Enhancing Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Sensitivity of Liquid-Xenon Time Projection Chamber with Augmented Convolutional Neural NetworkDual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) that employs a multi-ton-scale liquid xenon (LXe) target mass is a pioneering detector technology to search for dark matter. Beyond its advantage in dark…E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, K. Abe et al.·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
New method for clustering thresholds determination in Microstrip Silicon DetectorThe Microstrip Silicon Detector (MSD) is one of the subsystems of the FragmentatiOn Of Target (FOOT) experiment whose goal is to measure double differential nuclear fragmentation cross sections for…S. Mazzolani, I. Mattei, L. Servoli·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
A Low-Complexity 200 Mbit/s Full-Duplex Digital Link Over a Single Coaxial Cable for Laboratory InstrumentationModern full-duplex communication systems, such as Gigabit Ethernet, enable high data rates over challenging transmission media but require sophisticated circuitry and non-trivial digital interfaces.…Michael Wiebusch·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Offline Commissioning of the St. Benedict Gas CatcherPrecision measurements of β decay transitions offer a promising channel through which the Standard Model (SM) can be probed. There is currently an ongoing effort to increase the precision on…F. Rivero, D. Guillet, M. Brodeur et al.·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
A Sub-electron-noise Skipper-CCD Readout ASIC with Improved Channel-to-channel Isolation and an Integrated Cryogenic Voltage ReferenceThe MIDNA application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are a series of skipper-CCD readout chips fabricated in a 65 nm low-power CMOS process that implement a correlated double sampling signal…Fabricio Alcalde Bessia, Claudio Chavez, Troy England et al.·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Spatial resolution improvement of PICOSEC Micromegas precise timing detectorsThe combination of a Cherenkov radiator with a semi-transparent photocathode and a Micromegas based amplification stage allows PICOSEC Micromegas detectors to achieve a time resolution of better than…F. M. Brunbauer, R. Aleksan, Y. Angelis et al.·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Stability of Charge Collection Efficiency and Time Resolution in 4H-SiC PIN Diodes Under X-ray IrradiationThis study evaluates the radiation tolerance of a 4H-SiC PIN detector under X-ray irradiation up to 2MGy (Si) at 160keV. The detector features a fully epitaxial vertical PIN structure…Jiaqi Zhou, Sen Zhao, Xiyuan Zhang et al.·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Low Energy Phonon Bursts Created By Fast Neutron DamageSolid state athermal phonon calorimeters used in the search for low mass dark matter or coherent neutrino-nucleus interactions have long observed a large excess of events below several hundred eV.…A. Armatol, C. Augier, L. Bergé et al.·Mar 18, 2026SaveLearn
Design and First Results of COFFEE3: A 55nm HVCMOS Pixel Sensor Prototype for High-Energy Physics ApplicationsMotivated by the stringent requirements of the Upstream Pixel (UP) tracker in the LHCb Upgrade II and the Inner Tracking detector (ITK) of the Circular Electron Positron Collider, the COFFEE series…Xiaomin Wei, Zijun Xu, Weiguo Lu et al.·Mar 18, 2026SaveLearn
Investigating Ultra-Low Energy Ionization Yield from Nuclear Recoils in Semiconductor Detectors via Molecular Dynamics SimulationsNuclear recoil ionization yield constitutes a critical uncertainty source in low-energy detection for dark matter (DM) and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEνNS) experiments. We…Chang-Hao Fang·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
Advances in the Fabrication of On-chip Superconducting Integral Field Units for CMB and Line-Intensity AstronomyStudying the polarization and spectral distortion of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in tandem with intensity fluctuations of the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) allows us to verify our…L. G. G. Olde Scholtenhuis, D. Perez Capelo, K. Karatsu et al.·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
A Novel Approach for Fault Detection and Failure Analysis of CMOS Copper Metal StacksFor the Inner Tracking System 3 (ITS3) upgrade, the ALICE experiment at CERN requires monolithic active pixel sensors of dimensions up to 97~mm\,×\,266~mm, occupying a large fraction of a 300…Gregor Hieronymus Eberwein, Gianluca Aglieri Rinella, Daniela Bortoletto et al.·Mar 17, 2026SaveLearn
Upgrade of the Trigger and Data Acquisition System for Continuous Imaging and Multi-Camera Operation in CYGNOThe CYGNO experiment employs an optical readout to image particle interactions in a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC), combining cameras and photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to achieve high spatial…F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti, E. Baracchini et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Decay-Resolved Charge Changes from Radioactive Decays in Levitated MicroparticlesWe measure event-by-event discrete changes in the net electric charge of an optically levitated silica microsphere arising from individual radioactive decays within the sphere, in coincidence with…Jiaxiang Wang, T. W. Penny, Yu-Han Tseng et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
A modular datalogger and slow-control platform for physics experiments with time-series telemetry and web dashboardsWe present a NIM 2U slow-control system designed for continuous monitoring of environmental and facility parameters during data taking in nuclear-physics experiments. The architecture integrates a…D. Tagnani, N. Toniolo, B. Gongora Servin et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Towards high-pressure noble gaseous detectors for coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scatteringCoherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEνNS) is a dominant low-energy neutrino interaction that remains experimentally challenging due to its weak-scale cross section and the small nuclear…Leire Larizgoitia·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Characterization of Passive CMOS Strip Detectors After Proton IrradiationStrip detectors are populating outer trackers of high-energy particle experiments. They are convenient for covering large areas of sensitive material since they use less power and have fewer readout…Marta Baselga, Jan-Hendrik Arling, Naomi Davis et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
The Super Fine-Grained Detector for the T2K neutrino oscillation experimentThe magnetised near detector ND280 of the long-baseline neutrino experiment T2K has been upgraded to improve its detection performance and, consequently, enhance our understanding of neutrino-nucleus…S. Abe, H. Alarakia-Charles, I. Alekseev et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
T-DAQ-P: a portable tablet-form multi-stream data acquisition and contextual telemetry platform based on COTS modules and a custom integration layerWe present T-DAQ-P, a compact and portable data acquisition and telemetry platform designed to support detector deployments in laboratory and field conditions by integrating event streaming,…D. Tagnani, M. Andreotti·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Identifying Neutron Sources using Recoil and Time-of-Flight SpectroscopyNeutron-source identification is central to nuclear physics and its applications, from planetary science to nuclear security, yet direct source discrimination from measured neutron spectra remains…David Breitenmoser, Ricardo Lopez, Shaun D. Clarke et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Towards a Reflective PICOSEC detector?PICOSEC is an ultrafast particle-detector concept, combining a photocathode-coated Cherenkov radiator coupled to a gas-avalanche multiplier. Particle-induced Cherenkov photons create photoelectrons…A. Breskin·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
Beam Test of a SiPM-on-Tile ZDC Prototype with 5.3 GeV Positrons at Jefferson LaboratoryWe report on a beam test of a Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM)-on-tile Zero Degree Calorimeter (ZDC) prototype developed for the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The detector implements the…Sean Preins, Weibin Zhang, Ryan Tsiao et al.·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
Universal method of selective detection of a wide range of pollutants in liquids using conductance quantizationThe primary objective of research in modern sensor technologies is to develop innovative detection methods for the rapid analysis of complex molecular systems. The present work demonstrates that the…O. Pospelov, A. Herus, A. Savytskyi et al.·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn
Evaluation of polymer-metal-hybrid bonded wafer-stacks and sensor wafers for ultra-thin hybrid silicon detectorsSemiconductor pixel detectors are widely established in High Energy Physics (HEP) and Medical physics for their high spatial resolution and tracking capabilities. Research on both monolithic…Janna Zoe Vischer, Yannick Dieter, Jochen Dingfelder et al.·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn
Charge-Carrier transport simulations in diamond detectors with electric-field-dependent mobility and charge-collection-distance-based trappingDiamond detectors are attractive for operation in harsh radiation environments because they combine radiation tolerance, fast signal formation, and low leakage current. Realistic detector-response…Faiz Rahman Ishaqzai, Muhammed Deniz, Marta Baselga et al.·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn