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Within this proceeding, we introduce the U-Board platform, a versatile platform for signal generation, acquisition and processing, based on a heterogenous processing architecture. Based on this platform we present a readout for Microwave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-10 Gerrit Grutzeck , Ingo Krämer , Miroslaw Ciechanowicz , Nicolas Reyes , Carsten König , Andrey Baryshev , Stephen Yates , Bernd Klein

A cylindrical GEM tracker is under construction in order to replace and improve the inner tracking system of the BESIII experiment. Tests with planar chamber prototypes were carried out on the H4 beam line of SPS (CERN) with muons of 150…

The International Large Detector (ILD) at the International Linear Collider (ILC) requires significantly improved subdetector systems to comply with the envisioned performance. Its central tracking detector is a Time Projection Chamber…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-21 Jochen Kaminski

Large area field electron emitters, typically consisting of several thousands of nanotips, pose a major challenge since numerical modeling requires enormous computational resources. We propose a hybrid approach where the local electrostatic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-01-06 Debabrata Biswas

We present the design and characterization of the first full chain precision timing prototype ASIC, named ETL Readout Chip version 1 (ETROC1) for the CMS MTD endcap timing layer (ETL) upgrade. The ETL utilizes Low Gain Avalanche Diode…

The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a leading detector technology in rare event searches for dark matter and neutrino physics. The success of this type of detector technology relies on its capability to detect both primary…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-16 Yuehuan Wei , Jianyang Qi , Evan Shockley , Haiwen Xu , Kaixuan Ni

A high accuracy and high sensitivity system architecture is proposed for the read-out circuit of electrical impedance tomography system-on-chip. The switched ratiometric technique is applied in the proposed architecture. The proposed system…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-10-24 Hui Li , Boxiao Liu , Yongfu Li , Guoxing Wang , Yong Lian

We develop a novel approach for a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) concept suitable for deployment in kilotonne scale detectors, with a charge-readout system free from reconstruction ambiguities, and a robust TPC design that reduces…

High precision experiments with muons and pions often require tracking charged particles with $O(100~\mu\mathrm{m})$ single-hit resolution, possibly with particle identification capabilities, down to very low momenta ($p \lesssim…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-31 G. Cavoto , C. Dutsov , M. Gruber , M. Hildebrandt , T. D. Hume , J. Kaminski , F. Neuhaus , A. Papa , F. Renga , P. Schmidt-Wellenburg , M. Schott , B. Vitali , C. Voena

Field effect transistors embedded into a depleted silicon bulk (DEPFETs) can be used as the first amplifying element for the detection of small signal charges deposited in the bulk by ionizing particles, X-ray photons or visible light. Very…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Fischer , W. Neeser , M. Trimpl , J. Ulrici , N. Wermes

The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) has become a widely used technology for high-rate particle physics experiments like COMPASS, LHCb and are being used as the readout system for the upcoming upgrade version of other experiments such as ALICE…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-05-26 Promita Roy , Purba Bhattacharya , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Nayana Majumdar

Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) with multi-strip readout are considered to be the optimal detector candidate for the Time-of-Flight (ToF) wall in the Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment. In the R&D phase MRPCs with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-23 I. Deppner , N. Herrmann , J. Frühauf , M. Kiš , P. Lyu , P. -A. Loizeau , L. Shi , C. Simon , Y. Wang , B. Xie

We report the status of R&D on large triple-GEM detectors for a forward tracker (FT) in an experiment at a future Electron Ion Collider (EIC) that will improve our understanding of QCD. We have designed a detector prototype specifically…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 Aiwu Zhang , Vallary Bhopatkar , Marcus Hohlmann , Xinzhan Bai , Kondo Gnanvo , Nilanga K. Liyanage , Matt Posik , Bernd Surrow

We present the results of our recent studies on a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM)-based imaging detector prototype. It consists of two 100x100 mm^2 THGEM electrodes in cascade, coupled to a resistive anode. The event location is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Cortesi , R. Alon , R. Chechik , A. Breskin , D. Vartsky , V. Dangendorf

The Medipix4 chip is the latest member in the Medipix/Timepix family of hybrid pixel detector chips aimed at high-rate spectroscopic X-ray imaging using high-Z materials. It can be tiled on all 4 sides making it ideal for constructing…

We report on the successful operation of a double phase Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC) equipped with two dimensional projective anodes with dimensions 10$\times$10 cm$^2$, and with a maximum…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-18 C. Cantini , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , S. Murphy , G. Natterer , L. Periale , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , F. Sergiampietri , T. Viant , S. Wu

Modern time projection chambers are increasingly based on micro pattern gas detector readout systems. In this paper a self-supporting method used to mount Gas Electron Multiplier foils is presented. It is based on light weight ceramic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 Ties Behnke , Ralf Diener , Christoph Rosemann , Lea Steder

The International Linear Collider (ILC) Time Projection Chamber (TPC) transverse space-point resolution goal is 100 microns for all tracks including stiff 90 degree tracks with the full 2 meter drift. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-04-26 M. Dixit , D. Attie , A. Bellerive , K. Boudjemline , P. Colas , P. Giganon , I. Giomataris , V. Lepeltier , S. Liu , J. -P. Martin , K. Sachs , Y. Shin , S. Turnbull

The novel SoLAr concept aims to extend sensitivities of liquid-argon neutrino detectors down to the MeV scale for next-generation detectors. SoLAr plans to accomplish this with a liquid-argon time projection chamber that employs an anode…

Optical readout of large scale dual-phase liquid Argon TPCs is an attractive alternative to charge readout and has been successfully demonstrated on a 2x2m active region within the CERN protoDUNE cold box. ARIADNE+ uses four Timepix3…