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Gamma-Beams at the HIgS facility in the USA and anticipated at the ELI-NP facility, now constructed in Romania, present unique new opportunities to advance research in nuclear astrophysics; not the least of which is resolving open questions…

We present measurements with a GEM based TPC prototypes and the TimePix CMOS ASIC as charge collecting anode. Tests with a small prototype were performed in a 5 GeV electron beam at DESY. Different GEM orientations and geometries were…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-02 U. Renz

We analyse the performance of a gas time projection chamber (TPC) as a high-performance gamma-ray telescope and polarimeter in the e$^+$e$^-$ pair creation regime. We use data collected at a gamma-ray beam of known polarisation. The TPC…

Several new experimental concepts in high-energy particle physics have been proposed in recent years. The physical goals include precisely measuring the properties of particles such as Higgs, Z and W, and even looking for signs of new…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-17 Z. Y. Yuan , H. R. Qi , Y. Chang , L. W. Yu , Y. M. Cai , H. Y. Zhang , J. Zhang , Q. Ouyang , Y. L. Li , Z. Deng , H. Gong

Gaseous detectors have long been used by particle physics experiments at beamlines or standalone experiments. Recently, their low momentum threshold has made them interesting as active targets for long baseline neutrino experiments. To…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-13 Philip Hamacher-Baumann

Gas detectors are one of the pillars of the research in fundamental physics. Since many years, a new concept of detectors, the Micro Pattern Gas Detectors, allows to overcome many of the problems of other types of commonly used detectors,…

The temporal signals from a large gas detector may show dynamical scaling due to many correlated space points created by the charged particles while passing through the tracking medium. This has been demonstrated through simulation using…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. K. Mohanty , D. Favretto , F. Carminati , K. Safarik

Gas-based time projection chambers (TPCs) have been shown to be highly sensitive X-ray polarimeters having excellent quantum efficiency while at the same time achieving large modulation factors. To observe polarization of the prompt X-ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-06 Z. Prieskorn , J. E. Hill , P. E. Kaaret , J. K. Black , K. Jahoda

Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) is a cutting edge Micro Pattern Gaseous detector (MPGD) technology suitable as tracking device in high rate Heavy-Ion (HI) experiments for their good spatial resolution and most importantly high rate handling…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-05-07 S. Mandal , S. Gope , S. Das , S. Biswas

A large-area and light-weight Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector was built at the University of Virginia as a prototype for the detector R$\&$D program of the future Electron Ion Collider. The prototype has a trapezoidal geometry…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-03 Kondo Gnanvo , Xinzhan Bai , Chao Gua , Nilanga Liyanage , Vladimir Nelyubin , Yuxiang Zhao

The idea of a hermetic quartz chamber in a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) has the potential to improve the detector sensitivity for direct dark matter searches in the future. A major challenge facing TPC detectors in future…

We report the design, construction, and initial commissioning results of a large high pressure gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with Micromegas modules for charge readout. The detector vessel has an inner volume of about 600 L and an…

We report the performance of a 10 atm Xenon/trimethylamine time projection chamber (TPC) for the detection of X-rays (30 keV) and gamma-rays (0.511-1.275 MeV) in conjunction with the accurate tracking of the associated electrons. When…

This document contains the pre-design of the beam diagnostics components Tracking Detectors for the Super-FRS. A GEM-TPC detector has been suggested as suitable tracking detector for the ion/fragment beams produced at the in-flight…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-06-28 F. Garcia , C. Caesar , T. Grahn , A. Prochazka , B. Voss

In experiments searching for rare signals, background events from the detector itself are some of the major factors limiting search sensitivity.Screening for ultra-low radioactive detector materials is becoming ever more essential. We…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-24 Haiyan Du , Chengbo Du , Karl Giboni , Ke Han , Shengming He , Liqiang Liu , Yue Meng , Shaobo Wang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Jifang Zhou

We have been developing a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber (TPC) to search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{136}$Xe. The unique feature of this TPC is in the detection part of ionization electrons,…

The purpose of ILD-TPC Asia group is realization of high precision Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) as a central tracker in International Linear Collider (ILC). We have been studying the many R&D items to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-01 Y. Kato , R. Yonamine , P. Gros , J. Tian , S. Kawada , K. Fujii , T. Matsuda , A. Sugiyama , O. Nitoh , T. Watanabe , T. Fusayasu , T. Takahashi , M. Kobayashi

In this paper we present results from a test of a small Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric device capable of charge amplification,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-28 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

The International Large Detector (ILD) --a detector concept for the International Linear Collider (ILC)-- foresees a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) as its main tracking detector. Currently, the R&D efforts for such a TPC focus on studies…

Gated wires are widely used in Time Projection Chamber (TPC) to avoid ion back-flow (IBF) in the drift volume. The anode wires can provide stable gain at high voltage with a long lifetime. However, switching on and off the gated grid (GG)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-24 Shuai Wang , Fuwang Shen , Xiao Zhao , Zhihang Zhu , Fangang Kong , Changyu Li , Qinghua Xu , Zhangbu Xu , Chi Yang , Chengguang Zhu