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A new type of resistive plate chamber with thin-film electrodes based on diamond-like carbon is under development for background identification in the MEG II experiment. Installed in a low-momentum and high-intensity muon beam, the detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-19 Kensuke Yamamoto , Sei Ban , Kei Ieki , Atsuhiko Ochi , Rina Onda , Wataru Ootani , Atsushi Oya , Masato Takahashi

A wire GEM (WGEM) detector with a gas gap between meshes was constructed. The detector provides the amplification 5x10E5 for the gas mixture of Ar +20% CO2 at atmospheric pressure. As compared with well-known GEM detectors produced by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-26 B. M. Ovchinnikov , V. I. Razin , A. I. Reshetin , S. N. Filippov

The three time projection chambers of the T2K near detector are micro pattern gaseous detectors based on bulk micromegas technology. They have been operated successfully during the first two physics runs of the experiment. Their design,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-03 Georges Vasseur

Large array gas detector systems are used in particle and nuclear physics experiments involving high-energy nucleon-nucleon and heavy-ion collisions. We have observed that in large array gas detector systems the momentary discharges inside…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-01-27 M. R. Dutta Majumdar , Debasish Das , Tapan K. Nayak

Timing information in current and future accelerator facilities is important for resolving objects (particle tracks, showers, etc.) in extreme large particles multiplicities on the detection systems. The PICOSEC Micromegas detector has…

Recent measurements suggest that extensive air showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) emit signals in the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum caused by the collisions of the free-electrons with the atmospheric…

The microhexcavity plasma panel detector is a type of gaseous particle detector consisting of a close-packed array of millimeter-size hexagonal cells. The cells are biased to operate in Geiger mode where each cell functions as an…

We present a new design and assembly procedure of a large-area gas-avalanche Resistive-Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector. A $50\times50 ~\mathrm{cm^2}$ prototype was tested in $\mathrm{80 ~GeV/c}$ muon beam at CERN-SPS, presenting improved…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-19 D. Zavazieva , L. Moleri , A. Jash , G. Sela , F. de Vito-Halevy , S. Bressler

The $\mu$-RWELL is a single-amplification stage resistive Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD). The detector amplification element is realized with a single copper-clad polyimide foil micro-patterned with a blind hole (well) matrix and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 G. Bencivenni , R. de Oliveira , G. Felici , M. Gatta , M. Giovannetti , G. Morello , A. Ochi , M. Poli Lener , E. Tskhadadze

To achieve high-resolution muography of compact targets in scenarios with complex logistical constraints, we are developing a portable muon detector system utilizing glass Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). Although RPCs are well understood…

Next-generation gravitational wave detectors (GWDs) like the Cosmic Explorer and Einstein Telescope require extensive vacuum tubing, necessitating cost-effective materials. This study explores the viability of mild steel as an alternative…

We present for the first time, discharge-free operation at cryogenic conditions of a Resistive-Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector. It is a single-sided Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM) coupled to a readout anode via a plate of high bulk…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-29 A. Roy , M. Morales , I. Israelashvili , A. Breskin , S. Bressler , D. Gonzalez-Diaz , C. Pecharromán , S. Shchemelinin , D. Vartsky , L. Arazi

An accelerator experiment was performed using a low-energy antiproton beam to measure antiproton detection efficiency of BESS, a balloon-borne spectrometer with a superconducting solenoid. Measured efficiencies showed good agreement with…

This article reports on the development and experimental results of commercial plasma display panels adapted for their potential use as micropattern gas radiation detectors. The plasma panel sensors (PPS) design an materials include glass…

Beams of energetic runaway electrons are generated during disruptions in tokamaks, and fluid models are used to study their effects on macroscale dynamics. Linear computations of a massless, runaway electron beam coupled to MHD plasma show…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-24 A. P. Sainterme , C. R. Sovinec

Preliminary results of a photon detector combining a Micromegas like multiplier coated with a UV-sensitive CsI photocathode are described. The multiplier is made in a CMOS compatible InGrid technology, which allows to post-process it…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-18 Joost Melai , Alexey Lyashenko , Amos Breskin , Harry van der Graaf , Jan Timmermans , Jan Visschers , Cora Salm , Jurriaan Schmitz

Large Resistive Plate Chamber systems have their roots in High Energy Physics experiments at the European Organization for Nuclear Research: ATLAS, CMS and ALICE, where hundreds of square meters of both trigger and timing RPCs have been…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-30 João Saraiva , Carlos Alemparte , Daniel Belver , Alberto Blanco , Juan Callón , Jose Collazo , Alfredo Iglesias , Luís Lopes

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment is a general purpose particle detector experiment located at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. In 2008, the LHC beam was commissioned and successfully steered through the CMS detector. First…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Toyoko J. Orimoto

In this work we investigate three variants of single amplification-stage detector elements; they comprise THGEM electrodes closed at their bottom with metallic or resistive anodes to form WELL-type configurations. We present the results of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 L. Arazi , M. Pitt , S. Bressler , L. Moleri , A. Rubin , A. Breskin