Annealing effects on operation of thin Low Gain Avalanche DetectorsSeveral thin Low Gain Avalanche Detectors from Hamamatsu Photonics were irradiated with neutrons to different equivalent fluences up to Φeq=3·1015 cm-2. After the irradiation they…G. Kramberger. V. Cindro, A. Howard, Z. Kljun et al.·May 29, 2020SaveLearn
Development and application of a 3He Neutron Spin Filter at J-PARCWe are developing a neutron polarizer with polarized 3He gas, referred to as a 3He spin filter, based on the Spin Exchange Optical Pumping (SEOP) for polarized neutron scattering experiments at…T. Okudaira, T. Oku, T. Ino et al.·May 29, 2020SaveLearn
The GlueX Beamline and DetectorThe GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab has been designed to study photoproduction reactions with a 9-GeV linearly polarized photon beam. The energy and arrival time of beam photons are tagged using a…S. Adhikari, C. S. Akondi, H. Al Ghoul et al.·May 28, 2020SaveLearn
Electric charge estimation using a SensL SiPMThe silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs) are commonly used in the construction of radiation detectors such as those used in high energy experiments and its applications, where an excellent time…C. H. Zepeda-Fernández, L. F. Rebolledo-Herrera, M. Rodríguez-Cahuantzi et al.·May 28, 2020SaveLearn
Time resolution and power consumption of a monolithic silicon pixel prototype in SiGe BiCMOS technologySiGe BiCMOS technology can be used to produce ultra-fast, low-power silicon pixel sensors that provide state-of-the-art time resolution even without an internal gain mechanism. The development of…L. Paolozzi, R. Cardarelli, S. Débieux et al.·May 28, 2020SaveLearn
Study of Streamer Development in Resistive Plate ChamberThis work has been carried out to simulate a Resistive Plate Chamber and corroborate it with experimental measurements in order to develop a numerical tool for studying the performance of the device…Jaydeep Datta, Sridhar Tripathy, Nayana Majumdar et al.·May 28, 2020SaveLearn
Lowering the energy threshold in COSINE-100 dark matter searchesCOSINE-100 is a dark matter detection experiment that uses NaI(Tl) crystal detectors operating at the Yangyang underground laboratory in Korea since September 2016. Its main goal is to test the…G. Adhikari, E. Barbosa de Souza, N. Carlin et al.·May 28, 2020SaveLearn
Barium Selective Chemosensing by Diazacrown Ether Naphthalimide Turn-on Fluorophores for Single Ion Barium TaggingSingle molecule fluorescence detection of barium is investigated for enhancing the sensitivity and robustness of a neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) search in 136Xe, the discovery of which…P. Thapa, N. K. Byrnes, A. A. Denisenko et al.·May 28, 2020SaveLearn
Construction and Calibration of a Streaked Optical Spectrometer for Shock TemperatureHere we describe the implementation and calibration of a streaked visible spectrometer (SVS) for optical pyrometry and emission/absorption spectroscopy on light gas gun platforms in the UC Davis…Erik J. Davies, Dylan K. Spaulding, Sarah T. Stewart·May 28, 2020SaveLearn
Measurement of the cosmic muon annual and diurnal flux variation with the COSINE-100 detectorWe report measurements of annual and diurnal modulations of the cosmic-ray muon rate in the Yangyang underground laboratory (Y2L) using 952 days of COSINE-100 data acquired between September 2016 and…100 Collaboration, H. Prihtiadi, G. Adhikari et al.·May 27, 2020SaveLearn
Hyper-KamiokandeA next generation water Cherenkov detector Hyper-Kamiokande to be built in Japan is described. The main goals of this project include a sensitive measurement of CP violation in neutrino oscillations,…Yury Kudenko·May 27, 2020SaveLearn
Through-Bottle Whisky Sensing and Classification using Raman Spectroscopy in an Axicon-Based Backscattering ConfigurationNon-intrusive detection systems have the potential to characterise materials through various transparent glass and plastic containers. Food and drink adulteration is increasingly problematic,…Holly Fleming, Mingzhou Chen, Graham D. Bruce et al.·May 27, 2020SaveLearn
Precision timing calorimetry with the CMS HGCALThe existing CMS endcap calorimeters will be replaced with a High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) for operation at the High Luminosity (HL) LHC. Radiation hardness and excellent physics performance…Artur Lobanov·May 27, 2020SaveLearn
Low Gain Avalanche Detectors for the HADES reaction time (T0) detector upgradeLow Gain Avalanche Detector (LGAD) technology has been used to design and construct prototypes of time-zero detector for experiments utilizing proton and pion beams with High Acceptance Di-Electron…J. Pietraszko, T. Galatyuk, V. Kedych et al.·May 26, 2020SaveLearn
CMS RPC Background -- Studies and MeasurementsThe expected radiation background in the CMS RPC system has been studied using the MC prediction with the CMS FLUKA simulation of the detector and the cavern. The MC geometry used in the analysis…R. Hadjiiska, A. Samalan, M. Tytgat et al.·May 26, 2020SaveLearn
Characterization of an architecture for front-end pixel binning in an integrating pixel array detectorOptimization of an area detector involves compromises between various parameters like frame rate, read noise, dynamic range and pixel size. We have implemented and tested a novel front-end binning…D. Gadkari, K. S. Shanks, H. T. Philipp et al.·May 26, 2020SaveLearn
Effects of ground movements on realistic guide models for the European Spallation SourceWe model the effect of ground movement, based on empirical experience, on the transport properties of long neutron guides by ray-tracing simulations. Our results reproduce the large losses found by…Asla Husgard, Martin A. Olsen, Rebekka Frøystad et al.·May 26, 2020SaveLearn
CMS RPC Activities During LHC LS-2The second LHC long shutdown period (LS2) is an important opportunity for the CMS Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) to complete their consolidation and upgrade projects. The consolidation includes…Mehar Ali Shah·May 26, 2020SaveLearn
Experiences from the RPC data taking during the CMS RUN-2The CMS experiment recorded 177.75 /fb of proton-proton collision data during the RUN-1 and RUN-2 data taking period. Successful data taking at increasing instantaneous luminosities with the evolving…Mehar Ali Shah·May 26, 2020SaveLearn
Phase space considerations for a microSAXS beamline located on a diamond Laue side-bounce monochromatorFlux as well as spatial and angular resolution for a microbeam small-angle x-ray scattering set-up comprising Laue optics and multiple focusing elements are modeled within five-dimensional phase…Detlef-M. Smilgies·May 26, 2020SaveLearn
Performance of an optically read out time projection chamber with ultra-relativistic electronsThe Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is an ideal candidate to finely study the charged particle ionization in a gaseous medium. Large volumes TPCs can be read out with a suitable number of channels…V. C. Antochi, E. Baracchini, L. Benussi et al.·May 25, 2020SaveLearn
Stroboscopic detection of multi-colloidal hydrodynamics using time-multiplexed optical tweezersTime-division multiplexing presents an attractive opportunity to probe multi-colloidal interactions in optical traps at short time-scales. In this paper, we demonstrate a stroboscopic system capable…Thomas Dixon, Peter Reece·May 24, 2020SaveLearn
Strong permanent magnet gradient deflector for Stern-Gerlach-type experiments on molecular beamsWe describe the design, assembly, and testing of a magnet intended to deflect beams of paramagnetic nanoclusters, molecules, and atoms. It is energized by high-grade permanent neodymium magnets. This…Jiahao Liang, Thomas M. Fuchs, Rolf Schäfer et al.·May 24, 2020SaveLearn
Scintillation properties of ( Zn0.9 Pb0.1)( W0.9 Mo0.1) O4 and ( Zn0.9 Cd0.1)( W0.9 Mo0.1) O4 mixed crystalsScintillation properties of ( Zn0.9 Pb0.1)( W0.9 Mo0.1) O4 and ( Zn0.9 Cd0.1)( W0.9 Mo0.1) O4 mixed crystals with…E. N. ~Galashov, D. V. ~Matvienko, V. A. ~Moskovskyh et al.·May 24, 2020SaveLearn
Background-free fibre optic Brillouin probe for remote mapping of micromechanicsBrillouin spectroscopy is a century-old technique that has recently received renewed interest, as modern instrumentation has transformed it into a powerful contactless and label-free probe of…YuChen Xiang, Carin Basirun, Joshua Chou et al.·May 23, 2020SaveLearn