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The Forward Time Projection Chamber (FTPC) in STAR

Two cylindrical forward TPC detectors are described which were constructed to extend the phase space coverage of the STAR experiment to the region 2.5 < |\eta| < 4.0. For optimal use of the available space and in order to cope with the high…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 K. H. Ackermann , F. Bieser , F. P. Brady , D. Cebra , J. E. Draper , V. Eckardt , T. Eggert , H. Fessler , K. J. Foley , V. Ghazikhanian , T. J. Hallman , M. Heffner , H. Huemmler , J. Klay , S. R. Klein , A. Lebedev , M. J. LeVine , T. Ljubicic , G. Lo Curto , R. S. Longacre , M. Oldenburg , HG. Ritter , J. L. Romero , N. Schmitz , A. Schuettauf , J. Seyboth , P. Seyboth , M. Vidal , C. Whitten , E. Yamamoto

Precision laser-based measurements of the single electron response of SPCs for the NEWS-G light dark matter search experiment

Spherical Proportional Counters (SPCs) are a novel gaseous detector technology employed by the NEWS-G low-mass dark matter search experiment for their high sensitivity to single electrons from ionization. In this paper, we report on the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-29 G Collaboration , Q. Arnaud , J. -P. Bard , A. Brossard , M. Chapellier , M. Clark , S. Crawford , E. C. Corcoran , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , K. Dering , P. Di Stefano , D. Durnford , G. Gerbier , I. Giomataris , G. Giroux , P. Gorel , M. Gros , P. Gros , O. Guillaudin , E. W. Hoppe , A. Kamaha , I. Katsioulas , D. G. Kelly , P. Knights , S. Langrock , P. Lautridou , R. D. Martin , J. McDonald , J. -F. Muraz , J. -P. Mols , K. Nikolopoulos , F. Piquemal , M. -C. Piro , D. Santos , G. Savvidis , I. Savvidis , F. Vazquez de Sola Fernandez , M. Vidal , M. Zampaolo

Fast neutron spectroscopy from 1 MeV up to 15 MeV with Mimac-FastN, a mobile and directional fast neutron spectrometer

In the frame of direct dark matter search, the fast neutrons producing elastic collisions are the ultimate background. The MIMAC (MIcro-tpc MAtrix Chambers) project has developed a directional detector providing the directional signature to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-22 Nadine Sauzet , Daniel Santos , Olivier Guillaudin , Germain Bosson , Joël Bouvier , Thierry Descombes , Marc Marton , Jean-François Muraz

Mimac-He3, a Project for a Micro-TPC Matrix of Chambers of Helium 3 for Axial Direct Detection of Non-Baryonic Dark Matter

MIMAC-He3 (MIcro-tpc MAtrix of Chambers of Helium 3) is a project for direct detection of non-baryonic dark matter search using He3 as sensitive medium. The priviledged properties of He3 are highlighted. The double detection : ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 E. Moulin , D. Santos

Cathode signal in a TPC directional detector: implementation and validation measuring the drift velocity

Low-pressure gaseous TPCs are well suited detectors to correlate the directions of nuclear recoils to the galactic Dark Matter (DM) halo. Indeed, in addition to providing a measure of the energy deposition due to the elastic scattering of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 C. Couturier , Q. Riffard , N. Sauzet , O. Guillaudin , F. Naraghi , D. Santos

First results from a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber in a Magnetic Field

A small liquid argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) was operated for the first time in a magnetic field of 0.55 Tesla. The imaging properties of the detector were not affected by the magnetic field. In a test run with cosmic rays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Badertscher , M. Laffranchi , A. Meregaglia , A. Mueller , A. Rubbia

The S$\pi$RIT Time Projection Chamber

The SAMURAI Pion Reconstruction and Ion-Tracker Time Projection Chamber (S$\pi$RIT TPC) was designed to enable measurements of heavy ion collisions with the SAMURAI spectrometer at the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory and provide…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-30 J. Barney , J. Estee , W. G. Lynch , T. Isobe , G. Jhang , M. Kurata-Nishimura , A. B. McIntosh , T. Murakami , R. Shane , S. Tangwancharoen , M. B. Tsang , G. Cerizza , M. Kaneko , J. W. Lee , C. Y. Tsang , R. Wang , C. Anderson , H. Baba , Z. Chajecki , M. Famiano , R. Hodges-Showalter , B. Hong , T. Kobayashi , P. Lasko , J. Łukasik , N. Nakatsuka , R. Olsen , H. Otsu , P. Pawłowski , K. Pelczar , W. Powell , H. Sakurai , C. Santamaria , H. Setiawan , A. Taketani , J. R. Winkelbauer , Z. Xiao , S. J. Yennello , J. Yurkon , Y. Zhang

A Time Projection Chamber with GEM-Based Readout

For the International Large Detector concept at the planned International Linear Collider, the use of time projection chambers (TPC) with micro-pattern gas detector readout as the main tracking detector is investigated. In this paper,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-05 The LCTPC Collaboration , David Attié , Ties Behnke , Alain Bellerive , Oleg Bezshyyko , Deb Sankar Bhattacharya , Purba Bhattacharya , Sudeb Bhattacharya , Stefano Caiazza , Paul Colas , Gilles De Lentdecker , Klaus Dehmelt , Klaus Desch , Ralf Diener , Madhu Dixit , Ivor Fleck , Keisuke Fujii , Takahiro Fusayasu , Serguei Ganjour , Yuanning Gao , Philippe Gros , Peter Hayman , Vincent Hedberg , Katsumasa Ikematsu , Leif Jönsson , Jochen Kaminski , Yukihiro Kato , Shin-ichi Kawada , Martin Killenberg , Claus Kleinwort , Makoto Kobayashi , Vladyslav Krylov , Bo Li , Yulan Li , Björn Lundberg , Michael Lupberger , Nayana Majumdar , Takeshi Matsuda , Rashid Mehdiyev , Ulf Mjörnmark , Felix Müller , Astrid Münnich , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Tomohisa Ogawa , Anders Oskarsson , Lennart Österman , Daniel Peterson , Marc Riallot , Christoph Rosemann , Stefan Roth , Peter Schade , Oliver Schäfer , Ronald Dean Settles , Amir Noori Shirazi , Oxana Smirnova , Akira Sugiyama , Tohru Takahashi , Junping Tian , Jan Timmermans , Maksym Titov , Dimitra Tsionou , Annika Vauth , Wenxin Wang , Takashi Watanabe , Ulrich Werthenbach , Yifan Yang , Zhenwei Yang , Ryo Yonamine , Klaus Zenker , Fan Zhang

First Demonstration of the Use of LG-SiPMs for Optical Readout of a TPC

This paper describes a new method for optical readout of Time Projection Chambers (TPCs), based on the Linearly Graded Silicon Photomultiplier (LG-SiPM). This is a single photon-sensitive detector with excellent timing and 2D position…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-15 A. Gola , K. Majumdar , G. Casse , K. Mavrokoridis , S. Merzi , L. Parsons Franca

Passive Gating Grid for Ion Back Flow Suppression in High Luminosity Collider Experiments

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

Time Projection Chamber (TPC) Detectors for Nuclear Astrophysics Studies With Gamma Beams

Gamma-Beams at the HIgS facility in the USA and anticipated at the ELI-NP facility, now constructed in Romania, present unique new opportunities to advance research in nuclear astrophysics; not the least of which is resolving open questions…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-27 M. Gai , D. Schweitzer , S. R. Stern , A. H. Young , R. Smith , M. Cwiok , J. S. Bihalowicz , H. Czyrkowski , R. Dabrowski , W. Dominik , A. Fijalkowska , Z. Janas , L. Janiak , A. Korgul , T. Matulewicz , C. Mazzocchi , M. Pfuetzner , M. Zaremba , D. Balabanski , I. Gheorghe , C. Matei , O. Tesileanu , N. V. Zamfir , M. W. Ahmed , S. S. Henshaw , C. R. Howell , J. M. Mueller , L. S. Myers , S. Stave , C. Sun , H. R. Weller , Y. K. Wu , A. Breskin , V. Dangendorf , K. Tittelmeier , M. Freer

Space Charge Effects in the S$\pi$RIT Time Projection Chamber

Time projection chambers (TPCs) are widely used in nuclear and particle physics. They are particularly useful when measuring reaction products from heavy ion collisions. Most nuclear experiments at low energy are performed in a fixed target…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-31 C. Y. Tsang , J. Estee , R. Wang , J. Barney , G. Jhang , W. G. Lynch , Z. Q. Zhang , G. Cerizza , T. Isobe , M. Kaneko , M. Kurata-Nishimura , J. W. Lee , T. Murakami , M. B. Tsang , S$π$RIT collaboration

Low-Energy Radon Backgrounds from Electrode Grids in Dual-Phase Xenon TPCs

The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a powerful technology to detect rare interactions such as scatters of dark matter particles on nuclei. In particular, the built-in gain of ionization signals in a dual-phase TPC makes it…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-25 D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , B. J. Almquist , S. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , A. Baker , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , E. E. Barillier , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , E. Bishop , G. M. Blockinger , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Carter , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , Y. T. Chin , N. I. Chott , S. Contreras , M. V. Converse , R. Coronel , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , I. Darlington , S. Dave , A. David , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , L. Di Felice , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Dubey , C. L. Dunbar , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , N. M. Fearon , N. Fieldhouse , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. M. A. Fruth , P. W. Gaemers , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , J. Ghamsari , A. Ghosh , S. Ghosh , R. Gibbons , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. Gwilliam , J. J. Haiston , C. R. Hall , T. Hall , R. H Hampp , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , M. A. Hernandez , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , E. Jacquet , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , K. Jenkins , W. Ji , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , M. K. Kannichankandy , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , J. Kim , Y. D. Kim , J. Kingston , D. Kodroff , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , C. Lawes , E. Leason , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , J. Long , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , W. Ma , V. Mahajan , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , R. J. Matheson , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , G. McDowell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , J. B. McLaughlin , R. McMonigle , D. -M. Mei , B. Mitra , E. Mizrachi , M. E. Monzani , K. Morå , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , A. Nilima , C. L. O'Brien , F. H. O'Shea , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. Y Oyulmaz , K. J. Palladino , N. J. Pannifer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , S. S. Poudel , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , E. Ritchey , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , N. J. Rowe , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , S. Saltão , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , G. Sehr , B. Shafer , S. Shaw , W. Sherman , K. Shi , T. Shutt , C. Silva , G. Sinev , J. Siniscalco , A. M. Slivar , R. Smith , A. M. Softley-Brown , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , A. Stevens , T. J. Sumner , A. Swain , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , K. Trengove , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Usón , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , O. Valentino , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , R. C. Webb , L. Weeldreyer , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , K. Wild , M. Williams , J. Winnicki , M. S. Witherell , L. Wolf , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , Y. Xu , M. Yeh , D. Yeum , J. Young , W. Zha , C. Zhang , H. Zhang , T. Zhang , Y. Zhou

First 3D vector tracking of helium recoils for fast neutron measurements at SuperKEKB

We present results from the first deployment of novel, high definition, compact gas Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) with pixel chip readout as part of the BEAST II beam background measurement project at SuperKEKB. The TPCs provide detailed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-19 M. T. Hedges , S. E. Vahsen , I. Jaegle , P. M. Lewis , H. Nakayama , J. Schueler , T. N. Thorpe

Even Lighter Particle Dark Matter

We report on recent progress in the search for dark matter particles with masses from 1 MeV to 1 GeV. Several dark matter candidates in this mass range are expected to generate measurable electronic-recoil signals in direct-detection…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-02 Alvaro E. Chavarria

Performance of a large aperture GEM-like gating device for the International Linear Collider

One of the potential problems of a Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD)-based Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is the Ion back Flow (IBF): ions generated through the avalanche amplification process flow back to the drift volume of the TPC and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-11 T. Ogawa

mini-TimeCube as a Neutron Scatter Camera

We present Monte Carlo (MC) simulation results from a study of a compact plastic-scintillator detector suitable for imaging fast neutrons in the 1 -- 10 MeV energy range: the miniTimeCube (mTC). Originally designed for antineutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-03-06 Glenn R. Jocher , John Koblanski , Viacheslav A. Li , Sergey Negrashov , Ryan C. Dorrill , Kurtis Nishimura , Michinari Sakai , John G. Learned , Shawn Usman

First operation of a double phase LAr Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber with a two-dimensional projective readout anode

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 liquid Argon TPC: a powerful detector for future neutrino experiments and proton decay searches

We discuss the possibility of new generation neutrino and astroparticle physics experiments exploiting the liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) technique, following a graded strategy that envisions applications with increasing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Ereditato , A. Rubbia

Performance of a spherical high pressure gas TPC for neutrino magnetic moment measurement

The measurement of neutrino magnetic moment larger than $10^{-19}\mu_B$ would be a clear signature of physics beyond the standard model other than the existence of massive Dirac neutrinos. The use of a spherical proportional counter…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-03-29 R. Bouet , J. Busto , V. Cecchini , C. Cerna , P. Charpentier , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , F. Druillole , C. Jollet , P. Hellmuth , I. Katsioulas , P. Knights , I. Giomataris , M. Gros , P. Lautridou , A. Meregaglia , X. F. Navick , T. Neep , K. Nikolopoulos , F. Perrot , F. Piquemal , M. Roche , B. Thomas , R. Ward