Characterisation of the plutonium isotopic composition of a sediment core from Palomares, Spain, by low-energy AMS and alpha-spectrometryThe measurement of plutonium isotopes, 239Pu and 240Pu, at 670 kV on the compact accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system at the Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA) in Seville, Spain, is now a…E. Chamizo, M. C. Jiménez-Ramos, S. M. Enamorado et al.·Jan 23, 2025SaveLearn
Charge calibration of MALTA2, a radiation hard depleted monolithic active pixel sensorMALTA2 is a depleted monolithic active pixel sensor (DMAPS) designed for tracking at high rates and typically low detection threshold of 150\,e-. A precise knowledge of the threshold…Lucian Fasselt, Ignacio Asensi Tortajada, Prafulla Behera et al.·Jan 23, 2025SaveLearn
Isolation of Pu-isotopes from environmental samples using ion chromatography for accelerator mass spectrometry and alpha spectrometryA radiochemical method for the isolation of plutonium isotopes from environmental samples, based on the use of specific chromatography resins for actinides (TEVA, Eichrom Industries), has been set up…Elena Chamizo, María del Carmen Jiménez-Ramos, Lukas Wacker et al.·Jan 23, 2025SaveLearn
Heliometric stereo: a new frontier in surface profilometryAccurate and reliable measurements of three-dimensional surface structures are important for a broad range of technological and research applications, including materials science, nanotechnology, and…Aleksandar Radic, Sam Lambrick, Chenyang Zhao et al.·Jan 23, 2025SaveLearn
The Black Metal Tribometer: high-resolution measurement of normal load-indentation curves and partial slip hysteresis cyclesA new instrument has been designed for measuring frictional hysteresis cycles and normal load-indentation curves. The primary purpose of the BMT is the validation of more predictive modeling…Daniel Fochler, Stefan Schwarz, Lukas Kohlmann et al.·Jan 22, 2025SaveLearn
Quantum Dot Based Chromatic Calorimetry: A proposalChromatic calorimetry introduces a novel approach to calorimeter design in High Energy Physics (HEP) by integrating Quantum Dot (QD) technology into traditional homogeneous calorimeters. The tunable…Yacine Haddad, Devanshi Arora, Etiennette Auffray et al.·Jan 22, 2025SaveLearn
MARTApp: software for the processing and reconstruction of synchrotron radiation-based magnetic tomographiesMagnetic vector tomography allows for visualizing the 3D magnetization vector of magnetic nanostructures and multilayers with nanometric resolution. In this work, we present MARTApp (Magnetic…A. Estela Herguedas-Alonso, Joaquín Gómez Sánchez, Claudia Fernández-González et al.·Jan 21, 2025SaveLearn
Broadband, Dead-Time-Free Spectrometer Using RFSoC for WISP Dark Matter SearchesUltra-light dark matter candidates, such as axions and dark photons, particularly within the mass range of μeV to meV, have garnered significant research interest. However, the effectiveness of…Hiroki Takeuchi, Junya Suzuki, Shunsuke Adachi et al.·Jan 21, 2025SaveLearn
Pontecorvo ReactionsPontecorvo reactions are rare antinucleon annihilation processes that are forbidden on free nucleons but allowed on nucleons bound within nuclei. The interest in studying this phenomenon lies in its…Luca Venturelli·Jan 19, 2025SaveLearn
Improved and automated krypton assay for low-background xenon detectors with Auto-RGMSUltra-sensitive quantification of trace radioactive krypton-85 is essential for low-background experiments, particularly for next-generation searches of galactic dark matter and neutrino physics…Matteo Guida, Ying-Ting Lin, Hardy Simgen·Jan 19, 2025SaveLearn
The energy dependence of cluster size and its physical processes in the proton measurement with TimePix3 silicon detectorWe investigated the energy dependence of the number of triggered pixels, or cluster size, when charged particles are detected using the TimePix3 detector with a silicon sensor. We measured protons in…Naoki Itoh, Hugo Allaire, Tokihiro Ikeda et al.·Jan 19, 2025SaveLearn
THz Metal-Mesh Bandpass Filters with Diamond-shaped Apertures for Sensitive THz ReceiversWe present high-performance terahertz (THz) metal-mesh bandpass filters developed to mitigate direct detection effects in sensitive THz receivers based on superconducting hot-electron bolometer (HEB)…Changyun Yoo, Jeffrey L. Hesler, Boris S. Karasik·Jan 18, 2025SaveLearn
Automated DC Voltage and DC Resistance Real-time Multiple Standard for Artifact Calibration of Calibrators and multimetersAn automated temperature-controlled electrical DC voltage and DC resistance multiple reference standard (MRS) has been developed by Measurements International (MI) with the scientific support from…F. Gallianaa, P. Capra, R. Cerri et al.·Jan 18, 2025SaveLearn
Tagging Efficiency Study of Incoherent Diffractive Vector Meson Production at the Second Interaction Region at the Electron-Ion ColliderThe Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is an upcoming accelerator facility aimed at exploring the properties of quarks and gluons in nucleons and nuclei, shedding light on their structure and dynamics. The…Elke-Caroline Aschenauer, Alexander Bazilevsky, Alexander Jentsch et al.·Jan 17, 2025SaveLearn
Drift time calibration of the ultra-low material budget GEM-based TPC for MIXEMuon-Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) is a non-destructive analytical technique that leverages negative muons to probe elemental and isotopic compositions by detecting characteristic muonic X-rays…X. Zhao, M. W. Heiss, F. Garcia et al.·Jan 17, 2025SaveLearn
SALSA: a new versatile readout chip for MPGD detectorsThe SALSA chip is a future readout ASIC foreseen for the MPGD detectors, developed in the framework of the EIC collider project, to equip the MPGD trackers of the EPIC experiment. It is designed to…D. Neyret, P. Baron, F. Bouyjou et al.·Jan 17, 2025SaveLearn
Application of the VMM3a/SRS: A t0-less TWIN GEM-based TPCIntegrating the ATLAS/BNL VMM3a ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) into the RD51/SRS (Scalable Readout System) provides a self-triggered continuous readout system for various gaseous…K. J. Flöthner, F. Garcia, B. Oberhauser et al.·Jan 17, 2025SaveLearn
Fluorescence emission of the JUNO liquid scintillatorJUNO is a huge neutrino detector that will use 20 kton of organic liquid scintillator as its detection medium. The scintillator is a mixture of linear alkyl benzene (LAB), 2.5 g/L of…M. Beretta, F. Houria, F. Ferraro et al.·Jan 17, 2025SaveLearn
A new dark matter direct search based on archaeological PbThe RES-NOVA project is an experimental initiative aimed at detecting neutrinos from the next galactic supernova using PbWO4 cryogenic detectors, operated at low temperatures in a low-background…D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti et al.·Jan 17, 2025SaveLearn
The Ultra-Low material budget GEM based TPC for tracking with VMM3a readoutThe Gaseous Electron Multiplier-based Time Projection Chamber (GEM-TPC) in TWIN configuration for particle tracking has been consolidated after extensive investigations in different facilities to…F. Garcia, K. J. Flöthner, A. Amato et al.·Jan 16, 2025SaveLearn
Monitoring lead-acid battery function using operando neutron radiographyInvestigating batteries while they operate allows researchers to track the inner electrochemical processes involved in working conditions. This study describes the first neutron radiography…Jose Miguel Campillo-Robles, Damian Goonetilleke, Daniel Soler et al.·Jan 16, 2025SaveLearn
Scintillation and Timing Performance of a 3at% Yttrium-Doped Barium Fluoride CrystalWe report the scintillation and timing performance of a new developed 200 * 20 mm * 20 mm large size barium fluoride crystal doped with 3at% yttrium (BaF2:Y) to enhance the application for high time…Zeyu Huang, Jing Zhang, Shiming Zou et al.·Jan 16, 2025SaveLearn
First experimental results and optimization study of the portable neutron-gamma imager GN-VisionGN-Vision is a compact, dual-modality imaging device designed to simultaneously localize the spatial origin of γ-ray and slow neutron sources, with potential applications in nuclear safety,…Jorge Lerendegui-Marco, James Hallam, Gastón Cisterna et al.·Jan 15, 2025SaveLearn
Calibration-free Rydberg Atomic Receiver for Sub-MHz Wireless Communications and SensingThe exploitation of sub-MHz ( 1 MHz) can be beneficial for a plethora of applications like underwater vehicular communication, subsurface exploration, low-frequency navigation etc. The…Minze Chen, Tianqi Mao, Wei Xiao et al.·Jan 15, 2025SaveLearn
First-Ever Deployment of a SiPM-on-Tile Calorimeter in a Collider: A Parasitic Test with 200 GeV pp Collisions at RHICWe describe the testing of a prototype SiPM-on-tile iron-scintillator calorimeter at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) during its 200 GeV pp run in 2024. The prototype, measuring $20…Weibin Zhang, Sean Preins, Jiajun Huang et al.·Jan 15, 2025SaveLearn