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In this paper we give a concise description of a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) developed at Yale, and present results from its first calibration run with cosmic rays.

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Curioni , B. T. Fleming , M. Soderberg

We successfully operated a novel kind of LAr Time Projection Chamber based on a Large Electron Multiplier (LEM) readout system. The prototype, of about 3 liters active volume, is operated in liquid-vapour (double) phase pure Ar. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-21 A. Badertscher , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , P. Otiougova , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia

A small liquid argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) was operated for the first time in a magnetic field of 0.55 Tesla. The imaging properties of the detector were not affected by the magnetic field. In a test run with cosmic rays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Badertscher , M. Laffranchi , A. Meregaglia , A. Mueller , A. Rubbia

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors are ideally suited for studying neutrino interactions and probing the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. The ability to drift ionization particles over long distances…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-04 M. Soderberg

The ITER Heating Neutral Beams (HNBs) require large, high-energy H/D atom beams (285/330 A/m^2 extracted current density, and 1/0.87 MeV acceleration energy, respectively for H and D). To address the associated challenges, the SPIDER…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-11-05 R. Agnello , M. Barbisan , R. Pasqualotto , B. Pouradier-Duteil , E. Sartori , A. Tiso , B. Zaniol

A Time Projection Chamber (TPC) using micro-pattern gas detectors is planned as the main tracking device for a detector at the next Linear Collider. A novel support structure for Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs), which minimizes the material…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 T. Behnke , F. Müller , A. Münnich , K. Zenker

We have developed a new laser-based time calibration system for highly segmented scintillator counters like the MEG II pixelated Timing Counter (pTC), consisting of 512-centimeter scale scintillator counters read out by silicon…

A Central Laser Facility is a system often used in astroparticle experiments based on arrays of fluorescence or Cherenkov light detectors. The instrument is based on a laser source positioned at a certain distance from the array, emitting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Markus Gaug , Carla Aramo , Marco Cilmo , Federico Di Pierro , Aurelio Tonachini , Piero Vallania

We report on the development of a large-volume, wide field-of-view time projection chamber (TPC) for X-ray polarimetry, featuring a triple-GEM amplification stage and optical readout. Originally developed within the CYGNO program for…

We report about a nuclear track imaging system which is designed to study in detail the ionization topology of charged particle tracks in a low-pressure gas. The detection method is based on a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Titt , A. Breskin , R. Chechik , V. Dangendorf , H. Schmidt-Boecking , H. Schuhmacher

The COMPASS experiment at the CERN SPS is dedicated to hadron physics with a broad research programme, including the study of the nucleon spin structure using muons as a probe and a variety of issues in meson spectroscopy using hadron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 F. Nerling

This paper proposes a simple self-calibration method for the internal time synchronization of MEMS(Micro-electromechanical systems) LiDAR during research and development. Firstly, we introduced the problem of internal time misalignment in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Yu Zhang , Xiaoguang Di , Shiyu Yan , Bin Zhang , Baoling Qi , Chunhui Wang

The multi-sensory setups consisting of the laser scanners and cameras are popular as the measurements complement each other and provide necessary robustness for applications. Under dynamic conditions or when in motion, a direct…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Michal R. Nowicki

We present a proof-of-concept LIDAR design that allows adaptive real-time measurements according to dynamically specified measurement patterns. We describe our optical setup and calibration, which enables fast sparse depth measurements…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Francesco Pittaluga , Zaid Tasneem , Justin Folden , Brevin Tilmon , Ayan Chakrabarti , Sanjeev J. Koppal

The Cornell Electron-positron Storage Ring (CESR) has been converted from a High Energy Physics electron-positron collider to operate as a dedicated synchrotron light source for the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) and to…

Time projection chambers (TPCs) have found a wide range of applications in particle physics, nuclear physics, and homeland security. For TPCs with high-resolution readout, the readout electronics often dominate the price of the final…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 S. J. Ross , M. T. Hedges , I. Jaegle , M. D. Rosen , I. S. Seong , T. N. Thorpe , S. E. Vahsen , J. Yamaoka

Efficiency and ease of use are essential for practical applications of camera based eye/gaze-tracking. Gaze tracking involves estimating where a person is looking on a screen based on face images from a computer-facing camera. In this paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-04 Amogh Gudi , Xin Li , Jan van Gemert

In the frame of the test of NISP instrument for ESA Euclid mission, the question was raised to perform a metrology measurement of different components during the thermal vacuum test of NISP instrument. NISP will be tested at Laboratoire…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-12 Anne Costille , Florent Beaumont , Eric Prieto , Michael Carle , Romain Pawlowski , Thierry Roux , Olivier Dupuy , Christophe Fabron

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) detectors provide excellent imaging and particle identification ability for studying neutrinos. An efficient and automatic reconstruction procedures are required to exploit potential of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-02 Piotr Płoński , Dorota Stefan , Robert Sulej , Krzysztof Zaremba

We discuss the design of an optical system that allows measurement of 600 nm to 1650 nm emission spectra for individual nanoparticles (NPs), laser heated in an electrodynamic trap in controlled atmospheres. An approach to calibration of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-02-20 Bryan A. Long , Daniel J. Rodriguez , Chris Y. Lau , Scott L. Anderson