200 mm Sensor Development Using Bonded WafersSensors fabricated from high resistivity, float zone, silicon material have been the basis of vertex detectors and trackers for the last 30 years. The areas of these devices have increased from a few…M. Alyari, R. Bradford, M. Campanella et al.·Jun 8, 2020SaveLearn
New high-sensitivity searches for neutrons converting into antineutrons and/or sterile neutrons at the European Spallation SourceThe violation of Baryon Number, B, is an essential ingredient for the preferential creation of matter over antimatter needed to account for the observed baryon asymmetry in the universe.…A. Addazi, K. Anderson, S. Ansell et al.·Jun 8, 2020SaveLearn
Potential for Improved Time Resolution Using Very Thin Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSDs)Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSDs) are n-in-p silicon detectors that implement moderate gain (typically 5 to 25) using a thin highly doped p++ layer between the high resistivity p-bulk and the…A. Seiden, H. Ren, Y. Jin et al.·Jun 7, 2020SaveLearn
GPU-based reconstruction and data compression at ALICE during LHC Run 3In LHC Run 3, ALICE will increase the data taking rate significantly to 50 kHz continuous read out of minimum bias Pb-Pb collisions. The reconstruction strategy of the online offline computing…David Rohr·Jun 7, 2020SaveLearn
Electric field imaging using polarized neutronsWe experimentally demonstrate that electrically neutral particles, neutrons, can be used to directly visualize the electrostatic field inside a target volume that can be isolated or occupied.…Yuan-Yu Jau, Daniel S. Hussey, Thomas R. Gentile et al.·Jun 5, 2020SaveLearn
Experimental setups for XPS measurements beyond the instrumental lateral resolution limitThe lateral resolution of an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrument, which is equipped with a focused X-ray beam, is limited by the nominal X-ray beam diameter and the long tail intensity…Uwe Scheithauer·Jun 5, 2020SaveLearn
Time-resolved resonant elastic soft X-ray scattering at Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free Electron LaserResonant elastic X-ray scattering has been widely employed for exploring complex electronic ordering phenomena, like charge, spin, and orbital order, in particular in strongly correlated electronic…Hoyoung Jang, Hyeong-Do Kim, Minseok Kim et al.·Jun 5, 2020SaveLearn
Gas electron multipliers with metal electrodes and their applications in detectorsGas electron multipliers (GEMs) with wire (WGEMs) or metal electrodes (MGEMs), which don't use any plastic insulators between the electrodes are created. The absence of plastic insulation between…B. M. Ovchinnikov, V. V. Parusov·Jun 5, 2020SaveLearn
A semi-analytical energy response model for low-energy events in JUNOThe Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a next-generation neutrino experiment under construction in China expected to be completed in 2022. As the main goal it aims to determine the…Philipp Kampmann, Yaping Cheng, Livia Ludhova·Jun 5, 2020SaveLearn
Vacuum Controls and DiagnosticsThis paper describes the CERN's vacuum control system from the field devices to the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition software. First, a particular attention is given to the environment…G. Pigny, A. Rocha·Jun 5, 2020SaveLearn
Single-shot terahertz spectrometer using a microbolometer cameraWe demonstrate a single-shot terahertz spectrometer consisting of a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a microbolometer focal plane array. The spectrometer is simple to use and can measure…Dogeun Jang, Hanran Jin, Ki-Yong Kim·Jun 5, 2020SaveLearn
Study of Spatial Resolution of Muon Hodoscopes for Muography Applications in GeophysicsMuon radiography, also known as muography, is a non-destructive geophysical technique for the study of the internal structure of large objects such as volcanoes. This is possible by constructing an…R. Calderón-Ardila, A. Almela, M. Gómez-Berisso et al.·Jun 4, 2020SaveLearn
Solar Neutrino Detection Sensitivity in DARWIN via Electron ScatteringWe detail the sensitivity of the liquid xenon (LXe) DARWIN observatory to solar neutrinos via elastic electron scattering. We find that DARWIN will have the potential to measure the fluxes of five…J. Aalbers, F. Agostini, S. E. M. Ahmed Maouloud et al.·Jun 4, 2020SaveLearn
Neutron flux and spectrum in the Dresden Felsenkeller underground facility studied by moderated 3He countersAmbient neutrons may cause significant background for underground experiments. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate their flux and energy spectrum in order to devise a proper shielding. Here,…M. Grieger, T. Hensel, J. Agramunt et al.·Jun 4, 2020SaveLearn
Strategies for on-chip digital data compression for X-ray pixel detectorsThe continued desire for X-ray pixel detectors with higher frame rates will stress the ability of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designers to provide sufficient off-chip bandwidth to…Mike Hammer, Kazutomo Yoshii, Antonino Miceli·Jun 4, 2020SaveLearn
Cepstral Analysis for Baseline-Insensitive Absorption Spectroscopy Using Light Sources with Pronounced Intensity VariationsThis manuscript presents a data-processing technique which improves the accuracy and precision of absorption-spectroscopy measurements by isolating the molecular absorbance signal from errors in the…Christopher S. Goldenstein, Garrett C. Mathews, Ryan K. Cole et al.·Jun 4, 2020SaveLearn
Will 37Ar emissions from light water power reactors become an obstacle to its use for nuclear explosion monitoring?37Ar is a promising candidate for complementing radioxenon isotopes as indicators of underground nuclear explosions. This study evaluates its potential anthropogenic background caused by…Gerald Kirchner, Franziska Gerfen, Anna Heise et al.·Jun 4, 2020SaveLearn
Analytical model for the approximation of hysteresis loop and its application to the scanning tunneling microscopeA new model description and type classification carried out on its base of a wide variety of practical hysteresis loops are suggested. An analysis of the loop approximating function was carried out;…Rostislav V. Lapshin·Jun 4, 2020SaveLearn
Improving the light collection using a new NaI(Tl)crystal encapsulationNaI(Tl) crystals are used as particle detectors in a variety of rare-event search experiments because of their superb light-emission quality. The crystal light yield is generally high, above 10…J. J. Choi, B. J. Park, C. Ha et al.·Jun 3, 2020SaveLearn
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programsLUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation direct dark matter experiment with spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering sensitivity above 1.4 × 10-48 cm2 for a WIMP mass of 40 GeV/c2…D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, D. Yu. Akimov et al.·Jun 3, 2020SaveLearn
The Drift Chamber of the MEG II experimentThe MEG experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institut searches for the charged-Lepton-Flavor-Violating mu+ -> e+ gamma decay. MEG has already set the world best upper limit on the branching ratio:…G. F. Tassielli, A. M. Baldini, G. Cavoto et al.·Jun 3, 2020SaveLearn
Nanodiamond photocathodes for MPGD-based single photon detectors at future EICWe are developing gaseous photon detectors for Cherenkov imaging applications in the experiments at the future Electron Ion Collider. CsI, converting photons in the far ultraviolet range, is, so far,…F. M. Brunbauer, C. Chatterjee, G. Cicala et al.·Jun 3, 2020SaveLearn
DMAPS Monopix developments in large and small electrode designsLF-Monopix1 and TJ-Monopix1 are depleted monolithic active pixel sensors (DMAPS) in 150 nm LFoundry and 180 nm TowerJazz CMOS technologies respectively. They are designed for usage in high-rate and…Christian Bespin, Marlon Barbero, Pierre Barrillon et al.·Jun 3, 2020SaveLearn
Characteristics and performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the EEE experimentThe Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment, dedicated to the study of secondary cosmic rays, is arguably the largest detector system in the world implemented by Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers. The…F. Coccetti, M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini et al.·Jun 3, 2020SaveLearn
Measurements of an AC-LGAD strip sensor with a 120 GeV proton beamThe development of detectors that provide high resolution in four dimensions has attracted wide-spread interest in the scientific community for several applications in high-energy physics, nuclear…Artur Apresyan, Wei Chen, Gabriele D'Amen et al.·Jun 3, 2020SaveLearn