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Low Gain Avalanche Detector (LGAD) is the baseline sensing technology of the recently proposed Minimum Ionizing Particle (MIP) end-cap timing detectors (MTD) at the Atlas and CMS experiments. The current MTD sensor is designed as a…

Particle detectors based on liquid argon (LAr) have recently become recognized as an extremely attractive technology for the direct detection of dark matter as well as the measurement of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-03 Cong Guo , Mengyun Guan , Xilei Sun , Weixing Xiong , Peng Zhang , Changgen yang

The Radar Echo Telescope for Cosmic Rays (RET-CR) is a recently initiated experiment designed to detect the englacial cascade of a cosmic-ray initiated air shower via in-ice radar, toward the goal of a full-scale, next-generation experiment…

The Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) is a new silicon detector and holds wide application prospects in particle physics experiments due to its excellent timing resolution. The LGAD with a pixel size of 1.3 mm $\times$ 1.3 mm was used to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-05-03 Weiyi Sun , Mengzhao Li , Tianyuan Zhang , Mei Zhao , Yunyun Fan , Shuqi Li , Yuan Feng , Xinhui Huang , Xuan Yang , Wei Wang , Zhijun Liang , Yuekun Heng

Solid state detectors and cryogenic detectors are widely employed in rare event searches, such as direct Dark Matter detection or Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Scattering experiments. The excellent sensitivity and, consequently, their low…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-06-20 M. Mancuso , A. Bento , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , D. Hauff , F. Petricca , F. Pröbst , J. Rothe , R. Strauss

We have developed a novel technique for the measurement of the size of avalanche fluctuations of gaseous detectors using a gating device (gating foil) prepared for the time projection chamber in the international linear collider experiment…

The Argonne MCP-based photo detector is an offshoot of the Large Area Pico-second Photo Detector (LAPPD) project, wherein 6 cm x 6 cm sized detectors are made at Argonne National Laboratory. We have successfully built and tested our first…

Object detection in thermal infrared spectrum provides more reliable data source in low-lighting conditions and different weather conditions, as it is useful both in-cabin and outside for pedestrian, animal, and vehicular detection as well…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Muhammad Ali Farooq , Peter Corcoran , Cosmin Rotariu , Waseem Shariff

We discuss the use of Low Gain Avalanche (LGAD) silicon detectors for two specific applications, namely measuring cosmic rays in space in collaboration with NASA] and beam properties and received doses for patients undergoing cancer…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-09 C. Royon , F. Gautier

Characterization of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings at cryogenic temperatures (down to 77 K) is presented, covering the electrical resistivity range of practical interest to gaseous and liquid particle instrumentation: 10^-1-10^5…

This paper presents a novel approach to radar target detection using Variational AutoEncoders (VAEs). Known for their ability to learn complex distributions and identify out-ofdistribution samples, the proposed VAE architecture effectively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Y A Rouzoumka , E Terreaux , C Morisseau , J. -P Ovarlez , C Ren

There have been significant advancements in anomaly detection in an unsupervised manner, where only normal images are available for training. Several recent methods aim to detect anomalies based on a memory, comparing or reconstructing the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Joo Chan Lee , Taejune Kim , Eunbyung Park , Simon S. Woo , Jong Hwan Ko

Coherent scattering is a flavor-blind, high-rate, as yet undetected neutrino interaction predicted by the Standard Model. We propose to use a compact (kg-scale), two-phase (liquid-gas) argon ionization detector to measure coherent neutrino…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Chris Hagmann , Adam Bernstein

The presented study investigates the effects of low fluences from $5\times10^{12}$ up to $1\times10^{14}$ particles/cm$^{2}$ of 60MeV proton and neutron irradiation on n-type Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (nLGADs). An nLGAD is a silicon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-11 Veronika Kraus , Marcos Fernandez Garcia , Salvador Hidalgo , Michael Moll , Jairo Villegas

As part of an experiment to measure the spectrum of photons emitted in beta-decay of the free neutron, we developed and operated a detector consisting of 12 bismuth germanate (BGO) crystals coupled to avalanche photodiodes (APDs). The…

We have developed a new design of a GEM-like detector with single-layer electrodes made of a resistive kapton. This detector can operate at gains close to 10E5 even in pure Ar and Ne and if transited to discharges at higher gains they, due…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Oliveira , V. Peskov , F. Pietropaolo , P. Picchi

The aim of this document is to summarise the discussion and the contributions from the 2nd Academia-Industry Matching Event on Detecting Neutrons with MPGDs which took place at CERN on the 16th and the 17th of March 2015. These events…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-08 Gabriele Croci , Fabrizio Murtas , Filippo Resnati

Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) sensor is one of candidate sensors for the tracker at future hadron collider experiments. To use this sensor as a tracking detector, AC-LGAD sensor is being developed which has both timing and spatial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-23 Sayuka Kita , Koji Nakamura , Tomoka Imamura , Ikumi Goya , Kazuhiko Hara

Cryogenic test facilities are critical infrastructure for physics experiments in a variety of fields, perhaps most notably for particle detection with noble liquid detectors, low-temperature device development, and quantum information…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It will reach a sensitivity and energy resolution never obtained until now by any other high energy gamma-ray experiment. Understanding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 G. Vasileiadis , O. Blanch , J. Bregeon , P. Brun , O. Calpe , M. Colak , M. Doro , L. Font , M. Gaug , S. Griffiths , C. Maggio , M. Martinez , O. Martinez , P. Ristori , S. Rivoire