Lightweight Thermal Management Strategies for the Silicon Detectors of CBM at FAIRLightweight thermal management is central to the design of the all-silicon Inner Tracker of the Compressed Baryonic Matter Experiment (CBM) at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR).…Franz Matejcek, Kshitij Agarwal, CBM Collaboration·Jun 25, 2024SaveLearn
A Hardware/Firmware-Based Switching Gate Multiplexing Method for Pulse Mode Radiation DetectorsWe present a hardware/firmware-based switching gate multiplexing method for pulse mode radiation detectors that can combine many detector signals into two readout channels. One readout channel passes…Md Faisal Rahman, John Mattingly·Jun 24, 2024SaveLearn
A ROOT based detector geometry and event visualization system for JUNO-TAOThe Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO or JUNO-TAO) is a satellite experiment of Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) and located near the Taishan nuclear power plant (NPP). TAO will…Minghua Liao, Kaixuan Huang, Yumei Zhang et al.·Jun 24, 2024SaveLearn
Cosmic Ray Navigation System (CRoNS) for Autonomous Navigation in GPS-Denied EnvironmentsIn an era where Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems are integral to our technological infrastructure, the increasing prevalence of severe space weather events and the advent of deliberate…A. Chilingarian, S. Chilingaryan, M. Zazyan·Jun 23, 2024SaveLearn
Real-time antiproton annihilation vertexing with sub-micron resolutionThe primary goal of the AEgIS experiment is to precisely measure the free fall of antihydrogen within Earth's gravitational field. To this end, a cold ~50K antihydrogen beam has to pass through two…M. Berghold, D. Orsucci, F. Guatieri et al.·Jun 23, 2024SaveLearn
Performance of plastic scintillator modules for top veto tracker at Taishan Antineutrino ObservatoryThe Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) experiment incorporates a top veto tracker (TVT) system comprising 160 modules, each composed of plastic scintillator (PS) strips, embedded wavelength…Guang Luo, Xiaohao Yin, Fengpeng An et al.·Jun 23, 2024SaveLearn
Proton discrimination in CLYC for fast neutron spectroscopyThe Cs2LiYCl6:Ce (CLYC) elpasolite scintillator is known for its response to fast and thermal neutrons along with good γ-ray energy resolution. While the 35Cl(n,p) reaction has…J. A. Brown, B. L. Goldblum, J. M. Gordon et al.·Jun 22, 2024SaveLearn
Neutron Yield of Thermo Scientific P385 D-T Neutron Generator vs. Current and VoltageThe Thermo Scientific P385 Neutron Generator is a compact neutron source, producing 14 MeV neutrons through the deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion reaction. For practical use, it is important to measure…Jihye Jeon, Robert J. Goldston, Erik P. Gilson·Jun 21, 2024SaveLearn
A cryogenic readout integrated circuit with analog pile-up and in-Pixel ADC for high frame rate Skipper CCD-in-CMOS SensorsThe Skipper CCD-in-CMOS Parallel Read-Out Circuit V2 (SPROCKET2) is an in-Pixel analog front end and ADC designed for the vertical readout of Skipper CCD-in-CMOS image sensors. SPROCKET2 is…Adam Quinn, Farah Fahim, Davide Braga·Jun 21, 2024SaveLearn
An Open-Source Framework for Rapid Validation of Scientific ASICsSpacely is an open-source framework for the post-silicon validation of analog, digital, and mixed-signal ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits) which maximizes the reuse of hardware and…Adam Quinn·Jun 21, 2024SaveLearn
Smart Pixels: In-pixel AI for on-sensor data filteringWe present a smart pixel prototype readout integrated circuit (ROIC) designed in CMOS 28 nm bulk process, with in-pixel implementation of an artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) based…Benjamin Parpillon, Chinar Syal, Jieun Yoo et al.·Jun 21, 2024SaveLearn
Three robust temperature-drift compensation strategies for a MEMS gravimeterGravimeters fabricated with MEMS suffer from temperature-dependent drifts in their long-term stability. We analyze the thermal contributions to the signal, and we propose three mechanisms to mitigate…Victor M. Valenzuela, Daniel Teran, Alejandro Sandoval et al.·Jun 20, 2024SaveLearn
The neutron array of the compact spectrometer for heavy ion experiments in Fermi energy regionThe emission of neutrons from heavy ion reactions is an important observable for studying the asymmetric nuclear equation of state and the reaction dynamics. A 20-unit neutron array has been…Dawei Si, Sheng Xiao, Yuhao Qin et al.·Jun 20, 2024SaveLearn
First Demonstration of a Combined Light and Charge Pixel Readout on the Anode Plane of a LArTPCThe novel SoLAr concept aims to extend sensitivities of liquid-argon neutrino detectors down to the MeV scale for next-generation detectors. SoLAr plans to accomplish this with a liquid-argon time…N. Anfimov, A. Branca, J. Bürgi et al.·Jun 20, 2024SaveLearn
A 1.8-um pitch, 47-ps jitter SPAD Array in 130nm SiGe BiCMOS ProcessWe introduce the world's first SPAD family design in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS process. At 1.8um, we achieved the smallest pitch on record thanks to guard-ring sharing techniques, while keeping a relatively…Feng Liu, Edoardo Charbon·Jun 19, 2024SaveLearn
Cryogenic cesium iodide as a potential PET materialTotal Body PET (TBPET) scanners have recently demonstrated the ability to significantly reduce both acquisition time and the administered radioactive dose, thanks to their increased sensitivity.…S. R. Soleti, A. Castillo, J. I. Collar et al.·Jun 19, 2024SaveLearn
SDR Common View on Generic Signals for Time Transfer ApplicationsThis paper presents a new time transfer system that works with any radio signal with sufficient bandwidth, regardless of its content and modulation, by adopting the common view approach. This system,…Fabrizio Pollastri·Jun 19, 2024SaveLearn
Direct calibration of microwave amplification chain on an axion cavity haloscopeIn an axion haloscope, the weak photon signal, theoretically converted from axions, is captured by a detection cavity. The signal from the cavity is too weak to be acquired by a signal receiver. The…Hsin Chang, Han-Wen Liu, Hien Thi Doan et al.·Jun 19, 2024SaveLearn
Design and Performance of a Magnetic Bottle Electron Spectrometer for High-Energy Photoelectron SpectroscopyWe describe the design and performance of a magnetic bottle electron spectrometer~(MBES) for high-energy electron spectroscopy. Our design features a 2~m long electron drift tube and…Kurtis Borne, Jordan T ONeal, Jun Wang et al.·Jun 18, 2024SaveLearn
Characterization of a radiation detector based on opaque water-based liquid scintillatorWe present the characterization of a novel radiation detector based on an opaque water-based liquid scintillator. Opaque scintillators, also known as LiquidO, are made to be highly scattering, such…LiquidO Collaboration·Jun 18, 2024SaveLearn
Linear and Nonlinear Ultra-Short Pulse Looped Antennas: Radiation and Parametric OscillationsModern optical systems send and receive ultra-short temporal pulses (USP). While ultra-broad band antennas do exist in the microwave region (e.g., log-periodic antennas), their short temporal…H. Grebel·Jun 18, 2024SaveLearn
Data-driven fingerprint nanomechanical mass spectrometryFingerprint analysis is a ubiquitous tool for pattern recognition with applications spanning from geolocation and DNA analysis to facial recognition and forensic identification. Central to its…John E. Sader, Alfredo Gomez, Adam P. Neumann et al.·Jun 18, 2024SaveLearn
Method for detector description conversion from DD4hep to FilmboxDD4hep serves as a generic detector description toolkit recommended for offline software development in next-generation high-energy physics~(HEP) experiments. Conversely, Filmbox~(FBX) stands out as…Zhaoyang Yuan, Tianzi Song, Yujie Zeng et al.·Jun 18, 2024SaveLearn
Using graph neural networks to reconstruct charged pion showers in the CMS High Granularity CalorimeterA novel method to reconstruct the energy of hadronic showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) is presented. The HGCAL is a sampling calorimeter with very fine transverse and…M. Aamir, G. Adamov, T. Adams et al.·Jun 17, 2024SaveLearn
GRAPH -- An readout ASIC for large MCP based detectorsWe present a programmable 16 channel, mixed signal, low power readout ASIC, having the project historically named Gigasample Recorder of Analog waveforms from a PHotodetector (GRAPH). It is designed…Andrej Seljak, John Vallerga, Gang Liu et al.·Jun 16, 2024SaveLearn