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We characterize the performance of two pixelated neutron detectors: a PMT-based array that utilizes Anger logic for pixel identification and a SiPM-based array that employs individual pixel readout. The SiPM-based array offers improved…

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Neutron grating interferometry is an advanced method in neutron imaging that allows the simultaneous recording of the transmission, the differential phase and the dark-field image. Especially the latter has recently received high interest…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-10-10 Tommy Reimann , Sebastian Mühlbauer , Michael Horisberger , Peter Böni , Michael Schulz

A semiconductor tracker for muon scattering tomography is presented. The tracker contains silicon strip sensors with an $80\,\mu$m pitch, precision mechanics and integrated cooling. The electronic readout of the sensors is performed by a…

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Recent Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of a number of X-ray ``dim'' pulsating neutron stars revealed quite unexpected features in the emission from these sources. Their soft thermal spectrum, believed to originate directly from the star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Silvia Zane , Roberto Turolla

The relatively small family of ultra-compact X-ray binary systems is of great interest for many areas of astrophysics. We report on a detailed X-ray spectral study of the persistent neutron star low mass X-ray binary 1RXS J170854.4-321857.…

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Integrated photonic active beamforming can significantly reduce the size and cost of coherent imagers for LiDAR and medical imaging applications. In current architectures, the complexity of photonic and electronic circuitry linearly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-24 Aroutin Khachaturian , Reza Fatemi , Ali Hajimiri

We explore for the first time the method of cross-correlation of radio synchrotron emission and tracers of large-scale structure in order to detect the diffuse IGM/WHIM. We performed a cross-correlation of a 34 x 34 degree area of 2MASS…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Shea Brown , Damon Farnsworth , Lawrence Rudnick

Differential cross sections for Compton scattering from the deuteron were measured at MAX-lab for incident photon energies of 55 MeV and 66 MeV at nominal laboratory angles of $45^\circ$, $125^\circ$, and $135^\circ$. Tagged photons were…

Neutron time-of-flight transmission spectra of mosaic crystals contain Bragg dips, i.e., minima at wavelengths corresponding to diffraction reflections. Positions of the dips are used for investigating crystal lattices. By rotating the…

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We report optical B-band observations with the Large Binocular Telescope LBT of the isolated neutron star RBS1774. The stacked image with total exposure 2.5h reveals a candidate optical counterpart at mB = 26.96 +- 0.20 at position RA(2000)…

The high angular resolution technique of non-redundant masking (NRM) or aperture masking interferometry (AMI) has yielded images of faint protoplanetary companions of nearby stars from the ground. AMI on James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)'s…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Alexandra Z. Greenbaum , Laurent Pueyo , Anand Sivaramakrishnan , Sylvestre Lacour

To understand the scientific imaging capability, one must characterize the intra-pixel sensitivity variation (IPSV) of the CMOS image sensor. Extracting an IPSV map contributes to an improved detector calibration that allows to eliminate…

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Many types of neutron spectrometer use a conventional primary spectrometer consisting of some collimator, a crystal monochromator and a second collimator. Conventional resolution descriptions use instrument parameter values to deduce the…

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The Compact Neutron Spectrometer (CNS) is a Joint European Torus (JET) Enhancement Project, designed for fusion diagnostics in different plasma scenarios. The CNS is based on a liquid scintillator (BC501A) which allows good discrimination…

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Neutron-transmission measurements through samples of magnesium fluoride (MgF$_2$) and pure magnesium were performed to obtain the (n, tot) cross section for all isotopes involved, $^{19}$F and $^{24-26}$Mg. Lithium-glass detectors were used…

New millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in compact binaries provide a good opportunity to search for the most massive neutron stars. Their main-sequence companion stars are often strongly irradiated by the pulsar, displacing the effective center of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-24 Manuel Linares , Tariq Shahbaz , Jorge Casares

Magnetic state of exchanged biased CoO(20nm)/Co($d_F$) bilayer ($d_F$=5-20nm) was studied by means of polarized neutron reflectometry. By spacing of CoO/Co bilayer and Al$_2$O$_3$ substrate with Nb(20nm) layer we created waveguide structure…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-12-07 Yu. Khaydukov , D. Lenk , V. Zdravkov , R. Morari , T. Keller , A. S. Sidorenko , L. R. Tagirov , R. Tidecks , S. Horn , B. Keimer

We model the spin pulse intensity and hardness ratio profiles of the isolated neutron star RXJ0720.4--3125 using XMM-Newton data. The observed variation is approximately sinusoidal with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 15%, and the hardness…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mark Cropper , Silvia Zane , Gavin Ramsay , Frank Haberl , Christian Motch

The response of a position-sensitive Li-glass scintillator detector being developed for thermal-neutron detection with 6 mm position resolution has been investigated using collimated beams of thermal neutrons. The detector was moved…