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Commissioning of te China-ADS injector-I testing facility

The 10 MeV accelerator-driven subcritical system (ADS) Injector-I test stand at Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) is a testing facility dedicated to demonstrate one of the two injector design schemes [Injector Scheme-I, which works at…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-05-16 Fang Yan , Huiping Geng , Cai Meng , Yaliang Zhao , Huafu Ouyang , Shilun Pei , Rong Liu , Feisi He , Tongming Huang , Rui Ge , Yanfeng Sui , Qiang Ye , Xiaoping Jing , Fengli Long , Jungang Li , Quanling Peng , Dizhou Guo , Zusheng Zhou , Haiyin Lin , Xinpeng Ma , Qunyao Wang , Guangwei Wang , Hua Shi , Gang Wu , Shengchang Wang , Ningchuang Zhou , Qiang Ma , Zhenghui Mi , Peng Sha , Xinying Zhang , Yaoyao Du , Jun He , Huizhou Ma , Lingda Yu , Ying Zhao , Xiaoyan Zhao , Fang Liu , Yanhua Lu , Lin Bian , liangrui Sun , Rui Ye , Xiaohua Peng , Dayong He , Ouzheng Xiao , Yao Gao , Zhenghua Hou , Yuan Chen , Xiangchen Yang , Hongyan Zhu , Bo Li , Lan Dong , Heng Li , Xitong Sun , Linglang Dong , Ping Su , Jianping Dai , Jianli Wang , Shaopeng Li , Jianshe Cao , Yunlong Chi , Weimin Pan

Simulation on Buildup of Electron Cloud in Proton Circular Accelerator

Electron cloud interaction with high energy positive beam are believed responsible for various undesirable effects such as vacuum degradation, collective beam instability and even beam loss in high power proton circular accelerator. An…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-08-04 Yu-Dong Liu , Kai-Wei Li

BES Recent Results and Future Plans

We report the preliminary R values for all the 85 energy points scanned in the energy region of 2-5 GeV with the upgraded Beijing Spectrometer (BESII) at Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC). Preliminary results from the J/psi data…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-23 Z. G. Zhao

Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering at the European Spallation Source

The European Spallation Source (ESS), presently well on its way to completion, will soon provide the most intense neutron beams for multi-disciplinary science. Fortuitously, it will also generate the largest pulsed neutrino flux suitable…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-02-25 D. Baxter , J. I. Collar , P. Coloma , C. E. Dahl , I. Esteban , P. Ferrario , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia , A. R. L. Kavner , C. M. Lewis , F. Monrabal , J. Muñoz Vidal , P. Privitera , K. Ramanathan , J. Renner

Development of a novel neutron detection technique by using a boron layer coating a Charge Coupled Device

This article describes the design features and the first test measurements obtained during the installation of a novel high resolution 2D neutron detection technique. The technique proposed in this work consists of a boron layer (enriched…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-08-15 Juan Jerónimo Blostein , Juan Estrada , Aureliano Tartaglione , Miguel Sofo Haro , Guillermo Fernández Moroni , Gustavo Cancelo

Measurement of neutron-proton capture in the SNO+ water phase

The SNO+ experiment collected data as a low-threshold water Cherenkov detector from September 2017 to July 2019. Measurements of the 2.2-MeV $\gamma$ produced by neutron capture on hydrogen have been made using an Am-Be calibration source,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-15 The SNO+ Collaboration , : , M. R. Anderson , S. Andringa , M. Askins , D. J. Auty , N. Barros , F. Barão , R. Bayes , E. W. Beier , A. Bialek , S. D. Biller , E. Blucher , R. Bonventre , M. Boulay , E. Caden , E. J. Callaghan , J. Caravaca , D. Chauhan , M. Chen , O. Chkvorets , B. Cleveland , M. A. Cox , M. M. Depatie , J. Dittmer , F. Di Lodovico , A. D. Earle , E. Falk , N. Fatemighomi , V. Fischer , E. Fletcher , R. Ford , K. Frankiewicz , K. Gilje , D. Gooding , C. Grant , J. Grove , A. L. Hallin , D. Hallman , S. Hans , J. Hartnell , P. Harvey , W. J. Heintzelman , R. L. Helmer , D. Horne , B. Hreljac , J. Hu , A. S. M. Hussain , A. S. Inácio , C. J. Jillings , T. Kaptanoglu , P. Khaghani , J. R. Klein , R. Knapik , L. L. Kormos , B. Krar , C. Kraus , C. B. Krauss , T. Kroupova , I. Lam , B. J. Land , A. LaTorre , I. Lawson , L. Lebanowski , E. J. Leming , A. Li , J. Lidgard , B. Liggins , Y. H. Lin , Y. Liu , V. Lozza , M. Luo , S. Maguire , A. Maio , S. Manecki , J. Maneira , R. D. Martin , E. Marzec , A. Mastbaum , N. McCauley , A. B. McDonald , P. Mekarski , M. Meyer , C. Mills , I. Morton-Blake , S. Nae , M. Nirkko , L. J. Nolan , H. M. O'Keeffe , G. D. Orebi Gann , M. J. Parnell , J. Paton , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pershing , L. Pickard , G. Prior , A. Reichold , S. Riccetto , R. Richardson , M. Rigan , J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. M. Rost , J. Rumleskie , I. Semenec , F. Shaker , M. K. Sharma , K. Singh , P. Skensved , M. Smiley , M. I. Stringer , R. Svoboda , B. Tam , L. Tian , J. Tseng , E. Turner , R. Van Berg , J. G. C. Veinot , C. J. Virtue , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , S. C. Walton , J. Wang , M. Ward , J. J. Weigand , J. R. Wilson , P. Woosaree , A. Wright , J. P. Yanez , M. Yeh , T. Zhang , Y. Zhang , K. Zuber , A. Zummo

The COHERENT Experiment: 2026 Update

The COHERENT experiment measures neutrino-induced recoils from coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with multiple nuclear targets at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-18 M. Adhikari , M. Ahn , D. Amaya Matamoros , P. S. Barbeau , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , R. Bouabid , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , N. Cedarblade-Jones , S. Chen , A. I. Colón Rivera , V. da Silva , J. Daughhetee , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , A. Erlandson , L. Fabris , M. L. Fischer , S. Foster , A. Galindo-Uribarri , E. Granados Vazquez , M. P. Green , B. Hackett , J. Hakenmüller , M. Harada , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , Y. Hino , H. Huang , W. Huang , H. Jeong , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , D. Kim , L. Kong , A. Konovalov , Y. Koshio , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , O. Kyzylova , Y. Lee , S. M. Lee , G. Li , L. Li , Z. Li , J. M. Link , J. Liu , Q. Liu , X. Lu , M. Luxnat , D. M. Markoff , J. Mattingly , H. McLaurin , K. McMichael , N. Meredith , Y. Nakajima , F. Nakanishi , J. Newby , B. Nolan , J. O'Reilly , A. Orvedahl , D. S. Parno , D. Pérez-Loureiro , D. Pershey , C. G. Prior , J. Queen , R. Rapp , H. Ray , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , J. Sander , K. Scholberg , H. Sekiya , J. Seligman , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , J. Skweres , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , Q. Stefan , M. Stringer , C. Su , T. Subedi , B. Suh , B. Sur , R. Tayloe , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Vaccaro , E. E. van Nieuwenhuizen , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , K. Walkup , E. M. Ward , R. Wendell , T. Wongjirad , C. Yang , Y. Yang , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , Y. Yu , A. Zaalishvili , J. Zettlemoyer , Y. Zheng

Ultracold neutron detection with 6Li-doped glass scintillators, NANOSC: a fast ultracold neutron detector for the nEDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute

This paper summarizes the results from measurements aiming to characterize ultracold neutron detection with 6Li-doped glass scintillators. Single GS10 or GS20 scintillators, with a thickness of 100-200 micrometer, fulfill the ultracold…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-23 G. Ban , G. Bison , K. Bodek , Z. Chowdhuri , P. Geltenbort , W. C. Griffith , V. Hélaine , R. Henneck , M. Kasprzak , Y. Kermaidic , K. Kirch , S. Komposch , P. A. Koss , A. Kozela , J. Krempel , B. Lauss , T. Lefort , Y. Lemière , A. Mtchedlishvili , M. Musgrave , O. Naviliat-Cuncic , F. M. Piegsa , E. Pierre , G. Pignol , G. Quéméner , M. Rawlik , D. Ries , D. Rebreyend , S. Roccia , G. Rogel , P. Schmidt-Wellenburg , N. Severijns , E. Wursten , J. Zejma , G. Zsigmond

The neutron array of the compact spectrometer for heavy ion experiments in Fermi energy region

The emission of neutrons from heavy ion reactions is an important observable for studying the asymmetric nuclear equation of state and the reaction dynamics. A 20-unit neutron array has been developed and mounted on the compact spectrometer…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-09 Dawei Si , Sheng Xiao , Yuhao Qin , Yijie Wang , Junhuai Xu , Baiting Tian , Boyuan Zhang , Dong Guo , Qin Zhi , Xiaobao Wei , Yibo Hao , Zengxiang Wang , Tianren Zhuo , Yuansheng Yang , Xianglun Wei , Herun Yang , Peng Ma , Limin Duan , Fangfang Duan , Junbing Ma , Shiwei Xu , Zhen Bai , Guo Yang , Yanyun Yang , Zhigang Xiao

System upgrade for $\mu$Bq/m$^3$ level $^{222}$Rn concentration measurement

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a 20 kton multipurpose underground liquid scintillator detector, was proposed for the determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy as primary physics goal. The central detector will be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-26 Y. Liu , Y. P. Zhang , J. C. Liu , C. Guo , C. G. Yang. P. Zhang , Q. Tang , Z. F. Xu , C. Li , T. Y. Guan , S. B. Wang

Development & Characterization of Electrodes for large-scale Xenon Time Projection Chambers

Dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers are the core detector elements of many experiments that conduct searches for Dark Matter and rare events, as well as in neutrino and high-energy physics. As part of this detector technology,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-19 A. Elykov , S. Vetter , V. H. S. Wu , A. Deisting , K. Eitel , R. Gumbsheimer , M. Kara , S. Lichter , S. Lindemann , T. Luce , Y. Ma , J. Müller , K. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , K. Valerius , M. Zhong

Startup of the High-Intensity Ultracold Neutron Source at the Paul Scherrer Institute

Ultracold neutrons (UCN) can be stored in suitable bottles and observed for several hundreds of seconds. Therefore UCN can be used to study in detail the fundamental properties of the neutron. A new user facility providing ultracold…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-04 Bernhard Lauss

Absolute efficiency calibration of 6LiF-based solid state thermal neutron detectors

The demand for new thermal neutron detectors as an alternative to 3He tubes in research, industrial, safety and homeland security applications, is growing. These needs have triggered research and development activities about new generations…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-09 Paolo Finocchiaro , Luigi Cosentino , Sergio Lo Meo , Ralf Nolte , Desiree Radeck

Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double beta decay searches

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe-136 using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-23 NEXT Collaboration , C. Adams , V. Álvarez , L. Arazi , I. J. Arnquist , C. D. R Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , N. Byrnes , S. Cárcel , J. V. Carrión , S. Cebrián , E. Church , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , A. A. Denisenko , G. Díaz , J. Díaz , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , F. Foss , E. D. C. Freitas , Z. Freixa , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , R. González , D. González-Díaz , S. Gosh , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero , V. Herrero , J. Ho , Y. Ifergan , B. J. P. Jones , M. Kekic , L. Labarga , A. Laing , P. Lebrun , N. López-March , M. Losada , R. D. P. Mano , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , M. Martínez-Vara , G. Martínez-Lema , A. D. McDonald , Z. E. Meziani , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , C. Newhouse , P. Novella , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , A. Redwine , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , I. Rivilla , Y. Rodríguez García , J. Rodríguez , C. Rogero , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Simón , M. Sorel , C. Stanford , J. M. R. Teixeira , P. Thapa , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , A. Usón , J. F. C. A. Veloso , T. T. Vuong , R. Webb , R. Weiss-Babai , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

A next-generation inverse-geometry spallation-driven ultracold neutron source

The physics model of a next-generation spallation-driven high-current ultracold neutron (UCN) source capable of delivering an extracted UCN rate of around an-order-of-magnitude higher than the strongest proposed sources, and around…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-08 K. K. H. Leung , G. Muhrer , T. Hügle , T. M. Ito , E. M. Lutz , M. Makela , C. L. Morris , R. W. Pattie, , A. Saunders , A. R. Young

Development of a 256-channel Time-of-flight Electronics System For Neutron Beam Profiling

A 256-channel time-of-flight (TOF) electronics system has been developed for a beam line facility called "Back-n WNS" in China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). This paper shows the structure and performance of electronics system and the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 Haolei Chen , Changqing Feng , Jiadong Hu , Laifu Luo , Li Wang , Zhixin Tan , Shubin Liu

3D Printing Neutron Detectors using Scintillating BN/ZnS Resin

In this paper we demonstrate that it is possible to produce low cost neutron-sensitive detectors using stereo-lithography additive manufacturing. A curable scintillating resin is made by mixing BN:ZnS with a commercially available UV resin.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-03 P. Stowell , Z. Kutz , S. Fargher , L. F. Thompson

Design and performance of the LLRF control system for CSNS LINAC

The China spallation neutron source (CSNS) linac is designed with beam energy of 81MeV and a peak current of 15mA in the first phase. The RF power system for the 81 MeV Linac requires 8 units of RF power sources, each unit has one…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-09-26 Linyan Rong , Zhencheng Mu , Zhexin Xie , Bo Wang , Wenzhong Zhou , Maliang Wan , Meifei Liu , Jian Li , Xinan Xu

Background characterization of the CONUS+ experimental location

CONUS+ is an experiment aiming at detecting coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) of reactor antineutrinos on germanium nuclei in the fully coherent regime, continuing the CONUS physics program conducted at the Brokdorf…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-19 CONUS Collaboration , E. Sanchez Garcia , N. Ackermann , S. Armbruster , H. Bonet , C. Buck , K. Fulber , J. Hakenmuller , J. Hempfling , G. Heusser , E. Hohmann , M. Lindner , W. Maneschg , K. Ni , M. Rank , T. Rink , I. Stalder , H. Strecker , R. Wink , J. Woenckhaus

Beam test characterisation of a Plastic Scintillator Prototype for the space-based cosmic ray experiment HERD

The High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detector (HERD) facility is planned to go onboard China's Space Station, planned to be operational starting in around 2025 for about 10 years. The main scientific objectives of HERD are the search for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 P. W. Cattaneo , M. Pullia , M. C. Prata , A. Rappoldi , M. Rossella