Characterization of the Electronic Noise in the Readout of Resistive Micromegas in the High-Angle Time Projection Chambers of the T2K ExperimentThe two high-angle Time Projection Chambers of the T2K experiment are equipped with a new readout system based on resistive Micromegas detector technology, and utilize custom-made electronics based…D. Attié, P. Billoir, G. Bortolato et al.·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Assembly, testing, and installation of mPMT photosensor for the Water Cherenkov Test ExperimentThe multi-Photomultiplier Tube (mPMT) photosensors will be used in the Water Cherenkov Test Experiment (WCTE) to efficiently detect the photons produced in the whole detector. One of the aims behind…M. Gola, M. Barbi, V. Berardi et al.·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Data-driven performance optimization of gamma spectrometers with many channelsIn gamma spectrometers with variable spectroscopic performance across many channels (e.g., many pixels or voxels), a tradeoff exists between including data from successively worse-performing readout…Jayson R. Vavrek, Hannah S. Parrilla, Gabriel Aversano et al.·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Broadband Optical Modulation and Control at Millikelvin TemperaturesA universal experimental challenge when studying radiation effects on cryogenic devices is to precisely and accurately characterize the position-dependent device response very near the energy…N. Tabassum, T. Aralis, J. Anczarski et al.·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Investigating irradiation effects and space charge sign inversion in n-type Low Gain Avalanche DetectorsLow Gain Avalanche Detectors built on n-type substrate (nLGADs) have been developed by IMB-CNM to enhance the detection of low-penetrating particles, with a wide range of applications from medicine,…Veronika Kraus, Margarita Biveinytė, Marcos Fernandez Garcia et al.·Apr 4, 2025SaveLearn
Evaluation of the Response to Electrons and Pions in the Scintillating Fiber and Lead Calorimeter for the Future Electron-Ion ColliderThe performance of the Baby Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter (Baby BCAL) - a small-scale lead-scintillating-fiber (Pb/ScFi) prototype of the GlueX Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter (BCAL) - was…Henry Klest, Maria Żurek, Tegan D. Beattie et al.·Apr 3, 2025SaveLearn
Expected performance of the ALPIDE pixel layers in ALICE FoCalThe ALICE experiment is designed to study ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). As part of its major upgrades for Run 4, the Forward Calorimeter (FoCal) will be…Jie Yi, Max Philip Rauch·Apr 3, 2025SaveLearn
Investigating the response of single pad and hybrid pixel detectors (Si, GaAs, CdTe, CZT) for 226Ra and 137CsThe development of hybrid pixel detectors for particle detection with high spatial resolution in high energy physics experiments has spun off a number of developments with applications in imaging,…G. Chelkov, S. Abou El-Azm, U. Kruchonak et al.·Apr 3, 2025SaveLearn
Orbit Determination through Cosmic Microwave Background RadiationThis research explores the use of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation as a reference signal for Initial Orbit Determination (IOD). By leveraging the unique properties of CMB, this study…Pedro K de Albuquerque, Andre R Kuroswiski, Annie S. Wu et al.·Apr 3, 2025SaveLearn
Studies of Hadronic Showers in SND@LHCThe SND@LHC experiment was built for observing neutrinos arising from LHC pp collisions. The detector consists of two sections: a target instrumented with SciFi modules and a hadronic…LHC Collaboration·Apr 2, 2025SaveLearn
Optimization of singly-charged particles identification with the AMS02 RICH detector by a machine learning methodAMS-02 is a detector currently in operation onboard the International Space Station (ISS). One of the main scientific goals of the spectrometer is the measurement of charged particle fluxes. The…Georgi Vasilev, Galina Vankova-Kirilova, Galina Bozhkova·Apr 2, 2025SaveLearn
Transfer learning empowers material Z classification with muon tomographyCosmic-ray muon sources exhibit distinct scattering angle distributions when interacting with materials of different atomic numbers (Z values), facilitating the identification of various Z-class…Haochen Wang, Zhao Zhang, Pei Yu et al.·Apr 1, 2025SaveLearn
The Calibr-A-Ton: a novel method for calorimeter energy calibrationThe energy calibration of calorimeters at collider experiments, such as the ones at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, is crucial for achieving the experiments physics objectives. Standard calibration…Elena Vernazza, Jona Motta, Léa-Maria Rabour et al.·Apr 1, 2025SaveLearn
Optical surface reflectivity characterization in water Cherenkov detectors: methodologies and industrial applicationsUnderstanding the optical properties of various components in water Cherenkov (WC) neutrino experiments is essential for accurate detector characterization, which is critical for precise…Deepak Tiwari·Apr 1, 2025SaveLearn
MATHUSLA: An External Long-Lived Particle Detector to Maximize the Discovery Potential of the HL-LHCWe present the current status of the MATHUSLA (MAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles) long-lived particle (LLP) detector at the HL-LHC, covering the design, fabrication and…Branden Aitken, Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez et al.·Apr 1, 2025SaveLearn
NUMEXO2: a versatile digitizer for nuclear physicsNUMEXO2 is a 16 channels 14bit/200MHz digitizer and processing board initially developed for gamma-ray spectroscopy (for EXOGAM: EXOtic nuclei GAMma ray). Numexo2 has been gradually extended and…C. Houarner, A. Boujrad, M. Tripon et al.·Mar 31, 2025SaveLearn
Reviewing the fundamentals and best practices to characterize microplastics using state-of-the-art quantum-cascade laser reflectance-absorbance spectroscopyMicroplastic pollution studies depend on reliable identification of the suspicious particles. Out of the various analytical techniques available to characterize them, infrared transflectance using a…Adrian Lopez-Rosales, Borja Ferreiro, Jose Andrade et al.·Mar 31, 2025SaveLearn
Sample-based subsampling strategies to identify microplastics in the presence of a high number of particles using quantum-cascade laser-based infrared imagingMicroplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in all ecosystems, affecting wildlife and, ultimately, human health. The complexity of natural samples plus the unspecificity of their treatments to isolate…Adrian Lopez-Rosales, Jose Andrade, Borja Ferreiro et al.·Mar 31, 2025SaveLearn
Application of muon absorption tomography in imaging of civil structuresThe research focuses on the non-invasive imaging technique using cosmic muon absorption tomography to monitor the internals of archaeological / civil / industrial structures of intermediate size. It…Piyush Pallav, Purba Bhattacharya, Supratik Mukhopadhyay et al.·Mar 30, 2025SaveLearn
The DUNE Phase II DetectorsThe international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy for the…DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri et al.·Mar 30, 2025SaveLearn
Fast Magnetic Coil Controller for Cold Atom ExperimentsCold atoms experiments employ magnetic fields, commonly generated by coils, as an essential tool to control and manipulate atomic samples. In these experiments, it is often necessary to rapidly…L. Uhthoff-Rodríguez, A. Hernández-López, E. G. Alonso-Torres et al.·Mar 28, 2025SaveLearn
Terahertz frequency-domain 4x4 Mueller matrix ellipsometer instrument designed for high-frequency magnetic resonance measurementsWe report a Mueller matrix ellipsometer design using dual continuously rotating anisotropic meta wave plates which determines the full set of Mueller matrix elements in the terahertz spectral range.…Viktor Rindert, Alexander Ruder, Steffen Richter et al.·Mar 28, 2025SaveLearn
Studies of Directed Flow with Event Plane Method in the HIRFL-CSR External-target ExperimentThe Cooling-Storage-Ring External-target Experiment (CEE) at Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL) is designed to study the properties of nuclear matter created in heavy-ion collisions at a…Wanlong Wu, Xionghong He, Yanyu Ren et al.·Mar 28, 2025SaveLearn
Depolarization studies on low-depolarizing Cu/Ti and Ni(Mo)/Ti neutron supermirrorsNeutron supermirrors (SMs) are a crucial part of many scattering and particle physics experiments. So far, Ni(Mo)/Ti SMs have been used in experiments that require to transport a polarized neutron…Jose Manuel Gómez-Guzmán, Karina Bernert, Anton Devishvili et al.·Mar 28, 2025SaveLearn
The ScIDEP Muon Radiography Project at the Egyptian Pyramid of KhafreThe ScIDEP Collaboration is constructing muon telescopes based on scintillator technology to investigate the internal structure of the Egyptian Pyramid of Khafre at Giza near Cairo using cosmic-ray…Manar Gamal, Shereen Aly, Dora Geeraerts et al.·Mar 27, 2025SaveLearn