Comprehensive study of cosmogenic neutron production in large liquid scintillator detectorsNeutrons produced by cosmic ray muons constitute a significant background for underground experiments investigating neutron oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, dark matter, and other rare…Yijian Jiang, Jie Cheng, Haoqi Lu et al.·Jan 17, 2026SaveLearn
AllShowers: One model for all calorimeter showersAccurate and efficient detector simulation is essential for modern collider experiments. To reduce the high computational cost, various fast machine learning surrogate models have been proposed.…Thorsten Buss, Henry Day-Hall, Frank Gaede et al.·Jan 16, 2026SaveLearn
Nanofabricated torsion pendulums for tabletop gravity experimentsMeasurement of mutual gravitation on laboratory scales is an outstanding challenge and a prerequisite to probing theories of quantum gravity. A leading technology in tabletop gravity experiments is…Jack Manley, Charles A. Condos, Zachary Fegley et al.·Jan 16, 2026SaveLearn
Stacked geometry concept for CosmicWatch based muon detectors in coincidence modeCosmicWatch-based muon detectors are inexpensive, handheld, battery-powered, portable instruments designed to measure the flux of secondary muons produced when primary cosmic rays continuously strike…Ishannita Banerjee, Swagato Banerjee, Douglas Jackson et al.·Jan 15, 2026SaveLearn
A Neutron Microscope Using a Nested Wolter-I Condenser and a Bank of Diffractive-Refractive Achromatic ObjectivesWe propose a nested Wolter-I mirror design for a neutron condenser, which is based on established X-ray telescope technology. We demonstrate through simulations that it can increase the flux density…Henning Friis Poulsen, Cæcilie Andersen, Nolan Ravinet et al.·Jan 15, 2026SaveLearn
Charge-Carrier Mobility in Diamond: Review, Data Compilation, and Modelling for Detector SimulationsReported electron and hole mobilities and saturation velocities in diamond vary widely across the literature. We provide a consolidated review of first-principles predicted and experimentally…Faiz Rahman Ishaqzai, Muhammed Deniz, Kevin Kröninger et al.·Jan 15, 2026SaveLearn
A compact Optical Liquid Argon Facility at Roma TreIn this paper we present a compact test facility for the measurement of optical properties of liquid argon as scintillator. The setup is under preparation at Roma Tre and it has a volume of 40 L…Hexi Shi, Valerio D'Andrea, Giuseppe Salamanna et al.·Jan 15, 2026SaveLearn
The BigBite Calorimeter for the Super Bigbite Spectrometer Program at Jefferson LabWe report features of the design, construction, installation, and performance of the BigBite Calorimeter (BBCal), a lead-glass electromagnetic calorimeter constructed as part of the BigBite…Provakar Datta, Katherine Evans, Jason Bane et al.·Jan 15, 2026SaveLearn
Effect of hole pitch reduction on electron transport and diffusion: A comparative simulation study of Triple GEM detectorsAdvances in fabrication techniques and high-performance electronics have facilitated the development of fine-pitch Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs). Earlier experimental and simulation findings…Rajiv Gupta, Sunidhi Saxena, Ajay Kumar·Jan 15, 2026SaveLearn
Characterization of Silicon-Membrane TES Microcalorimeters for Large-Format X-ray Spectrometers with Integrated Microwave SQUID ReadoutWe present the electro-thermal characterization of transition-edge sensor (TES) detectors suspended on Si membranes fabricated using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. The use of an all-silicon…Avirup Roy, Robinjeet Singh, Joel C. Weber et al.·Jan 14, 2026SaveLearn
The ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker: Design and StatusThe ePIC collaboration is developing a multidetector system to explore the fundamental properties of the strong interaction at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), to be built at Brookhaven…R. Turrisi·Jan 14, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced Athermal Phonon Responsivity in a Kinetic Inductance Detector with Integrated Phonon CollectorsCryogenic phonon detectors are adopted in light dark matter searches and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering experiments as they can achieve low energy thresholds. The phonon mediated…Leonardo Pesce, Alessio Ludovico De Santis, Martino Calvo et al.·Jan 13, 2026SaveLearn
Hybrid-Contact Planar HPGe Process Vehicle Toward Ring-Contact DesignsRare-event searches including dark matter, coherent elastic neutrino--nucleus scattering (CEνNS), and neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) require high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors with…Kunming Dong, Dongming Mei, Shasika Panamaldeniya et al.·Jan 13, 2026SaveLearn
Towards a Self-Driving Trigger at the LHC: Adaptive Response in Real TimeReal-time data filtering and selection -- or trigger -- systems at high-throughput scientific facilities such as the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must process extremely high-rate…Shaghayegh Emami, Cecilia Tosciri, Giovanna Salvi et al.·Jan 13, 2026SaveLearn
Design and construction of a cryogenic subcooler-box for supplying single phase supercritical helium to dark matter and gravitational wave experimentsWe report on the design, development, and installation of the ALPS Cryo-Platform Subcooler Box (ACPS), which is part of the cryogenic platform being established in the HERA North Hall at DESY to…Udai Raj Singh, Rajinikumar Ramalingam, Christoph Reinhardt et al.·Jan 13, 2026SaveLearn
A New Beam Monitor at NFS/SPIRAL2 Based on Position-Sensitive PPACs Detecting Fission Fragments from 238U(n,f)A new experimental setup has been installed at the Time-Of-Flight area of the Neutrons For Science facility (NFS) at GANIL/SPIRAL2 for neutron beam monitoring. This setup consists of an array of…D. Ramos, X. Ledoux, L. Audouin et al.·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
Achieving Ultrahigh Resolution with High Efficiency: Optical Design of the 2D-RIXS Spectrometer at NanoTerasu BL02UA state-of-the-art Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) facility, composed of a dedicated beamline and a 2D-RIXS spectrometer, has been constructed and commissioned at BL02U in NanoTerasu,…Jun Miyawaki·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
Sub-Pixel Electron Beam Alignment for Machine Learning Characterization of Hybrid Pixel DetectorsDue to their radiation hardness, kilohertz frame rates, and high dynamic range, hybrid pixel detectors have recently expanded their application range to electron diffraction and recently also…Emiliya Poghosyan, Xiangyu Xie, Joakim Reuteler et al.·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
Performance Benchmarks for 2-View and 3-View Fiber-Projection Fine-Grained Particle DetectorsFine-grained scintillator detectors are critical for precision measurements in nuclear and particle physics, where accurate reconstruction of interaction vertices and secondary particle directions…Haohui Che, Guang Yang·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
Performance of the Pair Spectrometer in Hall D at Jefferson LabThis article describes the performance of the pair spectrometer installed in experimental Hall D at Jefferson Lab and its operation in multiple experiments with the GlueX detector. The primary…Alexander Somov, Sergey Somov, Vladimir V. Berdnikov·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
Large Language Models for Physics Instrument DesignWe study the use of large language models (LLMs) for physics instrument design and compare their performance to reinforcement learning (RL). Using only prompting, LLMs are given task constraints and…Sara Zoccheddu, Shah Rukh Qasim, Patrick Owen et al.·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
The design and expected performance of the ALICE ITS3 upgradeDuring the LHC Long Shutdown 3 (2026-29) ALICE will replace its three innermost tracking layers by a new detector, the "ITS3". It will be based on newly developed, wafer-scale monolithic…Jory Sonneveld·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
Monitoring of structural changes in materials under the exposure of ionization radiation using a vibrating wireIonizing radiation (X-rays, proton beams) causes structural changes in materials. If a vibrating metallic wire is subjected to such radiation, the natural frequency of the wire is affected as a…S. G. Arutunian, N. M. Manukyan, S. A. Hunanyan et al.·Jan 12, 2026SaveLearn
PANDA-film: an automated system for electrodeposition of polymer thin films and their wetting analysisThin polymer films are widely used as functional and protective coatings. However, determining the composition and processing conditions that produce a desired function is a tedious process due to…Harley Quinn, Gregory A. Robben, Zhaoyi Zheng et al.·Jan 11, 2026SaveLearn
Benchmarking Autonomy in Scientific Experiments: A Hierarchical Taxonomy for Autonomous Large-Scale FacilitiesThe transition from automated data collection to fully autonomous discovery requires a shared vocabulary to benchmark progress. While the automotive industry relies on the SAE J3016 standard, current…James Le Houx·Jan 11, 2026SaveLearn