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The detection of low energy neutrinos ($<$ few tens of MeV) via coherent nuclear scattering remains a holy grail of sorts in neutrino physics. This uncontroversial mode of interaction is expected to profit from a sizeable increase in cross…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-05-12 P. Barbeau , J. I. Collar , J. Miyamoto , I. Shipsey

In this work we present a novel idea for a compact spark-protected single amplification stage Micro-Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD). The detector amplification stage, realized with a structure very similar to a GEM foil, is embedded through a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 G. Bencivenni , R. De Oliveira , G. Morello , M. Poli Lener

Direct electron detection is currently revolutionizing many fields of electron microscopy due to its lower noise, its reduced point-spread function, and its increased quantum efficiency. More specifically to this work, Timepix3 is a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-12-21 Yves Auad , Jassem Baaboura , Jean-Denis Blazit , Marcel Tencé , Odile Stéphan , Mathieu Kociak , Luiz H. G. Tizei

In given article preliminary results of the research of the electron multiplication in MPGD are presented at a high level of alpha-particles background. This work has expanded borders of understanding of the streamer mode nature. It is seen…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-09-16 V. I. Razin , A. I. Reshetin

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) are the most attractive radiation detectors for far-infrared and sub-mm astronomy: They combine ultimate sensitivity with the possibility to create very large detector arrays, in excess of 10…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-04 Joris van Rantwijk , Martin Grim , Dennis van Loon , Stephen Yates , Andrey Baryshev , Jochem Baselmans

Compared to Multi Wires Proportional Chambers (MWPC), Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors (MPGD) used in HEP to detect MIPs offer better spatial resolution, counting rate capability, and radiation hardness; their fabrication is also more…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-02 Bruno Guerard , Richard Hall-Wilton , Fabrizio Murtas

We present the results of our recent studies on a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM)-based imaging detector prototype. It consists of two 100x100 mm^2 THGEM electrodes in cascade, coupled to a resistive anode. The event location is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Cortesi , R. Alon , R. Chechik , A. Breskin , D. Vartsky , V. Dangendorf

It is the hybrid pixel detector technology which brought to the X-ray imaging a low noise level at a high spatial resolution, thanks to the single photon counting. However, silicon as the most widespread detector material is marginally…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-14 P. Smolyanskiy , G. Chelkov , S. Kotov , U. Kruchonak , D. Kozhevnikov , S. Pospisil , I. Stekl , A. Zhemchugov

We present a novel single-photon detector based on a vacuum tube incorporating a photocathode, a microchannel plate (MCP), and a Timepix4 CMOS ASIC functioning as a pixelated anode. Designed to handle photon rates up to 1 billion per second…

The paper summarizes our latest progress in the development of newly introduced micro pattern gaseous detectors with resistive electrodes. These resistive electrodes protect the detector and the front-end electronics in case of occasional…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Di Mauro , B. Lund-Jensen , P. Martinengo , E. Nappi , R. Oliveira , V. Peskov , L. Periale , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , I. Rodionov , J. C. Santiard

We report on the development of a novel pixel charge readout system, Grid Activated Multi-scale pixel readout (GAMPix), which is under development for use in the GammaTPC gamma ray instrument concept. GammaTPC is being developed to optimize…

We describe here various detectors designs: GEM type, MICROMEGAStype, PPACtype as well as cascaded detectors made of a resistive mesh manufactured from a resistive Kapton foil, (20 microns thick, resistivity a few MOhm per square) by a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-11 R. Oliveira , V. Peskov , F. Pietropaolo , P. Picchi

Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) are among the more prominent Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) and widely used in high energy particle physics experiments and various related applications. Adoption of different production techniques…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-06 Promita Roy , Purba Bhattacharya , Prasant Kumar Rout , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Nayana Majumdar , Sandip Sarkar

A time projection chamber (TPC) with micropattern gaseous detector (MPGD) readout is investigated as main tracking device of the International Large Detector (ILD) concept at the planned International Linear Collider (ILC). A prototype TPC…

The event-driven hybrid-pixel detector readout chip, Timepix3, has the ability to simultaneously measure the time of an event on the nanosecond timescale and the energy deposited in the sensor. However, the behaviour of the system when two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-13 Hubertus Bromberger , David Pennicard , Rafael Ballabriga , Sebastian Trippel , Jochen Küpper

This contribution investigates a prototype of a TPC readout with a highly pixelated CMOS ASIC, which is an option for charged particles tracking of the ILC. A triple GEM stack was joined with a TimePix and MediPix2 chip (pixel size of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-16 A. Bamberger , K. Desch , U. Renz , M. Titov , N. Vlasov , P. Wienemann , S. Zimmermann , A. Zwerger

The Micro Pixel Chamber (mu-PIC) using resistive electrodes has been developed and tested. The surface cathodes are made from resistive material, by which the electrical field is reduced when large current is flowed. Two-dimensional…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 Atsuhiko Ochi , Yuki Edo , Yasuhiro Homma , Hidetoshi Komai , Takahiro Yamaguchi

In the last few years our group have focused on developing various designs of spark-protected micropattern gaseous detectors featuring resistive electrodes instead of the traditional metallic ones: resistive microstrip counters, resistive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-04 P. Fonte , E. Nappi , P. Martinengo , R. Oliveira , V. Peskov F. Pietropaolo , P. Picchi

This study investigates the charging-up effect on the Topmetal-II- chip in Gas Micro-Pixel Detectors(GMPD). It is found that this effect differs from the charging-up typically observed in gas detector multiplier devices and increases the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-08-06 Difan Yi , Qian Liu , Hongbang Liu , Fei Xie , Huanbo Feng , Lin Zhou , Zuke Feng , Yangheng Zheng

A micro time-projection-chamber (micro-TPC) with a detection volume of 23*28*31 cm^3 was developed, and its fundamental performance was examined. The micro-TPC consists of a micro pixel chamber with a detection area of 31*31 cm^2 as a…