mu3e experiment aims to find or exclude the lepton flavour violating decay μ→ eee at branching fractions above 10-16. A first phase of the experiment using an existing beamline…K. Arndt, H. Augustin, P. Baesso et al.·Sep 24, 2020SaveLearn
A study on energy resolution of CANDLES detectorIn a neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) experiment, energy resolution is important to distinguish between 0νββ and background events. CAlcium fluoride for studies of Neutrino and Dark matters…B. T. Khai, S. Ajimura, W. M. Chan et al.·Sep 24, 2020SaveLearn
Characterization of Germanium Detectors for the First Underground Laboratory in MexicoThis article reports the characterization of two High Purity Germanium detectors performed by extracting and comparing their efficiencies using experimental data and Monte Carlo simulations. The…A. Aguilar-Arevalo, S. Alvarado-Mijangos, X. Bertou et al.·Sep 24, 2020SaveLearn
Fuel rod classification from Passive Gamma Emission Tomography (PGET) of spent nuclear fuel assembliesSafeguarding the disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a geological repository needs an effective, efficient, reliable and robust non-destructive assay (NDA) system to ensure the integrity of the fuel…Riina Virta, Rasmus Backholm, Tatiana A. Bubba et al.·Sep 24, 2020SaveLearn
A Silicon Beam TrackerWhen testing and calibrating particle detectors in a test beam, accurate tracking information independent of the detector being tested is extremely useful during the offline analysis of the data. A…J. H. Han, H. S. Ahn, J. B. Bae et al.·Sep 24, 2020SaveLearn
Modeling impurity concentrations in liquid argon detectorsImpurities in noble liquid detectors used for neutrino and dark matter experiments can significantly impact the quality of data. We present an experimentally verified model for describing the…Aiwu Zhang, Yichen Li, Craig Thorn et al.·Sep 23, 2020SaveLearn
Dosimetry and calorimetry performance of a scientific CMOS camera for environmental monitoringThis paper explores the prospect of CMOS devices to assay lead in drinking water, using calorimetry. Lead occurs together with traces of radioisotopes, e.g. Lead-210, producing γ-emissions with…Alexis Aguilar-Arevalo, Xavier Bertou, Carles Canet et al.·Sep 23, 2020SaveLearn
Demonstration of background rejection using deep convolutional neural networks in the NEXT experimentConvolutional neural networks (CNNs) are widely used state-of-the-art computer vision tools that are becoming increasingly popular in high energy physics. In this paper, we attempt to understand the…NEXT Collaboration, M. Kekic, C. Adams et al.·Sep 22, 2020SaveLearn
Understanding the Enhancement of Scintillation Light in Xenon-Doped Liquid ArgonMeasuring the scintillation light in noble gases is an important detection technique in particle physics. Numerous rare event searches like neutrino beam experiments, neutrino-less double beta-decay,…D. E. Fields, and R. Gibbons M. Gold, N. McFadden et al.·Sep 22, 2020SaveLearn
Unfolding the Neutron Spectra from a Water-Pumping-Injection Multi-layered Concentric Sphere Neutron Spectrometer Using a Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution AlgorithmA self-adaptive differential evolution neutron spectrum unfolding algorithm (SDENUA) was established in this paper to unfold the neutron spectra obtained from a Water-pumping-injection Multi-layered…Rui Li, Jianbo Yang, Xianguo Tuo et al.·Sep 22, 2020SaveLearn
Charge collection properties of TowerJazz 180 nm CMOS Pixel Sensors in dependence of pixel geometries and bias parameters, studied using a dedicated test-vehicle: the Investigator chipThis paper contains a compilation of parameters influencing the charge collection process extracted from a comprehensive study of partially depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors with small (<25…G. Aglieri Rinella, G. Chaosong, A. di Mauro et al.·Sep 22, 2020SaveLearn
Event Reconstruction in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber with an Optically-Open Field CagenEXO is a proposed tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) experiment using liquid 136Xe (LXe) in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to read out ionization and scintillation signals.…T. Stiegler, S. Sangiorgio, J. P. Brodsky et al.·Sep 22, 2020SaveLearn
Neutral tritium gas reduction in the KATRIN differential pumping sectionsThe KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) aims to measure the effective electron anti-neutrino mass with an unprecedented sensitivity of 0.2\,eV/c2, using β-electrons…Alexander Marsteller, Beate Bornschein, Lutz Bornschein et al.·Sep 22, 2020SaveLearn
Radiation Damage Monitoring System of The CMS HF DetectorHadronic Forward(HF) detector is one of the sub-detectors of the CMS. It plays an important role in the measurement of forward jets and missing energy. HF is situated on both sides of the CMS…Yalcin Guler·Sep 21, 2020SaveLearn
Time imaging reconstruction for the PANDA Barrel DIRCThe innovative Barrel DIRC (Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov light) counter will provide hadronic particle identification (PID) in the central region of the PANDA experiment at the new…R. Dzhygadlo, A. Ali, A. Belias et al.·Sep 21, 2020SaveLearn
Interstrip Capacitances of the Readout Board used in Large Triple-GEM Detectors for the CMS Muon UpgradeWe present analytical calculations, Finite Element Analysis modeling, and physical measurements of the interstrip capacitances for different potential strip geometries and dimensions of the readout…M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia, H. Abdalla et al.·Sep 20, 2020SaveLearn
Correction Method for the Readout Saturation of the DAMPE CalorimeterThe DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-borne high energy cosmic-ray and γ-ray detector which operates smoothly since the launch on December 17, 2015. The bismuth germanium oxide (BGO)…Chuan Yue, Peng-Xiong Ma, Margherita Di Santo et al.·Sep 20, 2020SaveLearn
Radon daughter removal from PTFE surfaces and its application in liquid xenon detectorsLong-lived radon daughters are a critical background source in experiments searching for low-energy rare events. Originating from radon in ambient air, radioactive polonium, bismuth and lead isotopes…S. Bruenner, D. Cichon, G. Eurin et al.·Sep 18, 2020SaveLearn
A sealed ceramic GEM-based neutron detectorThe GEM-based neutron detector has flourished in the past decade. However almost all the GEM-based neutron detectors work in the flow-gas mode, and the long-term performances of the detectors may be…Jianjin Zhou, Jianrong Zhou, Xiaojuan Zhou et al.·Sep 18, 2020SaveLearn
LOCx2, a Low-latency, Low-overhead, 2 x 5.12-Gbps Transmitter ASIC for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Trigger UpgradeIn this paper, we present the design and test results of LOCx2, a transmitter ASIC for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter trigger upgrade. LOCx2 consists of two channels and each channel encodes ADC…Le Xiao, Xiaoting Li, Datao Gong et al.·Sep 18, 2020SaveLearn
The Clock and Control System for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I UpgradeA Liquid-argon Trigger Digitizer Board (LTDB) is being developed to upgrade the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I trigger electronics. The LTDB located at the front end needs to obtain the clock…Le Xiao, Chonghan Liu, Tiankuan Liu et al.·Sep 18, 2020SaveLearn