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As the (JWST) pursues its observing journey, several thousands of icy-grain spectra are expected to be measured and analysed. The inventory of ices in particular, via the observations of background sources, is accessible for hundreds of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-27 A. Taillard , P. Gratier , J. A. Noble , E. Dartois , A. C. A. Boogert , J. Keane , A. Clement , A. Maiolo , A. Fuente , V. Wakelam

NuSD: Neutrino Segmented Detector is a Geant4-based user application that simulates inverse beta decay event in a variety of segmented scintillation detectors developed by different international collaborations. This simulation framework…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-09-28 Mustafa Kandemir , Emrah Tiras , Vincent Fischer

The limits of previous methods promote us to design a new approach (named PRESTAGE) to predict proton single event effect (SEE) cross-sections using heavy-ion test data. To more realistically simulate the SEE mechanisms, we adopt Geant4 and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 Kai Xi , Chao Geng , Zhan-Gang Zhang , Ming-Dong Hou , You-Mei Sun , Jie Luo , Tian-Qi Liu , Bin Wang , Bing Ye , Ya-Nan Yin , Jie Liu

We propose a method for nonparametric density estimation that exhibits robustness to contamination of the training sample. This method achieves robustness by combining a traditional kernel density estimator (KDE) with ideas from classical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2011-09-07 JooSeuk Kim , Clayton D. Scott

We report on the construction, operation experience, and preliminary background measurements of an InGrid detector, i.e. a MicroMegas detector with CMOS pixel readout. The detector was mounted in the focal plane of the Abrixas X-Ray…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-07 Klaus Desch , Jochen Kaminski , Christoph Krieger , Michael Lupberger

We have developed a CLLBC-based gamma- and neutron-sensitive multi-channel omnidirectional imaging detector, suitable for handheld or vehicle-borne operation and capable of quantitative radiation mapping in 3D. The system comprises 62 CLLBC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-14 Jayson R. Vavrek , Ryan Pavlovsky , Victor Negut , Daniel Hellfeld , Tenzing H. Y. Joshi , Brian J. Quiter , Joshua W. Cates

The LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has successfully performed a large number of physics measurements during Runs 1 and 2 of the LHC. Monte Carlo simulation is key to the interpretation of these and future…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-05 Michal Mazurek , Gloria Corti , Dominik Muller

Polymer-assisted ion transport underpins both energy storage technologies and emerging neuromorphic computing devices. Efficient modeling of ion migration is essential for understanding the performance of batteries and memristors, but it…

The CRESST experiment seeks hypothetical WIMP particles that could account for the bulk of dark matter in the Universe. The detectors are cryogenic calorimeters in which WIMPs would scatter elastically on nuclei, releasing phonons. The…

We present end-to-end simulations of SCALES, the third generation thermal-infrared diffraction limited imager and low/med-resolution integral field spectrograph (IFS) being designed for Keck. The 2-5 micron sensitivity of SCALES enables…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-29 Zackery Briesemeister , Steph Sallum , Andrew Skemer , R. Deno Stelter , Philip Hinz , Timothy Brandt

The fastCAT application uses pre-calculated Monte Carlo (MC) CBCT phantom-specific scatter and detector response functions to reduce simulation time for megavoltage (MV) and kilovoltage (kV) CBCT imaging. Pre-calculated x-ray beam energy…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Jericho O'Connell , Magdalena Bazalova-Carter

The detailed simulation of the Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) provides the performance characteristics of MRPCs with different numbers of gas gaps and gap thicknesses. This helps in optimizing the structure of MRPCs under…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-31 J. Liu , Z. Chen , Y. Wang , B. Guo , D. Han , Y. Li

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider has a broad physics programme ranging from precision measurements to direct searches for new particles and new interactions, requiring ever larger and ever more accurate datasets of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-11-25 ATLAS Collaboration

A dedicated cosmic muon Monte-Carlo event generator CMSCGEN has been developed for the CMS experiment. The simulation relies on parameterisations of the muon energy and the incidence angle, based on measured and simulated data of the cosmic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-07-05 Lars Sonnenschein

The CRESST-II cryogenic dark matter search aims for the detection of WIMPs via elastic scattering off nuclei in CaWO$_4$ crystals. We present results from a low-threshold analysis of a single upgraded detector module. This module…

This study presents a Monte Carlo simulation tool for modeling the transportation processes of thermal electrons in noble liquids, specifically focusing on liquid argon and liquid xenon. The study aims to elucidate the microscopical…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-22 Yijun Xie , Yi Wang

Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA) uses resonant absorption of neutrons to infer the absolute isotopic composition of a target object, enabling applications in a broad range of fields such as archaeology, materials analysis of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-29 Ezra M. Engel , Ethan A. Klein , Areg Danagoulian

The anticipated high sensitivity and the science goals of the next generation X-ray space missions, like the International X-ray Observatory or Simbol-X, rely on a low instrumental background, which in turn requires optimized shielding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-02 S. Hauf , M. Kuster , M. G. Pia , Z. Bell , U. Briel , R. Chipaux , D. H. H. Hoffmann , E. Kendziorra , P. Laurent , L. Strüder , C. Tenzer , G. Weidenspointer , A. Zoglauer

Geant4 has been used throughout the nuclear and high-energy physics community to simulate energy depositions in various detectors and materials. These simulations have mostly been run with a source beam outside the detector. In the case of…

Geant4 is an object-oriented toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. Its development was initially motivated by the requirements of physics experiments at high energy hadron colliders under construction in the…