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New $^{14}$N(d,p) angular distribution data were taken at a deuteron bombarding energy of 16 MeV to locate all narrow single particle neutron states up to 15 MeV in excitation. A new shell model calculation is able to reproduce all levels…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-04-22 C. E. Mertin , D. D. Caussyn , A. M. Crisp , N. Keeley , K. W. Kemper , O. Momtyuk , B. T. Roeder , A. Volya

We present experimental results of characterization of Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) in a temperature range from 90~mK to 40~K. Two SiPMs, one from ONSEMI and one from Hamamatsu Photonics were tested. Operating voltage ranges, dark count…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-13 Otto Hanski , Tom Kiilerich , Sampsa Ahopelto , Aleksei Semakin , Janne Ahokas , Viacheslav Dvornichenko , Sergey Vasiliev

In recent years, SiPM photoelectric devices have drawn much attention in the domain of time-of-flight-based positron emission tomography (TOF-PET). Using them to construct PET detectors with excellent coincidence time resolution (CTR) is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-08 Liwei Wang , Yonggang Wang , Qiang Cao , Yong Xiao , Chong Liu

Detectors planned for use at the Large Hadron Collider will operate in a radiation field produced by beam collisions. To predict the radiation damage to the components of the detectors, prototype devices are irradiated at test beam…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 Prabhakar Palni , Martin Hoeferkamp , Aaron Taylor , Sandip Vora , Haley McDuff , Qufei Gu , Sally Seidel

Pieces of $n$-type silicon with 3.5 k$\Omega \cdot $cm resistivity have been irradiated by reactor neutrons to fluences of (1, 5 and 10) $\times 10^{16}$ cm$^{-2}$. Using light-transmission measurements, the absorption coefficients have…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-31 Eckhart Fretwurst , Robert Klanner , Joern Schwandt , Annika Vauth

We investigate the modification of photoluminescence (PL) from single semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots (NCs) in proximity of metal and semiconducting Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) tips. The presence of the tip alters the radiative…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-09-28 Yuval Ebenstein , Eyal Yoskovitz , Ronny Costi , Asaf Aharoni , Uri Banin

We study the polarization properties of 22 known rotating radio transients (RRATs) with the 64-m Parkes radio telescope and present the Faraday rotation measures (RMs) for the 17 with linearly polarized flux exceeding the off-pulse noise by…

A recent report on the over saturation in SiPMs is puzzling. The measurements, using a variety of SiPMs, show an excess in signal far beyond the physical limit of the number of SiPM microcells without indication of an ultimate saturation.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-06 Max Ludwig Ahnen

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are considered as a solid-state sensor alternative to photomultiplier tubes in experiments using liquid xenon (LXe) as a radiation detection medium. The main requirements are single-photon detection of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 Laura Baudis , Michelle Galloway , Alexander Kish , Chris Marentini , Julien Wulf

We present the design and characterization of a cryogenic phonon-sensitive 1-gram Si detector exploiting the Neganov-Trofimov-Luke effect to detect single-charge excitations. This device achieved 2.65(2)~eV phonon energy resolution when…

This study revokes the performance of continuous phase modulation (CPM) able to generate a single-sideband (SSB) spectrum directly. This signal is analyzed in terms of modulation indices, pulse lengths, and pulse widths, all of which affect…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-17 Karim Kassan , Haïfa Farès , D. Christian Glattli , Yves Louët

This study evaluates more than 4,000 tiles made of Hamamatsu visual-sensitive silicon photomultipier (SiPM), each with dimensions of 5 $\times$ 5 cm$^2$, intended for the central detector of the Taishan Anti-neutrino Observatory (TAO), a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-24 X. Chen , G. F. Cao , M. H. Qu , H. W. Wang , N. Anfimov , A. Rybnikov , J. Y. Xu , A. Q. Su , Z. L. Chen , J. Cao , Y. C. Li , M. Qi

The high-luminosity upgrade of the CERN LHC requires the replacement of the CMS tracking detector to cope with the increased radiation fluence while maintaining its excellent performance. An extensive R\&D program, aiming at using 3D pixel…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-16 The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

Machine learning (ML) has become a commonplace approach in the development of interatomic potentials for molecular dynamics simulations, and its use also for radiation effect modelling is increasing. In this work, we investigate the effects…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-16 A. Fellman , J. Byggmästar , F. Granberg , F. Djurabekova , K. Nordlund

Using the transport and magnetization measurements the influence of neutron irradiation at a fluence of 5x10$^{17}$ n cm$^{-2}$ on (B0.65C0.35)Ba1.4Sr0.6Ca2Cu3Oz has been investigated. The neutron irradiation was found to decrease critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 V. Mihalache , A. Totovana , V. Sandu , S. Popa , G. Aldica , A. Iyo

This paper presents a world-leading scintillation light yield among inorganic crystals measured from a 0.5~kg pure-CsI detector operated at 77 Kelvin. Scintillation photons were detected by two 2-inch Hamamatsu SiPM arrays equipped with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-04-17 L. Wang , G. d. Li , Z. Y. Yu , X. H. Liang , T. A. Wang , F. Liu , X. L. Sun , C. Guo , X. Zhang , L. Yu , Y. D. Chen

A new result for the nucleon sigma term from an updated pion-nucleon partial-wave and dispersion relation analysis of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now George Washington University) group is discussed. Using a method similar to that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 M. M. Pavan , R. A. Arndt , I. I Strakovsky , R. L. Workman

Large-area next-generation physics experiments rely on using Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM) devices to detect single photons, which trigger charge avalanches. The noise mechanism of external cross-talk occurs when secondary photons…

Owing to their high photon detection efficiency, compactness, and low operating voltage, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have found widespread application in many fields, including medical imaging, particle physics, and high-energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Yuki Nakamura , Akira Okumura , Hiroyasu Tajima , Nobuhito Yamane , Anatolii Zenin

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have a low radioactivity, compact geometry, low operation voltage, and reasonable photo-detection efficiency for vacuum ultraviolet light (VUV). Therefore it has the potential to replace photomultiplier…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-24 K. Ozaki , S. Kazama , M. Yamashita , Y. Itow , S. Moriyama