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AC-Coupled LGAD (AC-LGAD) is a new 4D detector developed based on the Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) technology, which can accurately measure the time and spatial information of particles. The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP)…

Silicon carbide (SiC) particle detectors have the potential to provide time resolutions and robust performance in extreme environments which exceed that of silicon detectors. In this work 4H-SiC low gain avalanche detectors (LGADs) and…

4H-Silicon Carbide, when considered as a material for the fabrication of Low Gain Avalanche Detectors for particle timing and position measurement, offers potential advantages over Silicon. We discuss an ongoing study of this material aimed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-17 P. Barletta , M. Cerullo , C. Haber , S. E. Holland , J. Muth , B. Sekely

This contribution will delve into the design and performance of the newly produced Silicon Carbide Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (4H-SiC LGADs) and provide a comprehensive summary of their measured characteristics. This includes an analysis…

The High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) will be installed in the ATLAS experiment as part of the Phase-II upgrade for the High Luminosity-Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). It will mitigate pile-up effects in the forward region, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-02 A. Aboulhorma , M. Ait Tamlihat , H. M. Alfanda , O. Atanova , N. Atanov , I. Azzouzi , J. Barreiro Guimarães da Costa , T. Beau , D. Benchekroun , F. Bendebba , G. Bergamin , Y. Bimgdi , A. Blot , A. Boikov , J. Bonis , D. Boumediene , C. Brito , A. S. Brogna , A. M. Burger , L. Cadamuro , Y. Cai , N. Cartalade , R. Casanova Mohr , R. Cherkaoui El Moursli , Y. Che , X. Chen , E. Y. S. Chow , L. D. Corpe , C. G. Crozatier , L. D'Eramo , S. Dahbi , D. Dannheim , G. Daubard , Y. Davydov , J. Debevc , Y. Degerli , E. Delagnes , F. Deliot , M. Dhellot , P. Dinaucourt , G. Di Gregorio , P. J. Dos Santos De Assis , C. Duan , O. Duarte , F. Dulucq , J. Ehrecke , Y. El Ghazali , A. El Moussaouy , A. Falou , L. Fan , Y. Fan , Z. Fan , K. Farman , F. Fassi , Y. Feng , M. Ferreira , F. Filthaut , F. Fischer , P. Fusté , J. Fu , J. García Rodriquez , G. Gaspar De Andrade , V. Gautam , Z. Ge , R. Gonçalo , M. Gouighri , S. Grinstein , K. Gritsay , F. Guilloux , S. Guindon , A. Haddad , S. E. D. Hammoud , L. Han , A. M. Henriques Correia , M. Hidaoui , B. Hiti , J. Hofner , S. Hou , P. J. Hsu , X. Huang , Y. Huang , K. Hu , C. Insa , J. Jeglot , X. Jia , G. Kramberger , M. Kuriyama , B. Y. Ky , D. Lacour , A. Lafarge , B. Lakssir , A. Lantheaume , D. Laporte , C. de La Taille , M. A. L. Leite , A. Leopold , H. Li , L. Li , M. Li , S. Li , S. Li , Y. Li , Z. Li , S. Liang , Z. Liang , B. Liu , K. Liu , K. Liu , Y. L. Liu , Y. W. Liu , F. L. Lucio Alves , M. Lu , Y. J. Lu , F. Lyu , D. Macina , R. Madar , N. Makovec , S. Malyukov , I. Mandić , T. Manoussos , S. Manzoni , G. Martin-Chassard , F. Martins , L. Masetti , R. Mazini , E. Mazzeo , K. Ma , X. Ma , R. Menegasso , J-P. Meyer , Y. Miao , A. Migayron , M. Mihovilovic , M. Milovanovic , M. Missio , V. Moskalenko , N. Mouadili , A. Moussa , I. Nikolic-Audit , C. C. Ohm , H. Okawa , S. Okkerman , M. Ouchrif , C. Pénélaud , A. Parreira , B. Pascual Dias , R. E. de Paula , J. Pinol Bel , P. -O. Puhl , C. Puigdengoles Olive , M. Puklavec , J. Qin , M. Qi , H. Ren , H. Riani , S. Ridouani , V. Rogozin , L. Royer , F. Rudnyckyj , E. F. Saad , G. T. Saito , A. Salem , H. Santos , S. Scarfi , Ph. Schwemling , N. Seguin-Moreau , L. Serin , R. P. Serrano Fernandez , A. Shaikovskii , Q. Sha , L. Shan , R. Shen , X. Shi , P. Skomina , H. Smitmanns , H. L. Snoek , A. P. Soulier , A. Stein , H. Stenzel , J. Strandberg , W. Sun , X. Sun , Y. Sun , Y. Tan , K. Tariq , Y. Tayalati , S. Terzo , A. Torrento Coello , S. Trincaz-Duvoid , U. M. Vande Voorde , I. Velkovska , R. P. Vieira , L. A. Vieira Lopes , A. Visibile , A. Wang , C. Wang , S. M. Wang , T. Wang , T. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. Wang , J. Wan , Q. Weitzel , J. Wu , M. Wu , W. Wu , Y. Wu , L. Xia , D. Xu , H. Xu , L. Xu , Z. Yan , H. Yang , H. Yang , X. Yang , X. Yang , J. Ye , I. Youbi , J. Yuan , I. Zahir , H. Zeng , D. Zhang , J. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. Zhang , M. Zhao , Z. Zhao , X. Zheng , Z. Zhou , Y. Zhu , X. Zhuang

Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) are thin silicon detectors with moderate internal signal amplification and time resolution as good as 17 ps for minimum ionizing particles. However, the current major limiting factor in granularity is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-26 M. Nizam , K. W. Shin , S. M. Mazza , J. Ott , A. Seiden , B. Schumm , Y. Zhao

The low gain avalanche detectors (LGADs) are thin sensors with fast charge collection which in combination with internal gain deliver an outstanding time resolution of about 30 ps. High collision rates and consequent large particle rates…

LGAD technology is established within the field of particle physics, as the baseline technology for the timing detectors of both the ATLAS and CMS upgrades at the HL-LHC. Pixelated LGADs have been proposed for the High Granularity Timing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-02 A. Doblas , D. Flores , S. Hidalgo , N. Moffat , G. Pellegrini , D. Quirion , J. Villegas , D. Maneuski , M. Ruat , P. Fajardo

Silicon pad sensors with novel functions of higher timing resolution (LGAD: Low Gain Avalanche Detector) and higher position resolution (PSD: Position Sensitive Detector) are studied for an application to Silicon-Tungsten electromagnetic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-07 Taikan Suehara , Yuto Deguchi , Yuto Uesugi , Yu Kato , Ryo Yonamine

For the high luminosity upgrade of the LHC at CERN, ATLAS is considering the addition of a High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) in front of the end cap and forward calorimeters at |z| = 3.5 m and covering the region 2.4 < |{\eta}| < 4 to…

Two design innovations, low-gain avalanche (Low-Gain Avalance Diode, LGAD) and resistive read-out (Resistive Silicon Detector, RSD), have brought strong performance improvements to silicon sensors. Large signals, due to the added gain…

The temporal resolution of Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs), also known as Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSDs), is governed by two contributions: jitter, arising from electronic noise and signal slew rate, and the Landau noise term,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-12 N. Cartiglia , A. R. Altamura , R. Arcidiacono , M. Durando , S. Galletto , M. Ferrero , L. Lanteri , A. Losana , L. Massaccesi , L. Menzio , F. Siviero , V. Sola , R. White

In this work, we introduce a new design concept: the DC-Coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors, based on the LGAD technology. This new approach intends to address a few known features of the first generation of AC-Coupled Resistive Silicon…

Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) are a type of thin silicon detector with a highly doped gain layer that provides moderate internal signal amplification. One recent challenge in the use of LGADs, studied by several research groups, is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-05-07 S. Braun , Q. Buat , J. Ding , P. Kammel , S. M. Mazza , F. McKinney-Martinez , A. Molnar , C. Lansdell , J. Ott , A. Seiden , B. Schumm , Y. Zhao

Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGADs) provide moderate internal gain and time resolutions of a few tens of picoseconds, making them a key technology for ultrafast timing in high-energy physics and beyond. However, both their gain and timing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-28 Weiyi Sun , Mengzhao Li , Mei Zhao , Zhijun Liang

In recent years, the gain suppression mechanism has been studied for large localized charge deposits in Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs). LGADs are a thin silicon detector with a highly doped gain layer that provides moderate internal…

This paper presents the setup assembled to characterize and measure the spatial and timing resolutions of AC-coupled Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (AC-LGADs), using a 1060 nm laser source to deposit initial charges with a defined calibration…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-23 Danush Shekar , Shirsendu Nanda , Zhenyu Ye , Ryan Heller , Artur Apresyan

In this paper we present a complete characterization of the first batch of Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors, called RSD1, designed at INFN Torino and manufactured by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento. With their 100%…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-25 M. Mandurrino , N. Cartiglia , M. Tornago , M. Ferrero , F. Siviero , G. Paternoster , F. Ficorella , M. Boscardin , L. Pancheri , G. F. Dalla Betta

Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) are characterized by a fast rise time (500 ps) and extremely good time resolution (down to 17 ps). The intrinsic low granularity of LGADs and the large power consumption of readout chips for precise…

Low Gain Avalanche Detector (LGAD) technology has been used to design and construct prototypes of time-zero detector for experiments utilizing proton and pion beams with High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer (HADES) at GSI Darmstadt,…