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The study of cosmic rays in the energy range from 1 to 1000 PeV is crucial for understanding their origins and propagation paths. As part of this research, a new SPHERE-3 installation is being developed, featuring enhanced light sensitivity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-22 V. A. Ivanov , V. I. Galkin , E. A. Bonvech , T. M. Roganova , D. V. Chernov , D. A. Podgrudkov , M. D. Ziva , V. S. Latypova , C. G. Azra , E. L. Entina

Next-generation air-shower detectors, such as the Global Cosmic Ray Observatory (GCOS) and the Probing Extreme PeVatron Sources (PEPS) experiment, are considering water-Cherenkov detectors as a base design. A key factor in improving the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-27 Pierre Billoir , Benjamin Flaggs , Ioana C. Mariş , Andrea Parenti

TORCH is a novel time-of-flight detector, designed to provide charged particle identification of pions, kaons and protons in the momentum range 2-20 GeV/c over a 9.5 m flight path. A detector module, comprising a 10mm thick quartz plate,…

In the framework of the development of the SWGO experiment we have performed a detailed study of the single unit of an extensive air shower observatory based on an array of water Cherenkov detectors. Indeed, one of the possible water…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-05 Francesca Bisconti , Andrea Chiavassa

The key parameters of Cherenkov Correlated Timing (CCT) detectors are discussed. Measurements of radiator geometry, optical properties of radiator and coupling materials, and photon detector timing performance are presented.

NectarCAM is a camera developed to detect Cherenkov light between 80 GeV and 30 TeV. It will equip the medium-sized telescopes (MST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). The camera comprises 265 modules, covering a field of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-28 F. Bradascio

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

While atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes have a small field of view and a small duty fraction, arrays of particle detectors on ground have a 1\,sr field of view and a 100% duty fraction. On the other hand, particle detector arrays have a much…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 K. Bernlöhr

The very high momentum particle identification detector proposed for the ALICE upgrade is a focusing RICH using a C4F10 gaseous radiator. For the detection of Cherenkov photons, one of the options currently under investigation is to use a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-09-14 A. Breskin , V. Peskov , A. Di Mauro , P. Martineng , D. Mayani Paras , L. Molnar , E. Nappi , G. Paic , J. van Hoorne

We report on the construction, operation, and performance of the Time-of-Propagation detector with imaging used for the Belle II experiment running at the Super-KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. This detector is located in the central barrel region…

This study presents the development of hydrophobic silica aerogel for use as a radiator in threshold-type Cherenkov counters. These counters are to be used for separating positrons and positive muons produced by kaon decay in the J-PARC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-22 Makoto Tabata , Akihisa Toyoda , Hideyuki Kawai , Youichi Igarashi , Jun Imazato , Suguru Shimizu , Hirohito Yamazaki

The performance of a prototype Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector is studied using a charged particle beam. The detector performance, using CF4 and air as radiators, is described. Cherenkov angle precision and photoelectron yield using hybrid…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is a next generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory de- signed to detect photons in the 20 GeV to 300 TeV energy range. With a sensitivity improvement of up to one order of magnitude on the entire energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Roberta Zanin , Jamie Holder

This article presents the timing performance of materials with fast light emission, tested as Minimum Ionizing Particle detectors using 150 GeV hadron beams in Monte Carlo simulations and at the CERN SPS North Area. Pixels of cross-section…

Gaseous detector with a sub keV electron equivalent threshold is a very perspective tool for the precision measurement of the neutrino magnetic moment and to observe coherent scattering of neutrinos on nuclei. The progress in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-18 A. V. Kopylov , I. V. Orekhov , V. V. Petukhov , A. E. Solomatin

The symmetric $e^+e^-$ collider CESR is undergoing a series of upgrades allowing for luminosities in excess of $2\times 10^{33}$cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$. The most important goals of the upgrade are precision measurement of standard model…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-28 Sheldon Stone

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

Lead can be an ideal medium for the detection and study of neutrinos. Such a detector may be realized through the use of a lead perchlorate solution as a Cerenkov radiator. The basic physical properties of lead perchlorate solution are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-07 M. K. Bacrania , P. J. Doe , S. R. Elliott , C. E. Paul , L. C. Stonehill , D. I. Will

Muography is an innovative imaging technique using naturally produced elementary particles -- atmospheric muons -- like the X-rays of medical imaging. The modification of the particles flux -- by scattering or absorption --, reflects the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-31 Theodore Avgitas , Jean Christophe Ianigro , Jacques Marteau

A conceptual design of an advanced Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope with a 23 m diameter mirror and of 50 tons weight will be presented. A system photon detection efficiency of 15-17%, averaged over 300-600 nm, is aimed at to lower the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Eckart Lorenz , Daniel Ferenc , M. Victoria Fonseca , Robert Wagner