Performance of ePix10K, a high dynamic range, gain auto-ranging pixel detector for FELs
ePix10K is a hybrid pixel detector developed at SLAC for demanding free-electron laser (FEL) applications, providing an ultrahigh dynamic range (245 eV to 88 MeV) through gain auto-ranging.
Abu-Nimeh, F.+19 more
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Ultrafast processing of pixel detector data with machine learning frameworks
Modern photon science performed at high repetition rate free-electron laser (FEL) facilities and beyond relies on 2D pixel detectors operating at increasing frequencies (towards 100 kHz at LCLS-II) and producing rapidly increasing amounts of data ...
Blaj, Gabriel+2 more
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Micromegas detector developments for MIMAC
The aim of the MIMAC project is to detect non-baryonic Dark Matter with a directional TPC. The recent Micromegas efforts towards building a large size detector will be described, in particular the characterization measurements of a prototype detector of ...
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Interactions of hadrons in the CALICE silicon tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter
The CALICE collaboration develops prototypes for highly granular calorimeters for detectors at a future linear electron positron collider. The highly granular electromagnetic calorimeter prototype was tested in particle beams. We present the study of the
Pöschl, Roman
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A Time Projection Chamber for High-Rate Experiments: Towards an Upgrade of the ALICE TPC
A Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is a powerful detector for 3-dimensional tracking and particle identification for ultra-high multiplicity events. It is the central tracking device of many experiments, e.g. the ALICE experiment at CERN. The necessity of a
Ketzer, Bernhard
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A Proposal for a Three Detector Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Program in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam [PDF]
A Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) physics program of three LAr-TPC detectors located along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab is presented. This new SBN Program will deliver a rich and compelling physics opportunity, including the ability to ...
Acciarri, R.+223 more
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Ionization Yield from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid-Xenon Dark Matter Detection [PDF]
The ionization yield in the two-phase liquid xenon dark-matter detector has been studied in keV nuclear-recoil energy region. The newly-obtained nuclear quenching as well as the recently-measured average energy required to produce an electron-ion pair ...
Ji, Xiangdong, Mu, Wei
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Beam Tests of a Multilayer LumiCal Prototype
LumiCal is a sampling electromagnetic calorimeter designed for the precise measurement of integrated luminosity in electron positron linear collider experiments. The present report contains a description and results of the first beam test of a multilayer
Borysov, Oleksandr
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ECFA Detector R&D Panel, Review Report
Two special calorimeters are foreseen for the instrumentation of the very forward region of an ILC or CLIC detector; a luminometer (LumiCal) designed to measure the rate of low angle Bhabha scattering events with a precision better than 10$^{-3}$ at the ...
Abramowicz, H.+71 more
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Introducing TAXI: a Transportable Array for eXtremely large area Instrumentation studies
A common challenge in many experiments in high-energy astroparticle physics is the need for sparse instrumentation in areas of 100 km2 and above, often in remote and harsh environments.
Haungs, A.+4 more
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