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We propose a new method to detect low-energy neutrinos and low-mass dark matter at or below the MeV scale, through their coherent scatterings from freely falling heavy atoms and the resulting kinematic shifts. We start with a simple…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-07 Alim Ruzi , Sitian Qian , Tianyi Yang , Qiang Li

We set constraints and future sensitivity projections on millicharged particles (MCPs) based on electron scattering data in numerous neutrino experiments, starting with MiniBooNE and the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND). Both…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-12 Gabriel Magill , Ryan Plestid , Maxim Pospelov , Yu-Dai Tsai

The Multipurpose Detector (MPD) is an experimental array, currently under construction, designed to study the nuclear matter created during the collisions that will be provided by the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) at JINR.…

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer-sized detector designed to detect neutrinos of astrophysical origin. However, muons created by cosmic rays interacting in the atmosphere pose a significant background for these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 Sarah Mancina , Manuel Silva

The Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) is a direction-sensitive detector designed to measure the direction of recoiling $^{19}$F and $^{12}$C nuclei in low-pressure CF$_4$ gas using optical and charge readout systems. In this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 Cosmin Deaconu , Michael Leyton , Ross Corliss , Gabriela Druitt , Richard Eggleston , Natalia Guerrero , Shawn Henderson , Jeremy Lopez , Jocelyn Monroe , Peter Fisher

Water Cherenkov and scintillator detectors are a critical tool for neutrino physics.Their large size, low threshold, and low operational cost make them excellent detectors for long baseline neutrino oscillations, proton decay, supernova and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-07 N. Barros , T. Kaptanoglu , B. Kimmelman , J. R. Klein , E. Moore , J. Nguyen , K. Stavreva , R. Svoboda

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects neutrinos at energies orders of magnitude higher than those available to current accelerators. Above 40 TeV, neutrinos traveling through the Earth will be absorbed as they interact via charged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 S. Robertson

Thin Film technology has widespread applications in everyday electronics, notably Liquid Crystal Display screens, solar cells, and organic light emitting diodes. We explore the potential of this technology as charged particle radiation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-10 J. Metcalfe , I. Mejia , J. Murphy , M. Quevedo , L. Smith , J. Alvarado , B. Gnade , H. Takai

An ultra thin silicon detector called U3DTHIN has been designed and built for neutral particle analyzers (NPA) and thermal neutron detection. The main purpose of this detector is to provide a state-of-the-art solution for detector system of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-03 F. Garcia , G. Pellegrini , M. Lozano , J. P. Balbuena , C. Fleta , C. Guardiola , D. Quirion

Fast timing detectors are an essential element in the experimental setup for time-of-flight (ToF) mass measurements of unstable nuclei. We have upgraded the scintillator detectors used in experiments at the National Superconducting…

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

In the frame of direct dark matter search, the fast neutrons producing elastic collisions are the ultimate background. The MIMAC (MIcro-tpc MAtrix Chambers) project has developed a directional detector providing the directional signature to…

We developed a 12-liter volume neutron detector filled with the liquid scintillator EJ301 that measures neutrons in an underground laboratory where dark matter and neutrino experiments are located. The detector target is a cylindrical…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 C. Zhang , D. -M. Mei , P. Davis , B. Woltman , F. Gray

IceCube is a 1 km^3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the South Pole. The detector will consist of 5160 optical sensors deployed at depths between 1450 m and 2450 m in clear Antarctic ice distributed over 86 strings. An air…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Karle

The development of compact and highly sensitive microwave detectors compatible with complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processes is an active research area but remains a major challenge in microwave technology. Spin-torque…

We discuss a CMS eXtension for Studying Energetic Neutrinos (CMS-XSEN). Neutrinos at the LHC are abundant and have unique features: their energies reach out to the TeV range, and the contribution of the {\tau} flavour is sizeable. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-13 S. Buontempo , G. M. Dallavalle , G. De Lellis , D. Lazic , F. L. Navarria

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer volume neutrino detector installed in the Antarctic at the geographic South Pole. Neutrinos are detected through the observation of Cherenkov light from charged relativistic particles…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-22 Woosik Kang , Christoph Tönnis , Carsten Rott

The IceCube neutrino detector is built into the Antarctic ice sheet at the South Pole to measure high energy neutrinos. For this, 4800 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are being deployed at depths between 1450 and 2450 meters into the ice to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 J. Auffenberg , T. Gaisser , K. Helbing , T. Huege , T. Karg , A. Karle

The purpose of the present paper is to study the neutrino properties as they may appear in the low energy neutrinos emitted in triton decay, with maximum neutrino energy of 18.6 KeV. The technical challenges to this end can be summarized as…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. Giomataris , J. D. Vergados

In 2016, IceCube initiated a system of public real-time alerts that are typically issued within one minute, following the detection of a neutrino candidate event that is likely to be of astrophysical origin. The goal of these alerts is to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Erik Blaufuss , Thomas Kintscher , Lu Lu , Chun Fai Tung