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The Muon Upgrade Phase II of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) aims to guarantee the optimal conditions of the present system and extend the $\eta$ coverage to ensure a reliable system for the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 M. I. Pedraza-Morales

Muography is an imaging tool based on the attenuation of cosmic muons to observe the density distribution of large objects, such as underground caves or fractured zones. Tomography based on muography measurements -- that is, three…

In this paper, we present development of a portable cosmic muon tracker tailored for both on-site measurements of cosmic muon flux as well as for outreach activities. The tracker comprises of two 70 mm x 70 mm plastic scintillators,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-02 Yuvaraj Elangovan , Shashwat Kakkad , B. Satyanarayana

We developed a novel design of a Micro Pixel Chamber ($\mu$-PIC) with resistive electrodes for a charged-particle-tracking detector in high-rate applications. Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) thin film is used for the cathodes. The resistivity can…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-08 Fumiya Yamane , Atsuhiko Ochi , Kohei Matayoshi , Keisuke Ogawa , Yusuke Ishitobi

Cosmic ray muon tomography is a novel technology to detect high-Z material. A prototype of TUMUTY with 73.6 cm x 73.6 cm large scale position sensitive MRPC detectors has been developed and is introduced in this paper. Three test kits have…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-03 Xuewu Wang , Ming Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Yi Wang , Ziran Zhao , Xiaoguang Yue , Zhifei Luo , Hengguan Yi , Baihui Yu , Jianping Cheng

Due to their simplicity and comparatively low cost, Resistive Plate Chambers are gaseous detectors widely used in high-energy and cosmic rays physics, when large detection areas are needed. However, the best gaseous mixtures are currently…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-01 Livia Terlizzi

This study presents the design and simulation-based validation of a muon imaging system tailored for potential applications in industrial hydrotreatment units. The system is built around a two-panel plastic scintillator hodoscope, equipped…

Cosmic-ray muons, owing to their high penetration power and abundance, have been widely employed as a natural probe in experimental particle physics. We developed a meter-scale cosmic-ray muon telescope, consisting of two parallel…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-07 Yan Niu , Anqing Wang , Xiangxiang Ren , Dong Liu , Meng Wang

The Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in T\"ubingen (IAAT) has a long-term experience in developing and building space-qualified imaging and photon counting microchannel-plate (MCP) detectors, which are sensitive in the ultraviolet…

The Phase II upgrade of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer will involve the installation of approximately 1000 next-generation Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) singlets. This upgrade aims to enhance detector coverage, increase hit efficiency, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-23 Aashaq Shah

Optimization of spacer and gas distribution inside glass resistive plate chamber (RPC) is reported. Simulation studies demonstrate improvements on the gas flow velocity homogeneity and lower vorticity inside the gas chamber. The optimized…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-05 L. Mao , F. Lagarde , J. Guo , X. Wang , J. Li , Q. Shen , J. Zhu , H. Yang

Resistive Plate Chambers are used in the ATLAS experiment for the muon trigger and two coordinate measurements in the central region. In preparation for the coming years of LHC running at higher luminosity, besides the New Small Wheel…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-10-30 Lorenzo Massa

Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs), used for the Muon Spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at CERN LHC, are currently operated in maxi-avalanche mode with a low threshold value and without amplification in the front-end electronics. RPC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-29 Antonio Bianchi

During Phase-2 of the LHC, known as the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), the accelerator will increase its instantaneous luminosity to 5 $\times$ 10$^{34}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, delivering an integrated luminosity of 3000 fb$^{-1}$ over 10 years…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-24 Priyanka Kumari

The present Compact Muon Solenoid silicon pixel tracking system has been designed for a peak luminosity of 1034cm-2s-1 and total dose corresponding to two years of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operation. With the steady increase of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-11 N. Parashar

The Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) provide excellent timing as well as position resolutions at relatively low cost. Therefore, they can be used in medical imaging applications such as PET where precise timing is a crucial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-23 M. Nizam , B. Satyanarayana , R. R. Shinde , G. Majumder

During the upcoming High Luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), the integrated luminosity of the accelerator will increase to 3000 fb$^{-1}$. The expected experimental conditions in that period in terms of background rates,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-19 A. Samalan , M. Tytgat , G. A. Alves , F. Marujo , F. Torres Da Silva De Araujo , E. M. DaCosta , D. De Jesus Damiao , H. Nogima , A. Santoro , S. Fonseca De Souza , A. Aleksandrov , R. Hadjiiska , P. Iaydjiev , M. Rodozov , M. Shopova , G. Soultanov , M. Bonchev , A. Dimitrov , L. Litov , B. Pavlov , P. Petkov , A. Petrov , S. J. Qian , C. Bernal , A. Cabrera , J. Fraga , A. Sarkar , S. Elsayed , Y. Assran , M. El Sawy , M. A. Mahmoud , Y. Mohammed , C. Combaret , M. Gouzevitch , G. Grenier , I. Laktineh , L. Mirabito , K. Shchablo , I. Bagaturia , D. Lomidze , I. Lomidze , V. Bhatnagar , R. Gupta , P. Kumari , J. Singh , V. Amoozegar , B. Boghrati , M. Ebraimi , R. Ghasemi , M. Mohammadi Najafabadi , E. Zareian , M. Abbrescia , R. Aly , W. Elmetenawee , N. DeFilippis , A. Gelmi , G. Iaselli , S. Leszki , F. Loddo , I. Margjeka , G. Pugliese , D. Ramos , M. Caponero , L. Benussi , S. Bianco , S. Colafranceschi , A. Russo , L. Passamonti , D. Piccolo , D. Pierluigi , G. Saviano , S. Buontempo , A. Di Crescenzo , F. Fienga , G. DeLellis , L. Lista , S. Meola , P. Paolucci , A. Braghieri , P. Salvini , P. Montagna , C. Riccardi , P. Vitulo , B. Francois , T. J. Kim , J. Park , S. Y. Choi , B. Hong , K. S. Lee , J. Goh , H. Lee , J. Eysermans , C. Uribe Estrada , I. Pedraza , H. Castilla-Valdez , A. Sanchez-Hernandez , C. A. Mondragon Herrera , D. A. Perez Navarro , G. A. AyalaSanchez , S. Carrillo , E. Vazquez , N. Zaganidis , A. Radi , A. Ahmad , I. Asghar , H. Hoorani , S. Muhammad , M. A. Shah , B. Mandelli , R. Guida , I. Crotty

Due to their simplicity and comparatively low cost Resistive Plate Chambers are gaseous detectors widely used in high-energy and cosmic rays physics when large detection areas are needed. However, the best gaseous mixtures are currently…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-07 Alessandro Ferretti

Muon imaging technology is an innovative imaging technique that can be applied in volcano imaging, heavy nuclear material detection, and archaeological research. The Micromegas detector is a promising choice for muon imaging due to its high…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-28 Ting Wang , Yu Wang , Zhihang Yao , Yulin Liu , Changqing Feng , Zhiyong Zhang , Shubin Liu

The Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) are low-cost charged-particle detectors with good timing resolution and potentially good spatial resolution. Using RPC as gamma detector provides an opportunity for application in positron emission…

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