Performance of the MPD experiment in dielectron measurements at NICAThe Multi-Purpose Detector (MPD) experiment at NICA is designed to investigate strongly interacting matter at high net-baryon density through a broad program of heavy-ion measurements. Dielectrons…Sudhir Pandurang Rode, Itzhak Tserruya, Victor Riabov et al.·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
Cross-geometry transfer and model collapse in point cloud calorimeter shower generationParticle shower simulation is a major computational cost in high-energy physics. Monte Carlo methods such as Geant4 are accurate but expensive, while most machine learning surrogates are tied to…Thorsten Buss, Frank Gaede, Gregor Kasieczka et al.·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
Fast-Neutron Scintillation with Multi-Quantum-Well 2D PerovskitesFast-neutron scintillators must efficiently convert neutron energy into detectable light while enabling selectivity between neutrons and the γ-ray background. Here, we report a synthesis strategy for…Shaun Tan, Zachary Benesh, Seong Eui Chang et al.·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
Study of the properties of sustainable materials for shielding against ionizing radiationsThe SuShi project aims at determining how sustainable materials can be used to shield against ionizing radiations. This contribution presents a comparison of the effect of concrete and rammed raw…Julien Faivre·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
CBM T0 Detector Performance Study with Light Ions (4He, 12C) and the DOGMA Readout SystemThis paper presents the realization and performance of the CBM T0 detector system. Built upon an approximately 70 μm thin polycrystalline CVD (pcCVD) diamond sensor with pad metallization, the…Yevhen Kozymka, Thomas Bergauer, Maximilian von Buelow et al.·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
Cryogenic performance and long-term stability of Hamamatsu R8520-506 photomultiplier tubes in liquid argonSeven Hamamatsu R8520-506 photomultiplier tubes were characterized at room temperature and in liquid argon to evaluate their response and operating stability for liquid-argon light readout. A 405~nm…Jilong Yin, Gaoshuang Li, Yike Shu et al.·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
kicad-pycbnew: A Python Framework for Automated, High-Precision PCB Design in Particle Detector Instrumentationkicad-pycbnew is an open-source Python library for the automated, script-based generation of KiCad PCB designs, tailored to the precise geometric and impedance constraints of particle detector…Vincent Raspal·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
Characterization of immersed SiPM arrays in liquid scintillator between room temperature and -30\,CLiquid scintillator detectors instrumented with distributed silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays can be used in compact, topology-sensitive, and low-background experiments, but the temperature…M. S. Kwak, J. S. Chung, C. Ha et al.·Sep 23, 2026SaveLearn
Meta-learning accelerates detector design optimizationThe quality of a detector design is ultimately determined by the quality of the inference it enables, that is, by the accuracy with which the quantities of interest are reconstructed from the raw…Maxim Borisyak, Nikita Gladin, Andrey Ustyuzhanin·Sep 22, 2026SaveLearn
A Scalable Stacked-Electrode Printed Circuit Board Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (PCB-RFQ) for Precision ExperimentsLinear radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) traps are crucial for ion and phase-space manipulation across diverse physics platforms, including quantum information processing, precision atomic…Tayemar K. Fowler-Davis, Moritz Pascal Reiter, Nawaf Altasan et al.·Sep 22, 2026SaveLearn
Investigation of Widefield NV-Center Magnetic Imaging for Non-Destructive Materials TestingDue to progressing miniaturization, material fatigue is expected to gain importance on microscopic scales. Nevertheless, most non-destructive testing techniques are optimized for macroscopic scales.…Niklas Mathes, Marvin Feuerhelm, Simon Philipp et al.·Sep 22, 2026SaveLearn
Charged-particle topology reconstruction with an in-liquid SiPM arrayLiquid scintillator detectors instrumented with photosensors inside the scintillation volume preserve local optical information that is largely lost in conventional boundary-readout geometries. We…H. Kimku, J. S. Chung, C. Ha et al.·Sep 22, 2026SaveLearn
Pulse-shape discrimination with machine learning for CZT detectors at the DAΦNE beam test facilityCadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors offer versatility, operational simplicity, and room-temperature X- and gamma-ray spectroscopy, making them attractive for collider applications, yet their use…Simone Manti, Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene et al.·Sep 21, 2026SaveLearn
Leveraging Industrial Foundation Models at the Edge of Particle Physics Detectors via Distillation Learning and Hardware Co-designData acquisition (DAQ) systems at future particle physics experiments stand to benefit from the extremes of AI/ML development: large-scale foundation models can enhance the performance of feature…Gia Ancone, Qibin Liu, Liangyu Wu et al.·Sep 20, 2026SaveLearn
ARGUS: an experiment-agnostic framework for detector-health monitoring in particle physicsEvery particle-physics experiment builds detector-health monitoring, and many end up rebuilding it, because a first system written under commissioning pressure often proves too rigid to maintain.…Kamal Benslama·Sep 20, 2026SaveLearn
Radiation hardness characterization of SiPM sensors for Low Earth Orbit space missionsThis work presents a comprehensive radiation hardness characterization of SiPM devices for space-based applications: FBK NUV-HD-MT and NUV-HD-LowCT (1×1, 3×3, and 6×6~mm2) and…R. Aloisio, F. C. T. Barbato, I. De Mitri et al.·Sep 19, 2026SaveLearn
Precise measurement of the thermal quenching factor of alpha particles in Li2MoO4 cryogenic calorimetersWe present direct measurements of the thermal quenching factor (QF)for alpha-particles in Li2MoO4 scintillating crystals, conducted at base temperatures of 13 mK and 19 mK. Using gamma-calibration…M. Girola, R. Serino, M. Biassoni et al.·Sep 19, 2026SaveLearn
Single-electron detection in a high-purity Ge deviceHigh-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors are among the most powerful instruments for gamma ray spectroscopy, combining exceptional energy resolution with large active volumes. Although they operate…Antoine Armatol, Corinne Augier, Laurent Bergé et al.·Sep 19, 2026SaveLearn
Real-time Tunable Probability Distributions From Perimeter-Gated SPAD TRNGsTrue random number generators (TRNGs) based on the dark noise of perimeter-gated single-photon avalanche diodes (pg-SPADs) naturally produce outputs that follow a tunable Bernoulli distribution. For…Yanbing Icey Chen, Md Sakibur Sajal, Marc Dandin·Sep 19, 2026SaveLearn
Proof-of-Concept and User Perspective on Photon-to-Digital Converter Applications in Particle PhysicsPhoton-to-Digital Converters (PDCs) are photosensors with single photon resolution and large dynamic range that digitise the output of individual single-photon avalanche diodes directly on-chip,…M. Á. García-Peris, B. Palmeiro, G. Lessard et al.·Sep 18, 2026SaveLearn
A Deep Neural Network based Level-1 Trigger for the Magnetic Monopole Search in the SCEP ExperimentThe Search for Cosmic Exotic Particles (SCEP) experiment proposes a multilayer magnetic monopole (MM) detection array with a target exposure of O(104) m2 year. Continuously recording the raw…Changqing Ye, Yunhan Wang, Yifan Qiao et al.·Sep 18, 2026SaveLearn
A compact fibre-coupled active beamstop for fast time-resolved monitoring of synchrotron X-ray beamsWe have developed a compact fibre-coupled active beamstop for simultaneous interception and time-resolved monitoring of the direct X-ray beam in synchrotron diffraction experiments. The complete…Friedjof Tellkamp, David von Stetten, Martin Kollewe·Sep 18, 2026SaveLearn
Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2026 ProceedingsThe fourth "Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter" (MDvDM'26) meeting was held April 14-17, 2026 in Karlsruhe, Germany, hosted by the Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP) at…Alexey Elykov, Patrick Stengel, Natsue Abe et al.·Sep 17, 2026SaveLearn
Commissioning and Performance of the Time-of-Flight Detector for the T2K Neutrino Oscillation ExperimentThe T2K ND280 Upgrade aims to reduce systematic uncertainties in measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters and improve sensitivity to the charge-parity (CP)-violating phase, δCP.…C. Alt, L. Amziane, N. Baudis et al.·Sep 17, 2026SaveLearn
Design and characterization of large-size monolithic layers of 3D-segmented plastic scintillatorThree-dimensional fine-grained plastic scintillator detectors are extensively used in high-energy physics experiments where particle tracking, identification, calorimetry and sub-nanosecond timing…Jon Berisha, Xingyu Zhao, Andrey Boyarintsev et al.·Sep 17, 2026SaveLearn