Modelling the Performance of Tritium Process Monitors from First PrinciplesIonization chamber-based, in-line tritium process monitors play an important part in determining the behavior of a tritium system. The one-liter detection volume monitor has been characterized well…Nicolas J. Sovare, Walter T. Shmayda·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Proof-of-concept of a xenon-based cryogenic heat pump demonstrator for future liquid xenon observatoriesThis manuscript details the proof-of-concept of a small-scale cryogenic heat pump demonstrator, a technology designed to enable high-flow xenon distillation systems for the removal of 222Rn in…P. Schulte, D. Wenz, L. Althueser et al.·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
42Ar Production and Injection to a Liquid Argon Environment for Background Mitigation StudiesAtmosphere-sourced argon contains traces of 42Ar, whose β--decaying progeny 42K represents a significant intrinsic background for rare-event experiments using liquid argon (LAr) as…Mario Schwarz, Christoph Vogl, Niko N. P. N. Lay et al.·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Optical studies of scintillation detectors for precision beta-energy measurementsThis work presents optical calculations and simulations for scintillation detectors used in precision measurements of beta-particle energy spectra. Particular attention is given to Cherenkov photons…S. Vanlangendonck, D. Atanasov, B. Blank et al.·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Nuclear Ptychoscopy: A Ptychographic Framework for Nuclear SpectroscopyAccessing both amplitude and phase of nuclear response functions is central to fully characterizing light-matter interactions in the X-ray-nuclear regime. Recent work has demonstrated phase retrieval…Ziyang Yuan, Yifei Zhang, Yonggong Teng et al.·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Advancements and future expansions of the Caribou DAQ systemCaribou is a versatile data acquisition (DAQ) system developed within several collaborative frameworks (CERN EP R&D, DRD3, AIDAinnova, and Tangerine) to support laboratory and test-beam…Younes Otarid, Mathieu Benoit, Eric Buschmann et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Performance study of 4-MU-loaded water for Cherenkov light detectionWe report on R&D study to improve the photon detection efficiency of water Cherenkov detectors by doping ultra-pure water with 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), a wavelength shifting additive. Cherenkov…Pendo B. Nyanda, Gowoon Kim, Youngduk Kim et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Impact of the lead factor of neutron irradiation on the magnetic properties of RPV steelsMaterials used in nuclear reactors are constantly exposed to the effects of neutron irradiation, which leads to changes in their mechanical properties. In particular, the steels employed in reactor…Sebastián Passanante, Dafne Goijman, M. R. Neyra Astudillo et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Hardware-Accelerated GNN-based Hit Filtering for the Belle II Level-1 TriggerWe present a hardware-accelerated hit filtering system employing Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for the Belle II Level-1 Trigger. The GNN exploits spatial and…Greta Heine, Fabio Mayer, Marc Neu et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
A prototype neutron-detector array for future deep-underground s-process studiesWe report a novel neutron-detection approach employing an EJ-309 liquid scintillator surrounded by six 3He proportional counters. Tests were performed at the FRANZ facility of the Goethe-University…Thomas Chillery, David Rapagnani, Chemseddine Ananna et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
First order statistic of afterpulsing and crosstalk events in SiPMsThis paper briefly presents an order statistic approach to the time distribution of the first detected event after a primary avalanche breakdown from a mixture of correlated and dark counting…Sergey Vinogradov·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Mitigating effects of nonlinearities in homodyne quadrature interferometersHomodyne Quadrature interferometers (HoQI) are an interferometric displacement sensing scheme proven to have excellent noise performance, making them a strong candidate for sensing and control…Johannes Lehmann, Artem Basalaev, Jonathan J. Carter et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Robust electron counting for direct electron detectors with the Back-Propagation Counting methodElectron microscopy (EM) is a foundational tool for directly assessing the structure of materials. Recent advances in direct electron detectors have improved signal-to noise ratios via…Joshua Renner, Matthew A. Wright, Kristofer Bouchard et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Upgrade of Super-Kamiokande with GadoliniumSuper-Kamiokande [SK] was upgraded through the addition of gadolinium sulfate to its ultrapure water, initiating the SK-Gd program. This development enables efficient neutron tagging via the large…Yusuke Koshio, Masayuki Nakahata, Hiroyuki Sekiya et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Challenges and strategies in verification of FastRICH ASIC for the LHCb RICH detectorThe FastRICH ASIC provides high-precision, triggerless readout for the LS3 Enhancements and Upgrades II of the LHCb RICH detector. The demands of continuous data acquisition and varying hit rates…M. Lupi, R. Ballabriga, F. N. Bandi et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Design and development of optical modules for the BUTTON-30 detectorBUTTON-30 is a neutrino detector demonstrator located in the STFC Boulby underground facility in the north-east of England. The main goal of the project is to deploy and test the performance of the…D. S. Bhattacharya, J. Bae, M. Bergevin et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Quadrature-witness readout for backscatter mitigation in gravitational-wave detectors limited by back-actionDisturbances in gravitational wave (GW) observational data are often caused by non-stationary noise in the detector itself, such as back-scattering of laser stray light into the signal field. Unlike…Niels Böttner, Roman Schnabel, Mikhail Korobko·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Analytical Modeling of Asynchronous Event-Driven Readout Architectures Using Queueing TheoryEvent-driven imagers and sensor arrays commonly employ asynchronous arbiter trees with a synchronous acknowledge to serialize requests. We present an analytical framework that models the root as an…Dominik S. Górni, Grzegorz W. Deptuch·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Development of a Hermetic Gaseous Xenon Detector for Suppressing External Radon BackgroundRadon-induced backgrounds, particularly from 222Rn and its beta-emitting progeny, present a critical challenge for next-generation liquid xenon (LXe) detectors aimed at probing dark matter down…Ryuta Miyata, Koki Fujikawa, Rina Harata et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
α/γ discrimination method for bulky BaF2 detector used in γ total absorption facilityThe gamma-ray total absorption facility (GTAF) composed of 40 BaF2 detection units is designed to measure the cross section data of neutron radiation capture reaction online, in order to comply with…Chong Zou, Qiwei Zhang, Guangyuan Luan et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Characterization of the first full-size production for ePIC TOF layersLow-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) are characterized by a fast rise time (500 ps) and extremely good time resolution (down to 17 ps). The intrinsic low granularity of LGADs and the large power…M. Davis, G. Stage, A. Borjigin et al.·Nov 4, 2025SaveLearn
Pulse shape simulation for the reduced charge collection layer in p-type high-purity germanium detectorsP-type high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors are widely used across many scientific domains, and current data analysis methods have served well in many use cases. However, applications like…P. Zhang, W. Dai, Q. Zhang et al.·Nov 4, 2025SaveLearn
Neutron Interaction Properties of Structural Materials for Multi-Grid Neutron DetectorsThe T-REX neutron time-of-flight spectrometer at the European Spallation Source will use Multi-Grid Technology, which relies on thin B4C coatings on the Al blades of the grids to detect scattered…A. Backis, C. -C. Lai, M. Aouane et al.·Nov 4, 2025SaveLearn
Demonstration of Sub-Percent Energy Resolution in the NEXT-100 DetectorNEXT-100 is a high-pressure xenon time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification, designed to operate with up to approximately 70.5 kg at 13.5 bar. It is the most recent detector…NEXT Collaboration, M. Pérez Maneiro, M. Martínez-Vara et al.·Nov 4, 2025SaveLearn
Time-based Selection of Kaonic Atom X-ray Events with Quasi-Hemispherical CZT Detectors at the DAFNE colliderThis work presents the results of a time-based event selection for searching X-ray signals from kaonic atom X-ray transition using a single quasi-hemispherical Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride (CZT) detector…Francesco Artibani, Leonardo Abbene, Antonino Buttacavoli et al.·Nov 4, 2025SaveLearn