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Development of High-Resolution Muon Tracking Systems Based on Micropattern Detectors

A muon tracking system consisting of four 9cm x 10cm sized bulk Micromegas detectors with 128um amplification-gap and two 10cm x 10cm triple GEM detectors is foreseen for high-precision tracking of 140GeV muons at the H8 beamline at CERN…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-03 Jonathan Bortfeldt , Otmar Biebel , David Heereman , Ralf Hertenberger

The WA105-3x1x1 m3 dual phase LAr-TPC demonstrator

The dual phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) is the state-of-art technology for neutrino detection thanks to its superb 3D tracking and calorimetry performance. Its main feature is the charge amplification in gas argon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Sebastien Murphy

First performance evaluation of a Multi-layer Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier with in-built electrode meshes - MM-THGEM

We describe a new micro-pattern gas detector structure comprising a multi-layer hole-type multiplier (M-THGEM) combined with two in-built electrode meshes: the Multi-Mesh THGEM-type multiplier (MM-THGEM). Suitable potential differences…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-01 Rui de Olivera , Marco Cortesi

A study of liquid argon detector's $n$/$\gamma$ discrimination capability with PMT or SiPM readout

Liquid Argon (LAr) is used as a target material in several current and planned experiments related to dark matter direct searching and neutrino detection. Argon provides excellent Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) capability which could…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-26 L. Wang , Y. Liu , M. Y. Guan , T. A. Wang , C. Guo , J. C. Liu , C. G. Yang , X. H. Liang , Y. D. Chen

Novel approach for the study of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

We propose the use of isotopically highly enriched detectors for the precise study of coherent-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS). CEvNS has been measured for the first time in CsI and recently confirmed with a liquid argon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-10 A. Galindo-Uribarri , O. G. Miranda , G. Sanchez Garcia

Pixelated 3D sensors for tracking in radiation harsh environments

The High Luminosity upgrade of the CERN Large Hadron Collider will be able to reach a peak instantaneous luminosity of 5E34/cm2 s. The innermost detectors of the CMS and ATLAS experiments will have to cope with unprecedented requirements on…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-16 Jordi Duarte-Campderros

Measurement of emission spectrum for gaseous argon electroluminescence in visible light region from 300 to 600 nm

A double-phase Ar detector can efficiently identify particles and reconstruct their positions. However, the properties of electroluminescence (EL) for secondary light emission in the gas phase are not fully understood. Earlier studies have…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-22 Kazutaka Aoyama , Masato Kimura , Hiroyuki Morohoshi , Tomomasa Takeda , Masashi Tanaka , Kohei Yorita

Developing a single phase liquid argon detector with SiPM readout

Liquid argon is used as a target material in several current and planned experiments related to dark matter direct searching and neutrino detection. SiPM is becoming the standard for scintillator detectors because of its advantages over…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-03 L. Wang , Y. Lei , T. A. Wang , C. Guo , K. K. Zhao , X. H. Liang , S. B. Wang , Y. D. Chen

Distinguishing Between Dark Matter and Pulsar Origins of the ATIC Electron Spectrum With Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

Recent results from the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) balloon experiment have identified the presence of a spectral feature between approximately 300 and 800 GeV in the cosmic ray electron spectrum. This spectral feature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-05 Jeter Hall , Dan Hooper

Design and construction of a new detector to measure ultra-low radioactive-isotope contamination of argon

Large liquid argon detectors offer one of the best avenues for the detection of galactic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their scattering on atomic nuclei. The liquid argon target allows exquisite discrimination between…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 The DarkSide Collaboration , C. E. Aalseth , S. Abdelhakim , F. Acerbi , P. Agnes , R. Ajaj , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. Alici , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , F. Ameli , J. Anstey , P. Antonioli , M. Arba , S. Arcelli , R. Ardito , I. J. Arnquist , P. Arpaia , D. M. Asner , A. Asunskis , M. Ave , H. O. Back , A. Barrado Olmedo , G. Batignani , M. G. Bisogni , V. Bocci , A. Bondar , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , E. Borisova , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , R. Bunker , S. Bussino , A. Buzulutskov , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , C. Cantini , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , F. Carnesecchi , M. Carpinelli , A. Castellani , P. Castello , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , D. Cavazza , S. Cavuoti , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , B. Celano , R. Cereseto , W. Cheng , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , M. Citterio , A. G. Cocco , V. Cocco , M. Colocci , L. Consiglio , F. Cossio , G. Covone , P. Crivelli , I. D'Antone , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , O. Dadoun , M. Daniel , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , A. De Falco , G. De Filippis , D. De Gruttola , G. De Guido , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , P. Demontis , S. DePaquale , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , L. Di Noto , G. Di Pietro , P. Di Stefano , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , M. Downing , F. Edalatfar , A. Empl , M. Fernandez Diaz , A. Ferri , C. Filip , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , A. Franceschi , D. Franco , G. E. Froudakis , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , D. Gascón Fora , A. Gendotti , C. Ghiano , A. Ghisi , S. Giagu , P. Giampa , R. A. Giampaolo , C. Giganti , M. A. Giorgi , G. K. Giovanetti , M. L. Gligan , A. Gola , O. Gorchakov , M. Grab , R. Graciani Diaz , F. Granato , M. Grassi , J. W. Grate , G. Y. Grigoriev , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. B. B. Guerra , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , R. K. Haaland , B. R. Hackett , A. Hallin , B. Harrop , E. W. Hoppe , S. Horikawa , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , A. Ilyasov , V. Ippolito , C. Jillings , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , S. Kim , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Kopp , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , R. Kugathasan , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. La Commara , L. La Delfa , M. Lai , S. Langrock , M. Lebois , B. Lehnert , N. Levashko , X. Li , Q. Liqiang , M. Lissia , G. U. Lodi , G. Longo , R. López Manzano , R. Lussana , L. Luzzi , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , M. Marcante , A. Margotti , S. M. Mari , M. Mariani , J. Maricic , M. Marinelli , D. Marras , M. Martínez , J. J. Martínez Morales , A. D. Martinez Rojas , C. J. Martoff , M. Mascia , J. Mason , A. Masoni , A. Mazzi , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , T. Miletic , R. Milincic , A. Moggi , S. Moioli , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , T. Mroz , W. Mu , V. N. Muratova , S. Murphy , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , T. Napolitano , A. Navrer Agasson , M. Nessi , I. Nikulin , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , S. Palmas , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , V. Pavletcov , F. Pazzona , S. Peeters , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , L. A. Pellegrini , C. Pellegrino , N. Pelliccia , F. Perotti , V. Pesudo , E. Picciau , C. Piemonte , F. Pietropaolo , A. Pocar , T. Pollman , D. Portaluppi , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , B. Radics , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , V. Regazzoni , C. Regenfus , A. L. Renshaw , S. Rescia , M. Rescigno , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , A. Rivetti , A. Romani , L. Romero , N. Rossi , A. Rubbia , D. Sablone , P. Sala , P. Salatino , O. Samoylov , E. Sánchez García , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sant , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , B. Schlitzer , G. Scioli , E. Segreto , A. Seifert , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , S. Siddhanta , M. Simeone , P. N. Singh , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , G. Sobrero , A. Sokolov , A. Sotnikov , R. Stainforth , A. Steri , S. Stracka , V. Strickland , G. B. Suffritti , S. Sulis , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , T. Thorpe , A. Tonazzo , A. Tosi , M. Tuveri , E. V. Unzhakov , G. Usai , A. Vacca , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , M. Verducci , T. Viant , S. Viel , F. Villa , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , J. Wahl , J. J. Walding , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , R. J. Wheadon , R. Williams , J. Wilson , Marcin Wojcik , Mariusz Wojcik , S. Wu , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , M. Zuffa , G. Zuzel

Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment

The vertical plane transverse emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment at CERN has been determined, using three different methods of data analysis. This is a proof-of-principle measurement using the existing AWAKE…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-11-14 D. A. Cooke , F. Pannell , G. Zevi Della Porta , J. Farmer , V. Bencini , M. Bergamaschi , S. Mazzoni , L. Ranc , E. Senes , P. Sherwood , M. Wing , R. Agnello , C. C. Ahdida , C. Amoedo , Y. Andrebe , O. Apsimon , R. Apsimon , J. M. Arnesano , P. Blanchard , P. N. Burrows , B. Buttenschön , A. Caldwell , M. Chung , A. Clairembaud , C. Davut , G. Demeter , A. C. Dexter , S. Doebert , A. Fasoli , R. Fonseca , I. Furno , N. Z. van Gils , E. Granados , M. Granetzny , T. Graubner , O. Grulke , E. Gschwendtner , E. Guran , J. Henderson , M. Á. Kedves , F. Kraus , M. Krupa , T. Lefevre , L. Liang , S. Liu , N. Lopes , K. Lotov , M. Martinez Calderon , J. Mezger , P. I. Morales Guzmán , M. Moreira , T. Nechaeva , N. Okhotnikov , C. Pakuza , A. Pardons , K. Pepitone , E. Poimendidou , J. Pucek , A. Pukhov , R. L. Ramjiawan , S. Rey , R. Rossel , H. Saberi , O. Schmitz , F. Silva , L. Silva , B. Spear , C. Stollberg , A. Sublet , C. Swain , A. Topaloudis , N. TorradoP. Tuev , F. Velotti , V. Verzilov , J. Vieira , E. Walter , C. Welsch , M. Wendt , J. Wolfenden , B. Woolley , G. Xia , L. Verra , V. Yarygova , M. Zepp

Photon detection efficiency of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes

The photon detection efficiencies of multi-pixel Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes manufactured by different produ cers are estimated. A new fit method of the response spectra to low-intensity light, taking into ac count after-pulse and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-06-17 Simonetta Gentile , Ekaterina Kuznetsova , Franco Meddi

Long-term stability study of single-mask triple GEM detector: impact of continuous irradiation

A study has been carried out to evaluate the performance stability of Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) chamber prototypes in the laboratory using $^{55}$Fe radiation source with Argon and CO$_2$ gas mixture. This research focuses on the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-10 S. Mandal , S. Gope , S. Das , S. Biswas

Accessing new physics with an undoped, cryogenic CsI CEvNS detector for COHERENT at the SNS

We consider the potential for a 10-kg undoped cryogenic CsI detector operating at the Spallation Neutron Source to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and its sensitivity to discover new physics beyond the standard model.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-23 P. S. Barbeau , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , R. Bouabid , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , E. Conley , V. da Silva , J. Daughhetee , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , A. Erlandson , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , J. Hakenmüller , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , O. Kyzylova , J. M. Link , J. Liu , A. Major , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mattingly , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , N. Ogoi , J. O'Reilly , D. S. Parno , D. Pérez-Loureiro , S. I. Penttila , D. Pershey , C. G. Prior , J. Queen , R. Rapp , H. Ray , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , J. Sander , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , M. Stringer , T. Subedi , B. Suh , B. Sur , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Vanderwerp , E. E. van Nieuwenhuizen , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , K. Walkup , E. M. Ward , T. Wongjirad , Y. Yang , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , A. Zaalishvili

Characterization of CMOS SPADs for future RICH Detectors

In the planned or considered upgrades of LHCb, ALICE and Belle II experiments, the Ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors will have to be improved in order to function at increased beam interaction density. The photodetectors used in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-02 R. Dolenec , H. K. Yildirim , G. V. Tran , A. Domenech , B. C. Efe , W. Y. Ha , U. Karaca , P. Singh , G. G. Taylor , S. Korpar , P. Križan , R. Pestotnik , A. Seljak , E. Charbon , C. Bruschini

Ge0.95Sn0.05 on Si avalanche photodiode with Spectral Response Cutoff at 2.14 micrometer

GeSn-based avalanche photodiode (APD) operating in shortwave infrared (SWIR) wavelength was demonstrated in this work. A separate absorption and charge multiplication (SACM) structure was employed to take advantage of long wavelength…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Justin Rudie , Xiaoxin Wang , Rajesh Kumar , Grey Abernathy , Sylvester Amoah , Steven Akwabli , Hryhorii Stanchu , Perry C. Grant , Baohua Li , Wei Du , Jifeng Liu , Shui-Qing Yu

Automated characterization of single-photon avalanche photodiode

We report an automated characterization of a single-photon detector based on commercial silicon avalanche photodiode (PerkinElmer C30902SH). The photodiode is characterized by I-V curves at different illumination levels (darkness, 10 pW and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-02-09 Aina M. M. Ghazali , Audun N. Bugge , Sebastien Sauge , Vadim Makarov

First Measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering on Argon

We report the first measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (\cevns) on argon using a liquid argon detector at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation Neutron Source. Two independent analyses prefer \cevns over the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-02-17 COHERENT Collaboration , D. Akimov , J. B. Albert , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , B. Becker , V. Belov , M. A. Blackston , L. Blokland , A. Bolozdynya , B. Cabrera-Palmer , N. Chen , D. Chernyak , E. Conley , R. L. Cooper , J. Daughhetee , M. del Valle Coello , J. A. Detwiler , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , W. Fox , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , K. S. Hansen , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , M. Hughes , T. Johnson , M. Kaemingk , L. J. Kaufman , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , L. Li , J. T. Librande , J. M. Link , J. Liu , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , O. McGoldrick , H. Moreno , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , D. S. Parno , S. Penttila , D. Pershey , D. Radford , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. Raybern , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , R. T. Thornton , I. Tolstukhin , J. Vanderwerp , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , C. Wiseman , T. Wongjirad , J. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , J. Zettlemoyer

Large-Area Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector with Double-Stage Avalanche Structure

We propose a novel design of superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors (SNAPs), which combines the advantages of multi-stage avalanche SNAPs to lower the avalanche current I_AV and that of series-SNAPs to reduce the reset time. As…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-20 Risheng Cheng , Menno Poot , Xiang Guo , Linran Fan , Hong X. Tang

Characterization of argon recoils at the keV scale with ReD and ReD+

The ReD experiment measured the ionization yield Qy of argon for nuclear recoils in the 2-10 keV range using a dual-phase Time Projection Chamber irradiated with neutrons from a Cf-252 fission source. The measurement extends coverage below…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-20 L. Pandola , P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. Albuquerque , M. Atzori Corona , M. Ave , B. Bottino , M. Cadeddu , A. Caminata , N. Canci , M. Caravati , L. Consiglio , S. Davini , M. De Napoli , L. K. S. Dias , G. Dolganov , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , M. Gulino , T. Hessel , N. Kemmerich , M. Kimura , M. Kuźniak , M. La Commara , J. Machts , G. Matteucci , E. Moura Santos , E. Nikoloudaki , V. Oleynikov , R. Perez Varona , N. Pino , S. M. R. Puglia , M. Rescigno , D. Sablone , B. Sales Costa , S. Sanfilippo , C. Sunny , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tricomi , M. Wada , Y. Wang , R. Wojaczyński , P. Zakhary