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This paper presents the development and application of an AI-based method for particle track identification using scintillating fibres read out with imaging sensors. We propose a variational autoencoder (VAE) to efficiently filter and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Noemi Bührer , Saúl Alonso-Monsalve , Matthew Franks , Till Dieminger , Davide Sgalaberna

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals with rectangularly windowed pulses exhibit low spectral confinement. Two approaches usually referred to as pulse-shaping and active interference cancellation (AIC) are classically…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-26 Luis Díez , José A. Cortés , Francisco J. Cañete , Eduardo Martos , Salvador Iranzo

A detailed and accurate characterisation of silicon photomultiplier detectors is required for a better understanding of the signal and noise in many applications. The collected information is a valuable feedback to the manufacturers in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-20 Olivier Girard , Guido Haefeli , Axel Kuonen , Luca Pescatore , Olivier Schneider , Maria Elena Stramaglia

Major advances in silicon pixel detectors, with outstanding timing performance, have recently attracted significant attention in the community. In this work we present and discuss the use of state-of-the-art Geiger-mode APDs, also known as…

This paper presents a newly developed plastic scintillator produced in collaboration with Turkiye Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency (TENMAK). The scintillator is manufactured using thermal polymerization of commercially available…

In recent years, instrumentation enabling pulsar observations with unprecedentedly high fractional bandwidth has been under development which can be used to substantially improve the precision of pulsar timing experiments. The traditional…

A novel algorithm for the discrimination of neutron and {\gamma}-ray with wavelet transform modulus maximum (WTMM) in an organic scintillation has been investigated. Voltage pulses arising from a BC501A organic liquid scintillation detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-18 Yang yun , Liu guofu , Yang jun , Luo xiaoliang

Large-scale particle physics detectors often contain millions of repeated components, making precise and efficient quality control essential. We have developed a semiautomatic system for dimensional screening of 1 cm$^3$ plastic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-31 Tatsuya Kikawa , Mao Tani , Atsuko K. Ichikawa , Tsunayuki Matsubara , Tsuyoshi Nakaya , Tomohisa Ogawa

We discuss a new class of Micro Pattern Gas Detectors, the Gas Pixel Detector (GPD), in which a complete integration between the gas amplification structure and the read-out electronics has been reached. An Application-Specific Integrated…

Organic scintillators using a solid polyurethane (PU) matrix have been introduced to combine the robustness of a construction material with scintillating properties that allow gamma rays and fast neutrons to be detected efficiently and at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-27 Olga Maiatska , Torsten Dünnebacke , Martin Kreuels , Guntram Pausch , Falko Scherwinski , Jürgen R. Stein

A high light yield calcium iodide (CaI2) scintillator is being developed for an astroparticle physics experiments. This paper reports scintillation performance of calcium iodide (CaI2) crystal. Large light emission of 2.7 times that of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-18 Takashi Iida , Kei Kamada , Masao Yoshino , Kyoung Jin Kim , Koichi Ichimura , Akira Yoshikawa

Scintillators capable of detecting both neutrons and gamma-rays have generated considerable interest. In particular, the use of such scintillators with silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) enables low-power and compact-geometry applications.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-29 Felix Liang , Hartmut Brands , Les Hoy , Jeff Preston , Jason Smith

Several types of detectors are used to detect charged particles in particle and nuclear physics experiments. Since the semiconductor detector has superior spatial and kinematic resolutions as well as good response time than other types of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-02 Beomkyu Kim , Jeongsu Bok , Jaeyoon Cho , Jiyeon Cho , Jiyeon Kwon , Hyungjun Lee , Minjung Kweon

We report in this paper the proofs that the pulse shape analysis can be used in some bolometers to identify the nature of the interacting particle. Indeed, while detailed analyses of the signal time development in purely thermal detectors…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-20 C. Arnaboldi , C. Brofferio , O. Cremonesi , L. Gironi , M. Pavan , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , E. Previtali

Imaging the features of a sample using Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS) is currently achieved by rastering, i.e. by scanning the sample surface with a sharply focused positron beam. However, a beam of arbitrary shape (sculpted beam)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-05 Francesco Guatieri

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…

A front-end readout electronics system has been developed for silicon strip detectors. The system uses an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) ATHED to realize multi-channel E&T measurement. The slow control of ASIC chips is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-06-13 Yi Qian , Hong Su , Jie Kong , Cheng-Fu Dong , Xiao-Li Ma , Xiao-Gang Li

The silicon pixel detector (SPD) of the ALICE experiment in preparation at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is designed to provide the precise vertex reconstruction needed for measuring heavy flavor production in heavy ion collisions…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-07-07 Jan Conrad

Synchrotrons are powerful and productive in revealing the spatiotemporal complexities in matter. However, X-ray pulses produced by the synchrotrons are predetermined in specific patterns and widths, limiting their operational flexibility…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-11-08 Jian Zhou , Jinxing Jiang , Donald A. Walko , Dafei Jin , Daniel López , David A. Czaplewski , Jin Wang

The next generation of radioactive ion beam facilities, which will give experimental access to many exotic nuclei, are presently being developed. These facilities will make it possible to study very short lived exotic nuclei with extreme…

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