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CUPID will be a next-generation experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay in the inverted mass ordering regime. The reduction of backgrounds in the region of interest is critical to the performance of the experiment. Despite…

We present the results of FLUKA simulations of the propagation of cosmogenic muons in a 20 kton spherical liquid scintillator detector underneath 700 to 900 meters of rock. A showering muon is one which deposits at least 3 GeV in the…

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Experiments such as mu2e (FNAL, USA) and COMET (KEK, Japan), seeking the direct muon-to-electron conversion as part of the study of Charged Leptons Flavor Violation processes, should have a extremely high, up-to 99.99\%, efficiency muon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-04 A. Artikov , V. Baranov , A. Boikov , D. Chokheli , Yu. I. Davydov , V. Glagolev , A. Simonenko , Z. Tsamalaidze , I. Vasilyev , I. Zimin

We report on the prototyping of a plastic scintillator hodoscope with wavelength-shifting fibre read-out by a multi-anode photomultiplier as part of the development of a detector for cosmic ray muons to be carried aboard an aircraft. Light…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 C. P. Achenbach , J. H. Cobb

Cosmic muon spallation backgrounds are ubiquitous in low-background experiments. For liquid scintillator-based experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay, the spallation product $^{10}$C is an important background in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-23 A. Li , A. Elagin , S. Fraker , C. Grant , L. Winslow

The study of volcanic inner density distributions using cosmic muons is an innovative method, which is still in a stage of development. This technique can be used to determine the average density along the muon track, as well as the density…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 V. Grabski , F. Velázquez-Carreón , S. Aguilar , A. Menchaca-Rocha , J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi , J. Zmeskal

We present a compact scintillating fibre timing detector developed for the Mu3e experiment. Mu3e is one of the flagship experiments of the Swiss particle physics scene, aiming to search for the charged lepton flavour violating…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-27 Robert Mihai Amarinei

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a multi-purpose neutrino experiment designed to measure the neutrino mass hierarchy using a central detector (CD), which contains 20 kton liquid scintillator (LS) surrounded by about…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-04 Tao Lin , Ziyan Deng , Weidong Li , Guofu Cao , Zhengyun You , Xinying Li

The use of liquid helium and neon as scintillators for neutrino detection is investigated. Several unique properties of these cryogens make them promising candidates for real-time solar neutrino spectroscopy: large ultraviolet scintillation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. N. McKinsey , J. M. Doyle

Precision detection of neutrino-nucleus interactions in water with the complete detection of the final state, including leptons and hadrons, is challenging due to water being a non-scintillating medium. This can be a limitation for the…

Scintillating fibre detectors combine sub-mm resolution particle tracking, precise measurements of the particle stopping power and sub-ns time resolution. Typically, fibres are read out with silicon photomultipliers (SiPM). Hence, if fibres…

Muography, traditionally recognized as a potent instrument for imaging the internal structure of gigantic objects, has initialized various interdisciplinary applications. As the financial and labor costs of muography detector development…

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Muon scattering tomography is a non-destructive technique used to image different materials by utilizing natural cosmic ray muons. Typically it requires position-sensitive detectors with a sub-millimeter resolution to effectively…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-19 Binghao Sun , Huiling Li , Quanyin Li , Hui Liang , Cong Liu , Hongbo Wang , Zibing Wu , Suyu Xiao , Weiwei Xu

A novel modular high-resolution charged-particle tracking detector design using $250\mu m$ diameter, round, scintillating fibers and SiPM arrays for readout is presented. The fiber modules consist of 8 layers of 128 fibers, mechanically sta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 Henning Gast , Thomas Kirn , Gregorio Roper Yearwood , Stefan Schael

Compelling experimental evidences of neutrino oscillations and their implication that neutrinos are massive particles have given neutrinoless double beta decay a central role in astroparticle physics. In fact, the discovery of this elusive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-22 Valter Bonvicini , Silvia Capelli , Oliviero Cremonesi , Giacomo Cucciati , Luca Gironi , Maura Pavan , Ezio Previtali , Monica Sisti

The NINJA experiment aims to precisely measure neutrino-nucleus interactions using a nuclear emulsion detector to reduce systematic errors in neutrino oscillation experiments. The nuclear emulsion has a sub-micron positional resolution,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-09 Naoki Otani

At high luminosity areas, beam loss monitor with fast response and high radiation resistance is crucial for accelerator operation. In this article, we report the design and test results of a fast response and radiation-resistant…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-01 Yuanjing Ji , Zebo Tang , Chen Li , Xin Li , Ming Shao

The response of a position-sensitive Li-glass based scintillation detector to focused beams of 2.5 MeV protons and deuterons has been investigated. The beams were scanned across the detector in 0.5 mm horizontal and vertical steps…