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Prospects for a Multi-TeV Gamma-ray Sky Survey with the LHAASO Water Cherenkov Detector Array

The Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is a major component of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Array Observatory (LHAASO), a new generation cosmic-ray experiment with unprecedented sensitivity, currently under construction. The WCDA…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-24 Yingying Guo , Xiaochuan Chang , Hongbo Hu , Zhiguo Yao

A Prototype of Trigger Electronics for LAWCA Experiment

The Large Area Water Cherenkov Array (LAWCA) experiment focuses on high energy gamma astronomy between 100 GeV and 30 TeV. Invoked by the idea of hardware triggerless structure, a prototype of LAWCA trigger electronics is implemented in one…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-05-22 Yao Lin , Zhao Lei , Shang Lin-Feng , Liu Shu-Bin , An Qi

Study on optimization of water Cherenkov detector array of LHAASO project for surveying VHE gamma rays sources

A water Cherenkov detector array, LHAASO-WCDA, is proposed to be built at Shangri-la, Yunnan Province, China. As one of the major components of the LHAASO project, the main purpose of it is to survey the northern sky for gamma ray sources…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-04 Li Hui-Cai , Chen Ming-Jun , Jia Huan-Yu , Gao Bo , Wu Han-Rong , Yao Zhi-Guo , Yuo Xiao-Hao , Zhou Bin , Zhu Feng-Rong

The expectation of cosmic ray proton and helium energy spectrum below 4 PeV measured by LHAASO

Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory(LHAASO) is a composite cosmic ray observatory consisting of three detector arrays: kilometer square array (KM2A) which includes the electromagnetic detector array and muon detector array, water…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-22 L. Q. Yin , S. S. Zhang , Z. Cao , B. Y. Bi , C. Wang , J. L. Liu , L. L. Ma , M. J. Yang , Tiina Suomijarvi , Y. Zhang , Z. Y. You , Z. Z Zong

Water Cherenkov detectors with fiber enhanced PMT for cosmic ray observation

Water Cherenkov detectors (WCDs) have been widely used in cosmic ray observations. This paper presents, for the first time, a cost-effective WCD design integrating a small photomultiplier tube (PMT) with wavelength-shifting fiber (WLS…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-26 H. Sun , Z. Huang , B. Wang , D. Liu , S. Ji , C. Feng

Development of the Photomultiplier-Tube Readout System for the CTA Large Size Telescope

We have developed a prototype of the photomultiplier tube (PMT) readout system for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Large Size Telescope (LST). Two thousand PMTs along with their readout systems are arranged on the focal plane of each…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Kubo , R. Paoletti , Y. Awane , A. Bamba , M. Barcelo , J. A. Barrio , O. Blanch , J. Boix , C. Delgado , D. Fink , D. Gascon , S. Gunji , R. Hagiwara , Y. Hanabata , K. Hatanaka , M. Hayashida , M. Ikeno , S. Kabuki , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , Y. Konno , S. Koyama , T. Kishimoto , J. Kushida , G. Martinez , S. Masuda , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , T. Mizuno , T. Nagayoshi , D. Nakajima , T. Nakamori , H. Ohoka , A. Okumura , R. Orito , T. Saito , A. Sanuy , H. Sasaki , M. Sawada , T. Schweizer , R. Sugawara , K. -H. Sulanke , H. Tajima , M. Tanaka , S. Tanaka , L. A. Tejedor , Y. Terada , M. Teshima , F. Tokanai , Y. Tsuchiya , T. Uchida , H. Ueno , K. Umehara , T. Yamamoto

Calibration and performance of the readout system based on switched capacitor arrays for the Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory. The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of CTA is designed to detect gamma rays between 20 GeV and a few TeV with a 23-meter diameter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-15 Seiya Nozaki , Kyosuke Awai , Aya Bamba , Juan Abel Barrio , Maria Isabel Bernardos , Oscar Blanch , Joan Boix , Franca Cassol , Yuki Choushi , Carlos Delgado , Carlos Diaz , Nadia Fouque , Lluis Freixas , Pawel Gliwny , Shunichi Gunji , Daniela Hadasch , Dirk Hoffmann , Julien Houles , Yusuke Inome , Yuki Iwamura , Léa Jouvin , Hideaki Katagiri , Kiomei Kawamura , Daniel Kerszberg , Yusuke Konno , Hidetoshi Kubo , Junko Kushida , Yukiho Kobayashi , Rubén López-Coto , Gustavo Martinez , Shu Masuda , Daniel Mazin , Abelardo Moralejo , Elena Moretti , Tsutomu Nagayoshi , Takeshi Nakamori , Kyoshi Nishijima , Yuto Nogami , Leyre Nogués , Hideyuki Ohoka , Tomohiko Oka , Nao Okazaki , Akira Okumura , Reiko Orito , Jean-Luc Panazol , Riccardo Paoletti , Cristobal Pio , Miguel Polo , Julie Prast , Takayuki Saito , Shunsuke Sakurai , Julian Sitarek , Yuji Sunada , Megumi Suzuki , Mitsunari Takahashi , Kenji Tamura , Manobu Tanaka , Luis Angel Tejedor , Yukikatsu Terada , Masahiro Teshima , Yusuke Tsukamoto , Tokonatsu Yamamoto

FPGA-Based RoCEv2-RDMA Readout Electronics for the CTAO-LST Advanced Camera

CTAO's (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory) largest telescopes type, the LST (Large-Sized Telescope), are being installed at the northern site of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 F. Marini , M. Bellato , A. Bergnoli , D. Corti , A. Griggio , R. Isocrate , L. Modenese , M. Toffano , C. Arcaro , F. Di Pierro , M. Mariotti , M. Mi , P. Wang

Characterization of LAPPD timing at CERN PS testbeam

Large Area Picosecond PhotoDetectors (LAPPDs) are photosensors based on microchannel plate technology with about 400 cm$^2$ sensitive area. The external readout plane of a capacitively coupled LAPPD can be segmented into pads providing a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-27 Deb Sankar Bhattacharya , Andrea Bressan , Chandradoy Chatterjee , Silvia Dalla Torre , Mauro Gregori , Alexander Kiselev , Stefano Levorato , Anna Martin , Saverio Minutoli , Mikhail Osipenko , Richa Rai , Marco Ripani , Fulvio Tessarotto , Triloki Triloki

Initial Assessment of Second Generation of Large-Area Picosecond Photodetectors with Multi-Channel Systems-on-a-Chip Readout

We first briefly describe the history and motivation behind Cherenkov and scintillation light detection. We then discuss the instrumentation needed to detect these photons as it applies to both photodetectors and readout electronics. One of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-01 V. A. Li , O. A. Akindele , M. Bondin , S. R. Durham , J. A. Foot , M. J. Ford , S. -W. Stradleigh

Development and Quality Control of PMT Modules for the Large-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

The camera of the Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) consists of 1855 pixels that are grouped into 265 high-performance photomultiplier tube (PMT) modules. Each module comprises a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 T. Saito , M. Takahashi , Y. Inome , H. Abe , M. Artero , O. Blanch , J. Becerra González , S. Fukami , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , Y. Hattori , J. Herrera Llorente , K. Ishio , H. Iwasaki , H. Katagiri , K. Kawamura , D. Kerszberg , S. Kimura , T. Kiyomoto , T. Kojima , Y. Konno , Y. Kobayashi , S. Koyama , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. López-Oramas , S. Masuda , S. Matsuoka , D. Mazin , D. Nakajima , T. Nakamori , T. Nagayoshi , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , G. Nishiyama , Y. Nogami , S. Nozaki , M. Ogino , H. Ohoka , T. Oka , S. Ono , A. Okumura , R. Orito , A. Rugliancich , S. Sakurai , N. Sasaki , Y. Sunada , M. Suzuki , K. Tamura , J. Takeda , Y. Terada , M. Teshima , F. Tokanai , Y. Tomono , S. Tsujimoto , Y. Tsukamoto , Y. Umetsu , T. Yamamoto , T. Yoshida

Measurement of Very-high-energy Diffuse Gamma-ray Emissions from the Galactic Plane with LHAASO-WCDA

The diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission is a very important tool used to study the propagation and interaction of cosmic rays in the Milky Way. In this work, we report the measurements of the diffuse emission from the Galactic plane,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-08 The LHAASO Collaboration , Zhen Cao , F. Aharonian , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , W. Bian , A. V. Bukevich , C. M. Cai , W. Y. Cao , Zhe Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , A. M. Chen , E. S. Chen , H. X. Chen , Liang Chen , Long Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , X. B. Chen , X. J. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , M. C. Chu , M. Y. Cui , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , Y. X. Diao , X. Q. Dong , K. K. Duan , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , J. Fang , J. H. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , H. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , X. T. Feng , Y. Feng , Y. L. Feng , S. Gabici , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , W. K. Gao , M. M. Ge , T. T. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. Giacinti , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , F. L. Guo , J. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , O. A. Hannuksela , M. Hasan , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. Y. He , X. Y. He , Y. He , S. Hernández-Cadena , Y. K. Hor , B. W. Hou , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , S. C. Hu , C. Huang , D. H. Huang , J. J. Huang , T. Q. Huang , W. J. Huang , X. T. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jia , H. B. Jiang , K. Jiang , X. W. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , M. Jin , S. Kaci , M. M. Kang , I. Karpikov , D. Khangulyan , D. Kuleshov , K. Kurinov , B. B. Li , Cheng Li , Cong Li , D. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , Jian Li , Jie Li , K. Li , L. Li , R. L. Li , S. D. Li , T. Y. Li , W. L. Li , X. R. Li , Xin Li , Y. Z. Li , Zhe Li , Zhuo Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , S. J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , D. B. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. R. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. N. Liu , Y. Q. Lou , Q. Luo , Y. Luo , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , Z. Min , W. Mitthumsiri , G. B. Mou , H. J. Mu , Y. C. Nan , A. Neronov , K. C. Y. Ng , M. Y. Ni , L. Nie , L. J. Ou , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , J. C. Qi , M. Y. Qi , J. J. Qin , A. Raza , C. Y. Ren , D. Ruffolo , A. Sáiz , M. Saeed , D. Semikoz , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , Y. Z. Shen , X. D. Sheng , Z. D. Shi , F. W. Shu , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Y. Su , D. X. Sun , H. Sun , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , N. H. Tabasam , J. Takata , P. H. T. Tam , H. B. Tan , Q. W. Tang , R. Tang , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , C. N. Tong , L. H. Wan , C. Wang , G. W. Wang , H. G. Wang , H. H. Wang , J. C. Wang , K. Wang , Kai Wang , Kai Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , L. Y. Wang , R. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , Zheng Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , S. S. Weng , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , Q. W. Wu , S. Wu , X. F. Wu , Y. S. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , D. X. Xiao , G. Xiao , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , D. R. Xiong , Z. Xiong , D. L. Xu , R. F. Xu , R. X. Xu , W. L. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , J. Z. Yan , T. Yan , C. W. Yang , C. Y. Yang , F. F. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , W. X. Yang , Y. H. Yao , Z. G. Yao , X. A. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , H. Yue , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , M. Zha , B. B. Zhang , B. T. Zhang , F. Zhang , H. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , Li Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , W. Y. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Yi Zhang , Yong Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , X. H. Zhao , Z. H. Zhao , F. Zheng , W. J. Zhong , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , M. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , B. Y. Zhu , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , Y. C. Zou , X. Zuo

Characterization of the BOLDPET optical prototype, an innovative Cherenkov detector for 511 keV $\gamma$ radiation

In the present work we describe the design, construction, and testing of the optical prototype developed for the BOLDPET project, with the objective of creating a PET detection module with high spatial and time resolution. The BOLDPET…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-03 Roman Chyzh , Gerard Tauzin , Dominique Yvon , Chi-Hsun Sung , Dominique Breton , Jihane Maalmi , Klaus Schäfers , Christian Weinheimer , Viatcheslav Sharyy

Data Acquisition Architecture and Online Processing System for the HAWC gamma-ray observatory

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov observatory (HAWC) is an air shower array devised for TeV gamma-ray astronomy. HAWC is located at an altitude of 4100 m a.s.l. in Sierra Negra, Mexico. HAWC consists of 300 Water Cherenkov Detectors, each…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-27 HAWC collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , J. Becerra Gonzalez , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , R. A. Caballero-Lopez , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , J. Diaz-Cruz , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo Proper , R. Luna-García , K. Malone , A. Marinelli , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. J. Matthews , J. McEnery , E. Mendoza Torres , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , J. Ryan , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , F. E. Sanchez , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinni , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks Woodle , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , T. Yapici , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

Fast Frontend Electronics for high luminosity particle detectors

Future experiments of nuclear and particle physics are moving towards the high luminosity regime, in order to access suppressed processes like rare B decays or exotic charmonium resonances. In this scenario, high rate capability is a key…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-02-18 M. Cardinali , O. Corell , M. I. Ferretti Bondy , M. Hoek , W. Lauth , C. Rosner , C. Sfienti , M. Thiel

Novel methods for measuring the optical parameters of the water Cherenkov detector

In this paper, novel methods are presented to measure the optical properties of muon detectors (MDs) in the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), which can also be used by other experiments. Each MD consists of a cylindrical…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-30 Xiurong Li , Huihai He , Gang Xiao , Xiong Zuo , Shaohui Feng , Lingyu Wang , Cong Li , Mohsin Saeed , Ning Cheng

Assembly, testing, and installation of mPMT photosensor for the Water Cherenkov Test Experiment

The multi-Photomultiplier Tube (mPMT) photosensors will be used in the Water Cherenkov Test Experiment (WCTE) to efficiently detect the photons produced in the whole detector. One of the aims behind the development of WCTE is to test the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-04 M. Gola , M. Barbi , V. Berardi , A. Buchowicz , N. Buril , L. Cook , S. Cuen-Rochin , G. DeRosa , P. de Perio , K. Dygnarowicz , B. Ferrazzi , A. Fiorentini , C. S. Garde , G. Galiński , K. Graham , R. Gornea , M. Hartz , J. Holeczek , S. Jagtap , M. Kala , D. Karlen , S. Kothekar , L. Koerich , N. Kolev , A. Konaka , A. Kulkarni , J. Kowalewski , R. Kurjata , X. Li , T. Lindner , P. Lu , A. Mache , J. Marzec , I. Nikonov , M. Nurek , W. Obrębski , S. Patil , G. Pastuszak , B. Piotrowski , J. Rimmer , B. Roskovec , A. C. Ruggeri , A. Rychter , K. Satao , N. Sharma , A. Stockton , S. Yousefnejad , T. Yu , M. Ziembicki

Charged particle timing at sub-25 picosecond precision: the PICOSEC detection concept

The PICOSEC detection concept consists in a "two-stage" Micromegas detector coupled to a Cherenkov radiator and equipped with a photocathode. A proof of concept has already been tested: a single-photoelectron response of 76 ps has been…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-24 F. J. Iguaz , J. Bortfeldt , F. Brunbauer , C. David , D. Desforge , G. Fanourakis , J. Franchi , M. Gallinaro , F. García , I. Giomataris , D. González-Díaz , T. Gustavsson , C. Guyot , M. Kebbiri , P. Legou , J. Liu , M. Lupberger , O. Maillard , I. Manthos , H. Müller , V. Niaouris , E. Oliveri , T. Papaevangelou , K. Paraschou , M. Pomorski , B. Qi , F. Resnati , L. Ropelewski , D. Sampsonidis , T. Schneider , P. Schwemling , L. Sohl , M. van Stenis , P. Thuiner , Y. Tsipolitis , S. E. Tzamarias , R. Veenhof , X. Wang , S. White , Z. Zhang , Y. Zhou

Time and Energy Measurement Electronics for Silicon Drift Detector Aimed for X-ray Pulsar Navigation

A readout electronic with high time and energy resolution performance is designed for the SDD (Silicon Drift Detector) signals readout, which is aimed for X-ray pulsar based navigation (XNAV). For time measurement, the input signal is fed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-10 Er-Lei Chen , Chang-Qing Feng , Chun-Feng Ye , Shu-Bin Liu , Dong-Dong Jin , Jian Lian , Hui-Jun Hu

Camera Calibration of the CTA-LST prototype

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation gamma-ray observatory that is expected to reach one order of magnitude better sensitivity than that of current telescope arrays. The Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) have an essential…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 Yukiho Kobayashi , Akira Okumura , Franca Cassol , Hideaki Katagiri , Julian Sitarek , Paweł Gliwny , Seiya Nozaki , Yuto Nogami