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Numerical study of track distortion in the Large Prototype TPC with end-plate based on bulk Micromegas

The present $\mathrm{R}\&\mathrm{D}$ activities for the International Large Detector Time Projection Chamber (ILD-TPC) concern the adoption of the micro pattern devices for the gaseous amplification stage. Seven Micromegas modules which are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 Deb Sankar Bhattacharya , Purba Bhattacharya , Supratik Mukhopadhyay , Nayana Majumdar , Sandip Sarkar , Sudeb Bhattacharya , Paul Colas , David Attié , Serguei Ganjour , Aparajita Bhattacharya

Polarimetry at the ILC

At the ILC, the luminosity-weighted average polarization at the IP needs to be determined at the permille-level. In order to reach this goal, the combined information from the polarimeter and the collision data is required. In this study, a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-03-02 Robert Karl , Jenny List

Constraining the Sea Quark Distributions Through W$^\pm$ Cross Section Ratio Measurements at STAR

Over the past several years, parton distribution functions (PDFs) have become more precise. However there are still kinematic regions where more data are needed to help constrain global PDF extractions, such as the sea quark distributions…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-08-30 M. Posik

Improving the RPC rate capability

This paper has the purpose to study the rate capability of the Resistive Plate Chamber, RPC, starting from the basic physics of this detector. The effect of different working parameters determining the rate capability is analysed in detail,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-03 G. Aielli , P. Camarri , R. Cardarelli , A. Di Ciaccio , L. Di Stante , R. Iuppa , B. Liberti , L. Paolozzi , E. Pastori , R. Santonico , M. Toppi

STAR Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter Absolute Calibration Using "Minimum Ionizing Particles" from Collisions at RHIC

The procedure for the STAR Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter (BEMC) absolute calibrations, using penetrating charged particle hits (MIP-hits) from physics events at RHIC, is presented. Its systematic and statistical errors are evaluated.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-17 T. M. Cormier , A. I. Pavlinov , M. V. Rykov , V. L. Rykov , K. E. Shestermanov

Bayesian Data Analysis for Sky-averaged 21-cm Experiments in the Presence of Ionospheric Effects

The ionosphere introduces chromatic distortions on low frequency radio waves, and thus poses a hurdle for 21-cm cosmology. In this paper we introduce time-varying chromatic ionospheric effects on simulated antenna temperature data of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Emma Shen , Dominic Anstey , Eloy de Lera Acedo , Anastasia Fialkov

The ALICE TPC, a large 3-dimensional tracking device with fast readout for ultra-high multiplicity events

The design, construction, and commissioning of the ALICE Time-Projection Chamber (TPC) is described. It is the main device for pattern recognition, tracking, and identification of charged particles in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-20 J. Alme , Y. Andres , H. Appelshauser , S. Bablok , N. Bialas , R. Bolgen , U. Bonnes , R. Bramm , P. Braun-Munzinger , R. Campagnolo , P. Christiansen , A. Dobrin , C. Engster , D. Fehlker , P. Foka , U. Frankenfeld , J. J. Gaardhoje , C. Garabatos , P. Glassel , C. Gonzalez Gutierrez , P. Gros , H. -A. Gustafsson , H. Helstrup , M. Hoch , M. Ivanov , R. Janik , A. Junique , A. Kalweit , R. Keidel , S. Kniege , M. Kowalski , D. T. Larsen , Y. Lesenechal , P. Lenoir , N. Lindegaard , C. Lippmann , M. Mager , M. Mast , A. Matyja , M. Munkejord , L. Musa , B. S. Nielsen , V. Nikolic , H. Oeschler , E. K. Olsen , A. Oskarsson , L. Osterman , M. Pikna , A. Rehman , G. Renault , R. Renfordt , S. Rossegger , D. Rohrich , K. Roed , M. Richter , G. Rueshmann , A. Rybicki , H. Sann , H. -R. Schmidt , M. Siska , B. Sitar , C. Soegaard , H. -K. Soltveit , D. Soyk , J. Stachel , H. Stelzer , E. Stenlund , R. Stock , P. Strmen , I. Szarka , K. Ullaland , D. Vranic , R. Veenhof , J. Westergaard , J. Wiechula , B. Windelband

Compensation of tropospheric and ionospheric effects in gravitational sessions of the spacecraft RadioAstron

The possibility of compensating atmospheric influence in an experiment on precision measurement of gravitational redshift using the "RadioAstron" spacecraft (SC) is discussed. When a signal propagates from a ground-based tracking station to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-11 Valentin Rudenko , Sergei Popov , Aleksei Belonenko

Measurement of Longitudinal Single-Spin Asymmetry for W$^\pm$ Production in Polarized Proton+Proton Collisions at STAR

The sea quark contribution to the nucleon spin is an important piece for a complete understanding of the nucleon spin structure. The production of W bosons in longitudinally polarized $p + p$ collisions at RHIC provides an unique probe for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-09-22 Qinghua Xu

Updated Study of a Precision Measurement of the W Mass from a Threshold Scan Using Polarized $\rm{e}^-$ and $\rm{e}^+$ at ILC

An updated study of measuring the W mass from a polarized threshold scan at ILC is presented with an emphasis on evaluating scan strategies that control experimental systematics. Highly longitudinally polarized beams of electrons and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-01-01 Graham W. Wilson

Recent results on cold-QCD from RHIC

Polarized proton-proton collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) provide unique opportunities to study the spin structure of the nucleon. We will highlight recent results on the nucleon spin structure from the STAR and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-07-15 Qing-hua Xu

On the Starspot Centroid Estimation and Calibration Technologies for the Super-high Accuracy Star Tracker

A pointing accuracy better than 1"(3sigma) star tracker plays a significant role for the advanced scientific missions. This thesis makes a series of studies on the typical error sources associated with the positioning and calibration…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-29 Jun Zhang

Novel Approach for Evaluating Detector-Related Uncertainties in a LArTPC Using MicroBooNE Data

Primary challenges for current and future precision neutrino experiments using liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) include understanding detector effects and quantifying the associated systematic uncertainties. This paper…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-06-20 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , R. An , J. Anthony , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , L. Bathe-Peters , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , D. Cianci , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadón , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , O. Hen , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , R. Itay , C. James , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. -J. Jwa , D. Kalra , N. Kamp , N. Kaneshige , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , I. Lepetic , K. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , K. Manivannan , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , A. Mogan , T. Mohayai , J. Moon , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , M. Nebot-Guinot , R. K. Neely , D. A. Newmark , J. Nowak , M. Nunes , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. D. Ponce-Pinto , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. C. J. Rice , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Söldner-Rembold , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , W. Tang , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Totani , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , N. Wright , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Low-Energy Radon Backgrounds from Electrode Grids in Dual-Phase Xenon TPCs

The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a powerful technology to detect rare interactions such as scatters of dark matter particles on nuclei. In particular, the built-in gain of ionization signals in a dual-phase TPC makes it…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-25 D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , B. J. Almquist , S. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , A. Baker , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , E. E. Barillier , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , E. Bishop , G. M. Blockinger , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Carter , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , Y. T. Chin , N. I. Chott , S. Contreras , M. V. Converse , R. Coronel , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , I. Darlington , S. Dave , A. David , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , L. Di Felice , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Dubey , C. L. Dunbar , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , N. M. Fearon , N. Fieldhouse , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. M. A. Fruth , P. W. Gaemers , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , J. Ghamsari , A. Ghosh , S. Ghosh , R. Gibbons , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. Gwilliam , J. J. Haiston , C. R. Hall , T. Hall , R. H Hampp , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , M. A. Hernandez , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , E. Jacquet , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , K. Jenkins , W. Ji , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , M. K. Kannichankandy , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , J. Kim , Y. D. Kim , J. Kingston , D. Kodroff , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , C. Lawes , E. Leason , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , J. Long , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , W. Ma , V. Mahajan , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , R. J. Matheson , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , G. McDowell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , J. B. McLaughlin , R. McMonigle , D. -M. Mei , B. Mitra , E. Mizrachi , M. E. Monzani , K. Morå , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , A. Nilima , C. L. O'Brien , F. H. O'Shea , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. Y Oyulmaz , K. J. Palladino , N. J. Pannifer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , S. S. Poudel , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , E. Ritchey , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , N. J. Rowe , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , S. Saltão , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , G. Sehr , B. Shafer , S. Shaw , W. Sherman , K. Shi , T. Shutt , C. Silva , G. Sinev , J. Siniscalco , A. M. Slivar , R. Smith , A. M. Softley-Brown , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , A. Stevens , T. J. Sumner , A. Swain , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , K. Trengove , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Usón , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , O. Valentino , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , R. C. Webb , L. Weeldreyer , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , K. Wild , M. Williams , J. Winnicki , M. S. Witherell , L. Wolf , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , Y. Xu , M. Yeh , D. Yeum , J. Young , W. Zha , C. Zhang , H. Zhang , T. Zhang , Y. Zhou

Probing hadronization with the charge correlator ratio in $p$+$p$, $Ru$+$Ru$ and $Zr$+$Zr$ collisions at STAR

The parton-to-hadron transition, known as hadronization, is dominated by non-perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) effects and thus challenging to study from first-principle calculations. On the other hand, experimental studies of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-02-20 Youqi Song

Upgrade of the ALICE central barrel tracking detectors: ITS and TPC

The ALICE Collaboration will undertake a major upgrade of the detector apparatus during the second LHC Long Shutdown LS2 (2019-2020) in view of the Runs 3 and 4 (2021-2029). The objective of the upgrade is two-fold: i) an improvement of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-08 Gasik fo the ALICE Collaboration

Lyman continuum observations across cosmic time: recent developments, future requirements

Quantifying the physical conditions that allow radiation emitted shortward of the hydrogen ionization edge at 911.7 {\AA} to escape the first collapsed objects and ultimately reionize the universe is a compelling problem for astrophysics.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 Stephan R. McCandliss , Daniela Calzetti , Henry C. Ferguson , Steven Finkelstein , Brian T. Fleming , Kevin France , Matthew Hayes , Timothy Heckman , Alaina Henry , Akio K. Inoue , Anne Jaskot , Claus Leitherer , Sally Oey , John O'Meara , Marc Postman , Laura Prichard , Swara Ravindranath , Jane Rigby , Claudia Scarlata , Daniel Schaerer , Alice Shapley , Eros Vanzella

Empirical Corrections for Charge Transfer Inefficiency and Associated Centroid Shifts for STIS CCD Observations

A variety of on-orbit imaging and spectroscopic observations are used to characterize the Charge Transfer Efficiency (CTE) of the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard the Hubble Space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Paul Goudfrooij , Ralph C. Bohlin , Jesus Maiz-Apellaniz , Randy A. Kimble

Identification of High $\rm p_{\perp}$ Particles with the STAR-RICH Detector

The STAR-RICH detector extends the particle identification capapbilities of the STAR experiment for charged hadrons at mid-rapidity. This detector represents the first use of a proximity-focusing CsI-based RICH detector in a collider…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 RICH Collaboration , A. Braem , D. Cozza , M. Davenport , G. De Cataldo , L. Dell Olio , D. DiBari , A. DiMauro , J. C. Dunlop , E. Finch , D. Fraissard , A. Franco , J. Gans , B. Ghidini , J. W. Harris , M. Horsley , G. J. Kunde , B. Lasiuk , Y. Lesenechal , R. D. Majka , P. Martinengo , A. Morsch , E. Nappi , G. Paic , F. Piuz , F. Posa , J. Raynaud , S. Salur , J. Sandweiss , J. C. Santiard , J. Satinover , E. Schyns , N. Smirnov , J. Van Beelen , T. D. Williams , Z. Xu

Calibration of the STAR Forward Time Projection Chamber with Krypton-83m

The principles of the calibration of a time projection chamber with radioactive Krypton-83 are explained. The calculation of gain correction factors and the methods of obtaining a precise energy calibration are illustrated. The properties…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Eckardt , T. Eggert , H. Fessler , H. Hümmler , G. Lo Curto , M. Oldenburg , N. Schmitz , A. Schüttauf , J. Seyboth , P. Seyboth , M. Vidal