LiquidO: Neutrino Detection and Imaging in Opaque MediaFor several decades now, scintillator detectors have found a wide range of applications in particle physics, including neutrino detection, the search for dark matter and even medical imaging. These…Diana Navas-Nicolás, Cloé Girard-Carillo, Stefan Schoppmann·Mar 14, 2025SaveLearn
AI-Assisted Object Condensation Clustering for Calorimeter Shower Reconstruction at CLAS12Several nuclear physics studies using the CLAS12 detector rely on the accurate reconstruction of neutrons and photons from its forward angle calorimeter system. These studies often place restrictive…Gregory Matousek, Anselm Vossen·Mar 14, 2025SaveLearn
A Packaging Method for ALPIDE Integration Enabling Flexible and Low-Material-Budget DesignsThis work presents a novel solution for the packaging of ALPIDE chips that facilitates non-planar assembly with a minimal material budget. This solution represents a technological advancement based…D. Novel, A. Lega, T. Facchinelli et al.·Mar 14, 2025SaveLearn
An Innovative Heterodyne Microwave Interferometer for Plasma Density Measurements on the Madison AWAKE PrototypeThe Madison AWAKE Prototype (MAP) is a high-power, high-density helicon plasma experiment. The project's main goal is to develop a scalable plasma source for use in a beam-driven plasma wakefield…Marcel Granetzny, Barret Elward, Oliver Schmitz·Mar 14, 2025SaveLearn
Incident beam optics optimization for the single crystal neutron diffractometer Pioneer with a polarized beam optionPioneer, a next-generation single-crystal neutron diffractometer, is under development for Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Second Target Station (STS). Designed to address a wide range of scientific…Yaohua Liu, Peter Torres·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
Optical design for the single crystal neutron diffractometer PioneerPioneer is a single-crystal neutron diffractometer optimized for small-volume samples and weak signals at the Second Target Station (STS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This paper presents the…Yaohua Liu, Peter Torres, Scott Dixon et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
The concept of a superconducting spin flipper - neutron decelerator for a UCN source at a pulsed reactorThe work is devoted to the development of a conceptual design for a gradient spin flipper - neutron decelerator, which is the main component of a designed UCN source for a pulsed reactor. In close…A. A. Popov, K. S. Osipenko, V. I. Scherbakov et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
Real-time monitoring of LHCb interaction region with a fast trackless methodologyThe increasing computing power and bandwidth of FPGAs opens new possibilities in the field of real-time processing of high-energy physics data. The LHCb experiment has implemented a cluster-finder…Giulio Cordova, Elena Graverini, Daniele Passaro et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
Optical stabilization for laser communication satellite systems through proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control and reinforcement learning approachOne of the main issues of the satellite-to-ground optical communication, including free-space satellite quantum key distribution (QKD), is an achievement of the reasonable accuracy of positioning,…A. Reutov, S. Vorobey, A. Katanskiy et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
Position Reconstruction in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search ExperimentIn the DEAP-3600 dark matter search experiment, precise reconstruction of the positions of scattering events in liquid argon is key for background rejection and defining a fiducial volume that…The DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
Performance of Prototypes with Different Reflector Materials for the SHiP Liquid Scintillator Surrounding Background TaggerThe baseline technology for the Surrounding Background Tagger of the recently approved SHiP experiment relies on liquid scintillator composed of linear alkylbenzene and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as active…A. Brignoli, P. Deucher, C. Eckardt et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
Linear Response of CsI(Tl) Crystal to Energetic Photons below 20 MeVThe linear response of CsI(Tl) crystals to γ-rays plays a crucial role in their calibration, as any deviation from linearity can introduce systematic errors not negligible in the measurement…Junhuai Xu, Dawei Si, Yuhao Qin et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
A Demonstration of Slowed Electron E × B Drift for PTOLEMYTo resolve the effective neutrino mass mβ with an energy resolution of 50~meV, the PTOLEMY experiment has proposed a novel transverse electromagnetic filtering process. Substantially reducing…M. Farino, A. Tan, A. Apponi et al.·Mar 13, 2025SaveLearn
Demonstration of a new CLLBC-based gamma- and neutron-sensitive free-moving omnidirectional imaging detectorWe have developed a CLLBC-based gamma- and neutron-sensitive multi-channel omnidirectional imaging detector, suitable for handheld or vehicle-borne operation and capable of quantitative radiation…Jayson R. Vavrek, Ryan Pavlovsky, Victor Negut et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
Calibration of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors for Rare Event SearchesThe calibration of the CR39 and Makrofol Nuclear Track Detectors of the MoEDAL experiment at the CERN-LHC was performed by exposing stacks of detector foils to heavy ion beams with energies ranging…M. Kalliokoski, G. Levi, A. Maulik et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
LHC Triggers using FPGA Image RecognitionThe implementation of convolutional neural networks in programmable logic, for applications in fast online event selection at hadron colliders is studied. In particular, an approach based on full…James Brooke, Emyr Clement, Maciej Glowacki et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
Development of a Test System for Data Links of the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) Upgrade Silicon Pixel DetectorThis contribution introduces a novel test system developed to evaluate the signal transmission quality in high-speed data links for the 2026 Inner Tracker (ITk) upgrade of the ATLAS experiment. Using…F. Ustuner, A. C. Mullins, S. Eisenhardt et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
Study of Tritium Production and Interactions in LiDThis study focuses on a fuel cell composed of Lithium Deuteride (LiD) in a spherical geometry, in which isotropic monoenergetic neutrons of 0.025 eV (thermal neutrons) are generated at the center.…Serena Fattori, Rino Persiani, Ugo Abundo·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
A low-background setup for in-situ X-ray total scattering combined with fast scanning calorimetryWe demonstrate a setup combining fast scanning calorimetry with X-ray total scattering at a synchrotron beamline, allowing for in-situ characterizations of the nano-scale structure of samples…Peihao Sun, Jacopo Baglioni, Beatrice Baraldi et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
The Ladder and Readout Cables of Intermediate Silicon Strip Detector for sPHENIXA new silicon-strip-type detector was developed for precise charged-particle tracking in the central rapidity region of heavy ion collisions. A new detector and collaboration at the Relativistic…Y. Akiba, H. Aso, J. T. Bertaux et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
PMT calibration for the JSNS2-II far detector with an embedded LED systemThe JSNS2-II (the second phase of JSNS2, J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) is an experiment aimed at searching for sterile neutrinos. This experiment has entered its…Jisu Park, M. K. Cheoun, J. H. Choi et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
Mechanisms of proton irradiation-induced defects on the electrical performance of 4H-SiC PIN detectorsSilicon Carbide (SiC) demonstrates significant potential for high-energy particle detection in complex radiation environments due to its exceptional radiation resistance, excellent environmental…Zaiyi. Li, Xiyuan. Zhang, Congcong. Wang et al.·Mar 12, 2025SaveLearn
Low-Energy Backgrounds in Solid-State Phonon and Charge DetectorsSolid-state phonon and charge detectors probe the scattering of weakly interacting particles, such as dark matter and neutrinos, through their low recoil thresholds. Recent advancements have pushed…Daniel Baxter, Rouven Essig, Yonit Hochberg et al.·Mar 11, 2025SaveLearn
Project 8 Apparatus for Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy with 83mKr and TritiumCyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) is a novel technique for the precise measurement of relativistic electron energy. This technique is being employed by the Project~8 collaboration for…A. Ashtari Esfahani, D. M. Asner, S. Böser et al.·Mar 11, 2025SaveLearn
Methodology For the Evaluation of Critical Components of the Scatterable Radiation Monitor Under Radiation FieldsOne of the persisting challenges associated with the peaceful use of the atom is monitoring the subsequent radiation. For example, nuclear power plants need environmental monitoring to ensure public…Matthew Niichel, Stylianos Chatzidakis·Mar 11, 2025SaveLearn