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CMOS sensors were successfully implemented in the STAR tracker [1]. LHC experiments have shown that efficient b tagging, reconstruction of displaced vertices and identification of disappearing tracks are necessary. An improved vertex…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-05-21 Nicolas T. Fourches , Geraldine Hallais , Charles Renard

We report on the performance of a micro-TPC with a micro pixel chamber($\mu$-PIC) readout for a time-resolved neutron position-sensitive detector(PSD). Three-dimensional tracks and the Bragg curves of protons with energies of around 1 MeV…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-26 Kentaro Miuchi , Hidetoshi Kubo , Tsutomu Nagayoshi , Reiko Orito , Atsushi Takada , Atsushi Takeda , Toru Tanimori , Masaru Ueno

The development of CMOS pixel sensors with column parallel read-out and integrated zero-suppression has resulted in a full size, nearly 1 Megapixel, prototype with ~100 \mu s read-out time. Its performances are quite close to the ILD vertex…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-07-16 Christine Hu-Guo , IPHC Collaboration , IRFU Collaboration

We report the first characterization results of an optical time-stamping camera based on the Timepix4 chip coupled to a fully depleted optical silicon sensor and fast image intensifier, enabling sub-nanosecond scale, time-resolved imaging…

Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is one of the main tracking systems for many current and future collider experiments at RHIC and LHC. It has a capability to measure the space points of charged tracks for good momentum resolution as well as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-12-30 K. Dehmelt , P. Garg , T. K. Hemmick , A. Milov , E. Shulga , V. Zakharov

The next-generation ALICE 3 experiment at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) requires detector technologies that combine fine spatial resolution, fast timing, and an extremely low material budget. This paper presents the design,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-07 Umberto Follo

Detector developments are currently enabling new capabilities in the field of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We have investigated the limits of a hybrid pixel detector, Medipix3, to record dynamic, time varying, electron signals.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-12-17 Gary W. Paterson , Raymond J. Lamb , Rafael Ballabriga , Dima Maneuski , Val O'Shea , Damien McGrouther

We performed a detailed study of the timing performance of the LHCb VELO Timepix3 Telescope with a 180 GeV/c mixed hadron beam at the CERN SPS. A twofold method was developed to improve the resolution of single-plane time measurements,…

In our article we report first quantitative measurements of imaging performance for the current generation of hybrid pixel detector, Medipix3, as direct electron detector. Utilising beam energies of 60 & 80 keV, measurements of modulation…

CLIC is a proposed linear $e^+e^-$ collider with center-of-mass energies of up to 3 TeV. Its main objectives are precise top quark, Higgs boson and Beyond Standard Model physics. In addition to spatial resolutions of a few micrometers and a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-10 Simon Spannagel

A large number of high-energy and heavy-ion experiments successfully used Time Projection Chamber (TPC) as central tracker and particle identification detector. However, the performance requirements on TPC for new high-rate particle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-02-14 M. Poli Lener , M. Bazzi , G. Corradi , C. Curceanu , A. D'Uffizi , C. Paglia , A. Romero Vidal , E. Sbardella , A. Scordo , D. Tagnani , J. Zmeskal

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

A prototype detector is being developed which combines the functions of a Time Projection Chamber for charged particle tracking and a Cherenkov detector for particle identification. The TPC consists of a 10x10x10 cm3 drift volume where the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-18 Craig Woody , Babak Azmoun , Richard Majka , Michael Phipps , Martin Purschke , Nikolai Smirnov

Purpose: CMOS pixel sensors have become extremely attractive for future high performance tracking devices. Initial R\&D work has been conducted for the vertex detector for the proposed Circular Electron Positron Collider that will allow…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 L. J. Chen , H. B. Zhu , X. C. Ai , M. Fu , R. Kiuchi , Y. Liu , Z. A. Liu , X. C. Lou , Y. P. Lu , Q. Ouyang , X. Shi , J. Tao , K. Wang , N. Wang , C. F. Yang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhou

We report on the calibration of an argon/isobutane (97.7 %/2.3 %)-filled GridPix detector with soft X-rays (277 eV to 8 keV) using the variable energy X-ray source of the CAST Detector Lab at CERN. We study the linearity and energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-18 Christoph Krieger , Jochen Kaminski , Theodoros Vafeiadis , Klaus Desch

Time of flight of a minimum ionizing particle along a fixed base has been measured with a 100 ps accuracy by means of a Dielectric Resistive Plate Chamber (DRPC) with 4 x 0.3 mm gas gaps. DRPC timing characteristics have been studied with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Akindinov , V. Golovin , A. Martemiyanov , V. Petrov , V. Plotnikov , A. Smirnitsky , K. Voloshin

This work investigates the operational acquisition time limits of Timepix3 and Timepix2 detectors operated in frame mode for high-count rate of high deposited energy transfer particles. Measurements were performed using alpha particles from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-27 C. Oancea , A. Resch , S. Barna , G. Magrin , L. Grevillot , D. Hladik , L. Marek , J. Jakubek , C. Granja

Charged-hadron identification (PID) is a critical requirement for the physics program of the Circular Electron-Positron Collider (CEPC). The baseline detector relies on ionization measurements from a time projection chamber (TPC), which…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-19 Dian Yu , Houqian Ding , Yongfeng Zhu , Kun Liu , Ming Qi , Yunyun Fan

A micro time-projection-chamber (micro-TPC) with a detection volume of 23*28*31 cm^3 was developed, and its fundamental performance was examined. The micro-TPC consists of a micro pixel chamber with a detection area of 31*31 cm^2 as a…

Muon-Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) is a non-destructive analytical technique that leverages negative muons to probe elemental and isotopic compositions by detecting characteristic muonic X-rays emitted during atomic cascades and gamma rays…