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Diamond Detectors for the TOTEM Timing Upgrade

This paper describes the design and the performance of the timing detector developed by the TOTEM Collaboration for the Roman Pots (RPs) to measure the Time-Of-Flight (TOF) of the protons produced in central diffractive interactions at the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-10 TOTEM Collaboration , G. Antchev , P. Aspell , I. Atanassov , V. Avati , J. Baechler , V. Berardi , M. Berretti , E. Bossini , U. Bottigli , M. Bozzo , P. Broulím , A. Buzzo , F. S. Cafagna , M. G. Catanesi , M. Csanád , T. Csörgő , M. Deile , F. De Leonardis , A. D'Orazio , M. Doubek , K. Eggert , V. Eremin , F. Ferro , A. Fiergolski , F. Garcia , V. Georgiev , S. Giani , L. Grzanka , C. Guaragnella , J. Hammerbauer , J. Heino , A. Karev , J. Kašpar , J. Kopal , V. Kundrát , S. Lami , G. Latino , R. Lauhakangas , R. Linhart , M. V. Lokajíček , L. Losurdo , M. Lo Vetere , F. Lucas Rodríguez , D. Lucsányi , M. Macrí , A. Mercadante , N. Minafra , S. Minutoli , T. Naaranoja , F. Nemes , H. Niewiadomski , T. Novák , E. Oliveri , F. Oljemark , M. Oriunno , K. Österberg , P. Palazzi , L. Paločko , V. Passaro , Z. Peroutka , V. Petruzzelli , T. Politi , J. Procházka , F. Prudenzano , M. Quinto , E. Radermacher , E. Radicioni , F. Ravotti , E. Robutti , C. Royon , G. Ruggiero , H. Saarikko , A. Scribano , J. Smajek , W. Snoeys , J. Sziklai , C. Taylor , N. Turini , V. Vacek , J. Welti , P. Wyszkowski , K. Zielinski

Development of a CsI:Tl calorimeter subsystem for the All-Sky Medium-Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory (AMEGO)

We report on the development of the thallium-doped cesium iodide (CsI:Tl) calorimeter subsystem for the All-Sky Medium-Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO) [1]. The CsI:Tl calorimeter is one of the three main subsystems that comprise the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-18 Richard S. Woolf , J. Eric Grove , Bernard F. Phlips , Eric A. Wulf

Updated design of the CMB polarization experiment satellite LiteBIRD

Recent developments of transition-edge sensors (TESs), based on extensive experience in ground-based experiments, have been making the sensor techniques mature enough for their application on future satellite CMB polarization experiments.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-06 H. Sugai , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , D. Alonso , K. Arnold , J. Aumont , J. Austermann , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. Banerji , R. B. Barreiro , S. Basak , J. Beall , S. Beckman , M. Bersanelli , J. Borrill , F. Boulanger , M. L. Brown , M. Bucher , A. Buzzelli , E. Calabrese , F. J. Casas , A. Challinor , V. Chan , Y. Chinone , J. -F. Cliche , F. Columbro , A. Cukierman , D. Curtis , P. Danto , P. de Bernardis , T. de Haan , M. De Petris , C. Dickinson , M. Dobbs , T. Dotani , L. Duband , A. Ducout , S. Duff , A. Duivenvoorden , J. -M. Duval , K. Ebisawa , T. Elleflot , H. Enokida , H. K. Eriksen , J. Errard , T. Essinger-Hileman , F. Finelli , R. Flauger , C. Franceschet , U. Fuskeland , K. Ganga , J. -R. Gao , R. Génova-Santos , T. Ghigna , A. Gomez , M. L. Gradziel , J. Grain , F. Grupp , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , N. W. Halverson , P. Hargrave , T. Hasebe , M. Hasegawa , M. Hattori , M. Hazumi , S. Henrot-Versille , D. Herranz , C. Hill , G. Hilton , Y. Hirota , E. Hivon , R. Hlozek , D. -T. Hoang , J. Hubmayr , K. Ichiki , T. Iida , H. Imada , K. Ishimura , H. Ishino , G. C. Jaehnig , M. Jones , T. Kaga , S. Kashima , Y. Kataoka , N. Katayama , T. Kawasaki , R. Keskitalo , A. Kibayashi , T. Kikuchi , K. Kimura , T. Kisner , Y. Kobayashi , N. Kogiso , A. Kogut , K. Kohri , E. Komatsu , K. Komatsu , K. Konishi , N. Krachmalnicoff , C. L. Kuo , N. Kurinsky , A. Kushino , M. Kuwata-Gonokami , L. Lamagna , M. Lattanzi , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , B. Maffei , D. Maino , M. Maki , A. Mangilli , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , R. Mathon , T. Matsumura , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , Y. Minami , K. Mistuda , D. Molinari , L. Montier , G. Morgante , B. Mot , Y. Murata , J. A. Murphy , M. Nagai , R. Nagata , S. Nakamura , T. Namikawa , P. Natoli , S. Nerva , T. Nishibori , H. Nishino , Y. Nomura , F. Noviello , C. O'Sullivan , H. Ochi , H. Ogawa , H. Ogawa , H. Ohsaki , I. Ohta , N. Okada , N. Okada , L. Pagano , A. Paiella , D. Paoletti , G. Patanchon , F. Piacentini , G. Pisano , G. Polenta , D. Poletti , T. Prouvé , G. Puglisi , D. Rambaud , C. Raum , S. Realini , M. Remazeilles , G. Roudil , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , M. Russell , H. Sakurai , Y. Sakurai , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , Y. Sekimoto , B. D. Sherwin , K. Shinozaki , M. Shiraishi , P. Shirron , G. Signorelli , G. Smecher , P. Spizzi , S. L. Stever , R. Stompor , S. Sugiyama , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , E. Switzer , R. Takaku , H. Takakura , S. Takakura , Y. Takeda , A. Taylor , E. Taylor , Y. Terao , K. L. Thompson , B. Thorne , M. Tomasi , H. Tomida , N. Trappe , M. Tristram , M. Tsuji , M. Tsujimoto , C. Tucker , J. Ullom , S. Uozumi , S. Utsunomiya , J. Van Lanen , G. Vermeulen , P. Vielva , F. Villa , M. Vissers , N. Vittorio , F. Voisin , I. Walker , N. Watanabe , I. Wehus , J. Weller , B. Westbrook , B. Winter , E. Wollack , R. Yamamoto , N. Y. Yamasaki , M. Yanagisawa , T. Yoshida , J. Yumoto , M. Zannoni , A. Zonca

4x2 Hot electron bolometer mixer arrays for detection at 1.46, 1.9 and 4.7 THz for a balloon borne terahertz observatory

We have demonstrated three 4x2 hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer arrays for operation at local oscillator (LO) frequencies of 1.46, 1.9 and 4.7 THz, respectively. They consist of spiral antenna coupled NbN HEB mixers combined with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-11-13 José R. G. Silva , Wouter M. Laauwen , Behnam Mirzaei , Nathan Vercruyssen , Matvey Finkel , Menno Westerveld , Nikhil More , Vitor Silva , Abram Young , Craig Kulesa , Christopher Walker , Floris van der Tak , Jian Rong Gao

Characterization of a double Time-Of-Flight detector system for accurate velocity measurement in a storage ring using laser beams

The Isochronous Mass Spectrometry (IMS) is a powerful tool for mass measurements of exotic nuclei with half-lives as short as several tens of micro-seconds in storage rings. In order to improve the mass resolving power while preserving the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-24 Xin-Liang Yan , Rui-Jiu Chen , Meng Wang , You-Jin Yuan , Jian-Dong Yuan , Shao-Ming Wang , Guo-Zhu Cai , Min Zhang , Zi-Wei Lu , Chao-Yi Fu , Xu Zhou , Dong-Mei Zhao , Yuri A. Litvinov , Yu-Hu Zhang

Design and performance of the prototype gaseous beam monitor with GEM and pixel sensors for the CSR external-target experiment

A gaseous beam monitor utilizing gas electron multiplier (GEM) and pixel sensors is being developed for the Cooling Storage Ring (CSR) External-target Experiment (CEE) at Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL). The beam monitor is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-16 Hulin Wang , Xianglun Wei , Chaosong Gao , Jun Liu , Junshuai Liu , Zhen Wang , Ran Chen , Bihui You , Peng Ma , Haibo Yang , Chengxin Zhao , Mingmei Xu , Shusu Shi , Guangming Huang , Feng Liu , Xiangming Sun

Impact of the absorber coupling design for Transition Edge Sensor X-ray Calorimeters

Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) are the selected technology for future spaceborne X-ray observatories, such as Athena, Lynx, and HUBS. These missions demand thousands of pixels to be operated simultaneously with high energy-resolving power.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-03 M. de Wit , L. Gottardi , E. Taralli , K. Nagayoshi , M. L. Ridder , H. Akamatsu , M. P. Bruijn , R. W. M. Hoogeveen , J. van der Kuur , K. Ravensberg , D. Vaccaro , J-R. Gao , J-W. A. den Herder

Characterization of Silicon-Membrane TES Microcalorimeters for Large-Format X-ray Spectrometers with Integrated Microwave SQUID Readout

We present the electro-thermal characterization of transition-edge sensor (TES) detectors suspended on Si membranes fabricated using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. The use of an all-silicon fabrication platform, in contrast to the more…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-15 Avirup Roy , Robinjeet Singh , Joel C. Weber , W. B. Doriese , Johnathon Gard , Mark W. Keller , John A. B. Mates , Kelsey M. Morgan , Nathan J. Ortiz , Daniel S. Swetz , Daniel R. Schmidt , Joel N. Ullom , Evan P. Jahrman , Thomas C. Allison , Sasawat Jamnuch , John Vinson , Charles J. Titus , Cherno Jaye , Daniel A. Fischer , Galen C. O'Neil

Innovating Bolometers' Mounting: A Gravity-Based Approach

Cryogenic calorimeters, also known as bolometers, are among the leading technologies for searching for rare events. The CUPID experiment is exploiting this technology to deploy a tonne-scale detector to search for neutrinoless double-beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-07 The CUPID Collaboration , K. Alfonso , A. Armatol , C. Augier , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , A. S. Barabash , G. Bari , A. Barresi , D. Baudin , F. Bellini , G. Benato , L. Benussi , V. Berest , M. Beretta , M. Bettelli , M. Biassoni , J. Billard , F. Boffelli , V. Boldrini , E. D. Brandani , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , M. Buchynska , J. Camilleri , A. Campani , J. Cao , C. Capelli , S. Capelli , V. Caracciolo , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , E. Celi , C. Chang , M. Chapellier , H. Chen , D. Chiesa , D. Cintas , M. Clemenza , I. Colantoni , S. Copello , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. D'Addabbo , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , F. De Dominicis , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , S. Di Lorenzo , V. Dompè , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , G. Fantini , M. El Idrissi , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , F. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Formaggio , A. Franceschi , S. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , S. Ghislandi , A. Giachero , M. Girola , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , C. Grant , P. Gras , P. V. Guillaumon , T. D. Gutierrez , K. Han , E. V. Hansen , K. M. Heeger , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , M. T. Hurst , L. Imbert , A. Juillard , G. Karapetrov , G. Keppel , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , R. Kowalski , H. Lattaud , M. Lefevre , M. Lisovenko , R. Liu , Y. Liu , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , F. Mancarella , N. Manenti , A. Mariani , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , Ph. Mas , D. Mayer , G. Mazzitelli , E. Mazzola , Y. Mei , M. N. Moore , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , V. Novosad , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , E. Olivieri , M. Olmi , B. T. Oregui , S. Pagan , M. Pageot , L. Pagnanini , D. Pasciuto , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , Ò. Penek , H. Peng , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , O. Pochon , D. V. Poda , T. Polakovic , O. G. Polischuk , E. G. Pottebaum , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , S. Puranam , S. Quitadamo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , A. Ressa , R. Rizzoli , C. Rosenfeld , P. Rosier , M. Rossella , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , R. Serino , A. Shaikina , K. Shang , V. Sharma , V. N. Shlegel , V. Singh , M. Sisti , P. Slocum , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , S. Tomassini , C. Tomei , A. Torres , J. A. Torres , D. Tozzi , V. I. Tretyak , D. Trotta , M. Velazquez , K. J. Vetter , S. L. Wagaarachchi , G. Wang , L. Wang , R. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , F. Xie , M. Xue , J. Yang , V. Yefremenko , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , T. Zhu , A. Zolotarova , S. Zucchelli

Plasma Profiling Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Fast Elemental Analysis of Semiconductor Structures with Depth Resolution in the Nanometer Range

Plasma profiling time of flight mass spectrometry (PP-TOFMS) has recently gained interest, as it enables the elemental profiling of semiconductor structures with high depth resolution in short acquisition times. As recently shown by Tempez…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Hendrik Spende , Christoph Margenfeld , Tobias Meyer , Irene Manglano Clavero , Heiko Bremers , Andreas Hangleiter , Michael Seibt , Andreas Waag , Andrey Bakin

The Simons Observatory: Large-Scale Characterization of 90/150 GHz TES Detector Modules

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background instrumentation suite being deployed in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The telescopes within SO use three types of dichroic transition-edge sensor (TES) detector arrays,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-30 Daniel Dutcher , Shannon M. Duff , John C. Groh , Erin Healy , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Dante Jones , Ben Keller , Lawrence T. Lin , Michael J. Link , Tammy J. Lucas , Samuel Morgan , Yudai Seino , Rita F. Sonka , Suzanne T. Staggs , Yuhan Wang , Kaiwen Zheng

Construction and beam-tests of silicon-tungsten prototype modules for the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter for HL-LHC

As part of its HL-LHC upgrade program, CMS is developing a High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) to replace the existing endcap calorimeters. The HGCAL will be realised as a sampling calorimeter, including an electromagnetic compartment…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-14 Thorben Quast

The DAQ system of the 12,000 Channel CMS High Granularity Calorimeter Prototype

The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC will be upgraded to accommodate the 5-fold increase in the instantaneous luminosity expected at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Concomitant with this increase will be an increase in the number of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-28 B. Acar , G. Adamov , C. Adloff , S. Afanasiev , N. Akchurin , B. Akgün , M. Alhusseini , J. Alison , G. Altopp , M. Alyari , S. An , S. Anagul , I. Andreev , M. Andrews , P. Aspell , I. A. Atakisi , O. Bach , A. Baden , G. Bakas , A. Bakshi , P. Bargassa , D. Barney , E. Becheva , P. Behera , A. Belloni , T. Bergauer , M. Besancon , S. Bhattacharya , S. Bhattacharya , D. Bhowmik , P. Bloch , A. Bodek , M. Bonanomi , A. Bonnemaison , S. Bonomally , J. Borg , F. Bouyjou , D. Braga , J. Brashear , E. Brondolin , P. Bryant , J. Bueghly , B. Bilki , B. Burkle , A. Butler-Nalin , S. Callier , D. Calvet , X. Cao , B. Caraway , S. Caregari , L. Ceard , Y. C. Cekmecelioglu , G. Cerminara , N. Charitonidis , R. Chatterjee , Y. M. Chen , Z. Chen , K. y. Cheng , S. Chernichenko , H. Cheung , C. H. Chien , S. Choudhury , D. Čoko , G. Collura , F. Couderc , I. Dumanoglu , D. Dannheim , P. Dauncey , A. David , G. Davies , E. Day , P. DeBarbaro , F. De Guio , C. de La Taille , M. De Silva , P. Debbins , E. Delagnes , J. M. Deltoro , G. Derylo , P. G. Dias de Almeida , D. Diaz , P. Dinaucourt , J. Dittmann , M. Dragicevic , S. Dugad , V. Dutta , S. Dutta , J. Eckdahl , T. K. Edberg , M. El Berni , S. C. Eno , Yu. Ershov , P. Everaerts , S. Extier , F. Fahim , C. Fallon , B. A. Fontana Santos Alves , E. Frahm , G. Franzoni , J. Freeman , T. French , E. Gurpinar Guler , Y. Guler , M. Gagnan , P. Gandhi , S. Ganjour , A. Garcia-Bellido , Z. Gecse , Y. Geerebaert , H. Gerwig , O. Gevin , W. Gilbert , A. Gilbert , K. Gill , C. Gingu , S. Gninenko , A. Golunov , I. Golutvin , T. Gonzalez , N. Gorbounov , L. Gouskos , Y. Gu , F. Guilloux , E. Gülmez , M. Hammer , A. Harilal , K. Hatakeyama , A. Heering , V. Hegde , U. Heintz , V. Hinger , N. Hinton , J. Hirschauer , J. Hoff , W. S. Hou , C. Isik , J. Incandela , S. Jain , H. R. Jheng , U. Joshi , O. Kara , V. Kachanov , A. Kalinin , R. Kameshwar , A. Kaminskiy , A. Karneyeu , O. Kaya , M. Kaya , A. Khukhunaishvili , S. Kim , K. Koetz , T. Kolberg , A. Kristić , M. Krohn , K. Krüger , N. Kulagin , S. Kulis , S. Kunori , C. M. Kuo , V. Kuryatkov , S. Kyre , O. K. Köseyan , Y. Lai , K. Lamichhane , G. Landsberg , J. Langford , M. Y. Lee , A. Levin , A. Li , B. Li , J. -H. Li , H. Liao , D. Lincoln , L. Linssen , R. Lipton , Y. Liu , A. Lobanov , R. S. Lu , I. Lysova , A. M. Magnan , F. Magniette , A. A. Maier , A. Malakhov , I. Mandjavize , M. Mannelli , J. Mans , A. Marchioro , A. Martelli , P. Masterson , B. Meng , T. Mengke , A. Mestvirishvili , I. Mirza , S. Moccia , I. Morrissey , T. Mudholkar , J. Musić , I. Musienko , S. Nabili , A. Nagar , A. Nikitenko , D. Noonan , M. Noy , K. Nurdan , C. Ochando , B. Odegard , N. Odell , Y. Onel , W. Ortez , J. Ozegović , L. Pacheco Rodriguez , E. Paganis , D. Pagenkopf , V. Palladino , S. Pandey , F. Pantaleo , C. Papageorgakis , I. Papakrivopoulos , J. Parshook , N. Pastika , M. Paulini , P. Paulitsch , T. Peltola , R. Pereira Gomes , H. Perkins , P. Petiot , F. Pitters , F. Pitters , H. Prosper , M. Prvan , I. Puljak , T. Quast , R. Quinn , M. Quinnan , K. Rapacz , L. Raux , G. Reichenbach , M. Reinecke , M. Revering , A. Rodriguez , T. Romanteau , A. Rose , M. Rovere , A. Roy , P. Rubinov , R. Rusack , A. E. Simsek , U. Sozbilir , O. M. Sahin , A. Sanchez , R. Saradhy , T. Sarkar , M. A. Sarkisla , J. B. Sauvan , I. Schmidt , M. Schmitt , E. Scott , C. Seez , F. Sefkow , S. Sharma , I. Shein , A. Shenai , R. Shukla , E. Sicking , P. Sieberer , Y. Sirois , V. Smirnov , E. Spencer , A. Steen , J. Strait , T. Strebler , N. Strobbe , J. W. Su , E. Sukhov , L. Sun , M. Sun , C. Syal , B. Tali , U. G. Tok , A. Kayis Topaksu , C. L. Tan , I. Tastan , T. Tatli , R. Thaus , S. Tekten , D. Thienpont , T. Pierre-Emile , E. Tiras , M. Titov , D. Tlisov , J. Troska , Z. Tsamalaidze , G. Tsipolitis , A. Tsirou , N. Tyurin , S. Undleeb , D. Urbanski , V. Ustinov , A. Uzunian , M. van de Klundert , J. Varela , M. Velasco , M. Vicente Barreto Pinto , P. M. da Silva , T. Virdee , R. Vizinho de Oliveira , J. Voelker , E. Voirin , Z. Wang , X. Wang , F. Wang , M. Wayne , S. N. Webb , M. Weinberg , A. Whitbeck , D. White , R. Wickwire , J. S. Wilson , H. Y. Wu , L. Wu , C. H Yeh , R. Yohay , G. B. Yu , S. S. Yu , D. Yu , F. Yumiceva , A. Zacharopoulou , N. Zamiatin , A. Zarubin , S. Zenz , H. Zhang , J. Zhang

The Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM): a Next-Generation Experiment for Galaxy Evolution Studies

Understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies over cosmic time is one of the foremost goals of astrophysics and cosmology today. The cosmic star formation rate has undergone a dramatic evolution over the course of the last 14…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-01 Joaquin Vieira , James Aguirre , C. Matt Bradford , Jeffrey Filippini , Christopher Groppi , Dan Marrone , Matthieu Bethermin , Tzu-Ching Chang , Mark Devlin , Oliver Dore , Jianyang Frank Fu , Steven Hailey Dunsheath , Gilbert Holder , Garrett Keating , Ryan Keenan , Ely Kovetz , Guilaine Lagache , Philip Mauskopf , Desika Narayanan , Gergo Popping , Erik Shirokoff , Rachel Somerville , Isaac Trumper , Bade Uzgil , Jonas Zmuidzinas

A high-speed, high-resolution Transition Edge Sensor spectrometer for soft X-rays at the Advanced Photon Source

This project explores the design and development of a transition edge sensor (TES) spectrometer for resonant soft X- ray scattering (RSXS) measurements developed in collaboration between Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the National…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-06 Orlando Quaranta , Don Jensen , Kelsey Morgan , Joel C. Weber , Jessica L. McChesney , Hao Zheng , Tejas Guruswamy , Jonathan Baldwin , Ben Mates , Nathan Ortiz , Johnathon Gard , Doug Bennet , Dan Schmidt , Lisa Gades , Antonino Miceli

Characterization of Low-noise Backshort-Under-Grid Kilopixel Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for PIPER

We present laboratory characterization of kilo-pixel, filled backshort-under-grid (BUG) transition-edge sensor (TES) arrays developed for the Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) balloon-borne instrument. PIPER is designed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-05 Rahul Datta , Sumit Dahal , Eric R. Switzer , Regis P. Brekosky , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Dale J. Fixsen , Christine A. Jhabvala , Alan J. Kogut , Timothy M. Miller , Paul Mirel , Edward J. Wollack

Performance of the SRON Ti/Au Transition Edge Sensor X-ray Calorimeters

In the early 2030s, ESAs new X-ray observatory, Athena, is scheduled to be launched. It will carry two main instruments, one of which is the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU), an X-ray imaging spectrometer, which will consist of an array of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-27 Martin de Wit , Luciano Gottardi , Kenichiro Nagayoshi , Hiroki Akamatsu , Marcel P. Bruijn , Marcel L. Ridder , Emanuele Taralli , Davide Vaccaro , Jian-Rong Gao , Jan-Willem A. den Herder

TES Proton Irradiation Result Analysis for Future Space Applications

As observed on the signal of the Planck-HFI highly sensitive bolometers, the effect of cosmic rays on detectors is a major concern for future similar space missions. Their instruments will have a larger detection surface, increased…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-27 A. Besnard , V. Sauvage , S. L. Stever , B. Maffei , P. dal Bo , T. Lari , M. de Lucia , A. Tartari , G. Signorelli , J. Hubmayr , G. Jaehnig

Fast electron thermometry towards ultra-sensitive calorimetric detection

We demonstrate radiofrequency thermometry on a micrometer-sized metallic island below 100 mK. Our device is based on a normal metal-insulator-superconductor tunnel junction coupled to a resonator with transmission readout. In the first…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-29 S. Gasparinetti , K. L. Viisanen , O. -P. Saira , T. Faivre , M. Arzeo , M. Meschke , J. P. Pekola

GASTOF: Ultra-fast ToF forward detector for exclusive processes at the LHC

GASTOF (Gas Time-of-Flight) detector is a Cherenkov detector proposed for very precise (10--20 ps) arrival time measurements of forward protons at some 420 m from the central detectors of CMS and ATLAS. Such an excellent time resolution…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Bonnet , T. Pierzchala , K. Piotrzkowski , P. Rodeghiero