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The spatial resolution of a detector, using a reference detector telecscope, can be measured applying the geometric mean method, with tracks reconstructed from hits of all the detectors, including ($\sigma_\mathrm{in}$) and excluding…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-01-09 T. Alexopoulos , G. Iakovidis , S. Leontsinis , K. Ntekas , V. Polychronakos

Neutron detection provides an effective method to detect, locate, and characterize sources of interest to nuclear security applications. Current neutron imaging systems based on double-scatter kinematic reconstruction provide good signal…

We studied the application of statistical reconstruction algorithms, namely maximum likelihood and least squares methods, to the problem of event reconstruction in a dual phase liquid xenon detector. An iterative method was developed for…

A Shashlyk-type electromagnetic calorimeter (ECal) will be used in the Multi-purpose Detector at Nuclotron-based Ion Collider facility to study the properties of nuclear matter. In this experiment, the ECal detector is responsible for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-15 Fuyue Wang , Yi Wang , Dong Han

In this paper, limitations of the common method measuring intrinsic spatial resolution of the GEM imaging detector are presented. Through theoretical analysis and experimental verification, we have improved the common method to avoid these…

Coded Aperture Imaging (CAI) has been proposed as an alternative collimation technique in nuclear imaging. To maximize spatial resolution small pinholes in the coded aperture mask are required. However, a high-resolution detector is needed…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-06-16 Tobias Meißner , Werner Nahm , Jürgen Hesser , Nikolas Löw

Currently inorganic scintillator detectors are used in all commercial Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomograph (TOF-PET) devices. The J-PET collaboration investigates a possibility of construction of a PET scanner from plastic…

We present a concept to improve the spatial resolution of silicon pixel-detectors via the implementation of a sub-pixel cross-coupling, which introduces directional charge sharing between pixels. The charge-collection electrode is segmented…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-24 Sinuo Zhang , David-Leon Pohl , Tomasz Hemperek , Jochen Dingfelder

In this work, a fast method of vertex reconstructing for incident ions in GEM detectors was proposed. As inspired by the Time Projection Chamber (TPC), the time information of the consecutive signal samples from Front End Electronics (FEE)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-26 Huiyin Wu , Jianjin Zhou , Herun Yang , Jianrong Zhou , Chenggui Lu , Xin Zhao , Bitao Hu , Yi Zhang

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) operates in pulsed mode and has a high neutron flux. This provides opportunities for energy resolved neutron imaging by using the TOF (Time Of Flight) approach. An Energy resolved neutron imaging…

We present a non-iterative method to deconvolve the spatial response function or the point spread function (PSF) from images taken with the Suzaku X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS). The method is optimized for analyses of extended sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Mutsumi Sugizaki , Tuneyoshi Kamae , Yoshitomo Maeda

Beam tests using tracking telescopes are a standard method for determining the spatial resolution of detectors. This requires the precise knowledge of the position resolution of beam tracks reconstructed at the Device Under Test (DUT). A…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-13 M. Antonello , L. Eikelmann , E. Garutti , R. Klanner , J. Schwandt , G. Steinbrück , A. Vauth

Transverse position reconstruction in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is crucial for accurate particle tracking and classification, and is typically accomplished using machine learning techniques. However, these methods often exhibit biases…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-29 Xiaoran Guo , Fei Gao , Kaihang Li , Qing Lin , Jiajun Liu , Lijun Tong , Xiang Xiao , Lingfeng Xie , Yifei Zhao

We developed an event reconstruction algorithm, applicable to large liquid scintillator detectors, built primarily upon neutron calibration data. We employ a likelihood method using photon detection time and charge information from…

The topic of the paper is the position reconstruction from signals of segmented detectors. With the help of a simple simulation, it is shown that the position reconstruction using the centre-of-gravity method is strongly biased, if the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-15 A. Ebrahimi , F. Feind , E. Fretwurst , E. Garutti , M. Hajheidari , R. Klanner , D. Pitzl , J. Schwandt , G. Steinbrueck , I. Zoi

The results of an experimental feasibility study of a position sensitive thermal neutron detector based on a resistive plate chamber (RPC) are presented. The detector prototype features a thin-gap (0.35 mm) hybrid RPC with an aluminium…

We report on the design, production, and performance of compact 40-cm$^3$ Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) that detect fast neutrons by measuring the three-dimensional (3D) ionization distribution of nuclear recoils in $^4$He:CO$_2$ gas at…

We have developed a neutron imaging sensor based on an INTPIX4-SOI pixelated silicon device. Neutron irradiation tests are performed at several neutron facilities to investigate sensor's responses for neutrons. Detection efficiency is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-04 Y. Kamiya , T. Miyoshi , H. Iwase , T. Inada , A. Mizushima , Y. Mita , K. Shimazoe , H. Tanaka , I. Kurachi , Y. Arai

Negative-ion time projection chambers(TPCs) have been studied for low-rate and high-resolution applications such as dark matter search experiments. Recently, a full volume fiducialization in a self-triggering TPC was realized. This…

New developments in Thin Gap Chambers (TGC) detectors to provide fast trigger and high precision muon tracking under sLHC conditions are presented. The modified detectors are shown to stand a high total irradiation dose equivalent to 6…