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Cold performance tests of blocked-impurity-band Si:As detectors developed for DARWIN

We report first results of laboratory tests of Si:As blocked-impurity-band (BIB) mid-infrared (4 to 28 um) detectors developed by IMEC. These prototypes feature 88 pixels hybridized on an integrated cryogenic readout electronics (CRE). They…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-13 Stephan M. Birkmann , Jutta Stegmaier , Ulrich Groezinger , Oliver Krause , Tim Souverijns , Jan Putzeys , Deniz Sabuncuoglu Tezcan , Koen De Munck , Paolo Fiorini , Kiki Minoglou , Patrick Merken , Chris Van Hoof , Piet De Moor

A novel perspective on crystal electromagnetic calorimeter design for the CEPC

Crystal electromagnetic calorimeters (ECALs) are essential for high-precision measurements of electrons and photons in particle physics experiments. However, the conventional design, in which long crystal bars point radially toward the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-26 Weizheng Song , Yang Zhang , Shengsen Sun , Fangyi Guo , Yuanzhan Wang , Linghui Wu , Jie Guo , Shaojing Hou , Yong Liu , Quan Ji , Jinfan Chang , Yifang Wang

Radiation study of Lead Fluoride crystals

Lead fluoride (PbF$_2$) crystals represent an excellent and relatively innovative choice for high resolution electromagnetic calorimeters with high granularity and fast timing for high intensity environments. For this reason two PbF$_2$…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-25 A. Cemmi , A. Colangeli , B. D'orsi , I. Di Sarcina , E. Diociaiuti , S. Fiore , D. Paesani , M. Pillon , A. Saputi , I. Sarra , D. Tagnani

Design and performance of LED calibration system prototype for the lead tungstate crystal calorimeter

A highly stable monitoring system based on blue and red light emitting diodes coupled to a distribution network comprised of optical fibers has been developed for an electromagnetic calorimeter that uses lead tungstate crystals readout with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-08 V. A. Batarin , J. Butler , A. M. Davidenko , A. A. Derevschikov , Y. M. Goncharenko , V. N. Grishin , V. A. Kachanov , V. Y. Khodyrev , A. S. Konstantinov , V. A. Kormilitsin , V. I. Kravtsov , Y. Kubota , V. S. Lukanin , Y. A. Matulenko , Y. M. Melnick , A. P. Meschanin , N. E. Mikhalin , N. G. Minaev , V. V. Mochalov , D. A. Morozov , L. V. Nogach , A. V. Ryazantsev , P. A. Semenov , V. K. Semenov , K. E. Shestermanov , L. F. Soloviev , S. Stone , A. V. Uzunian , A. N. Vasiliev , A. E. Yakutin , J. Yarba

Design optimization of hadronic calorimeters for future colliders

Calorimeters are a crucial component in modern particle detectors. They are responsible for providing accurate energy measurements of particles produced in high-energy collisions. The demanding requirements set for next-generation collider…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-15 Bruno Rodrigues , Inês Ochoa , Agostinho Gomes

A Large-Scale Pad-Sensor Based Prototype of the Silicon Tungsten Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the Forward Direction in ALICE at LHC

We constructed a large-scale electromagnetic calorimeter prototype as a part of the Forward Calorimeter upgrade project (FoCal) for the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The prototype, also known as ``Mini FoCal'',…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-19 R. G. E. Barthel , T. Chujo , T. Hachiya , M. Hatakeyama , Y. Hoshi , M. Inaba , Y. , Kawamura , D. Kawana , C. Loizides , Y. Miake , Y. Minato , K. Nakagawa , N. Novitzky , T. Peitzmann , M. Rossewij , M. Shimomura , T. Sugitate , T. Suzuki , K. Tadokoro , M. Takamura , S. Takasu , A. van den Brink , M. van Leeuwen

Performance of the PADME calorimeter prototype at the DA$\Phi$NE BTF

The PADME experiment at the DA$\Phi$NE Beam-Test Facility (BTF) aims at searching for invisible decays of the dark photon by measuring the final state missing mass in the process $e^+e^- \to \gamma+ A'$, with $A'$ undetected. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-07 M. Raggi , V. Kozhuharov , P. Valente , F. Ferrarotto , E. Leonardi , G. Organtini , L. Tsankov , G. Georgiev , J. Alexander , B. Buonomo , C. Di Giulio , L. Foggetta , G. Piperno

High-resolution Calorimetry in Pulsed Magnetic Fields

We have developed a new calorimeter for measuring thermodynamic properties in pulsed magnetic fields. An instrumental design is described along with the construction details including the sensitivity of a RuO2 thermometer. The operation of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-14 Shusaku Imajo , Chao Dong , Akira Matsuo , Koichi Kindo , Yoshimitsu Kohama

Beam Test Performance of AstroPix sensor with 120 GeV protons

AstroPix is a high-voltage CMOS (HV-CMOS) monolithic active pixel sensor (MAPS) developed for precision gamma-ray imaging and spectroscopy in the medium energy regime, as well as for precise shower imaging and tracking in the Barrel Imaging…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-09 Bobae Kim , Regina Caputo , Manoj Jadhav , Sylvester Joosten , Carolyn Kierans , Henry Klest , Adrien Laviron , Richard Leys , Jessica Metcalfe , Jared Richards , Nicolas Striebig , Amanda L. Steinhebel , Daniel Violette , Maria Zurek

Performance of the first prototype of the CALICE scintillator strip electromagnetic calorimeter

A first prototype of a scintillator strip-based electromagnetic calorimeter was built, consisting of 26 layers of tungsten absorber plates interleaved with planes of 45x10x3 mm3 plastic scintillator strips. Data were collected using a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-24 CALICE Collaboration , K. Francis , J. Repond , J. Schlereth , J. Smith , L. Xia , E. Baldolemar , J. Li , S. T. Park , M. Sosebee , A. P. White , J. Yu , G. Eigen , Y. Mikami , N. K. Watson , M. A. Thomson , D. R. Ward , D. Benchekroun , A. Hoummada , Y. Khoulaki , J. Apostolakis , A. Dotti , G. Folger , V. Ivantchenko , A. Ribon , V. Uzhinskiy , C. Carloganu , P. Gay , S. Manen , L. Royer , M. Tytgat , N. Zaganidis , G. C. Blazey , A. Dyshkant , J. G. R. Lima , V. Zutshi , J. -Y. Hostachy , L. Morin , U. Cornett , D. David , A. Ebrahimi , G. Falley , K. Gadow , P. Goettlicher , C. Guenter , O. Hartbrich , B. Hermberg , S. Karstensen , F. Krivan , K. Krueger , B. Lutz , S. Morozov , V. Morgunov , C. Neubueser , M. Reinecke , F. Sefkow , P. Smirnov , M. Terwort , E. Garutti , S. Laurien , S. Lu , I. Marchesini , M. Matysek , M. Ramilli , K. Briggl , P. Eckert , T. Harion , H. -Ch. Schultz-Coulon , W. Shen , R. Stamen , B. Bilki , E. Norbeck , D. Northacker , Y. Onel , G. W. Wilson , K. Kawagoe , Y. Sudo , T. Yoshioka , P. D. Dauncey , M. Wing , F. Salvatore , E. Cortina Gil , S. Mannai , G. Baulieu , P. Calabria , L. Caponetto , C. Combaret , R. Della Negra , G. Grenier , R. Han , J-C. Ianigro , R. Kieffer , I. Laktineh , N. Lumb , H. Mathez , L. Mirabito , A. Petrukhin , A. Steen , W. Tromeur , M. Vander Donckt , Y. Zoccarato , E. Calvo Alamillo , M. -C. Fouz , J. Puerta-Pelayo , F. Corriveau , B. Bobchenko , M. Chadeeva , M. Danilov , A. Epifantsev , O. Markin , R. Mizuk , E. Novikov , V. Popov , V. Rusinov , E. Tarkovsky , D. Besson , P. Buzhan , A. Ilyin , V. Kantserov , V. Kaplin , A. Karakash , E. Popova , V. Tikhomirov , C. Kiesling , K. Seidel , F. Simon , C. Soldner , L. Weuste , M. S. Amjad , J. Bonis , S. Callier , S. Conforti di Lorenzo , P. Cornebise , Ph. Doublet , F. Dulucq , J. Fleury , T. Frisson , N. van der Kolk , H. Li , G. Martin-Chassard , F. Richard , Ch. de la Taille , R. Poeschl , L. Raux , J. Rouene , N. Seguin-Moreau , M. Anduze , V. Balagura , V. Boudry , J-C. Brient , R. Cornat , M. Frotin , F. Gastaldi , E. Guliyev , Y. Haddad , F. Magniette , G. Musat , M. Ruan , T. H. Tran , H. Videau , B. Bulanek , J. Zacek , J. Cvach , P. Gallus , M. Havranek , M. Janata , J. Kvasnicka , D. Lednicky , M. Marcisovsky , I. Polak , J. Popule , L. Tomasek , M. Tomasek , P. Ruzicka , P. Sicho , J. Smolik , V. Vrba , J. Zalesak , B. Belhorma , H. Ghazlane , K. Kotera , H. Ono , T. Takeshita , S. Uozumi , D. Jeans , S. Chang , A. Khan , D. H. Kim , D. J. Kong , Y. D. Oh , M. Goetze , J. Sauer , S. Weber , C. Zeitnitz

Beam Test of a SiPM-on-Tile ZDC Prototype with 5.3 GeV Positrons at Jefferson Laboratory

We report on a beam test of a Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM)-on-tile Zero Degree Calorimeter (ZDC) prototype developed for the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The detector implements the staggered scintillator-tile geometry envisioned…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-23 Sean Preins , Weibin Zhang , Ryan Tsiao , Mia Macias , Brice Saunders , Love Preet , Miguel Arratia

Measurements and simulations of Cherenkov light in lead fluoride crystals

The anticipated use of more than one thousand lead fluoride (PbF2) crystals as a fast and compact Cherenkov calorimeter material in a parity violation experiment at MAMI stimulated the investigation of the light yield (L.Y.) of these…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-02-23 P. Achenbach , S. Baunack , K. Grimm , T. Hammel , D. von Harrach , A. Lopes Ginja , F. E. Maas , E. Schilling , H. Stroeher

A high-performance custom photodetection system to probe the light yield enhancement in oriented crystals

Scintillating homogeneous detectors represent the state of the art in electromagnetic calorimetry. Moreover, the currently neglected crystalline nature of the most common inorganic scintillators can be exploited to achieve an outstanding…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-17 M. Soldani , L. Bandiera , L. Bomben , C. Brizzolari , R. Camattari , D. De. Salvador , V. Guidi , V. Haurylavets , E. Lutsenko , T. Maiolino , V. Mascagna , A. Mazzolari , M. Prest , M. Romagnoni , F. Ronchetti , A. Selmi , A. Sytov , V. Tikhomirov , E. Vallazza

Radiation hardness qualification of PbWO4 scintillation crystals for the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter

Ensuring the radiation hardness of PbWO4 crystals was one of the main priorities during the construction of the electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment at CERN. The production on an industrial scale of radiation hard crystals and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-05-28 The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Group , P. Adzic , N. Almeida , D. Andelin , I. Anicin , Z. Antunovic , R. Arcidiacono , M. W. Arenton , E. Auffray , S. Argiro , A. Askew , S. Baccaro , S. Baffioni , M. Balazs , D. Bandurin , D. Barney , L. M. Barone , A. Bartoloni , C. Baty , S. Beauceron , K. W. Bell , C. Bernet , M. Besancon , B. Betev , R. Beuselinck , C. Biino , J. Blaha , P. Bloch , A. Borisevitch , A. Bornheim , J. Bourotte , R. M. Brown , M. Buehler , P. Busson , B. Camanzi , T. Camporesi , N. Cartiglia , F. Cavallari , A. Cecilia , P. Chang , Y. H. Chang , C. Charlot , E. A. Chen , W. T. Chen , Z. Chen , R. Chipaux , B. C. Choudhary , R. K. Choudhury , D. J. A. Cockerill , S. Conetti , S. Cooper , F. Cossutti , B. Cox , D. G. Cussans , I. Dafinei , D. R. Da Silva Di Calafiori , G. Daskalakis , A. David , K. Deiters , M. Dejardin , A. De Benedetti , G. Della Ricca , D. Del Re , D. Denegri , P. Depasse , J. Descamps , M. Diemoz , E. Di Marco , G. Dissertori , M. Dittmar , L. Djambazov , M. Djordjevic , L. Dobrzynski , A. Dolgopolov , S. Drndarevic , G. Drobychev , D. Dutta , M. Dzelalija , A. Elliott-Peisert , H. El Mamouni , I. Evangelou , B. Fabbro , J. L. Faure , J. Fay , A. Fedorov , F. Ferri , D. Franci , G. Franzoni , K. Freudenreich , W. Funk , S. Ganjour , S. Gascon , M. Gataullin , F. X. Gentit , A. Ghezzi , A. Givernaud , S. Gninenko , A. Go , B. Gobbo , N. Godinovic , N. Golubev , P. Govoni , N. Grant , P. Gras , M. Haguenauer , G. Hamel de Monchenault , M. Hansen , J. Haupt , H. F. Heath , B. Heltsley , W. Hintz , R. Hirosky , P. R. Hobson , A. Honma , G. W. S. Hou , Y. Hsiung , M. Huhtinen , B. Ille , Q. Ingram , A. Inyakin , P. Jarry , C. Jessop , D. Jovanovic , K. Kaadze , V. Kachanov , S. Kailas , S. K. Kataria , B. W. Kennedy , P. Kokkas , T. Kolberg , M. Korjik , N. Krasnikov , D. Krpic , Y. Kubota , C. M. Kuo , P. Kyberd , A. Kyriakis , M. Lebeau , P. Lecomte , P. Lecoq , A. Ledovskoy , M. Lethuillier , S. W. Lin , W. Lin , V. Litvine , E. Locci , E. Longo , D. Loukas , P. D. Luckey , W. Lustermann , Y. Ma , M. Malberti , J. Malclès , D. Maletic , N. Manthos , Y. Maravin , C. Marchica , N. Marinelli , A. Markou , C. Markou , M. Marone , V. Matveev , C. Mavrommatis , P. Meridiani , P. Milenovic , P. Miné , O. Missevitch , A. K. Mohanty , F. Moortgat , P. Musella , Y. Musienko , A. Nardulli , J. Nash , P. Nedelec , P. Negri , H. B. Newman , A. Nikitenko , F. Nessi-Tedaldi , M. M. Obertino , G. Organtini , T. Orimoto , M. Paganoni , P. Paganini , A. Palma , L. Pant , A. Papadakis , I. Papadakis , I. Papadopoulos , R. Paramatti , P. Parracho , N. Pastrone , J. R. Patterson , F. Pauss , J-P. Peigneux , E. Petrakou , D. G. Phillips , P. Piroué , F. Ptochos , I. Puljak , A. Pullia , T. Punz , J. Puzovic , S. Ragazzi , S. Rahatlou , J. Rander , P. A. Razis , N. Redaelli , D. Renker , S. Reucroft , P. Ribeiro , C. Rogan , M. Ronquest , A. Rosowsky , C. Rovelli , P. Rumerio , R. Rusack , S. V. Rusakov , M. J. Ryan , L. Sala , R. Salerno , M. Schneegans , C. Seez , P. Sharp , C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous , J. G. Shiu , R. K. Shivpuri , P. Shukla , C. Siamitros , D. Sillou , J. Silva , P. Silva , A. Singovsky , Y. Sirois , A. Sirunyan , V. J. Smith , F. Stöckli , J. Swain , T. Tabarelli de Fatis , M. Takahashi , V. Tancini , O. Teller , K. Theofilatos , C. Thiebaux , V. Timciuc , C. Timlin , M. Titov , A. Topkar , F. A. Triantis , S. Troshin , N. Tyurin , K. Ueno , A. Uzunian , J. Varela , P. Verrecchia , J. Veverka , T. Virdee , M. Wang , D. Wardrope , M. Weber , J. Weng , J. H. Williams , Y. Yang , I. Yaselli , R. Yohay , A. Zabi , S. Zelepoukine , J. Zhang , L. Y. Zhang , K. Zhu , R. Y. Zhu

Precision electromagnetic calorimetry at the energy frontier: CMS ECAL at LHC Run 2

The CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) is a high-resolution, hermetic, and homogeneous calorimeter made of 75,848 scintillating lead tungstate crystals. Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, the CMS ECAL is at the forefront of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-12 Andrea Massironi

Design, Construction and Testing of the Digital Hadron Calorimeter (DHCAL) Electronics

A novel hadron calorimeter is being developed for future lepton colliding beam detectors. The calorimeter is optimized for the application of Particle Flow Algorithms (PFAs) to the measurement of hadronic jets and features a very finely…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-08 C. Adams , A. Bambaugh , B. Bilki , J. Butler , F. Corriveau , T. Cundiff , G. Drake , K. Francis , V. Guarino , B. Haberichter , E. Hazen , J. Hoff , S. Holm , A. Kreps , P. DeLurgio , L. Dal Monte , N. Mucia , E. Norbeck , D. Northacker , Y. Onel , B. Pollack , J. Repond , J. Schlereth , J. R. Smith , D. Trojand , D. Underwood , M. Velasco , J. Walendziak , K. Wood , S. Wu , L. Xia , Q. Zhang , A. Zhao

Exposing a fibre-based dual-readout calorimeter to a positron beam

A prototype of a dual-readout calorimeter using brass capillary tubes surrounding scintillating and clear plastic optical fibres was tested using beams of particles with energies between 10 and 100 GeV produced by the CERN SPS. The scope of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-19 N. Ampilogov , S. Cometti , J. Agarwala , V. Chmill , R. Ferrari , G. Gaudio , P. Giacomelli , A. Giaz , A. Karadzhinova-Ferrer , A. Loeschcke-Centeno , A. Negri , L. Pezzotti , G. Polesello , E. Proserpio , A. Ribon , R. Santoro , I. Vivarelli

The CASTOR calorimeter at the CMS experiment

The CASTOR Calorimeter at the CMS experiment is an electromagnetic/hadronic calorimeter which covers the very forward region of the detector (-6.6 < eta < -5.2). CASTOR is a Cherenkov sampling calorimeter, consisting of quartz and tungsten…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-11 Paolo Gunnellini

Status of Dual-readout R&D for a linear collider in T1015 Collaboration

The hadronic energy resolution required for an hadronic operating at lepton collider is at the limits or even exceeds that obtained with traditional techniques. Furthermore, it is a well established fact that the presence of an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-04 Corrado Gatto , Vito Di Benedetto , Eileen Hahn , Anna Mazzacane

Particle Flow Calorimetry

The motivation for PF calorimetry is to experimentally measure the energy of hadron jets with excellent resolution. In particle flow designs, sigma(E)/E < 5% should be possible for a range of jet energies from 50 GeV to 250 GeV, important…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-07-20 Randal Ruchti , Katja Kruger