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A GridPix readout for a TPC based on the Timepix3 chip is developed for future applications at a linear collider. The GridPix detector consists of a gaseous drift volume read out by a single Timepix3 chip with an integrated amplification…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-23 C. Ligtenberg , K. Heijhoff , Y. Bilevych , K. Desch , H. van der Graaf , F. Hartjes , J. Kaminski , P. M. Kluit , G. Raven , T. Schiffer , J. Timmermans

We report the demonstration of a low-power pixelated readout system designed for three-dimensional ionization charge detection and digital readout of liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Unambiguous 3D charge readout was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-12 D. A. Dwyer , M. Garcia-Sciveres , D. Gnani , C. Grace , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , A. Krieger , C. J. Lin , K. B. Luk , P. Madigan , C. Marshall , H. Steiner , T. Stezelberger

This work presents the first measurements performed on the Timespot1 ASIC. As the second prototype developed for the TimeSPOT project, the ASIC features a 32x32 channels hybrid-pixel matrix. Targeted to space-time tracking applications in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-30 Lorenzo Piccolo , Sandro Cadeddu , Luca Frontini , Adriano Lai , Valentino Liberali , Angelo Rivetti , Alberto Stabile

This paper details preliminary photon measurements with the monolithic silicon detector ATLASPix, a pixel detector built and optimized for the CERN experiment ATLAS. The goal of this paper is to determine the promise of pixelated silicon in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Isabella Brewer , Regina Caputo , Michela Negro , Richard Leys , Carolyn Kierans , Ivan Peric , Jessica Metcalfe , Jeremy Perkins

The gas pixel detector (GPD) dedicated for photoelectric X-ray polarimetry is selected as the focal plane detector for the ESA medium-class mission concept X-ray Imaging and Polarimetry Explorer (XIPE). Here we show the design, assembly,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 H. Li , H. Feng , F. Muleri , R. Bellazzini , M. Minuti , P. Soffitta , A. Brez , G. Spandre , M. Pinchera , C. Sgro , L. Baldini , R. She , E. Costa

X-rays are particularly suited to probe the physics of extreme objects. However, despite the enormous improvements of X-ray Astronomy in imaging, spectroscopy and timing, polarimetry remains largely unexplored. We propose the photoelectric…

Purpose: CMOS pixel sensors have become extremely attractive for future high performance tracking devices. Initial R\&D work has been conducted for the vertex detector for the proposed Circular Electron Positron Collider that will allow…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 L. J. Chen , H. B. Zhu , X. C. Ai , M. Fu , R. Kiuchi , Y. Liu , Z. A. Liu , X. C. Lou , Y. P. Lu , Q. Ouyang , X. Shi , J. Tao , K. Wang , N. Wang , C. F. Yang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhou

This work aims to characterize ultra high dose rate pulses (UHDpulse) electron beams using the hybrid semiconductor pixel detector. The Timepix3 (TPX3) ASIC chip was used to measure the composition, spatial, time, and spectral…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-02-01 C. Oancea , C. Bălan , J. Pivec , C. Granja , J. Jakubek , D. Chvatil , V. Olsansky , V. Chiş

The proposed Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) imposes new challenges for the vertex detector in terms of high resolution, low material, fast readout and low power. The Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (MAPS) technology has been…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-21 T. Wu , S. Grinstein , R. Casanova , Y. Zhang , W. Wei , X. Wei , J. Dong , L. Zhang , X. Li , Z. Liang , J. Guimaraes da Costa , W. Lu , L. Li , J. Wang , R. Zheng , P. Yang , G. Huang

As the Chinese Spallation Neutron Source enters Phase II, the increase in proton beam power will lead to a further boost in the intensity of pulsed neutron beams. To address the demand for higher event-rate readout electronics for…

New Micromegas (Micro-mesh gaseous detectors) are being developed in view of the future physics projects planned by the COMPASS collaboration at CERN. Several major upgrades compared to present detectors are being studied: detectors…

In the scope of solar axion searches, detectors which are able to measure low energetic X-rays with high efficiency are required. For this purpose a detector based on the GridPix technology was built for the CAST experiment at CERN. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-08 Klaus Desch , Jochen Kaminski , Christoph Krieger , Tobias Schiffer , Sebastian Schmidt

A front end ASIC has been designed to equip the {\mu}TPC prototype developed for the MIMAC project, which requires 3D reconstruction of low energy particle tracks in order to perform directional detection of galactic Dark Matter. Each ASIC…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-22 J. P. Richer , O. Bourrion , G. Bosson , O. Guillaudin , F. Mayet , D. Santos

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 precise reconstruction of Compton-scatter events is paramount for an imaging medium-energy gamma-ray telescope. The proposed AMEGO-X is enabled by a silicon tracker utilizing AstroPix chips - a pixelated silicon HVCMOS sensor novel for…

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

A hybrid readout Time Projection Chamber (TPC) has a simultaneous optical- and charge readout. The optical readout provides 2D images of particle tracks in the active volume, whilst the charge readout provides additional information on the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-21 Alexander Deisting

The development of detectors that provide high resolution in four dimensions has attracted wide-spread interest in the scientific community for applications in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, medical imaging, mass spectroscopy as well…

A gaseous pixel readout module with four GridPix chips, called the quad, has been developed as a building block for a large time projection chamber readout plane. The quad module has dimensions 39.6 mm $\times$ 28.38 mm and an active…

A second monolithic silicon pixel prototype was produced for the MONOLITH project. The ASIC contains a matrix of hexagonal pixels with 100 {\mu}m pitch, readout by a low-noise and very fast SiGe HBT frontend electronics. Wafers with 50…