Mid-board miniature dual channel optical transmitter MTx and transceiver MTRxWe report the development of a mid-board, TOSA and ROSA based miniature dual channel optical transmitter (MTx) and a transceiver (MTRx). The design transmission data rate is 5.12 Gbps per channel and…Xiandong Zhao, Chonghan Liu, Datao Gong et al.·Sep 18, 2020SaveLearn
Geant4 Systematic Study of the FRACAS Apparatus for Hadrontherapy Cross Section MeasurementsIn this work, we report on systematic Monte Carlo (MC) studies for the FRACAS apparatus, a large acceptance mass spectrometer that will be used to measure the fragmentation cross sections of 12C…Edgar Barlerin, Samuel Salvador, Marc Labalme·Sep 17, 2020SaveLearn
Detection & imaging with Leak MicrostructuresResults obtained with a new very compact detector for imaging with a matrix of Leak Microstructures (LM)are reported. Spatial linearity and spatial resolution obtained by scanning as well as the…M. Lombardi, G. Balbinot, A. Battistella et al.·Sep 17, 2020SaveLearn
Strong scattering and parallel guiding of ultracold neutronsFor ultracold neutrons with a kinetic energy below 10 neV, strong scattering, characterized by 2πlc / λ≤ 1, can be obtained in metamaterials of C and 7Li. Here lc and λ are the…Zhehui Wang, Marcel Demarteau, C. L. Morris et al.·Sep 16, 2020SaveLearn
Production of 177Lu at the IFMIF-DONES FacilityThe International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility - Demo Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) is a single-sited novel Research Infrastructure for testing, validation and qualification of the…Javier Praena, Francisco Garcia-Infantes, Laura Fernandez-Maza et al.·Sep 16, 2020SaveLearn
Hydrogen reduction of enriched germanium dioxide and zone-refining for the LEGEND experimentThe LEGEND experiment, now under construction, will operate a large array of Ge detectors for the search of neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76Ge. In this paper we report on the process…Kevin-Peter Gradwohl, Oskar Moras, Jozsef Janicskó-Csáthy et al.·Sep 16, 2020SaveLearn
Light Detection System and Time Resolution of the NA62 RICHA large RICH detector is used in NA62 to suppress the muon contamination in the charged pion sample by a factor of 100 in the momentum range between 15 and 35 GeV/c. Cherenkov light is collected by…G. Anzivino, M. Barbanera, A. Bizzeti et al.·Sep 16, 2020SaveLearn
Overview of online and offline reconstruction in ALICE for LHC Run 3In LHC Run 3, ALICE will increase the data taking rate significantly to 50 kHz continuous readout of minimum bias Pb--Pb collisions. The reconstruction strategy of the online-offline computing…David Rohr·Sep 16, 2020SaveLearn
Scintillator light yield measurements with waveform digitizersThe proton light yield of organic scintillators has been measured extensively in recent years using fast waveform digitizers and large discrepancies exist in the values reported by different authors.…T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown et al.·Sep 15, 2020SaveLearn
Reconstructing the Position and Intensity of Multiple Gamma-Ray Point Sources with a Sparse Parametric AlgorithmWe present an experimental demonstration of Additive Point Source Localization (APSL), a sparse parametric imaging algorithm that reconstructs the 3D positions and activities of multiple gamma-ray…Jayson R. Vavrek, Daniel Hellfeld, Mark S. Bandstra et al.·Sep 15, 2020SaveLearn
A Synthetic Macroscopic Magnetic UnipoleWe demonstrate experimentally with a prototype for the first time, that an artificial emergent magnetic unipole hedgehog field in a simply connected three dimensional domain is possible, emulating…Emmanouil Markoulakis, John Chatzakis, Anthony Konstantaras et al.·Sep 15, 2020SaveLearn
Low Energy Light Yield of Fast Plastic ScintillatorsCompact neutron imagers using double-scatter kinematic reconstruction are being designed for localization and characterization of special nuclear material. These neutron imaging systems rely on…T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown et al.·Sep 15, 2020SaveLearn
An all-digital associated particle imaging system for the 3D determination of isotopic distributionsAssociated particle imaging (API) is a non-destructive nuclear technique for the 3D determination of isotopic distributions. By detecting the alpha particle associated with the emitted neutron in the…Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta, Bernhard Ludewigt, Brian Mak et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
Pulse shape study of the fast scintillation light emitted from xenon-doped liquid argon using silicon photomultipliersXenon-doped liquid argon has been proposed as a good alternative to pure liquid argon in scintillation detectors. In this study, we report on the measurement of the time profile of scintillation…Cristiano Galbiati, Xinran Li, Jingyu Luo et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
A Low-Power, Low-Latency, Dual-Channel Serializer ASIC for Detector Front-End ReadoutIn this paper, we present a dual-channel serializer ASIC, LOCx2, and its pin-compatible backup, LOCx2-130, for detector front-end readout. LOCx2 is fabricated in a 0.25-um Silicon-on-Sapphire CMOS…Le Xiaoa, Datao Gong, Tiankuan Liu et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
Development of ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Front-end Electronics for the HL-LHCThe high-luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider will provide 5-7 times greater luminosities than assumed in the original detector design. An improved trigger system requires an upgrade of the…Tiankuan Liu·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
A 4-Channel 10-Gbps/ch CMOS VCSEL Array Driver with on-chip Charge-pumpsWe present the design and test results of a 4-channel 10-Gbps/ch Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser array driver, the cpVLAD. With on-chip charge-pumps to extend the biasing headroom for the…X. Huang, D. Gong, Q. Sun et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
Custom silicon technology for SPAD-arrays with red-enhanced sensitivity and low timing jitterSingle-photon detection is an invaluable tool for many applications ranging from basic research to consumer electronics. In this respect, the Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) plays a key role in…Angelo Gulinatti, Francesco Ceccarelli, Massimo Ghioni et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
Two low-power optical data transmission ASICs for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter readout upgradeA serializer ASIC and a VCSEL driver ASIC are needed for the front-end optical data transmission in the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter readout phase-I upgrade. The baseline ASICs are the serializer…Le Xiao, Wei Zhou, Quan Sun et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
LOCx2-130, a low-power, low-latency, 2 x 4.8-Gbps serializer ASIC for detector front-end readoutIn this paper, we present the design and test results of LOCx2-130, a low-power, low-latency, dual-channel transmitter ASIC for detector front-end readout. LOCx2-130 has two channels of encoders and…Le Xiao, Quan Sun, Datao Gong et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
The Latency Validation of the Optical Link for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I Trigger UpgradeTwo optical data link data transmission Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), the baseline and its backup, have been designed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon (LAr) Calorimeter Phase-I trigger…Binwei Deng, Le Xiao, Xiandong Zhao et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
A gigabit transceiver for the ATLAS inner tracker pixel detector readout upgradeThis paper presents the design and simulation results of a gigabit transceiver Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) called GBCR for the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) Pixel detector readout…C. Chen, V. Wallangen, D. Gong et al.·Sep 14, 2020SaveLearn
Modeling and simulation of the R5912 photomultiplier for the LAGO projectWe present the results of modeling and simulating the Hamamatsu R5912 photomultiplier tube that is used in most of the sites of the Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO). The model was compared…S. Hernández-Barajas, Y. León-Carreño, J. Peña-Rodríguez et al.·Sep 13, 2020SaveLearn
Performance Study of Charcoal-based Radon Reduction Systems for Ultraclean Rare Event DetectorsThe continuous emanation of radon due to trace amounts of uranium and thorium in detector materials introduces radon to the active detection volume of low-background rare event search detectors.…M. Arthurs, D. Q. Huang, C. Amarasinghe et al.·Sep 13, 2020SaveLearn
The SHiP experiment at CERNThe current status of the proposed SHiP experiment at the CERN Beam Dump Facility is presented. SHiP is a general-purpose fixed-target experiment. The 400 GeV/c proton beam extracted from the SPS…Markus Cristinziani·Sep 13, 2020SaveLearn