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The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and sensitivity. The XENONnT experiment is the latest detector in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-14 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , M. Balata , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , E. J. Brookes , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , J. M. R. Cardoso , F. Cassese , A. Chiarini , D. Cichon , A. P. Cimental Chavez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , R. Corrieri , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , O. Dadoun , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , B. De Fazio , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , J. M. Disdier , D. Douillet , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , S. Form , D. Front , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Gardner , N. Garroum , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guerzoni , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , J. Howlett , C. Huhmann , M. Iacovacci , G. Iaquaniello , L. Iven , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , P. Martella , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , E. Mele , M. Messina , R. Michinelli , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , S. Nisi , U. Oberlack , D. Orlandi , R. Othegraven , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , S. Parlati , P. Paschos , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rynge , J. Shi , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , J. Stephen , M. Stern , B. K. Stillwell , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , D. Tatananni , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , J. Westermann , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

Design Development for the Beam Dump Facility Target Complex at CERN

CERN has launched a study phase to evaluate the feasibility of a new high-intensity beam dump facility at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator with the primary goal of exploring Hidden Sector models and searching for Light Dark…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-18 K. Kershaw , J. -L. Grenard , M. Calviani , C. Ahdida , M. Casolino , S. Delavalle , D. Hounsome , R. Jacobsson , M. Lamont , E. Lopez Sola , R. Scott , V. Vlachoudis , H. Vincke

MicroBooNE: A New Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Experiment

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber detectors are well suited to study neutrino interactions, and are an intriguing option for future massive detectors capable of measuring the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. These…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-10 M. Soderberg

Directional Fast Neutron Detection Using a Time Projection Chamber

Measurement of the three dimensional trajectory and specific ionization of recoil protons using a hydrogen gas time projection chamber provides directional information about incident fast neutrons. Here we demonstrate directional fast…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-03-07 N. S. Bowden , M. Heffner , G. Carosi , D. Carter , P. O'Malley , J. Mintz , M. Foxe , I. Jovanovic

An accelerator facility for intermediate energy proton irradiation and testing of nuclear materials

The bulk irradiation of materials with 10-30 MeV protons promises to advance the study of radiation damage for fission and fusion power plants. Intermediate energy proton beams can now be dedicated to materials irradiation within…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-03 S. J. Jepeal , A. Danagoulian , L. A. Kesler , D. A. Korsun , H. Y. Lee , N. Schwartz , B. N. Sorbom , E. Velez Lopez , Z. S. Hartwig

MicroBooNE, A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) Neutrino Experiment

Liquid Argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is a promising detector technology for future neutrino experiments. MicroBooNE is an upcoming LArTPC neutrino experiment which will be located on-axis of Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-28 Teppei Katori

Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) Instrument on AstroSat

Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) is one of the major AstroSat payloads. LAXPC instrument will provide high time resolution X-ray observations in 3 to 80 keV energy band with moderate energy resolution. A cluster of three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 J. S. Yadav , P. C. Agrawal , H. M. Antia , R. K. Manchanda , B. Paul , Ranjeev Misra

Performance of the High-Angle Time Projection Chambers in the Upgraded T2K Off-Axis Near Detector

The off-axis magnetic near detector of the T2K experiment has undergone a significant upgrade, including the construction and installation of two new Time Projection Chambers featuring innovative resistive Micromegas technology and a field…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-25 K. Aivazelis , D. Attié , P. Billoir , A. Blanchet , G. Bortolato , S. Bolognesi , R. Boullon , N. F. Calabria , D. Calvet , M. P. Casado , M. G. Catanesi , M. Cicerchia , G. Cogo , G. Collazuol , P. Colas , D. Cotte , D. D'Ago , C. Dalmazzone , T. Daret , R. de Oliveira , A. Delbart , J. Dumarchez , K. Dygnarowicz , S. Emery-Schrenk , A. Ershova , G. Eurin , M. Feltre , C. Forza , A. N. Gacino Olmedo , A. Gambalonga , C. Giganti , F. Gramegna , P. Granger , R. Guida , M. Guigue , S. Hassani , D. Henaff , F. Iacob , C. Jesús-Valls , S. Joshi , R. Kurjata , M. Lamoureux , J. F. Laporte , M. Lehuraux , S. Levorato , A. Longhin , T. Lux , L. Magaletti , T. Marchi , D. Marchesini , L. Mareso , M. Mattiazzi , M. Mezzetto , B. Mehl , E. Miller , L. Mellet , L. Munteanu , Q. V. Nguyen , N. Ospina , Y. Orain , R. Palumbo , C. Pastore , J. -M. Parraud , E. Pierre , C. Pio , O. Pizzirusso , B. Popov , F. Pupilli , E. Radicioni , Ch. Riccio , L. Rinaldi , F. Rossi , S. Roth , L. Russo , S. Russo , A. Rychter , W. Saenz Arevalo , L. Scomparin , Ph. Schune , D. Smyczek , R. Spina , J. Steinmann , S. Suvorov , N. Thamm , D. Terront , A. Teixeira , F. Toussenel , V. Valentino , D. Vargas , M. Varghese , G. Vasseur , C. Vuillemin , U. Virginet , Ch. Winterstein , U. Yevarouskaya , M. Ziembicki , M. Zito

TREX-DM: a low-background Micromegas-based TPC for low-mass WIMP detection

If Dark Matter is made of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with masses below $\sim$20 GeV, the corresponding nuclear recoils in mainstream WIMP experiments are of energies too close, or below, the experimental threshold. Gas…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-21 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrián , T. Dafni , J. A. García , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzón , A. Peiró

A pressurized argon gas TPC as DUNE near detector

DUNE is a new international experiment for neutrino physics and nucleon decay searches. It will consist of two detectors, about 1300 km apart, exposed to a multi-megawatt neutrino beam that will be built at Fermilab. One of the two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Martin-Albo

High-rate axial-field ionization chamber for particle identification of radioactive beams

The design, construction and performance characteristics of a simple axial-field ionization chamber suitable for identifying ions in a radioactive beam are presented. Optimized for use with low-energy radioactive beams (< 5 MeV/A) the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-12 J. Vadas , Varinderjit Singh , G. Visser , A. Alexander , S. Hudan , J. Huston , B. B. Wiggins , A. Chbihi , M. Famiano , M. M. Bischak , R. T. deSouza

Ultra Thin 3D Silicon Detector for Plasma Diagnostics at the ITER Tokamak

An ultra thin silicon detector called U3DTHIN has been designed and built for neutral particle analyzers (NPA) and thermal neutron detection. The main purpose of this detector is to provide a state-of-the-art solution for detector system of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-03 F. Garcia , G. Pellegrini , M. Lozano , J. P. Balbuena , C. Fleta , C. Guardiola , D. Quirion

Calibration of the Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) instrument on-board AstroSat

We present the calibration and background model for the Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) detectors on-board AstroSat. LAXPC instrument has three nominally identical detectors to achieve large collecting area. These detectors…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 H. M. Antia , J. S. Yadav , P. C. Agrawal , Jai Verdhan Chauhan , R. K. Manchanda , Varsha Chitnis , Biswajit Paul , Dhiraj Dedhia , Parag Shah , V. M. Gujar , Tilak Katoch , V. N. Kurhade , Pankaj Madhwani , T. K. Manojkumar , V. A. Nikam , A. S. Pandya , J. V. Parmar , D. M. Pawar , Mayukh Pahari , Ranjeev Misra , K. H. Navalgund , R. Pandiyan , K. S. Sharma , K. Subbarao

Conceptual design and first results for a neutron detector with interaction localization capabilities

A new high-precision detector for studying neutrons from beta-delayed neutron emission and direct reaction studies is proposed. The Neutron dEtector with Xn Tracking (NEXT) array is designed to maintain high intrinsic neutron detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-23 J. Heideman , D. Perez-Loureiro , R. Grzywacz , C. R. Thornsberry , J. Chan , L. H. Heilbronn , S. K. Neupane , K. Schmitt , M. M. Rajabali , A. R. Engelhardt , C. W. Howell , L. D. Mostella , J. S. Owens , S. C. Shadrick , E. E. Peters , A. P. D. Ramirez , S. W. Yates , K. Vaigneur

Upgrading the Beam Telescopes at the DESY II Test Beam Facility

The DESY II Test Beam Facility is a key infrastructure for modern high energy physics detector development, providing particles with a small momentum spread in a range from 1 to 6 GeV to user groups e.g. from the LHC experiments and Belle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-24 H. Augustin , R. Diener , S. Dittmeier , P. M. Freeman , J. Hammerich , A. Herkert , L. Huth , D. Immig , U. Krämer , N. Meyners , I. Perić , O. Schäfer , A. Schöning , A. Simancas , M. Stanitzki , D. Stuart , B. Weinläder

Monitoring Reactor Anti-Neutrinos Using a Plastic Scintillator Detector in a Mobile Laboratory

Technology developed for the T2K electromagnetic calorimeter has been adapted to make a small footprint, reliable, segmented detector to characterise anti-neutrinos emitted by nuclear reactors. The device has been developed and demonstrated…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-05 J. Carroll , J. Coleman , G. Davies , M. Lockwood , C. Metelko , R. Mills , M. Murdoch , A. Roberts , Y. Schnellbach , C. Touramanis

The WA105-3x1x1 m3 dual phase LAr-TPC demonstrator

The dual phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) is the state-of-art technology for neutrino detection thanks to its superb 3D tracking and calorimetry performance. Its main feature is the charge amplification in gas argon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Sebastien Murphy

Characterisation of Cosmic Ray Induced Noise Events in AstroSat-CZT Imager

The Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) Imager onboard AstroSat, consists of pixelated CZT detectors, which are sensitive to hard X-rays above 20 keV. The individual pixels are triggered by ionising events occurring in them, and the detectors…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-13 Debdutta Paul , A. R. Rao , Ajay Ratheesh , N. P. S. Mithun , S. V. Vadawale , Ajay Vibhute , Dipankar Bhattacharya , Priya Pradeep , S. Sreekumar

Advancements in the IceAct Energy Spectrum Analysis

The IceAct telescopes are Imaging Air Cherenkov telescopes installed as part of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole. They consist of a 61 pixel camera and are small and robust to withstand the harsh environmental…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-14 Larissa Paul

Study of a spherical Xenon gas TPC for neutrinoless double beta detection

Several efforts are ongoing for the development of spherical gaseous time projection chamber detectors for the observation of rare phenomena such as weakly interacting massive particles or neutrino interactions. The proposed detector,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-02-14 A. Meregaglia , J. Busto , C. Cerna , M. Chauveau , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , C. Jollet , S. Jullian , I. Katsioulas , I. Giomataris , M. Gros , P. Lautridou , C. Marquet , X. F. Navick , F. Perrot , F. Piquemal , L. Simard , M. Zampaolo