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Time-domain reflectometry (TDR) is an established means of measuring impedance inhomogeneity of a variety of waveguides, providing critical data necessary to characterize and optimize the performance of high-bandwidth computational and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-07 Zhenyu Xu , Thomas Mauldin , Zheyi Yao , Gerald Hefferman , Tao Wei

High-time-resolution counters based on plastic scintillator with silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) readout have been developed for applications to high energy physics experiments for which relatively large-sized counters are required. We have…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-17 Paolo W. Cattaneo , Matteo De Gerone , Flavio Gatti , Miki Nishimura , Wataru Ootani , Massimo Rossella , Yusuke Uchiyama

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…

The multi-gap resistive plate chambers (MRPCs) will be used as the Time-of-Flight (ToF) system in the Solenoidal Large Intensity Device (SoLID). The time resolution required by the experiment for the MRPC system is 20 ps in order to make a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-11 Fuyue Wang , Dong Han , Yi Wang

The three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of nuclear recoils is of interest for directional detection of fast neutrons and for direction-sensitive searches for weakly interacting massive particles(WIMPs), which may constitute the Dark…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 S. E. Vahsen , M. T. Hedges , I. Jaegle , S. J. Ross , I. S. Seong , T. N. Thorpe , J. Yamaoka , J. A. Kadyk , M. Garcia-Sciveres

Development of readout electronics for Time Projection Chamber for a Linear Collider is ongoing under stringent requirements on high channel density, lowest possible power consumption and small material budget. In the studied TPC readout…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-02 Alexander Kaukher

Beam Drift Chamber (BDC) is designed to reconstruct the trajectories of incident rare isotope beams provided by RAON (Rare isotope Accelerator complex for ON-line experiments) into the experimental target of LAMPS (Large Acceptance…

In this work we explore readout architectures for the simultaneous high-resolution timing and bidimensional tracking of charged particles with Resistive Plate Chambers (TOF-tracker) and for the accurate detection of gamma rays for PET…

In this paper, we present a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) system for low-background beta radiation measurements. The system consists of a TPC with two-dimensional-strip readout Micromegas and an anti-coincidence detector with readout pads…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-01 Ruiyang Zhang , Zhiyong Zhang , Zengxuan Huang , Yong Zhou , Jianbei Liu , Songsong Tang , Yuanfei Cheng , Changqing Feng , Ming Shao , Yi Zhou

The NIFFTE fission Time Projection Chamber (fissionTPC) has been used to measure the $^{239}$Pu(n,f)/$^{235}$U(n,f) cross-section ratio for neutron-induced fission in the range of 0.1 - 100 MeV, with high precision. A white neutron source…

In this study an array of eight 6 mm x 6 mm area SiPMs was coupled to the end of a long plastic scintillator counter which was exposed to a 2.5 GeV/c muon beam at the CERN PS. Timing characteristics of bars with dimensions 150 cm x 6 cm x 1…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-12-19 C. Betancourt , A. Blondel , R. Brundler , A. Datwyler , Y. Favre , D. Gascon , S. Gomez , A. Korzenev , P. Mermod , E. Noah , N. Serra , D. Sgalaberna , B. Storaci

Here we report on a particular type of RPC that presents up to 99% efficiency for minimum ionizing particles and a very sharp time resolution, below 50 ps sigma in the most optimized conditions. Our 9 cm2 cells, made with glass and metal…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Fonte , R. Ferreira Marques , J. Pinhao , N. Carolino , A. Policarpo

A fundamental limit to the application of Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) in high-rate experiments is the accumulation of slowly drifting ions in the active gas volume, which compromises the homogeneity of the drift field and hence the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-09-05 F. V. Böhmer , M. Ball , S. Dørheim , C. Höppner , B. Ketzer , I. Konorov , S. Neubert , S. Paul , J. Rauch , M. Vandenbroucke

The precision in reconstructing events detected in a dual-phase time projection chamber depends on an homogeneous and well understood electric field within the liquid target. In the XENONnT TPC the field homogeneity is achieved through a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-02-12 E. Aprile , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , 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 , D. Cichon , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , V. DÁndrea , M. P. Decowski , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , 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 , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , N. Šarčević , 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 , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , 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

As part of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment Phase-II upgrade program, new Resistive Plate Chambers will be installed in the forward region. High background conditions are expected in this region during the high-luminosity phase of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-02 Sabino Meola

A new prototype of large area Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) with long readout strips was built. This Long-strip Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber (LMRPC) is double stacked and has ten 250 $\mu$m-thick gas gaps. Signals are read…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-20 Yongjie sun , Cheng Li , Zebo Tang , Lailin Xu , Tianxiang Chen , Ming Shao

Active Target Time Projection Chambers (AT-TPCs) are state-of-the-art tools in the field of low-energy nuclear physics, particularly suitable for experiments using low-intensity radioactive ion beams or gamma rays. The Fudan Multi-purpose…

A high momentum resolution is required for the precision measurement of Higgs boson at the International Linear Collider (ILC) using the recoil mass technique. The International Large Detector (ILD) is designed to meet this requirement by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-02-28 Yumi Aoki

This paper describes the design, realization and operation of a prototype liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) detector dedicated to the development of a novel online monitoring and calibration system exploiting UV laser beams. In…

In LHC Run 3, ALICE will increase the data taking rate significantly to continuous readout of 50 kHz minimum bias Pb-Pb collisions. The reconstruction strategy of the online offline computing upgrade foresees a first synchronous online…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-29 David Rohr , Sergey Gorbunov , Marten Ole Schmidt , Ruben Shahoyan