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physics.ins-det2021★ 24 cited

Measurements of Beam Backgrounds in SuperKEKB Phase 2

Zachary J. Liptak, Antonio Paladino, Luka Santelj +66

The high design luminosity of the SuperKEKB electron-positron collider will result in challenging levels of beam-induced backgro\ unds in the interaction region. Understanding and…

physics.ins-det2021★ 1 cited

The Silicon Vertex Detector of the Belle II Experiment

G. Dujany, K. Adamczyk, L. Aggarwal +78

In 2019 the Belle II experiment started data taking at the asymmetric SuperKEKB collider (KEK, Japan) operating at the Y(4S) resonance. Belle II will search for new physics beyond…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

The CaloCube calorimeter for high-energy cosmic-ray measurements in space: performance of a large-scale prototype

O. Adriani, A. Agnesi, S. Albergo +45

The direct observation of high-energy cosmic rays, up to the PeV energy region, will increasingly rely on highly performing calorimeters, and the physics performance will be primar…

physics.ins-det2021★ 9 cited

Operation and performance of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker in LHC Run 2

ATLAS Collaboration

The semiconductor tracker (SCT) is one of the tracking systems for charged particles in the ATLAS detector. It consists of 4088 silicon strip sensor modules. During Run 2 (20152…

physics.ins-det2021★ 8 cited

Detailed analysis of chemical corrosion of ultra-thin wires used in drift chamber detectors

A. M. Baldini, G. Cavoto, F. Cei +24

Ultra-thin metallic anodic and cathodic wires are frequently employed in low-mass gaseous detectors for precision experiments, where the amount of material crossed by charged parti…

physics.ins-det2021★ 26 cited

Implementation and Optimization of the PTOLEMY Transverse Drift Electromagnetic Filter

A. Apponi, M. G. Betti, M. Borghesi +53

The PTOLEMY transverse drift filter is a new concept to enable precision analysis of the energy spectrum of electrons near the tritium beta-decay endpoint. This paper details the i…

physics.ins-det2021★ 13 cited

Development of a Josephson junction based single photon microwave detector for axion detection experiments

D Alesini, D Babusci, C Barone +30

Josephson junctions, in appropriate configurations, can be excellent candidates for detection of single photons in the microwave frequency band. Such possibility has been recently…

physics.ins-det2021★ 31 cited

Calibration of the liquid argon ionization response to low energy electronic and nuclear recoils with DarkSide-50

The DarkSide collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +136

DarkSide-50 has demonstrated the high potential of dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers in exploring interactions of WIMPs in the GeV/c mass range. The technique, b…

physics.ins-det2021★ 27 cited

Status of the SIMP Project: Toward the Single Microwave Photon Detection

David Alesini, Danilo Babusci, Carlo Barone +30

The Italian institute for nuclear physics (INFN) has financed the SIMP project (2019-2021) in order to strengthen its skills and technologies in the field of meV detectors with the…

physics.ins-det2021

Performance of the ReD TPC, a novel double-phase LAr detector with Silicon Photomultiplier Readout

P. Agnes, S. Albergo, I. Albuquerque +64

A double-phase argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC), with an active mass of 185 g, has been designed and constructed for the Recoil Directionality (ReD) experiment. The aim of the R…

physics.ins-det2021★ 20 cited

A Comparison of CPU and GPU implementations for the LHCb Experiment Run 3 Trigger

R. Aaij, M. Adinolfi, S. Aiola +157

The LHCb experiment at CERN is undergoing an upgrade in preparation for the Run 3 data taking period of the LHC. As part of this upgrade the trigger is moving to a fully software i…

physics.ins-det2021★ 5 cited

The cosmic muon and detector simulation framework of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment

M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini, L. Baldini +60

This paper describes the simulation framework of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment. EEE is a network of cosmic muon trackers, each made of three Multi-gap Resistive Plate…

physics.ins-det2021★ 9 cited

The fast non-ferric kicker system for the Muon Experiment at Fermilab

A. P. Schreckenberger, D. Allspach, D. Barak +39

We describe the installation, commissioning, and characterization of the new injection kicker system in the Muon Experiment (E989) at Fermilab, which makes a precision measur…

physics.ins-det2021★ 15 cited

Performance of the ATLAS RPC detector and Level-1 muon barrel trigger at TeV

ATLAS Collaboration

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) employs a trigger system consisting of a first-level hardware trigger (L1) and a software-based high-level trigger. The L1 m…

physics.ins-det2021★ 13 cited

Large-Area SiPM Pixels (LASiPs): a cost-effective solution towards compact large SPECT cameras

D. Guberman, R. Paoletti, A. Rugliancich +2

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) scanners based on photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are still largely employed in the clinical environment. A standard camera for full…

physics.ins-det2021★ 32 cited

Performance of the diamond-based beam-loss monitor system of Belle II

S. Bacher, G. Bassi, L. Bosisio +17

We designed, constructed and have been operating a system based on single-crystal synthetic diamond sensors, to monitor the beam losses at the interaction region of the SuperKEKB a…