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In-line polarimeters perform non-destructive polarization measurements of optical signals, and play a critical role in monitoring and controlling the polarization environment in for example optical networks. While current in-line…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-10 J. P. Balthasar Müller , Kristjan Leosson , Federico Capasso

Compton backscattering polarimetry provides a fast and accurate method to measure the polarization of an electron beam in a storage ring. Since the method is non-destructive, the polarization of the electron beam can be monitored during…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Passchier , D. W. Higinbotham , C. W. de Jager , B. E. Norum , N. H. Papadakis , N. P. Vodinas

Imaging Cherenkov detectors are largely used in modern nuclear and particle physics experiments where cutting-edge solutions are needed to face always more growing computing demands. This is a fertile ground for AI-based approaches and at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-11 Cristiano Fanelli

Calibration of a PMT matrix is crucial for the treatment of the data obtained with Cherenkov tracking detector. Furthermore, due to high variability of the aerosol abundance in the atmosphere depending on season, weather etc. A constant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Stanislav Knurenko , Yuri Egorov , Igor Petrov

The PREX-2 and CREX experiments in Hall A at Jefferson Lab are precision measurements of parity violating elastic electron scattering from complex nuclei. One requirement was that the incident electron beam polarization, typically…

A novel, non-invasive method of measuring the beam energy at the International Linear Collider is proposed. Laser light collides head-on with beam particles and either the energy of the Compton scattered electrons near the kinematic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-08-05 N. Muchnoi , H. J. Schreiber , M. Viti

X-ray polarimetry has the potential to make key-contributions to our understanding of galactic compact objects like binary black hole systems and neutron stars, and extragalactic objects like active galactic nuclei, blazars, and Gamma Ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Henric Krawczynski

POLAR is space-borne detector designed for a precise measurement of gamma-ray polarization of the prompt emissions of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the energy range 50 keV - 500 keV. POLAR is a compact Compton polarimeter consisting of 40$\times$ 40…

This document provides a roadmap for ILC detector test beam needs in the next 3 - 5 years. In this period, detector Letters of Intent are expected by fall 2008, the ILC Engineering Design Report to be submitted in ILC and its detectors in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-10-18 Worldwide ILC Detector Community

Purpose: Cherenkov radiation carries the potential of direct in-water dose measurements, but its precision is currently limited by a strong anisotropy. Taking advantage of polarization imaging, this work proposes a new approach for high…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 Emily Cloutier , Louis Archambault , Luc Beaulieu

The combination of plastic scintillators with Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) is widely used for detecting radiation in high-energy astrophysics, particle physics, neutrino physics, or medical physics. An example of application for this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-14 Nicolas De Angelis , Franck Cadoux , Coralie Husi , Merlin Kole , Sławomir Mianowski

A Compton camera is the most promising approach for gamma-ray detection in the energy region from several hundred keV to MeV, especially for application in high energy astrophysics. In order to obtain good angular resolution, semiconductor…

The scientific potential of X-ray polarimetry has long been recognized, but the challenges in measuring polarization have left it largely unexplored, particularly in the hard X-ray regime. While tremendous advancement has been made in soft…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-27 Abhay Kumar , Santosh V. Vadawale , N. P. S. Mithun , Tanmoy Chattopadhyay , S. K. Goyal , A. R. Patel , M. Shanmugam

A high quality beam of linearly polarized photons of several GeV will become available with the coherent bremsstrahlung technique at JLab. We have developed a polarimeter which requires about two meters of the beam line, has an analyzing…

Another way to measure electron beam polarization by inverse Compton scattering

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-28 Nickolai Muchnoi

Taking advantage of the advances in array detector technology, an imaging polarimeter (IMPOL) has been constructed for measuring linear polarization in the wavelength band from 400-800 nm. It makes use of a Wollaston prism as the analyser…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-15 A. N. Ramaprakash , Ranjan Gupta , A. K. Sen , S. N. Tandon

Parity is a key observable in nuclear spectroscopy. Linear polarization measurements of $\gamma$-rays are a probe to access the parities of energy levels. Utilizing the segmentation of detectors in the Segmented Germanium Array (SeGA) at…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 D. Miller , A. Chester , V. Moeller , K. Starosta , C. Vaman , D. Weisshaar

In this contribution accelerator solutions for polarized beams and their impact on physics measurements are discussed. Focus are physics requirements for precision polarimetry near the interaction point and their realization with polarized…

Compton backscattering polarimetry provides a fast measurement of the polarization of an electron beam in a storage ring. Since the method is non-destructive, the polarization of the electrons can be monitored during internal target…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Passchier , the 9405 collaboration

The physics program at the upgraded Jefferson Lab (JLab) and the physics program envisioned for the proposed electron-ion collider (EIC) include large efforts to search for interactions beyond the Standard Model (SM) using parity violation…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-02-10 Prajwal Mohanmurthy , Dipangkar Dutta