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There are recent interests with CsI(Tl) scintillating crystals for Dark Matter experiments. The key merit is the capability to differentiate nuclear recoil (nr) signatures from the background $\beta / \gamma$-events due to ambient…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-10 S. C. Wu

Pulse-shape analysis of the ionization signals from germanium gamma-ray spectrometers is a method for obtaining information that can characterize an event beyond just the total energy deposited in the crystal. However, as typically…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Suarez , J. L. Orrell , C. E. Aalseth , T. W. Hossbach , H. S. Miley

In this paper we develop a method capable of modeling the space-time focusing of nondiffracting pulses. The new pulses can possess arbitrary peak velocities and, in addition to being resistant to diffraction, can have their peak intensities…

Optics · Physics 2016-10-19 Michel Zamboni-Rached , Ioannis M. Besieris

We describe a fully ultra-high vacuum compatible scanning tunneling microscope (STM) optimized for radio-frequency signals. It includes in-situ exchangeable tips adapted to high frequency cabling and a standard sample holder, which offer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-27 Christian Saunus , Jan Raphael Bindel , Marco Pratzer , Markus Morgenstern

Pulse profile modelling is a relativistic ray-tracing technique that can be used to infer masses, radii and geometric parameters of neutron stars. In a previous study, we looked at the performance of this technique when applied to…

Accurate particle size distribution (PSD) measurement is important in industries such as mining, pharmaceuticals, and fertilizer manufacturing, significantly influencing product quality and operational efficiency. Traditional PSD methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Yasser El Jarida , Youssef Iraqi , Loubna Mekouar

The publicly accessible dataset includes neutron and gamma-ray pulse signals for conducting pulse shape discrimination experiments. Several traditional and recently proposed pulse shape discrimination algorithms are utilized to evaluate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Kaimin Wang , Haoran Liu , Peng Li , Mingzhe Liu , Zhuo Zuo

Pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) is usually achieved using the different fast and slow decay components of inorganic scintillators, such as BaF2, CsI:Tl, etc. However, LaBr3:Ce is considered to not possess different components at room…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-03 Jirong Cang , XinChao Fang , Zhi Zeng , Ming Zeng , Yinong Liu , Zhigang Sun , Ziyun Chen

The method of pulse-shape analysis (PSA) for particle identification (PID) was applied to a double-sided silicon strip detector (DSSD) with a strip pitch of 300 \{mu}m. We present the results of test measurements with particles from the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2011-02-02 M. von Schmid , P. Egelhof , V. Eremin , R. Gernhäuser , T. Kröll , M. Mutterer , N. Pietralla , B. Streicher , M. Weber

The development of large-area homogeneous photo-detectors with sub-millimeter path lengths for direct Cherenkov light and for secondary-electrons opens the possibility of large time-of-flight systems for relativistic particles with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-08-05 Jean-Francois Genat , Gary Varner , Fukun Tang , Henry Frisch

Fast-neutron/gamma-ray pulse-shape discrimination has been performed for the organic liquid scintillators NE 213A and EJ 305 using a time-of-flight based neutron-tagging technique and waveform digitization on an event-by-event basis.…

In many physical experiments and applications with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), high-speed pulse digitalization is used extensively. The current pulse from a PMT has a rising time of several to a hundred nanoseconds. The current pulse…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-08 Tao Xue , Jinfu Zhu , Guanghua Gong , Liangjun Wei , Jianmin Li

The description of physical processes with many-particle systems is a key approach to the modeling of countless physical systems. In storage rings, where ultrarelativistic particles are agglomerated in dense bunches, the measurement of…

The scintillation mechanism in NaI:Tl crystals produces different pulse shapes that are dependent on the incoming particle type. The time distribution of scintillation light from nuclear recoil events decays faster than for electron recoil…

For the first time we have fabricated a high granularity micropattern solid-state detector (MSSD) with the unipolar time-differential property for ultrafast pulse response. Optical, x-ray, and gamma-ray photoconductivity measurements prove…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-01-30 A. H. Goldan , O. Tousignant , J. A. Rowlands , K. S. Karim

A successfull application of Geiger-mode multipixel avalanche diodes (GMAPDs) for pulse-shape discrimination in alpha-beta spectrometry using organic liquid scintillator is described in this paper. Efficient discrimination of alpha and beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 I. Kreslo , I. Badhrees , S. Delaquis , A. Ereditato , S. Janos , M. Messina , U. Moser , B. Rossi , M. Zeller

A pulse-shape discrimination method based on artificial neural networks was applied to pulses simulated for different background, signal and signal-like interactions inside a germanium detector. The simulated pulses were used to investigate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-02 A. Caldwell , F. Cossavella , B. Majorovits , D. Palioselitis , O. Volynets

We constructed a neutron calibration facility based on a 300-mCi Am-Be source in conjunction with a search for weakly interacting massive particle candidates for dark matter. The facility is used to study the response of CsI(Tl) crystals to…

We present a novel approach to achieve hyper spectral resolution, high sensitive detection, and high speed data acquisition Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy by employing amplified offset-phase controlled fs-pulse bursts. In this approach, the…

In most applications of ultrashort pulse lasers, temporal compressors are used to achieve a desired pulse duration in a target or sample, and precise temporal characterization is important. The dispersion-scan (d-scan) pulse…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-02-20 Benjamin Alonso , Iñigo J. Sola , Helder Crespo