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The key parameters of Cherenkov Correlated Timing (CCT) detectors are discussed. Measurements of radiator geometry, optical properties of radiator and coupling materials, and photon detector timing performance are presented.

In the CBM (Compressed Baryonic Matter) experiment constructed at the Facility for Anti-proton and Ion Research (Fair) at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, MRPC(Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber) is adopted to construct the large TOF…

Micro-channel plate (MCP)-based photodetectors are capable of picosecond level time resolution and sub-mm level position resolution, which makes them a perfect candidate for the next generation large area photodetectors. The large-area…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-27 Jingbo Wang , Karen Byrum , Marcel Demarteau , Jeffrey Elam , Anil Mane , Edward May , Robert Wagner , Dean Walters , Junqi Xie , Lei Xia , Huyue Zhao

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera design for the Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs; 4 m diameter mirror) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SSTs are focused on very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray detection via atmospheric…

The latest generation of Micromegas detectors show a good energy resolution, spatial resolution and low threshold, which make them idoneous in low energy applications. Two micromegas detectors have been built for dark matter experiments:…

Particle identification at high rates is an important challenge for many current and future high-energy physics experiments. The upgrade of the COMPASS RICH-1 detector requires a new technique for Cherenkov photon detection at count rates…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-15 F. Nerling

For precise start time determination a Beam Fragmentation T$_0$ Counter (BFTC) is under development for the Time-of-Flight Wall of the Compressed Baryonic Matter Spectrometer (CBM) at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at…

Micro-TPC, a time projection chamber(TPC) with micro pixel chamber($\mu$-PIC) readout was developed for the detection of the three-dimensional fine(sub-m illimeter) tracks of charged particles. We developed a two-dimensional position…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Kentaro Miuchi , Hidetoshi Kubo , Tsutomu Nagayoshi , Atsuhiko Ochi , Reiko Orito , Atsushi Takada , Toru Tanimori , Masaru Ueno

Ultra Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSD) are sensors optimized for timing measurements employing a thin multiplication layer to increase the output signal. A multipurpose read-out board hosting a low-cost, low-power fast amplifier was designed…

The recent progress in R&D of the Micromegas detectors for hadronic calorimetry including new engineering-technical solutions, electronics development, and accompanying simulation studies with emphasis on the comparison of the physics…

Detecting the topology and direction of low-energy nuclear and electronic recoils is broadly desirable in nuclear and particle physics, with applications in coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, astrophysical neutrino measurements,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-31 Majd Ghrear , Alasdair G. McLean , Hima B. Korandla , Ferdos Dastgiri , Neil J. C. Spooner , Sven E. Vahsen

The detector of TRopIcal DEep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT) will use large-area silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays combined with photomultiplier tubes to boost photon detection efficiency and pointing capability. An…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-06 M. X. Wang , Y. Liu , Y. Q. Tan , J. N. Tang , W. H. Wu , D. L. Xu , W. Zhi , Z. Z. Zhou

The Micro Vertex Detector (MVD) of the future Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment at FAIR will have to provide a spatial precision of $\sim 5~\rm \mu m$ in combination with a material budget of 0.3\% - 0.5\% X$_0$ for a full…

The current CMS silicon pixel detector as the innermost component of the CMS experiment is performing well at LHC design luminosity, but would be subject to severe inefficiencies at LHC peak luminosities of 2x10e34 cm^-2 s^-1. Therefore, an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-15 Simon Spannagel

The Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors offer excellent spatial and temporal resolution in harsh radiation environments of high-luminosity colliders. In this work, an attempt has been made to establish an algorithm for estimating the time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-11 Purba Bhattacharya , Nayana Majumdar , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Sudeb Bhattacharya

Time-tagging units and coincidence detectors are used in many scientific research fields. The required timing resolution and number of input channels are varying, but some emerging experiments in the field of quantum optics require up to 32…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-03 Attila Hidvegi

For manufacturing Micromegas detectors, the "bulk" method based on photoetching, was successfully developed and widely used in nuclear and particle physics experiments. However, the complexity of the method requires a considerable number of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-14 Jianxin Feng , Zhiyong Zhang , Jianbei Liu , Binbin Qi , Anqi Wang , Ming Shao , Yi Zhou

Micro-pattern gas detectors, such as the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) and the Micromegas need narrow high density anode readout elements to achieve good spatial resolution. A high-density anode readout would require an unmanageable number…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-19 M. S. Dixit , J. Dubeau , J. -P. Martin , K. Sachs

Resistive-anode Micromegas detectors are in development since several years, in an effort to solve the problem of sparks when working in high flux and high radiations environment like in the HL-LHC (ten times the luminosity of the LHC).…

We have developed a prototype time-resolved neutron imaging detector employing a micro-pattern gaseous detector known as the micro-pixel chamber ({\mu}PIC) coupled with a field-programmable-gate-array-based data acquisition system. Our…