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This paper presents a small-area monolithic pixel detector ASIC designed in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology for the upgrade of the pre-shower detector of the FASER experiment at CERN. The purpose of this prototype is to study the integration…

A high-granularity crystal calorimeter (HGCCAL) has been proposed for the future Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC). This study investigates the time resolution of various crystal - Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) detection units for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-24 Zhiyu Zhao , Dejing Du , Yong Liu , Jiyuan Chen , Junfeng Chen , Fangyi Guo , Shu Li , Baohua Qi

Recently, the last two modules (out of seven) of the ALICE High Momentum Particle Identification detector (HMPID) were assembled and tested. The full detector, after a pre-commissioning phase, has been installed in the experimental area,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Braem , G. De Cataldo , M. Davenport , A. Di Mauro , A. Franco , A. Gallas , H. Hoedlmoser , P. Martinengo , E. Nappi , G. Paic , F. Piuz , V. Peskov

The DESY digital silicon photomultiplier (dSiPM) is a monolithic detector based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) and features a fully digital readout. The dSiPM prototype was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-06 Daniil Rastorguev , Inge Diehl , Karsten Hansen , Finn King , Stephan Lachnit , Simon Spannagel , Tomas Vanat , Gianpiero Vignola

We have constructed an optical photometer with microsecond time resolution, which is currently being operated on one of the H.E.S.S. telescopes. H.E.S.S. is an array of four Cherenkov telescopes, each with a 107 m^2 mirror, located in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 C. Deil , W. Domainko , G. Hermann

The recent progress in R&D of the Micromegas detectors for hadronic calorimetry including new engineering-technical solutions, electronics development, and accompanying simulation studies with emphasis on the comparison of the physics…

The micropattern gaseous detector Micromegas has been developed for several years in Saclay and presents good performance for neutron detection. A prototype for neutron imaging has been designed and new results obtained in thermal neutron…

The hybrid architecture of the Timepix (TPX) family of detectors enables the use of different semiconductor sensors, most commonly silicon (Si), as well as high-density materials such as Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) or Gallium Arsenide (GaAs).…

Micromegas is one of the detector technologies (along with the small Thin Gap Chambers) that has been chosen for precision tracking and triggering purposes of the ATLAS muon forward detectors in the view of LHC luminosity increase. To…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 Georgios Iakovidis

Silicon carbide detectors exhibit good detection performance such as fast time resolution, high radiation tolerances, high breakdown voltage and low temperature sensitivity and have been studied for detection applications. Meanwhile,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-31 Suyu Xiao , Hui Liang , Congcong Wang , Zhenyu Jiang , Lin Zhu

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project has been proposed for the survey and study of cosmic rays. In the LHAASO project, the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is one of major detectors for searching gamma ray…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 Weihao Wu , Lei Zhao , Yu Liang , Li Yu , Jianfeng Liu , Shubin Liu , Qi An

The Electron-ion collider in China (EicC) is a proposed future electron-ion collider designed to achieve a high luminosity, with a center-of-mass energy ranging from 15 to 20 GeV. Excellent particle identification (PID) with extensive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-25 Xin Li , Yuxiang Zhao , Yutie Liang , Xu Sun

As part of the Phase II upgrade program, the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector will incorporate a new timing layer designed to measure minimum ionizing particles (MIPs) with a time resolution of $\sim$30 ps. Precision timing will…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-27 Olmo Cerri

We report experimental test-beam results on dielectric-loaded waveguide detectors that utilize microwave Cherenkov signals to time and characterize high energy particle showers. These results are used to validate models and produce…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-10-19 P. W. Gorham , C. Campos , C. Hast , K. Jobe , C. Miki , L. Nguyen , M. Olmedo , R. Prechelt , C. Sonoda , G. S. Varner

DEPFET pixel detectors are unique devices in terms of energy and spatial resolution because very low noise (ENC = 2.2e at room temperature) operation can be obtained by implementing the amplifying transistor in the pixel cell itself. Full…

We present the final results from a novel Cherenkov imaging detector called the Focusing DIRC (FDIRC). This detector was designed as a full-scale prototype of the particle identification system for the SuperB experiment [1], and comprises…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 B. Dey , M. Borsato , N. Arnaud , D. W. G. S. Leith , K. Nishimura , D. A. Roberts , B. N. Ratcliff , G. Varner , J. Va'vra

The main challenges posed by the design of future Positron Emission Tomography machines are the improvement of the spatial and timing resolution and the combined operation with magnetic resonance. The Micro Pixel Photon Counter by Hamamatsu…

Medical Physics · Physics 2008-05-06 N. D'Ascenzo , E. Garutti , M. Goettlich , H. C. Schultz-Coulon , A. Tadday

A new particle identification device for Jlab 12 GeV program is proposed. It is based on the measurement of time information obtained by means of a new photon detector and time measuring concept. The expected time measurement precision for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Majewski , A. Margaryan , L. Tang

PICsIT (Pixellated Imaging CaeSium Iodide Telescope) is the high energy detector of the IBIS telescope on-board the INTEGRAL satellite. It consists of 4096 independent detection units, ~0.7 cm^2 in cross-section, operating in the energy…