Timing performance of large prototype based on $\upmu$RWELL- PICOSEC detector technology with $10 \times 10\ \mathrm{cm}^{2}$ active area
Instrumentation and Detectors
2026-04-07 v1
Abstract
The RWELL-PICOSEC detector, which combines a RWELL gaseous amplification structure with a Cherenkov radiator and photocathode, is a novel approach to acheive fast and precise timing in gaseous detectors. With timing precision at the level of tens of picoseconds, this technology is particularly suited for time-of-flight (TOF) applications in particle physics and potentially medical imaging. Beam tests with a 150~GeV/ muon beam have been carried out on a large-area (10~~10~cm) prototype equipped with a cesium iodide (CsI) photocathode. Using an oscilloscope-based single-channel readout, timing measurements on two individual pads of the detector have yielded resolutions of 48 ps and 52 ps under different biasing conditions respectively.
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@article{arxiv.2604.04622,
title = {Timing performance of large prototype based on $\upmu$RWELL- PICOSEC detector technology with $10 \times 10\ \mathrm{cm}^{2}$ active area},
author = {A. Pandey and K. Gnanvo and B. Kross and J. McKisson and A. Weisenberger and W. Xi and J. Dutta and N. Shankman and L. Scharenberg and J. Alozy and Y. Angelis and S. Aune and R. Ballabriga and J. Bortfeldt and F. Brunbauer and M. Brunoldi and M. Campbell and R. De Oliveira and G. Fanourakis and J. M. Fernandez-Tenllado and K. J. Flöthner and D. Fiorina and M. Gallinaro and F. Garcia and I. Giomataris and S. Gomez and F. J. Iguaz and D. Janssens and A. Kallitsopoulou and M. Kovacic and P. Legou and M. Lisowska and J. Liu and M. Lupberger and R. Manera and I. Maniatis and A. Mariscal and J. Mauricio and Y. Meng and H. Muller and E. Oliveri and G. Orlandini and T. Papaevangelou and E. Picatoste and M. Piller and M. Pomorski and L. Ropelewski and D. Sampsonidis and A. Sanuy and T. Schneider and E. Scorsone and L. Sohl and M. van Stenis and Y. Tsipolitis and S. E. Tzamarias and A. Utrobicic and I. Vai and R. Veenhof and P. Vitulo and X. Wang and S. White and Z. Zhang and Y. Zhou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.04622},
year = {2026}
}