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The calibration system for the photomultiplier array of the SNO+ experiment

A light injection system using LEDs and optical fibres was designed for the calibration and monitoring of the photomultiplier array of the SNO+ experiment at SNOLAB. Large volume, non-segmented, low-background detectors for rare event…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-04 R. Alves , S. Andringa , S. Bradbury , J. Carvalho , D. Chauhan , K. Clark , I. Coulter , F. Descamps , E. Falk , L. Gurriana , C. Kraus , G. Lefeuvre , A. Maio , J. Maneira , M. Mottram , S. Peeters , J. Rose , L. Seabra , J. Sinclair , P. Skensved , J. Waterfield , R. White , J. R. Wilson

Existence of Dynamical Scaling in the Temporal Signal of Time Projection Chamber

The temporal signals from a large gas detector may show dynamical scaling due to many correlated space points created by the charged particles while passing through the tracking medium. This has been demonstrated through simulation using…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. K. Mohanty , D. Favretto , F. Carminati , K. Safarik

Precise 3D track reconstruction algorithm for the ICARUS T600 liquid argon time projection chamber detector

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors offer charged particle imaging capability with remarkable spatial resolution. Precise event reconstruction procedures are critical in order to fully exploit the potential of this…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-03-26 M. Antonello , B. Baibussinov , P. Benetti , E. Calligarich , N. Canci , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , A. Dabrowska , D. Dequal , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , A. Ivashkin , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , J. Lagoda , S. Mania , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , C. Montanari , S. Otwinowski , A. Piazzoli , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Plonski , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , F. Sergiampietri , D. Stefan , J. Stepaniak , R. Sulej , M. Szarska , M. Terrani , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , H. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zalewska , K. Zaremba

The Yale liquid argon time projection chamber

In this paper we give a thorough description of a liquid argon time projection chamber designed, built and operated at Yale. We present results from a calibration run where cosmic rays have been observed in the detector, a first in the US.

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-04-03 Alessandro Curioni , Bonnie T. Fleming , Mitchell Soderberg

HARPO: beam characterization of a TPC for gamma-ray polarimetry and high angular-resolution astronomy in the MeV-GeV range

A time projection chamber (TPC) can be used to measure the polarization of gamma rays with excellent angular precision and sensitivity in the MeV-GeV energy range through the conversion of photons to e+e- pairs. The Hermetic ARgon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 Shaobo Wang , Denis Bernard , Philippe Bruel , Mickael Frotin , Yannick Geerebaert , Berrie Giebels , Philippe Gros , Deirdre Horan , Marc Louzir , Patrick Poilleux , Igor Semeniouk , David Attié , Denis Calvet , Paul Colas , Alain Delbart , Patrick Sizun , Diego Götz , Sho Amano , Takuya Kotaka , Satoshi Hashimoto , Yasuhito Minamiyama , Akinori Takemoto , Masashi Yamaguchi , Shuji Miyamoto , Schin Daté , Haruo Ohkuma

Some results of test beam studies of Transition Radiation Detector prototypes at CERN

Operating conditions and challenging demands of present and future accelerator experiments result in new requirements on detector systems. There are many ongoing activities aimed to develop new technologies and to improve the properties of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-05 V. O. Tikhomirov , T. Brooks , M. Joos , C. Rembser , E. Celebi , S. Gurbuz , S. A. Cetin , S. P. Konovalov , K. Zhukov , K. A. Fillipov , A. Romaniouk , S. Yu. Smirnov , P. E. Teterin , K. A. Vorobev , A. S. Boldyrev , A. Maevsky , D. Derendarz

Precision measurement and determinations of laser radiation coherence by digital processing of their interferograms

The method of digital processing of laser radiation interference pattern with the digital microscope and original two-beam interferometer with the phase Bragg grating as the amplitude beam splitter for a quantitative determination of the…

Optics · Physics 2012-10-17 Eugene A. Tikhonov

Performance of an optically read out time projection chamber with ultra-relativistic electrons

The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is an ideal candidate to finely study the charged particle ionization in a gaseous medium. Large volumes TPCs can be read out with a suitable number of channels offering a complete 3D reconstruction of an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-11 V. C. Antochi , E. Baracchini , L. Benussi , S. Bianco , C. Capoccia , M. Caponero , G. Cavoto , A. Cortez , I. A. Costa , E. Di Marco , G. D'Imperio , G. Dho , F. Iacoangeli , G Maccarrone , M. Marafini , G. Mazzitelli , A. Messina , R. A. N'obrega , A. Orlandi , E. Paoletti , L. Passamonti , F. Petrucci , D. Piccolo , D. Pierluigi , D. Pinci , F. Renga , F. Rosatelli , A. Russo , G. Saviano , S Tomassini , C. Voena

Drift Chamber Alignment using Cosmic Rays

The Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) is a general-purpose experimental apparatus with an inner tracking detector for measuring charged particles, surrounded by a calorimeter for measurements of electromagnetic and hadronic showers, and a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-21 Ashutosh V. Kotwal , Christopher P. Hays

First operation of a double phase LAr Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber with a two-dimensional projective readout anode

We have previously reported on the construction and successful operation of the novel double phase Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-17 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

The Conversion of CESR to Operate as the Test Accelerator, CesrTA, Part 4: Superconducting Wiggler Diagnostics

Cornell's electron/positron storage ring (CESR) was modified over a series of accelerator shutdowns beginning in May 2008, which substantially improves its capability for research and development for particle accelerators. CESR's energy…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 M. G. Billing , S. Greenwald , X. Liu , Y. Li , D. Sabol , E. N. Smith , C. R. Strohman , M. A. Palmer , D. V. Munson

Technical Design Study for the PANDA Time Projection Chamber

This document illustrates the technical layout and the expected performance of a Time Projection Chamber as the central tracking system of the PANDA experiment. The detector is based on a continuously operating TPC with Gas Electron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-07-03 M. Ball , F. V. Böhmer , S. Dørheim , C. Höppner , B. Ketzer , I. Konorov , S. Neubert , S. Paul , J. Rauch , S. Uhl , M. Vandenbroucke , M. Berger , J. -C. Berger-Chen , F. Cusanno , L. Fabbietti , R. Münzer , R. Arora , J. Frühauf , M. Kiš , Y. Leifels , V. Kleipa , J. Hehner , J. Kunkel , N. Kurz , K. Peters , H. Risch , C. J. Schmidt , L. Schmitt , S. Schwab , D. Soyk , B. Voss , J. Weinert , R. Beck , D. Kaiser , M. Lang , R. Schmitz , D. Walther , P. Bühler , P. Müllner , J. Zmeskal , N. Hermann

Strategy and guidelines for the calibration of the ITER radial neutron camera

A calibration procedure is proposed for the ITER Radial Neutron Camera. No in-vessel calibration using external neutron sources is required: instead, it is proposed to rely on embedded sources, reference ITER pulses and cross-calibration…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-22 M. Cecconelloa , R. Miklaszewski , D. Marocco , S. Conroy , F. Moro , B. Esposito , S. Podda , B. Bienkowska , A. Szydlowski

Performances of a resistive MicroMegas module for the Time Projection Chambers of the T2K Near Detector upgrade

An upgrade of the Near Detector of the T2K long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, ND280, has been proposed. This upgrade will include two new Time Projection Chambers, each equipped with 16 resistive MicroMegas modules for gas…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-02-19 D. Attie , M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak , J. Boix , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , D. Calvet , M. G. Catanesi , M. Cicerchia , G. Cogo , P. Colas , G. Collazuol , A. Dabrowska , A. Delbart , J. Dumarchez , S. Emery-Schrenk , C. Giganti , F. Gramegna , M. Guigue , P. Hamacher-Baumann , F. Iacob , C. Jesus-Valls , U. Kosed , R. Kurjataj , N. Lacalamita , M. Lamoureux , A. Longhin , T. Lux , L. Magaletti , T. Marchi , M. Mezzetto , J. Michalowski , J. Mundet , L. Munteanu , Q. V. Nguyen , M. Pari , J. -M. Parraud , C. Pastore , A. Pepato , B. Popov , H. Przybilski , E. Radicioni , M. Riallot , C. Riccio , S. Roth , A. C. Ruggeri , A. Rychter , F. Sanchez , J. Steinmann , S. Suvorov , J. Swierblewski , D. Vargas , G. Vasseur , T. Wachala , A. Zalewska , M. Ziembicki , M. Zito

Method and portable bench for tests of the laser optical calibration system components for the Baikal-GVD underwater neutrino Cherenkov telescope

The large-scale deep underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescopes like Baikal-GVD, ANTARES or KM3NeT, require calibration and testing methods of their optical modules. These methods usually include laser-based systems which allow to check the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 V. A. Allakhverdyan , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , R. Bannasch , Z. Bardačová , I. A. Belolaptikov , I. V. Borina , V. B. Brudanin , N. M. Budnev , V. Y. Dik , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornický , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , E. Eckerová , T. V. Elzhov , L. Fajt f S. V. Fialkovski , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , M. S. Katulin , K. G. Kebkal , O. G. Kebkal , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , K. V. Konischev , K. A. Kopański , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , V. A. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , M. K. Kryukov , V. F. Kulepov , Pa. Malecki , Y. M. Malyshkin , M. B. Milenin , R. R. Mirgazov , D. V. Naumov , V. Nazari , W. Noga , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , V. D. Rushay , E. V. Ryabov , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , M. D. Shelepov , F. Šimkovic , A. E. Sirenko , A. V. Skurikhin , A. G. Solovjev , M. N. Sorokovikov , I. Štekl , A. P. Stromakov , E. O. Sushenok , O. V. Suvorova , V. A. Tabolenko , B. A. Tarashansky , Y. V. Yablokova , S. A. Yakovlev , D. N. Zaborov

Construction and Calibration of a Streaked Optical Spectrometer for Shock Temperature

Here we describe the implementation and calibration of a streaked visible spectrometer (SVS) for optical pyrometry and emission/absorption spectroscopy on light gas gun platforms in the UC Davis Shock Compression Laboratory. The diagnostic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-02 Erik J. Davies , Dylan K. Spaulding , Sarah T. Stewart

Design of a Gas Monitoring Chamber for High Pressure Applications

Gaseous detectors have long been used by particle physics experiments at beamlines or standalone experiments. Recently, their low momentum threshold has made them interesting as active targets for long baseline neutrino experiments. To…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-13 Philip Hamacher-Baumann

A density-based clustering algorithm for the CYGNO data analysis

Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) working in combination with Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) produce a very sensitive detector capable of observing low energy events. This is achieved by capturing photons generated during the GEM electron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-08 E. Baracchini , L. Benussi , S. Bianco , C. Capoccia , M. Caponero , G. Cavoto , A. Cortez , I. A. Costa , E. Di Marco , G. D'Imperio , G. Dho , F. Iacoangeli , G. Maccarrone , M. Marafini , G. Mazzitelli , A. Messina , R. A. Nobrega , A. Orlandi , E. Paoletti , L. Passamonti , F. Petrucci , D. Piccolo , D. Pierluigi , D. Pinci , F. Renga , F. Rosatelli , A. Russo , G. Saviano , S. Tomassini

A facility to Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) at the CERN SPS

A new general purpose fixed target facility is proposed at the CERN SPS accelerator which is aimed at exploring the domain of hidden particles and make measurements with tau neutrinos. Hidden particles are predicted by a large number of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-21 SHiP Collaboration , M. Anelli , S. Aoki , G. Arduini , J. J. Back , A. Bagulya , W. Baldini , A. Baranov , G. J. Barker , S. Barsuk , M. Battistin , J. Bauche , A. Bay , V. Bayliss , L. Bellagamba , G. Bencivenni , M. Bertani , O. Bezshyyko , D. Bick , N. Bingefors , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , A. Boyarsky , D. Bonacorsi , D. Bondarenko , W. Bonivento , J. Borburgh , T. Bradshaw , R. Brenner , D. Breton , N. Brook , M. Bruschi , A. Buonaura , S. Buontempo , S. Cadeddu , A. Calcaterra , M. Calviani , M. Campanelli , C. Capoccia , A. Cecchetti , A. Chatterjee , J. Chauveau , A. Chepurnov , M. Chernyavskiy , P. Ciambrone , C. Cicalo , G. Conti , K. Cornelis , M. Courthold , M. G. Dallavalle , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , L. Dedenko , A. Di Crescenzo , N. Di Marco , C. Dib , J. Dietrich , H. Dijkstra , D. Domenici , S. Donskov , D. Druzhkin , J. Ebert , U. Egede , A. Egorov , V. Egorychev , M. A. El Alaoui , T. Enik , A. Etenko , F. Fabbri , L. Fabbri , G. Fedorova , G. Felici , M. Ferro-Luzzi , R. A. Fini , M. Franke , M. Fraser , G. Galati , B. Giacobbe , B. Goddard , L. Golinka-Bezshyyko , D. Golubkov , A. Golutvin , D. Gorbunov , E. Graverini , J-L Grenard , A. M. Guler , C. Hagner , H. Hakobyan , J. C. Helo , E. van Herwijnen , D. Horvath , M. Iacovacci , G. Iaselli , R. Jacobsson , I. Kadenko , M. Kamiscioglu , C. Kamiscioglu , G. Khaustov , A. Khotjansev , B. Kilminster , V. Kim , N. Kitagawa , K. Kodama , A. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , M. Komatsu , N. Konovalova , S. Koretskiy , I. Korolko , A. Korzenev , S. Kovalenko , Y. Kudenko , E. Kuznetsova , H. Lacker , A. Lai , G. Lanfranchi , A. Lauria , H. Lebbolo , J. -M. Levy , L. Lista , P. Loverre , A. Lukiashin , V. E. Lyubovitskij , A. Malinin , M. Manfredi , A. Perillo-Marcone , A. Marrone , R. Matev , E. N. Messomo , P. Mermod , S. Mikado , Yu. Mikhaylov , J. Miller , D. Milstead , O. Mineev , R. Mingazheva , G. Mitselmakher , M. Miyanishi , P. Monacelli , A. Montanari , M. C. Montesi , G. Morello , K. Morishima , S. Movtchan , V. Murzin , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , N. Nurakhov , B. Obinyakov , K. Ocalan , S. Ogawa , V. Oreshkin , A. Orlov , J. Osborne , P. Pacholek , J. Panman , A. Paoloni , L. Paparella , A. Pastore , M. Patel , K. Petridis , M. Petrushin , M. Poli-Lener , N. Polukhina , V. Polyakov , M. Prokudin , G. Puddu , F. Pupilli , F. Rademakers , A. Rakai , T. Rawlings , F. Redi , S. Ricciardi , R. Rinaldesi , T. Roganova , A. Rogozhnikov , H. Rokujo , A. Romaniouk , G. Rosa , I. Rostovtseva , T. Rovelli , O. Ruchayskiy , T. Ruf , G. Saitta , V. Samoylenko , V. Samsonov , A. Sanz Ull , A. Saputi , O. Sato , W. Schmidt-Parzefall , N. Serra , S. Sgobba , M. Shaposhnikov , P. Shatalov , A. Shaykhiev , L. Shchutska , V. Shevchenko , H. Shibuya , Y. Shitov , S. Silverstein , S. Simone , M. Skorokhvatov , S. Smirnov , E. Solodko , V. Sosnovtsev , R. Spighi , M. Spinetti , N. Starkov , B. Storaci , C. Strabel , P. Strolin , S. Takahashi , P. Teterin , V. Tioukov , D. Tommasini , D. Treille , R. Tsenov , T. Tshchedrina , A. Ustyuzhanin , F. Vannucci , V. Venturi , M. Villa , Heinz Vincke , Helmut Vincke , M. Vladymyrov , S. Xella , M. Yalvac , N. Yershov , D. Yilmaz , A. U. Yilmazer , G. Vankova-Kirilova , Y. Zaitsev , A. Zoccoli

The Photomultiplier Tube Calibration System of the MicroBooNE Experiment

We report on the design and construction of a LED-based fiber calibration system for large liquid argon time projection detectors. This system was developed to calibrate the optical systems of the MicroBooNE experiment. As well as detailing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-04 J. Conrad , B. J. P. Jones , Z. Moss , T. Strauss , M. Toups