Aging Study on Resistive Plate Chambers of the CMS Muon Detector for HL-LHCIn the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) program, during the next years, the instantaneous luminosity will increase up to 5 × 1034 cm-2 s-1 which means a factor…R. Aly·May 22, 2020SaveLearn
Improved-RPC for the CMS muon system upgrade for the HL-LHCDuring Phase-2 of the LHC, known as the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), the accelerator will increase its instantaneous luminosity to 5 × 1034 cm-2 s-1, delivering an integrated…Priyanka Kumari·May 22, 2020SaveLearn
BDAQ53, a versatile pixel detector readout and test system for the ATLAS and CMS HL-LHC upgradesBDAQ53 is a readout system and verification framework for hybrid pixel detector readout chips of the RD53 family. These chips are designed for the upgrade of the inner tracking detectors of the ATLAS…Michael Daas, Yannick Dieter, Jochen Dingfelder et al.·May 22, 2020SaveLearn
New 3D fine-grained scintillation detector for the T2K experimentThe main goal of the T2K long-baseline neutrino experiment is the precise measurement of the parameters of neutrino oscillation and the search for CP-violation in the lepton sector. In 2017, the T2K…S. Fedotov·May 22, 2020SaveLearn
Reactor neutrino applications and coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scatteringPotential applications of neutrino detection to nuclear security have been discussed since the 1970s. Recent years have seen great progress in detector technologies based on inverse beta decay, with…Maitland Bowen, Patrick Huber·May 21, 2020SaveLearn
The SπRIT Time Projection ChamberThe SAMURAI Pion Reconstruction and Ion-Tracker Time Projection Chamber (SπRIT TPC) was designed to enable measurements of heavy ion collisions with the SAMURAI spectrometer at the RIKEN…J. Barney, J. Estee, W. G. Lynch et al.·May 21, 2020SaveLearn
Study of Silicon Photomultiplier Performance at Different TemperaturesDecreasing the operation temperature of a Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM) leads to a drop in its dark noise. Some experiments consider cold temperatures as an option for low noise applications of…N. Anfimov, D. Fedoseev, A. Rybnikov et al.·May 21, 2020SaveLearn
A THz spectrometer using band pass filtersWe describe a THz spectrometer operating between 1.2 and 10.5 THz, consisting of band pass filters made with metasurfaces. The source is made of 10 W small black body. The detector is a high…F. Martini, E. Giovine, F. Chiarello et al.·May 21, 2020SaveLearn
Characterization of the photomultiplier tubes for the scintillation detectors of GRANDProto35 experimentGRANDProto35 is the first stage of the GRAND project. It will be composed of an array of 35 radio antennas and 24 scintillation detectors, the radio and scintillating subarrays being triggered…Xu Wang, Xiangli Qian, Yanhong Yu et al.·May 21, 2020SaveLearn
Investigation of ASIC-based signal readout electronics for LEGEND-1000LEGEND, the Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless ββ Decay, is a ton-scale experimental program to search for neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay in the isotope 76Ge with an…F. Edzards, M. Willers, A. Alborini et al.·May 20, 2020SaveLearn
Measurement of the Background Activities of a 100Mo-enriched powder sample for AMoRE crystal material using a single high purity germanium detectorThe Advanced Molybdenum-based Rare process Experiment (AMoRE) searches for neutrino-less double-beta (0νetaeta) decay of 100Mo in enriched molybdate crystals. The AMoRE crystals must have low…Su-yeon Park, Insik Hahn, Woon Gu Kang et al.·May 20, 2020SaveLearn
First demonstration of 6 dB quantum noise reduction in a kilometer scale gravitational wave observatoryPhoton shot noise, arising from the quantum-mechanical nature of the light, currently limits the sensitivity of all the gravitational wave observatories at frequencies above one kilohertz. We report…James Lough, Emil Schreiber, Fabio Bergamin et al.·May 20, 2020SaveLearn
Beam test characterisation of a Plastic Scintillator Prototype for the space-based cosmic ray experiment HERDThe High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detector (HERD) facility is planned to go onboard China's Space Station, planned to be operational starting in around 2025 for about 10 years. The main scientific…P. W. Cattaneo, M. Pullia, M. C. Prata et al.·May 20, 2020SaveLearn
Time Projection Chamber as Inner Tracker for Super Charm-Tau Factory at BINPAt present time Budker INP is developing a Super Charm-Tau factory project, which consists of a high-luminosity collider with the luminosity of 1035,cm-2s-1 and a universal magnetic…V. K. Vadakeppattu, A. V. Sokolov, L. I. Shekhtman et al.·May 20, 2020SaveLearn
Towards portable muography with small-area, gas-tight glass Resistive Plate ChambersImaging techniques that use atmospheric muons, collectively named under the neologism "muography", have seen a tremendous growth in recent times, mainly due to their diverse range of…S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil, P. Demin et al.·May 19, 2020SaveLearn
Effects of the electronic threshold on the performance of the RPC system of the CMS experimentResistive Plate Chambers have a very important role for muon triggering both in the barrel and in the endcap regions of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In order to optimize…W. Elmetenawee·May 19, 2020SaveLearn
Signal generation in CdTe X-ray sensorsThis write-up explains the signal generation mechanism in CdTe semiconductor sensors. Derivations are mostly carried out explicitly, starting with basic semiconductor relations. The analysis is…Oliver Grimm·May 19, 2020SaveLearn
Spectrum-free integrated photonic remote molecular identification and sensingAbsorption spectroscopy is widely used in sensing and astronomy to understand molecular compositions on microscopic to cosmological scales. However, typical dispersive spectroscopic techniques…Ross Cheriton, Suresh Sivanandam, Adam Densmore et al.·May 18, 2020SaveLearn
General method to calculate the elastic deformation and X-ray diffraction properties of bent crystal wafersCurved single crystals are widely employed in spectrometer designs in the hard X-ray regime. Due to their large solid angle coverage and focusing properties, toroidally bent crystals are extremely…Ari-Pekka Honkanen, Simo Huotari·May 18, 2020SaveLearn
Ring Laser Gyro: Noise Improves PerformanceWe present a systematic formulation of the performance of a ring laser gyro (RLG) under the influence of a randomized sinusoidal dither. We develop the Fokker Planck equation of such a system and…M. M. Tehrani, Shahin Soltanieh·May 18, 2020SaveLearn
Optical properties of YAG:Ce and GGG:Ce scintillation crystals irradiated with a high fluence proton beamIn this paper, we report on the study of the optical properties of YAG:Ce and GGG:Ce garnet crystals after irradiation in a 660~MeV proton beam with a fluence up to 8.9×1014…V. Baranov, Yu. I. Davydov, M. Mkrtchian et al.·May 18, 2020SaveLearn
Monitoring of the Photon BeamPresented are the characteristics of systems for monitoring the intensity of the bremsstrahlung photon beam of the PAKHRA accelerator based on Cherenkov counters.V. I. Alekseev, V. A. Baskov, V. A. Dronov et al.·May 18, 2020SaveLearn
TAO Conceptual Design Report: A Precision Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum with Sub-percent Energy ResolutionThe Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO, also known as JUNO-TAO) is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO). A ton-level liquid scintillator detector will be…JUNO Collaboration, Angel Abusleme, Thomas Adam et al.·May 18, 2020SaveLearn
Response of a Li-glass/multi-anode photomultiplier detector to focused proton and deuteron beamsThe response of a position-sensitive Li-glass based scintillation detector to focused beams of 2.5 MeV protons and deuterons has been investigated. The beams were scanned across the detector in 0.5…E. Rofors, J. Pallon, R. Al Jebali et al.·May 18, 2020SaveLearn
Performance of different photocathode materials in a liquid argon purity monitorPurity monitor devices are increasingly used in noble gas time projection chambers to measure the lifetime of drifting electrons. Purity monitors work by emitting electrons from a photocathode…Laura Manenti, Linda Cremonesi, Francesco Arneodo et al.·May 17, 2020SaveLearn