Lineshape response of plastic scintillator to pair production of 4.44 MeV gamma'sWe measure the distribution of energy deposited in a 40x88 mm plastic scintillator by e+ e- pair production of 4.44 MeV gamma-rays. We observe the double-escape peak of 3.42 MeV from pair production…Melisa Ozen, John A. Behr, Michelle Khoo et al.·Dec 7, 2025SaveLearn
Ultra-trace analysis of U and Th in organic liquid scintillators with high sensitivityRare event searches demand extremely low background levels, necessitating ever-advancing screening techniques to enhance sensitivity. Liquid scintillators are highly attractive as detector media due…A. Barresi, D. Chiesa, D. Merli et al.·Dec 6, 2025SaveLearn
Observation of two nuclear recoil peaks induced by neutron capture on Al2O3We report the observation of two nuclear recoil peaks induced by neutron capture on aluminum in a cryogenic Al2O3 detector developed by the NUCLEUS collaboration for the detection of reactor…H. Abele, P. Ajello, B. Arnold et al.·Dec 6, 2025SaveLearn
Using Open Source EDA Tools in ASICs for HEP: A Mixed ComparisonThis work compares open-source electronic design automation tools with a commercial environment using three representative integrated circuit blocks in the IHP 130 nm open PDK: a common-mode noise…Édney M. V. Freitas, Nicolas Guimarães, Rafael Maria et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Design and Performance of a 96-channel Resistive PICOSEC Micromegas Detector for ENUBETThe PICOSEC-Micromegas (PICOSEC-MM) detector is a fast gaseous detector that achieves picosecond-level timing by coupling a Cherenkov radiator, typically an MgF2 crystal, to a Micromegas-based…A. Kallitsopoulou, S. Aune, Y. Angelis et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Filters and Redundancies: An Exploration of Novel Coherent Noise Filters for High Energy PhysicsThis work presents radiation-tolerant implementations for the SALSA front-end readout ASIC through redundancy methods applied to two median-finding algorithms designed for coherent noise suppression.…Felipe Costa, Nicolas Guimarães, Guilherme Milani et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
GPU acceleration of optical photon propagation in low photon yield applications: Opticks for the Electron Ion ColliderThe bulk of time spent in the simulation of Cherenkov and other scintillation detectors is spent on optical-photon transport, i.e. ray tracing, a task that GPUs are uniquely qualified to perform. We…Gabor Galgoczi, Kolja Kauder, Maxim Potekhin et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Construction and characterization of a seven-chip GridPix X-ray detector for solar axion searchesIn the scope of solar axion searches, detectors which are able to measure low energetic X-rays with high efficiency are required. For this purpose a detector based on the GridPix technology was built…Klaus Desch, Jochen Kaminski, Christoph Krieger et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
CryoDE: a Digital Cryogenic Detector Emulator for Microwave SQUID Multiplexed SystemsSimultaneous readout of large-scale cryogenic detector arrays relies on multiplexing schemes such as the FDM (Frequency-Division Multiplexing) with microwave SQUID multiplexers and highly customized…Timo Muscheid, Daniel Crovo, Robert Gartmann et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Characterization of thin optical filters for high purity Cherenkov light readout from scintillating crystalsA hybrid dual-readout calorimeter concept, comprising both electromagnetic and hadronic sections, has recently been proposed to meet the performance requirements of experiments at future…Andrea Benaglia, Flavia Cetorelli, Marco Toliman Lucchini et al.·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Design and Performance Simulation of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter at EicCThe electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) is a key detector component for precise electron and photon measurements in electron-ion collision experiments. At the Electron-Ion Collider in China (EicC),…Ye Tian, Souvik Maity, Jingyu Li et al.·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
The program Simourg for simulating the response functions of gamma detectors with simple geometriesThe program Simourg (Simulator of Usually Requested Geometries) is based on the Geant4 toolkit and created for Monte Carlo simulation of gamma-ray spectrometric nuclear detectors with a simple axial…V. V. Kobychev·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Mu2e Straw Tube Tracker Gas Flow Quality ControlWe present a tracker gas flow quality control method developed for the Mu2e straw tube tracker. Using time-dependent current measurements, we quantify the onset time of ionization gain induced by an…Vishal Bharatwaj, Scott N. Israel, Mamta Jangra et al.·Dec 3, 2025SaveLearn
Studying the GRAiNITA concept: first test beam resultsData collected over a two-day period in June 2024 at the CERN SPS H9 test beam using a small-scale GRAiNITA prototype have been analyzed to characterize the detector's energy resolution…Sergey Barsuk, Oleg Bezshyyko, Ianina Boiaryntseva et al.·Dec 3, 2025SaveLearn
Compton suppressed scintillation spectrometer based on a cluster of 9×CeBr3-NaI(Tl) phoswich detectorsMeasurements of the characteristics of an Compton suppressed spectrometer consisting of 9×CeBr3-NaI(Tl) phoswich detectors surrounded by four CsI(Tl) scintillation detectors intended for…Mark Povolotskiy, Yuri Sobolev, Sergei Stukalov·Dec 3, 2025SaveLearn
Kaleidoscopic Scintillation Event ImagingScintillators are transparent materials that interact with high-energy particles and emit visible light as a result. They are used in state of the art methods of measuring high-energy particles and…Alex Bocchieri, John Mamish, David Appleyard et al.·Dec 2, 2025SaveLearn
New 1mm thick Silicon Drift Detectors for future researches of Kaonic Atoms and the Pauli Exclusion principleKaonic atoms, formed when a negatively charged kaon replaces an electron, provide a sensitive probe of the low-energy strong interaction via precision X-ray spectroscopy. The SIDDHARTA-2 experiment…F. Clozza, F. Sgaramella, L. Abbene et al.·Dec 2, 2025SaveLearn
CZT Detectors for kaonic atoms spectroscopyCadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors offer excellent room-temperature energy resolution, making them well suited for X- and γ-ray spectroscopy in challenging environments. Within the SIDDHARTA-2…Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli et al.·Dec 2, 2025SaveLearn
Characterisation of the LAPPD, a large area microchannel-plate PMTWe present a comprehensive characterization of the LAPPD Gen-II, a large-area microchannel-plate photomultiplier tube (MCP-PMT) equipped with a capacitively coupled sensing (readout) electrode. Two…S. Korpar, R. Dolenec, F. Grijalva et al.·Dec 2, 2025SaveLearn
Discovery and rectification of an error in high resistance traceability at NPL: a case study in how metrology worksWe broach a seldom-discussed topic in precision metrology; how subtle errors in calibration processes are discovered and remedied. We examine a case study at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL),…Stephen Giblin·Dec 2, 2025SaveLearn
Beam-test evaluation of pre-production Low Gain Avalanche Detectors for the ATLAS High Granularity Timing DetectorThe High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) will be installed in the ATLAS experiment as part of the Phase-II upgrade for the High Luminosity-Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). It will mitigate pile-up…A. Aboulhorma, M. Ait Tamlihat, H. M. Alfanda et al.·Dec 1, 2025SaveLearn
Characterization of cutting-edge CMOS Active Pixel sensors within the CYGNO ExperimentTime Projection Chambers equipped with Gas Electron Multipliers and optical readout by scientific CMOS cameras are a promising technology for low-energy particle detection, as demonstrated by the…B. D. Almeida, F. D. Amaro, R. Antonietti et al.·Dec 1, 2025SaveLearn
An Open-Path Eddy-Covariance Laser Spectrometer for Simultaneous Monitoring of CO2, CH4, and H2OWe present E-CAHORS - a compact mid-infrared open-path diode-laser spectrometer designed for the simultaneous measurement of carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor concentrations in the…Viacheslav Meshcherinov, Iskander Gazizov, Bogdan Pravuk et al.·Dec 1, 2025SaveLearn
Neural network-based deconvolution for GeV-Scale Gamma-Ray SpectroscopyHigh-energy gamma-ray spectroscopy is crucial for studying and advancing the application of high-energy photons in areas like strong-field physics, high-energy-density science, and laboratory…Zhuofan Zhang, Mingxuan Wei, Kyle Fleck et al.·Dec 1, 2025SaveLearn
Combined Effects of Transient Ionizing and Electromagnetic Pulse on Vertical NPN Bipolar TransistorCombined effects of transient ionizing and electromagnetic pulse on vertical NPN bipolar transistor were experimentally investigated under pulsed X-ray irradiation. Technology computer-aided design…Meiqing Zhong, Cui Meng, Yinong Liu et al.·Dec 1, 2025SaveLearn