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Publications (20)

physics.med-ph2024

Temporal and dosimetric beam monitoring of individual pulses in FLASH Radiotherapy using Timepix3 pixelated detector placed out-of-field

Cristina Oancea, Katerina Sykorova, Jan Jakubek +4

FLASH radiotherapy necessitates the development of advanced Quality Assurance methods and detectors for accurate and online monitoring of the radiation field. This study introduces…

astro-ph.IM2023

Total Ionizing Dose Effects on CMOS Image Sensor for the ULTRASAT Space Mission

Vlad D. Berlea, Steven Worm, Nirmal Kaipachery +7

ULTRASAT (ULtraviolet TRansient Astronomy SATellite) is a wide-angle space telescope that will perform deep time-resolved surveys in the near-ultraviolet spectrum. ULTRASAT is a sp…

hep-ex2015

Interplay and Characterization of Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and in Direct Detection Experiments

Sarah A. Malik, Christopher McCabe, Henrique Araujo +19

In this White Paper we present and discuss a concrete proposal for the consistent interpretation of Dark Matter searches at colliders and in direct detection experiments. Based on…

hep-ex2023

Performance of the MALTA Telescope

Milou van Rijnbach, Giuliano Gustavino, Phil Allport +27

MALTA is part of the Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel sensors designed in Tower 180nm CMOS imaging technology. A custom telescope with six MALTA planes has been developed for test…

physics.ins-det2019

Measurement of the relative response of TowerJazz Mini-MALTA CMOS prototypes at Diamond Light Source

Maria Mironova, Kaloyan Metodiev, Phil Allport +23

This paper outlines the results of investigations into the effects of radiation damage in the mini-MALTA prototype. Measurements were carried out at Diamond Light Source using a mi…

physics.ins-det2004

Measurement of the radiation field surrounding the Collider Detector at Fermilab

Kostas Kordas, Saverio D'Auria, Andy Hocker +4

We present here the first direct and detailed measurements of the spatial distribution of the ionizing radiation surrounding a hadron collider experiment. Using data from two diffe…

physics.ins-det2009

The LCFIVertex package: vertexing, flavour tagging and vertex charge reconstruction with an ILC vertex detector

LCFI Collaboration, David Bailey, Erik Devetak +58

The precision measurements envisaged at the International Linear Collider (ILC) depend on excellent instrumentation and reconstruction software. The correct identification of heavy…

physics.atom-ph2025

Study of the elusive level crossing in highly charged osmium with optical transitions suitable for physics beyond the Standard Model searches

Nils-Holger Rehbehn, Lakshmi Priya Kozhiparambil Sajith, Michael K. Rosner +8

Optical transitions of highly charged ions can be very sensitive to hypothetical beyond-the-Standard-Model phenomena. Those near the level crossing, where the and

hep-ex2022

Report of the Instrumentation Frontier Working Group for Snowmass 2021

Phillip S. Barbeau, Petra Merkel, Jinlong Zhang +42

Detector instrumentation is at the heart of scientific discoveries. Cutting edge technologies enable US particle physics to play a leading role worldwide. This report summarizes th…

physics.ins-det2026

A Data-Driven Fast Simulation Approach for MAPS-based Detectors and their Optimization

Dumitru Vlad Berlea, Lucian Fasselt, Prafulla Behera +21

A parametric simulation tool for pixel sensors is presented. A realistic pixel response is simulated purely based on measurement input, without requiring detailed knowledge of the…

hep-ex2015

Dark Matter Benchmark Models for Early LHC Run-2 Searches: Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum

Daniel Abercrombie, Nural Akchurin, Ece Akilli +136

This document is the final report of the ATLAS-CMS Dark Matter Forum, a forum organized by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations with the participation of experts on theories of Dark Ma…

astro-ph.IM2024

Preliminary results of the Single Event Effect testing for the ULTRASAT sensors

Vlad Dumitru Berlea, Arooj Asif, Merlin F. Barschke +18

ULTRASAT (ULtra-violet TRansient Astronomy SATellite) is a wide-angle space telescope that will perform a deep time-resolved all-sky survey in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) spectrum.…

hep-ph2016

Simplified Models for Dark Matter Searches at the LHC

Jalal Abdallah, Henrique Araujo, Alexandre Arbey +94

This document outlines a set of simplified models for dark matter and its interactions with Standard Model particles. It is intended to summarize the main characteristics that thes…

hep-ex2016

Recommendations on presenting LHC searches for missing transverse energy signals using simplified -channel models of dark matter

Antonio Boveia, Oliver Buchmueller, Giorgio Busoni +30

This document summarises the proposal of the LHC Dark Matter Working Group on how to present LHC results on -channel simplified dark matter models and to compare them to direct…

physics.ins-det2025

Charge calibration of MALTA2, a radiation hard depleted monolithic active pixel sensor

Lucian Fasselt, Ignacio Asensi Tortajada, Prafulla Behera +22

MALTA2 is a depleted monolithic active pixel sensor (DMAPS) designed for tracking at high rates and typically low detection threshold of . A precise knowledg…

physics.ins-det2023

Radiation Hardness of MALTA2 Monolithic CMOS Sensors on Czochralski Substrates

Milou van Rijnbach, Dumitru Vlad Berlea, Valerio Dao +26

MALTA2 is the latest full-scale prototype of the MALTA family of Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (DMAPS) produced in Tower Semiconductor 180 nm CMOS technology. In order t…

physics.ins-det2022

Recent results with radiation-tolerant TowerJazz 180 nm MALTA Sensors

Matt LeBlanc, Phil Allport, Igancio Asensi +26

To achieve the physics goals of future colliders, it is necessary to develop novel, radiation-hard silicon sensors for their tracking detectors. We target the replacement of hybrid…

astro-ph.IM2021

Sensor characterization for the ULTRASAT space telescope

Benjamin Bastian-Querner, Nirmal Kaipachery, Daniel Küsters +31

The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomical Satellite is a scientific space mission carrying an astronomical telescope. The mission is led by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel…

astro-ph.IM2021

Design of the ULTRASAT UV camera

Arooj Asif, Merlin Barschke, Benjamin Bastian-Querner +34

The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomical Satellite (ULTRASAT) is a scientific UV space telescope that will operate in geostationary orbit. The mission, targeted to launch in 2024, is…

physics.atom-ph2026

Coulomb crystallization of xenon highly charged ions in a laser-cooled Ca+ matrix

Leonid Prokhorov, Aaron A. Smith, Mingyao Xu +17

We report on the sympathetic cooling and Coulomb crystallization of xenon highly charged ions (HCIs) with laser-cooled Ca ions. The HCIs are produced in a compact electron beam…