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A combination Time Projection Chamber-Cherenkov prototype detector has been developed as part of the Detector R&D Program for a future Electron Ion Collider. The prototype was tested at the Fermilab test beam facility to provide a proof of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 B. Azmoun , K. Dehmelt , T. K. Hemmick , R. Majka , H. N. Nguyen , M. Phipps , M. L. Purschke , N. Ram , W. Roh , D. Shangase , N. Smirnov , C. Woody , A. Zhang

A prototype detector is being developed which combines the functions of a Time Projection Chamber for charged particle tracking and a Cherenkov detector for particle identification. The TPC consists of a 10x10x10 cm3 drift volume where the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-18 Craig Woody , Babak Azmoun , Richard Majka , Michael Phipps , Martin Purschke , Nikolai Smirnov

In CBM Experiment at FAIR, dimuons will be detected by a Muon Chamber (MUCH) consisting of segmented absorbers of varying widths and tracking chambers sandwiched between the absorber-pairs. In this fixed target heavy-ion collision…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-03 Rama Prasad Adak , Ajit Kumar , A. K. Dubey , Subhasis Samanta , J. Saini , S. Das , S. Raha , Subhasis Chattopadhyay

The High Energy Physics group of the University of Texas at Arlington Physics Department has been developing Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors for use as the sensitive gap detector in digital hadron calorimeters (DHCAL) for the future…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-20 J. Yu , E. Baldelomar , K. Park , S. Park , M. Sosebee , N. Tran , A. P. White

Micro-TPC, a time projection chamber(TPC) with micro pixel chamber($\mu$-PIC) readout was developed for the detection of the three-dimensional fine(sub-m illimeter) tracks of charged particles. We developed a two-dimensional position…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Kentaro Miuchi , Hidetoshi Kubo , Tsutomu Nagayoshi , Atsuhiko Ochi , Reiko Orito , Atsushi Takada , Toru Tanimori , Masaru Ueno

The LCTPC collaboration is developing a time projection chamber (TPC) for a future linear collider. In the ILD concept for an ILC detector a TPC is foreseen as main tracking device. In order to get measurable signals on the anode, the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-02 Lea Hallermann , Jeannine Beck

Background: The established GADGET detection system, designed for measuring weak, low-energy $\beta$-delayed proton decays, features a gaseous Proton Detector with MICROMEGAS readout for calorimetric particle detection, surrounded by a…

The high-luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) will result in ten times higher particle background than measured during the first phase of LHC operation. In order to fully exploit the highly-demanding operating conditions…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-09 CMS Muon Group

In this paper we describe the performance of a prototype of the High Angle Time Projection Chambers (HA-TPCs) that are being produced for the Near Detector (ND280) upgrade of the T2K experiment. The two HA-TPCs of ND280 will be instrumented…

A time projection chamber (TPC) based on a gaseous chamber with micro pixel electrodes (micro-PIC) has been developed for measuring three-dimensional tracks of charged particles. The micro-PIC with a detection area of 10 cm square consists…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 H. Kubo , K. Miuchi , T. Nagayoshi , A. Ochi , R. Orito , A. Takada , T. Tanimori , M. Ueno

The AMADEUS experiment aims to perform precision studies in the sector of low-energy kaon-nuclei interaction at the DA\Phi NE collider at LNF-INFN, implementing a dedicated setup in the central region of the KLOE detector. As a first step…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-04-29 K. Piscicchia , C. Curceanu , A. Scordo , I. Tucakovic , O. Vazquez Doce

A large volume time projection chamber (TPC) has been proposed as main tracking device for a detector at a future linear e+e- collider. Gas electron multipliers (GEMs) are studied as potential replacement of the conventional wire based gas…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Wienemann

The AMANDE facility produces monoenergetic neutron fields from 2 keV to 20 MeV for metrological purposes. To be considered as a reference facility, fluence and energy distributions of neutron fields have to be determined by primary…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-05-17 C. Golabek , J. Billard , A. Allaoua , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , C. Grignon , O. Guillaudin , L. Lebreton , F. Mayet , M. Petit , J. -P. Richer , D. Santos

We have previously reported on the construction and successful operation of the novel double phase Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-17 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

A new gas detector prototype for the upgrade of the focal plane detector of the MAGNEX large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer has been developed and tested in view of the NUMEN project. It has been designed to operate at low gas pressure…

A Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is an ideal device for the detection of charged particle tracks in a large volume covering a solid angle of almost $4\pi$. The high density of hits on a given particle track facilitates the task of pattern…

This document illustrates the technical layout and the expected performance of a Time Projection Chamber as the central tracking system of the PANDA experiment. The detector is based on a continuously operating TPC with Gas Electron…

A large Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is the main device for tracking and charged-particle identification in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. After the second long shutdown in 2019-2020, the LHC will deliver Pb beams colliding at an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-09 Piotr Gasik

Gaseous detectors have long been used by particle physics experiments at beamlines or standalone experiments. Recently, their low momentum threshold has made them interesting as active targets for long baseline neutrino experiments. To…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-13 Philip Hamacher-Baumann