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physics.ins-det2016★ 41 cited

Large-area silica aerogel for use as Cherenkov radiators with high refractive index, developed by supercritical carbon dioxide drying

Makoto Tabata, Ichiro Adachi, Yoshikiyo Hatakeyama +3

This study presents the development of large-area (18 18 2 cm), high refractive index (1.05) hydrophobic silica aerogel tiles for use as Cherenkov…

physics.ins-det2016★ 119 cited

Reconstruction of primary vertices at the ATLAS experiment in Run 1 proton-proton collisions at the LHC

ATLAS Collaboration

This paper presents the method and performance of primary vertex reconstruction in proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Run 1 of the LHC. The studie…

physics.ins-det2016★ 5 cited

Investigations into the impact of locally modified sensor architectures on the detection efficiency of silicon micro-strip sensors

Luise Poley, Kristin Lohwasser, Andrew Blue +22

The High Luminosity Upgrade of the LHC will require the replacement of the Inner Detector of ATLAS with the Inner Tracker (ITk) in order to cope with higher radiation levels and hi…

physics.ins-det2016★ 1 cited

First application of superconducting transition-edge-sensor microcalorimeters to hadronic-atom x-ray spectroscopy

S. Okada, D. A. Bennett, C. Curceanu +35

High-resolution pionic-atom x-ray spectroscopy was performed with an x-ray spectrometer based on a 240-pixel array of superconducting transition-edge-sensor (TES) microcalorimeters…

physics.ins-det2016★ 25 cited

An experiment of X-ray photon-photon elastic scattering with a Laue-case beam collider

T. Yamaji, T. Inada, T. Yamazaki +9

We report a search for photon-photon elastic scattering in vacuum in the X-ray region at an energy in the center of mass system of ω_{cms} =6.5 keV for which the QED cross section…

physics.ins-det2016★ 10 cited

A novel technique for the measurement of the avalanche fluctuation of gaseous detectors

Makoto Kobayashi, Tomohisa Ogawa, Tomohiko Kawaguchi +12

We have developed a novel technique for the measurement of the avalanche fluctuation of gaseous detectors using a UV laser. The technique is simple and requires a short data-taking…

physics.ins-det2016★ 7 cited

The design and basic performance of a Spiral Fiber Tracker for the J-PARC E36 experiment

O. Mineev, S. Bianchin, M. D. Hasinoff +12

A spiral fiber tracker (SFT) has been designed and produced for the J-PARC E36 experiment as an element of the tracking system for conducting a high-resolution momentum measurement…

physics.ins-det2016★ 4 cited

A Time Projection Chamber with GEM-Based Readout

The LCTPC Collaboration, David Attié, Ties Behnke +67

For the International Large Detector concept at the planned International Linear Collider, the use of time projection chambers (TPC) with micro-pattern gas detector readout as the…

physics.ins-det2016★ 17 cited

Particle identification performance of the prototype Aerogel RICH counter for the Belle II experiment

S. Iwata, I. Adachi, K. Hara +16

We have developed a new type of particle identification device, called an Aerogel Ring Imaging Cherenkov (ARICH) counter, for the Belle II experiment. It uses silica aerogel tiles…

physics.ins-det2016★ 5 cited

Characterisation of silicon microstrip detectors for the ATLAS Phase-II Upgrade with a micro-focused X-ray beam

Luise Poley, Andrew Blue, Richard Bates +21

The planned HL-LHC (High Luminosity LHC) in 2025 is being designed to maximise the physics potential through a sizable increase in the luminosity up to 6*10^34 cm^-2 s^-1. A conseq…

physics.ins-det2016★ 33 cited

Absolute Energy Calibration of X-ray TESs with 0.04 eV Uncertainty at 6.4 keV in a Hadron-Beam Environment

H. Tatsuno, W. B. Doriese, D. A. Bennett +31

A performance evaluation of superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) in the environment of a pion beam line at a particle accelerator is presented. Averaged across the 209 fu…

physics.ins-det2016★ 4 cited

Status Report for the 21th J-PARC PAC : Searching for a Sterile Neutrino at J-PARC MLF (J-PARC E56, JSNS2)

M. Harada, S. Hasegawa, Y. Kasugai +29

The JSNS2 (J-PARC E56) experiment aims to search for sterile neutrinos at the J-PARC Materials and Life Sciences Experimental Facility (MLF).After the submission of a proposal to t…

physics.ins-det2016★ 6 cited

A high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity with a frequency-doubled green laser for precision Compton polarimetry at Jefferson Lab

A. Rakhman, M. Hafez, S. Nanda +13

A high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity with a frequency-doubled continuous wave green laser (532~nm) has been built and installed in Hall A of Jefferson Lab for high precision Compton p…