Exploring the Design and Measurements of Next-Generation 4H-SiC LGADsThis contribution presents the design, production, and initial testing of newly developed 4H-SiC Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs). The evaluation includes performance metrics such as the internal…Peter Švihra, Jan Chochol, Vladimír Kafka et al.·Apr 12, 2025SaveLearn
Dynamic laboratory X-ray phase-contrast microtomography with structure-based prior regularisationX-ray microtomography is a versatile tool allowing the measurement of the 3D structure of optically thick samples. As a non-destructive technique, it is readily adapted to 4D imaging, where a sample…Harry Allan, Tom Partridge, Joseph Jacob et al.·Apr 12, 2025SaveLearn
AC-LGADs Fermilab Front-End Electronics CharacterizationWe characterized the front-end electronics used to process high-frequency signals from low-gain avalanche diodes (LGADs) at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. LGADs are silicon detectors employed for…René Ríos, Esteban Felipe Molina Cardenas, Cristian Peña et al.·Apr 11, 2025SaveLearn
A 55-nm SRAM Chip Scanning Errors Every 125 ns for Event-Wise Soft Error MeasurementWe developed a 55 nm CMOS SRAM chip that scans all data every 125 ns and outputs timestamped soft error data via an SPI interface through a FIFO. The proposed system, consisting of the developed chip…Yuibi Gomi, Akira Sato, Waleed Madany et al.·Apr 11, 2025SaveLearn
Production and manipulation of stable frozen hydrogen filamentsFrozen hydrogen filaments or droplets/pellets in vacuum are of great interest as target for many experiments at hadron and lepton accelerators as well as at high-power laser systems. Especially in…Jost Froning, Christian Mannweiler, Eva-Maria Hausch et al.·Apr 11, 2025SaveLearn
Off-line Commissioning of the St. Benedict Radiofrequency Quadrupole Cooler-BuncherThe St. Benedict ion trapping system, which aims to measure the β-ν angular correlation parameter in superallowed-mixed mirror transitions, is under construction at the University of Notre Dame.…D. P. Burdette, R. Zite, M. Brodeur et al.·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Development and Performance Analysis of Glass-Based Gas-Tight RPCs for Muography ApplicationsTo achieve high-resolution muography of compact targets in scenarios with complex logistical constraints, we are developing a portable muon detector system utilizing glass Resistive Plate Chambers…S. Ikram, S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil et al.·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Schottky detection techniques for ultra-rare short-lived ions in heavy ion storage ringsNon-destructive Schottky detectors are indispensable devices widely used in experiments at heavy-ion storage rings. In particular, they can be used to accurately determine the masses and lifetimes of…Shahab Sanjari, Yuri A. Litvinov, George Hudson-Chang et al.·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
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
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
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
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
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
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