Fast Maximum Likelihood Positioning for a Staggered Layer Scintillation PET DetectorIn this study, we propose a fast implementation of a Maximum Likelihood Positioning (MLP) algorithm to estimate the energy and identify the active scintillator pixel in staggered layer scintillation…Christoph W. Lerche, Wenwei Bi, Mirjam Schoeneck et al.·Mar 17, 2025SaveLearn
Characterizing the Experiment for Calibration with Uranium (Excalibur) Neutron Source for Use in Warhead VerificationNeutron sources can play a variety of roles in warhead verification. For transmission radiography, a source of directed high energy neutrons is required, while for applications to detect fissile…Jihye Jeon, Erik P. Gilson, Michael Hepler et al.·Mar 17, 2025SaveLearn
Non-cyclic prototype of JUNO-TAO VETO water tank with 3 inch PMTsThe Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO, also known as JUNO-TAO) is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO). A ton-level liquid scintillator detector will be…Ziming Li, Zhimin Wang, Jie Yang·Mar 17, 2025SaveLearn
Offset sideband locking to iodine for laser cooling on the 1 S0→ 3 P1 transition of 171YbWe present absolute frequency measurements of a laser stabilized using an offset sideband locking technique on the P(49)24-1 rovibrational transition of 127I2 near 556 nm. The…Martin Hauden, Jacques Millo, Martina Matusko et al.·Mar 17, 2025SaveLearn
LArTPC hit-based topology classification with quantum machine learning and symmetryWe present a new approach to separate track-like and shower-like topologies in liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) experiments for neutrino physics using quantum machine learning. Effective…Callum Duffy, Marcin Jastrzebski, Stefano Vergani et al.·Mar 16, 2025SaveLearn
Performance study of the Highly Granular Neutron Detector prototype in the BM@N experimentThe time-of-flight Highly Granular Neutron Detector (HGND) with a multilayer longitudinal structure of interleaved absorber and scintillator plates, high transverse granularity and a time resolution…A. Zubankov, S. Afanasiev, M. Golubeva et al.·Mar 16, 2025SaveLearn
Embedding the Timepix4 in Micro-Pattern Gaseous DetectorsThe combination of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) and pixel charge readout enables specific experimental opportunities. Using the Timepix4 for the readout is advantageous because of its size…L. Scharenberg, J. Alozy, W. Billereau et al.·Mar 16, 2025SaveLearn
Distribution of 7Li Implants in Nb Films for a Sterile Neutrino SearchThe BeEST experiment is measuring the 7Li recoil spectrum from the decay of 7Be implanted into Ta-based sensors to provide the most stringent limits on the existence of sterile…Hendrik Hadenfeldt, Jonas Arlt, Tobias Meyer et al.·Mar 16, 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
Microfacet projected area-based correction for unified model of Geant4 for rough surfacesA modification of the optical model for rough surfaces, implemented in Geant4 as a part of the unified model, is suggested. The modified model takes into account the variation of the interaction…A. Morozov·Mar 14, 2025SaveLearn
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
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
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 of γ…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 the…M. Farino, A. Tan, A. Apponi et al.·Mar 13, 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…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
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
FPGA Implementation of a CNN-based Topological Trigger for HL-LHCThe 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