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A new concept concerning Cherenkov detector for particle identification by means of measuring both the Time-of-Propagation (TOP) and horizontal emission angle ($\Phi$) of Cherenkov photons is described here. Some R&D works are also…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 Takayoshi Ohshima

Liquid-scintillator-based detectors are a robust technology that scales well to large volumes. For this reason, they are attractive for experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay. A combination of improved photo-detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-07-12 Lindley Winslow

The DIRC is a new type of Cherenkov detector that is successfully operating as the hadronic particle identification system for the BABAR experiment at SLAC. The fused silica bars that serve as the DIRC's Cherenkov radiators must transmit…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 M. Convery , B. Ratcliff , X. Sarazin , J. Schwiening , J. Va'vra

Scintillation light from gamma ray irradiation in liquid xenon is detected by two Hamamatsu R9288 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) immersed in the liquid. UV light reflector material, PTFE, is used to optimize the light collection efficiency.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Ni , E. Aprile , K. L. Giboni , P. Majewski , M. Yamashita

We study the scintillation index of N partially overlapping collimated lowest order Gaussian laser beams with different wavelengths in weak atmospheric turbulence. Using the Rytov approximation we calculate the initial beam separation that…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Avner Peleg , Jerome V. Moloney

The scintillation light of liquid argon has been recorded wavelength and time resolved with very good statistics in a wavelength interval ranging from 118 nm through 970 nm. Three different ion beams, protons, sulfur ions and gold ions,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-25 M. Hofmann , T. Dandl , T. Heindl , A. Neumeier , L. Oberauer , W. Potzel , S. Roth , S. Schönert , J. Wieser , A. Ulrich

The detection of scintillation light in noble-liquid detectors is necessary for identifying neutrino interaction candidates from beam, astrophysical, or solar sources. Large monolithic detectors typically have highly efficient light…

Charge amplification in liquids could provide single-phase xenon time projection chambers with background discrimination and fiducialisation capabilities similar to those found in dual-phase detectors. Although efforts to achieve the high…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-05 P. Knights , H. Sekiya , I. Katsioulas , K. Nikolopoulos , K. Kanzawa , I. Giomataris

We investigate the radiation from a charged particle moving outside a dielectric cylinder parallel to its axis. It is assumed that the cylinder is immersed into a homogeneous medium. The expressions are given for the vector potential and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 A. A. Saharian , L. Sh. Grigoryan , A. Kh. Grigorian , H. F. Khachatryan , A. S. Kotanjyan

In order to fully exploit the physics potential of the ILC, it will be necessary to measure (and control) beam parameters to a permille level precision. In case of the beam polarisation, this can only be achieved with dedicated high energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-19 Christoph Bartels , Christian Helebrant , Daniela Käfer , Jenny List

The oxygen quenching effect in Linear Alkl Benzne (LAB) based liquid scintillator (LAB as the solvent, 3 g/L 2, 5 diphe-nyloxazole (PPO) as the fluor and 15 mg/L $p$-bis-($o$-methylstyryl)-benzene (bis-MSB) as the $\lambda$-shifter) is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-12-19 Xiao Hua-Lin

We consider the prospects for the detection of relatively light dark matter through direct annihilation to neutrinos. We specifically focus on the detection possibilities of water Cherenkov and liquid scintillator neutrino detection…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-04-30 Jason Kumar , John G. Learned , Stefanie Smith

A combination Time Projection Chamber-Cherenkov prototype detector has been developed as part of the Detector R&D Program for a future Electron Ion Collider. The prototype was tested at the Fermilab test beam facility to provide a proof of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 B. Azmoun , K. Dehmelt , T. K. Hemmick , R. Majka , H. N. Nguyen , M. Phipps , M. L. Purschke , N. Ram , W. Roh , D. Shangase , N. Smirnov , C. Woody , A. Zhang

Tellurium-loaded liquid scintillators are critical for neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments. However, conventional organic scintillators are constrained by the limited solubility of organic tellurium compounds compared with that of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-15 Ye Liang , Haozhe Sun , Zhe Wang

The proton light output function in electron-equivalent energy of various scintillators based on linear alkylbenzene (LAB) has been measured in the energy range from 1 MeV to 17.15 MeV for the first time. The measurement was performed at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-17 B. von Krosigk , L. Neumann , R. Nolte , S. Röttger , K. Zuber

The anticipated use of more than one thousand lead fluoride (PbF2) crystals as a fast and compact Cherenkov calorimeter material in a parity violation experiment at MAMI stimulated the investigation of the light yield (L.Y.) of these…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-02-23 P. Achenbach , S. Baunack , K. Grimm , T. Hammel , D. von Harrach , A. Lopes Ginja , F. E. Maas , E. Schilling , H. Stroeher

Cherenkov threshold detectors (XCET) are used for identifying particles in the experimental areas at CERN. These detectors observe Cherenkov light emitted by charged particles travelling inside a pressurized gas vessel. A key component of…

Scintillation light is used in liquid argon (LAr) neutrino detectors to provide a trigger signal, veto information against cosmic rays, and absolute event timing. In this work, we discuss additional opportunities offered by detectors with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-01-27 M. Sorel

Xenon, in both its gaseous and liquid phase, offers excellent scintillation and ionization properties, making it an ideal target medium for rare event searches. We report on measurements performed with a dual-phase xenon time projection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-28 Robert Hammann , Kai Böse , Steffen Form , Luisa Hötzsch , Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia

We describe here a new concept of a Cherenkov detector for particle identification by means of measuring the Time-of-Propagation (TOP) of Cherenkov photons.