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The lunar Cherenkov technique is a method to use radio-telescopes to detect ultra-high energy cosmic rays (CR) and neutrinos ($\nu$). By observing the short-duration ($\sim$few nanosecond) pulses of coherent Cherenkov radiation emitted from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-27 C. W. James , R. D. Ekers , C. J. Philips , R. J. Protheroe , P. Roberts , R. A. Robinson , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , J. D. Bray

We propose to use Vavilov-Cherenkov (VC) and transition radiations as a source of twisted photons in a wide range of energies. The experimental setup to observe the orbital angular momentum of photons constituting those radiations is…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 O. V. Bogdanov , P. O. Kazinski , G. Yu. Lazarenko

Bolometers have proven to be good instruments to search for rare processes because of their excellent energy resolution and their extremely low intrinsic background. In this kind of detectors, the capability of discriminating alpha…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-19 F. Bellini , L. Cardani , N. Casali , I. Dafinei , M. Marafini , S. Morganti , F. Orio , D. Pinci , G. Piperno , D. Santone , C. Tomei , M. Vignati

We report on measurements of 11-18 cm wavelength radio emission from interactions of 15.2 MeV pulsed electron bunches at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator. The electrons were observed both in a configuration where they produced primarily…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-04-17 Peter Gorham , David Saltzberg , Paul Schoessow , Wei Gai , John G. Power , Richard Konecny , M. E. Conde

Current experiments aimed at measuring the UHE (E>100 PeV) neutrino flux via detection of coherent Cherenkov radiation are summarized.

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dave Besson

Recent advances in engineered material technologies (e.g., photonic crystals, metamaterials, plasmonics, etc) provide valuable tools to control Cherenkov radiation. In all these approaches, however, the designed materials interact only with…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-09 Hao Hu , Xiao Lin , Liang Jie Wong , Qianru Yang , Baile Zhang , Yu Luo

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

We give an overview of the SPHERE experiment based on detection of reflected Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation (Cherenkov light) from extensive air showers in the energy region E>10^{15} eV. A brief history of the reflected Cherenkov light…

Cathodoluminescence (CL) has evolved into a standard analytical technique in (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. CL utilizes light excited due to the interactions between the electron-beam and the sample. In the present study we…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-05-01 Michael Stöger-Pollach , Stefan Löffler , Niklas Maurer , Kristyna Bukvisova

For usual radiation the integral of the electric field strength over the time is zero. First time the possibility of unipolar radiation generation has been considered theoretically in the paper [EG.Bessonov. Preprint No 76 of the Lebedev…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 G. Naumenko , M. Shevelev , K. E. Popov

Acrylic is a common material used in dark matter and neutrino detectors for light guides, transparent vessels, and neutron shielding, creating an intermediate medium between the target volume and photodetectors. Acrylic has low absorption…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-20 M. Bodmer , N. Phan , M. Gold , D. Loomba , J. A. J. Matthews , K. Rielage

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

The CLEO detector has been upgraded to include a state of the art particle identification system, based on the Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector (RICH) technology, in order to take data at the upgraded CESR electron positron collider. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Artuso , R. Ayad , A. Efimov , S. Kopp , G. Majumder , R. Mountain , S. Schuh , T. Skwarnicki , S. Stone , G. Viehhauser , J. Wang , S. Anderson , Y. Kubota , A. Smith , T. Coan , V. Fadeyev , J. Ye

In this paper we describe the different software and hardware elements of a mini-telescope for the detection of cosmic rays and gamma-rays using the Cherenkov light emitted by their induced particle showers in the atmosphere. We estimate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 S. Njoh Ekoume , C. Alispach , F. Cadoux , V. Coco , D. della Volpe , Y. Favre , M. Heller , T. Montaruli , A. Nagai , A. Neronov , Y. Renier , I. Troyano

We discuss the design and performance of a threshold Cerenkov counter for identification of charged hadrons. The radiator is pressurized gas, which is contained in thin-walled cylindrical modules. A mirror system of novel design transports…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael Sivertz , Bruce Berger , Richard Ehrlich , John Bartlet , Steven Csorna , Vivek Jain , Szabolcs Marka , Kay Kinoshita , Paula Pomianowski

We report on the design, construction, commissioning, and performance of a threshold gas \v{C}erenkov counter in an open configuration, which operates in a high luminosity environment and produces a high photo-electron yield. Part of a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 Whitney R. Armstrong , Seonho Choi , Ed Kaczanowicz , Alexander Lukhanin , Zein-Eddine Meziani , Brad Sawatzky

Andreev reflection, which corresponds to the tunneling of two electrons from a metallic lead to a superconductor lead as a Cooper pair (or vice versa), can be exploited to measure high frequency noise. A detector is proposed, which consists…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 T. K. T. Nguyen , T. Jonckheere , A. Crépieux , A. V. Nguyen , T. Martin

The Cherenkov effect enables a valuable tool, known as the Cherenkov detector, to identify high-energy particles via the measurement of the Cherenkov cone. However, the sensitivity and momentum coverage of such detectors are intrinsically…

The IceCube neutrino observatory uses $1\,\mathrm{km}^{3}$ of the natural Antarctic ice near the geographic South Pole as optical detection medium. When charged particles, such as particles produced in neutrino interactions, pass through…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Anna Pollmann

Increasing interest towards the observation of the highest energy cosmic rays has motivated the development of new detection techniques. The properties of the Cherenkov photon pulse emitted in the atmosphere by these very rare particles…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-23 S. Cecchini , I. D'Antone , L. Degli Esposti , G. Giacomelli , M. Guerra , I. Lax , G. Mandrioli , A. Parretta , A. Sarno , R. Schioppo , M. Sorel , M. Spurio