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From particle identification to the discovery of the Higgs boson, deep learning algorithms have become an increasingly important tool for data analysis at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We present an innovative end-to-end deep learning…

This paper describes the implementation and performance of a particle flow algorithm applied to 20.2 fb$^{-1}$ of ATLAS data from 8 TeV proton-proton collisions in Run 1 of the LHC. The algorithm removes calorimeter energy deposits due to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-15 ATLAS Collaboration

Muon tomography is developing as a promising system to detect high-Z (atomic number) material for ensuring homeland security. In the present work, three kinds of spatial locations of materials which are made of aluminum, iron, lead and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-04 Xiao-Dong Wang , Kai-Xuan Ye , Yu-Lei Li , Wen Luo , Hui-Yin Wu , He-Run Yang , Guo-Xiang Chen , Zhi-Chao Zhu , Xiu-Liang Zhao

Numerical simulations of plasma flows are crucial for advancing our understanding of microscopic processes that drive the global plasma dynamics in fusion devices, space, and astrophysical systems. Identifying and classifying particle…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-10-13 Stefano Markidis , Ivy Peng , Artur Podobas , Itthinat Jongsuebchoke , Gabriel Bengtsson , Pawel Herman

JUNO is a multi-purpose neutrino experiment currently under construction in Jiangmen, China. It is primary aiming to determine the neutrino mass ordering. Moreover, its 20\,kt target mass makes it an ideal detector to study neutrinos from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-03 Livia Ludhova , Henning Rebber , Björn Soenke Wonsak , Yu Xu

Tomographic imaging techniques using the Coulomb scattering of cosmic-ray muons are increasingly being exploited for the non-destructive assay of shielded containers in a wide range of applications. One such application is the…

A new muon beamline, muon science innovative channel (MuSIC), was set up at the Research Centre for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, in Osaka, Japan, using the 392 MeV proton beam impinging on a target. The production of an intense…

Knowledge of atmospheric muon flux intensity at large depths is extremely important for neutrino telescopes located deep under ground, water or ice. One of the methods to transform muon sea-level spectrum into depth one is to apply Monte…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 E. V. Bugaev , I. A. Sokalski , S. I. Klimushin

We demonstrate that muon tomography can be used to precisely measure the properties of various materials. The materials which have been considered have been extracted from an experimental blast furnace, including carbon (coke) and iron…

Muonic final states will provide clean signatures formany physics processes at the LHC. The two LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS will be able to identify muons with a high reconstruction efficiency above 96% and a high transverse momentum…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-07-09 Oliver Kortner

We propose a high-precision, fast, robust and cost-effective muon detector concept for an FCC-ee experiment. This design combines precision drift tubes with fast plastic scintillator strips to enable both spatial and timing measurements.…

The particle-flow (PF) algorithm, which infers particles based on tracks and calorimeter clusters, is of central importance to event reconstruction in the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC, and has been a focus of development in light of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2023-04-03 Farouk Mokhtar , Joosep Pata , Javier Duarte , Eric Wulff , Maurizio Pierini , Jean-Roch Vlimant

We designed a simple setup to measure the muon lifetime and the electron energy spectra of muon decay. A low cost coincidental circuit was designed to select the signals of muon decay events detected by a plastic scintillator detector. It…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-26 Yushi Hu , Tianye Wang , Yefeng Mei , Zhao Zhang , Chuangang Ning

A muon-flux measurement behind the beam dump of the J-PARC Hadron Experimental Facility was performed with a compact muon detector that can be inserted into a vertical observing hole with 81 mm in diameter which was dug underground. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-30 T. Matsumura , Y. Hirayama , G. Y. Lim , H. Nanjo , T. Nomura , K. Shiomi , H. Watanabe

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) collaboration seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to cool the muon beam at a future neutrino factory or muon collider. The emittance…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 The MICE Collaboration , D. Adams , D. Adey , R. Asfandiyarov , G. Barber , A. de Bari , R. Bayes , V. Bayliss , R. Bertoni , V. Blackmore , A. Blondel , J. Boehm , M. Bogomilov , M. Bonesini , C. N. Booth , D. Bowring , S. Boyd , T. W. Bradshaw , A. D. Bross , C. Brown , L. Coney , G. Charnley , G. T. Chatzitheodoridis , F. Chignoli , M. Chung , D. Cline , J. H. Cobb , D. Colling , N. Collomb , P. Cooke , M. Courthold , L. M. Cremaldi , A. DeMello , A. J. Dick , A. Dobbs , P. Dornan , F. Drielsma , K. Dumbell , M. Ellis , F. Filthaut , P. Franchini , B. Freemire , A. Gallagher , R. Gamet , R. B. S. Gardener , S. Gourlay , A. Grant , J. R. Greis , S. Griffiths , P. Hanlet , G. G. Hanson , T. Hartnett , C. Heidt , P. Hodgson , C. Hunt , S. Ishimoto , D. Jokovic , P. B. Jurj , D. M. Kaplan , Y. Karadzhov , A. Klier , Y. Kuno , A. Kurup , P. Kyberd , J-B. Lagrange , J. Langlands , W. Lau , D. Li , Z. Li , A. Liu , K. Long , T. Lord , C. Macwaters , D. Maletic , B. Martlew , J. Martyniak , R. Mazza , S. Middleton , T. A. Mohayai , A. Moss , A. Muir , I. Mullacrane , J. J. Nebrensky , D. Neuffer , A. Nichols , J. C. Nugent , A. Oates , D. Orestano , E. Overton , P. Owens , V. Palladino , M. Palmer , J. Pasternak , V. Pec , C. Pidcott , M. Popovic , R. Preece , S. Prestemon , D. Rajaram , S. Ricciardi , M. Robinson , C. Rogers , K. Ronald , P. Rubinov , H. Sakamoto , D. A. Sanders , A. Sato , M. Savic , P. Snopok , P. J. Smith , F. J. P. Soler , Y. Song , T. Stanley , G. Stokes , V. Suezaki , D. J. Summers , C. K. Sung , J. Tang , J. Tarrant , I. Taylor , L. Tortora , Y. Torun , R. Tsenov , M. Tucker , M. A. Uchida , S. Virostek , G. Vankova-Kirilova , P. Warburton , S. Wilbur , A. Wilson , H. Witte , C. White , C. G. Whyte , X. Yang , A. R. Young , M. Zisman

Muography is an innovative imaging technique using naturally produced elementary particles -- atmospheric muons -- like the X-rays of medical imaging. The modification of the particles flux -- by scattering or absorption --, reflects the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-31 Theodore Avgitas , Jean Christophe Ianigro , Jacques Marteau

Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are widely used in particle experiments for photon detection. PMT waveform analysis is crucial for high-precision measurements of the position and energy of incident particles in liquid scintillator (LS)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-02 Wei Jiang , Guihong Huang , Zhen Liu , Wuming Luo , Liangjian Wen , Jianyi Luo

Beginning with the first linear collider, SLC at SLAC, it was quickly discovered that high energy muons that are produced in halo collimators in the beam delivery system can cause a significant background in the experiment detector.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-02-04 Lewis Keller , Glen White

In recent years, muon tomography has turned into a powerful and innovative technique for non-invasive imaging of large and small structures with applications in different areas like geology, archaeology, security, etc. We present the design…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-12 J. A. Rengifo , J. L. Bazo

In this paper we report on the current status of studies on the expected performance for a detector designed to operate in a muon collider environment. Beam-induced backgrounds (BIB) represent the main challenge in the design of the…