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Scintillator detectors electronics is recalibrated against the datasheet given by the manufacturer. Optimal and mutual dependent values of (a) high voltage at PMT (Photomultiplier Tube), (b) amplifier gain, (c) average time to count the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-07 Mayank Goswami , Kajal Kumari

Plasma scattering measurement is effective technique to observe low frequency density fluctuations excited in plasma. The spatial and wave number resolutions and the S/N ratio of measurement depend on the wavelength range, the size and the…

We are designing an all-scintillator Compton gamma imager for use in security investigations and remediation actions involving radioactive threat material. To satisfy requirements for a rugged and portable instrument, we have chosen solid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-06-28 L. E. Sinclair , D. S. Hanna , A. M. L. MacLeod , P. R. B. Saull

The uncertainty of the energy measurement of the electron beam on circular electron positron collider (CEPC) must be smaller than 10$\mathrm{MeV}$ to make sure the accurate measurement of the mass of the Higgs boson. In order to simplify…

The possibility of using the effect of full energy absorption in a light scintillator when an electron beam passes through it to determine the energy characteristics of a low and medium energy beam (the absorbed energy method) is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-03 V. I. Alekseev , V. A. Baskov , V. A. Dronov , A. I. L'vov , A. V. Koltsov , Yu. F. Krechetov , V. V. Polyansky

A model-independent method is proposed to characterize and correct charge sharing spectral distortions in energy-resolved X-ray acquisitions with pixellated photon-counting detectors. The technique is based on the determination of a…

We lay the foundations for a new fast method to reconstruct the electron density in x-ray scanning applications using measurements in the dark field. This approach is applied to a type of machine configuration with fixed energy sensitive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-08 James Webber

Experiments aiming to directly detect dark matter through particle recoils can achieve energy thresholds of $\mathcal{O}(1\,\mathrm{eV})$. In this regime, ionization signals from small-angle Compton scatters of environmental $\gamma$-rays…

Compton scattering is the nonresonant inelastic scattering of an x-ray photon by an electron and has been used to probe the electron momentum distribution in gas-phase and condensed-matter samples. In the low x-ray intensity regime, Compton…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-02-16 Sang-Kil Son , Otfried Geffert , Robin Santra

The polarization measurement is an important tool to probe the prompt emission mechanism in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The synchrotron photons can be scattered by cold electrons in the outflow via Compton scattering processes. The observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-19 Zhe Chang , Yunguo Jiang , Hai-Nan Lin

The physics basis for an electron-beam based Compton scattering (ECOS) x-ray source is investigated for single-shot experiments at major high energy density facilities such as the Omega Laser Facility, National Ignition Facility, and Z…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-05-15 H. G. Rinderknecht , G. Bruhaug , V. Muşat , G. Gregori , H. Poole , G. W. Collins

Hard X-ray photons with energies in the range of hundreds of keV typically undergo Compton scattering when they are incident on a detector. In this process, an incident photon deposits a fraction of its energy at the point of incidence and…

A prototype of the MeV gamma-ray imaging camera based on the full reconstruction of the Compton process has been developed. This camera consists of a micro-TPC that is a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC) and scintillation cameras. With…

Compton inverse radiation emitted due to backscattering of laser pulses off the relativistic electrons possesses high spectral density and high energy of photons - in hard x-ray up to gamma-ray energies - because of short wavelength of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Eugene Bulyak , Junji Urakawa

Scintillation detectors are essential tools for radiation measurement, but calibrating them accurately can be challenging, especially when full-energy peaks are not prominent. This is common in detectors like plastic scintillators. Current…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-06 Yanbiao Zhang , Fanjie Zeng , Dehua Kong , Lian Lei , Zhonghai Wang

This paper explores the transition between Compton Scattering and Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS), which is characterized by an equal exchange of energy and momentum between the colliding particles (electrons and photons). This regime has…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 L. Serafini , V. Petrillo , A. Bacci , C. Curatolo , I. Drebot , M. Rossetti Conti , A. R. Rossi

Photons preferentially Compton scatter perpendicular to the plane of polarisation. This property can be exploited to design instruments to measure the linear polarisation of hard X-rays ($\sim$10 - 100 keV). Photons may undergo two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-25 Ettore Del Monte , Sergio Fabiani , Mark Pearce

This work presents optical calculations and simulations for scintillation detectors used in precision measurements of beta-particle energy spectra. Particular attention is given to Cherenkov photons and the impact of the light detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-10 S. Vanlangendonck , D. Atanasov , B. Blank , X. Fléchard , M. Kanafani , S. Lecanuet , O. Naviliat-Cuncic , N. Severijns , M. Versteegen

GRETA, the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array, is an array of highly-segmented HPGe detectors designed to track {\gamma}-rays emitted in beam-physics experiments. Its high detection efficiency and state-of-the-art position resolution make it…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-05 Robert Crabbs , I-Yang Lee , Kai Vetter

Energy nonlinearity and resolution in liquid scintillator (LS) detectors are correlated and particle-dependent. A unified energy response model for liquid scintillator detectors has been presented in details. This model has advanced a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-15 Miao Yu , Liangjian Wen , Xiang Zhou , Wuming Luo