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A new Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is currently under development for the sPHENIX experiment at RHIC. The TPC will be read out using multistage GEM detectors on each end and will be divided into approximately 40 pad layers in radius. Each…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-15 B. Azmoun , P. Garg , T. K. Hemmick , M. Hohlmann , A. Kiselev , M. L. Purschke , C. Woody , A. Zhang

A normal pressure MWPC for beam diagnostics at RIBLL2 has been developed, which has a sensitive area of 80 mm$\times$80 mm and consists of three-layer wire planes. The anode plane is designed with a wider frame to reduce the discharge and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Shu-Wen Tang , Peng Ma , Li-Min Duan , Zhi-Yu Sun , Chen-Gui Lu , He-Run Yang , Rong-Jiang Hu , Wen-Xue Huang , Hu-Shan Xu

This paper describes the design, realization and operation of a prototype liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detector dedicated to the development of a novel online monitoring and calibration system exploiting UV laser beams. In…

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

The design, calibration, and performance of the first radial drift Time Projection Chamber (TPC) are presented. The TPC was built and installed at the CERES/NA45 experiment at the CERN SPS in the late nineties, with the objective to improve…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The CERES Collaboration

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…

Physics goals of the STAR Experiment at RHIC in recent (and future) years drive the need to operate the STAR TPC at ever higher luminosities, leading to increased ionization levels in the TPC gas. The resulting ionic space charge introduces…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Van Buren , L. Didenko , J. Dunlop , Y. Fisyak , J. Lauret , A. Lebedev , B. Stringfellow , J. H. Thomas , H. Wieman

The MuCap experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute performed a high-precision measurement of the rate of the basic electroweak process of nuclear muon capture by the proton, $\mu^- + p \rightarrow n + \nu_\mu$. The experimental approach…

The principles of the calibration of a time projection chamber with radioactive Krypton-83 are explained. The calculation of gain correction factors and the methods of obtaining a precise energy calibration are illustrated. The properties…

The Beijing Spectrometer III (BESIII) endcap Time-Of-Filght (ETOF) was proposed to upgrade with Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) technology to substitute the current ETOF of scintillator+PMT for extending time resolutin better than…

We report the results of the analyses of the cosmic ray data collected with a 4 tonne (3$\times$1$\times$1~m$^3$) active mass (volume) Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber (TPC) operated in a dual-phase mode. We present a detailed study of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-19 WA105 collaboration

Proton radiography is used for advanced hydrotesting as a new type radiography technology due to its powerful penetration capability and high detection efficiency. A new proton radiography terminal will be developed to radiograph static…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-01-28 Yan Yan , Li-Na Sheng , Zhi-Wu Huang , Jie Wang , Ze-En Yao , Jun-Run Wang , Zheng Wei , Jian-Cheng Yang , You-Jin Yuan

Gated wires are widely used in Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to avoid ion back-flow (IBF) in the drift volume. The anode wires can provide stable gain at high voltage with a long lifetime. However, switching on and off the gated grid (GG)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-24 Shuai Wang , Fuwang Shen , Xiao Zhao , Zhihang Zhu , Fangang Kong , Changyu Li , Qinghua Xu , Zhangbu Xu , Chi Yang , Chengguang Zhu

The Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams (R$^3$B) collaboration of the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany, has constructed an experimental setup to perform fundamental studies of nuclear matter,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-19 M. Xarepe , T. Aumann , A. Blanco , A. Corsi , D. Galaviz , H. Johansson , S. Linev , B. Löher , L. Lopes , J. Michel , V. Panin , D. Rossi , J. Saraiva , H. Törnqvist , M. Traxler

An eight chip InGrid module has been tested as readout of a prototype time projection chamber. The construction of the modules as well as first preliminary results are presented. The InGrids, a Micromegas like amplification structure with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-01-20 M. Lupberger

This communication describes test beam results, focusing on detection efficiency and timing precision, of common float glass timing Resistive Plate Chambers (tRPCs) exposed to a $2.7$~GeV proton beam and operated at above ambient…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-23 A. Blanco , P. Fonte , L. Lopes , J. Saraiva

The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for the International Linear Collider will need to measure about 200 track points with a resolution close to 100 $\mu$m. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout TPC could achieve the desired resolution…

A prototype of Multi-strip Multi-gap Resistive Plate chamber (MMRPC) with active area 40 cm $\times$ 20 cm has been developed at SINP, Kolkata. Detailed response of the developed detector was studied with the pulsed electron beam from ELBE…

A numerical model based on hydrodynamic approach has been developed to emulate the device dynamics of active target Time Projection Chamber which is utilized for studying nuclear reaction through three dimensional tracking of concerned low…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-03 Pralay Kumar Das , Jaydeep Datta , Nayana Majumdar , Supratik Mukhopadhyay