Off-Axis Characterisation of the CERN T10 Beam for low Momentum Proton Measurements with a High Pressure Gas Time Projection ChamberWe present studies of proton fluxes in the T10 beamline at CERN. A prototype high pressure gas time projection chamber (TPC) was exposed to the beam of protons and other particles, using the 0.8…S. B. Jones, T. S. Nonnenmacher, E. Atkin et al.·Jul 30, 2020SaveLearn
Measurement of γ rays from 6LiF tile as an inner wall of a neutron-decay detectorA neutron lifetime measurement conducted at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) is counting the number of electrons from neutron decays with a time projection chamber (TPC). The…J. Koga, S. Ieki, A. Kimura et al.·Jul 30, 2020SaveLearn
MeV-scale performance of water-based and pure liquid scintillator detectorsThis paper presents studies of the performance of water-based liquid scintillator in both 1-kt and 50-kt detectors. Performance is evaluated in comparison to both pure water Cherenkov detectors and a…B. J. Land, Z. Bagdasarian, J. Caravaca et al.·Jul 29, 2020SaveLearn
Commissioning of the novel Continuous Angle Multi-Energy Analysis Spectrometer at the Paul Scherrer InstitutWe report on the commissioning results of the cold neutron multiplexing secondary spectrometer CAMEA (Continuous Angle Multi-Energy Analysis) at the Swiss…Jakob Lass, Henrik Jacobsen, Kristine M. L. Krighaar et al.·Jul 29, 2020SaveLearn
Detecting the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background in the future Water-based Liquid Scintillator Detector TheiaA large-scale neutrino observatory based on Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS) will be excellently suited for a measurement of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB). The WbLS technique…Julia Sawatzki, Michael Wurm, Daniel Kresse·Jul 29, 2020SaveLearn
The mini-neutron monitor: A new approach in neutron monitor designThe near-Earth cosmic ray flux has been monitored for more than 70 years by a network of ground-based neutron monitors (NMs). With the ever-increasing importance of quantifying the radiation risk and…Du Toit Strauss, Stepan Poluianov, Cobus van der Merwe et al.·Jul 29, 2020SaveLearn
Characterisation and performance of the PADME electromagnetic calorimeterThe PADME experiment at the LNF Beam Test Facility searches for dark photons produced in the annihilation of positrons with the electrons of a fix target. The strategy is to look for the reaction…P. Albicocco, J. Alexander, F. Bossi et al.·Jul 28, 2020SaveLearn
Separation of atomic and molecular ions by ion mobility with an RF carpetGas-filled stopping cells are used at accelerator laboratories for the thermalization of high-energy radioactive ion beams. Common challenges of many stopping cells are a high molecular background of…Ivan Miskun, Timo Dickel, Samuel Ayet San Andres et al.·Jul 27, 2020SaveLearn
Measurement of the ion blocking by the passive bi-polar gridThe ion backflow is the main limiting factor for operating time projection chambers at high event rates. A significant effort is invested by many experimental groups to solve this problem. This paper…Evgeny Shulga, Vladislav Zakharov, Prakhar Garg et al.·Jul 27, 2020SaveLearn
Characterization of New Silicon Photomultipliers with Low Dark Noise at Low TemperatureSilicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have a low radioactivity, compact geometry, low operation voltage, and reasonable photo-detection efficiency for vacuum ultraviolet light (VUV). Therefore it has the…K. Ozaki, S. Kazama, M. Yamashita et al.·Jul 27, 2020SaveLearn
Experimental density radiography of Wudalianchi volcano with cosmic ray muonsMuon radiography is a promising technique to image the internal density structures upto a few hundred meters scale, such as tunnels, pyramids and volcanos, by measuring the flux attenuation of cosmic…Y. Cheng, R. Han, Z. Li et al.·Jul 27, 2020SaveLearn
Charge-carrier collective motion in germanium detectors for ββ-decay searchesThe time analysis of the signal induced by the drift of charge carriers in high purity germanium detectors provides information on the event topology. Millions of charge carriers are produced in a…Tommaso Comellato, Matteo Agostini, Stefan Schönert·Jul 25, 2020SaveLearn
Improving the Robustness of the Advanced LIGO Detectors to EarthquakesTeleseismic, or distant, earthquakes regularly disrupt the operation of ground--based gravitational wave detectors such as Advanced LIGO. Here, we present EQ mode, a new global control scheme,…Eyal Schwartz, A Pele, J Warner et al.·Jul 25, 2020SaveLearn
Augmented Signal Processing in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers with a Deep Neural NetworkThe Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) is an advanced neutrino detector technology widely used in recent and upcoming accelerator neutrino experiments. It features a low energy threshold…Haiwang Yu, Mary Bishai, Wenqiang Gu et al.·Jul 24, 2020SaveLearn
Operation of the ATLAS trigger system in Run 2The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider employs a two-level trigger system to record data at an average rate of 1 kHz from physics collisions, starting from an initial bunch crossing rate…ATLAS Collaboration·Jul 24, 2020SaveLearn
Identification of low energy nuclear recoils in a gas TPC with optical readoutThe search for a novel technology able to detect and reconstruct nuclear recoil events in the keV energy range has become more and more important as long as vast regions of high mass WIMP-like Dark…Elisabetta Baracchini, Luigi Benussi, Stefano Bianco et al.·Jul 24, 2020SaveLearn
CYGNO: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for dark matter directional searchThe CYGNO project has the goal to use a gaseous TPC with optical readout to detect dark matter and solar neutrinos with low energy threshold and directionality. The CYGNO demonstrator will consist of…E. Baracchini, L. Benussi, S. Bianco et al.·Jul 24, 2020SaveLearn
Optical Readout Studies of the Thick-COBRA Gaseous DetectorThe performance of a Thick-COBRA (THCOBRA) gaseous detector is studied using an optical readout technique. The operation principle of this device is described, highlighting its operation in a gas…F. Garcia, F. M. Brunbauer, M. Lisowska et al.·Jul 24, 2020SaveLearn
Stability study and time resolution measurement of Straw Tube detectorsStraw tube detectors are single wire proportional counters that are widely used as a tracking device. We have carried out R\&D with a straw tube detector prototype. The motivation of this work is…S. Roy, S. Jaiswal, S. Chatterjee et al.·Jul 24, 2020SaveLearn
Timing Detectors with SiPM read-out for the MUSE Experiment at PSIThe Muon Scattering Experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institut uses a mixed beam of electrons, muons, and pions, necessitating precise timing to identify the beam particles and reactions they cause. We…Tigran Rostomyan, Ethan Cline, Ievgen Lavrukhin et al.·Jul 23, 2020SaveLearn
The conceptual design of the miniBeBe detector proposed for NICA-MPDWe present the conceptual design for the miniBeBe detector proposed to be installed as a level-0 trigger for the TOF of the NICA-MPD. We discuss the design and the geometrical array of its sensitive…Ramón Acevedo Kado, Mauricio Alvarado Hernández, Alejandro Ayala et al.·Jul 23, 2020SaveLearn
Comparison of ITS-90 realizations from 13 K to 273 K between LNE-CNAM and INRIMSince Key Comparison CCT-K2, only few comparisons on realizations of cryogenic fixed points have been carried out, be they bilateral (three, of which one still pending) or multilateral (two…Dario Imbraguglio, Petrus Paulus Maria Steur, Fernando Sparasci·Jul 22, 2020SaveLearn
Study of charging up effect in a triple GEM detectorThe advancement of Micro Pattern Gaseous Detector technology offers us different kinds of detectors with good spatial resolution and high rate capability and the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)…S. Chatterjee, A. Sen, S. Roy et al.·Jul 22, 2020SaveLearn
Cosmogenic activation of siliconThe production of 3H, 7Be, and 22Na by interactions of cosmic-ray particles with silicon can produce radioactive backgrounds in detectors used to search for rare events. Through…R. Saldanha, R. Thomas, R. H. M. Tsang et al.·Jul 21, 2020SaveLearn
Measurement of the onset of nucleate boiling in liquid xenonWe report the first precision measurement of the superheat temperature required for bubble nucleation in liquid xenon of ΔTwall,ONB = (16.90.5) K and ΔTwall,ONB =…P. A. Breur, G. S. Ortega, P. C. Rowson et al.·Jul 21, 2020SaveLearn