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Signal formation and induction-gap optimization in a THGEM coupled to a resistive plate anode
Arpan Maity, Luca Moleri, Maryna Borysova +1
A Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM) detector coupled to a resistive plate anode was investigated for the first time, using an Ar:CO (93:7) gas mixture. The resistive an…
Development of a Multi-Purpose Optical TPC for Neutron-Induced Reaction Studies at SARAF
R. Felkai, M. Borysova, L. Moleri +6
Neutron-induced reactions play a central role in stellar and Big Bang nucleosynthesis models. Yet many of the cross sections remain poorly constrained at astrophysically relevant e…
Performance of resistive MPGDs with pad readout coupled to VMM3a ASIC
D. Zavazieva, I. Ravinovich, L. Moleri +6
We present a comparative study of three resistive Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD) technologies - Micromegas, RPWELL, and - with VMM3a based readout, using…
Design and optimization of a hadronic calorimeter based on micropattern gaseous detectors for a future experiment at the Muon Collider
Antonello Pellecchia, Marco Buonsante, Maryna Borysova +14
Micro-pattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs) are a promising readout technology for hadronic calorimeters (HCAL) thanks to their good space resolution, longevity and rate capability. We…
Discharge quenching mechanism and performance of RPWELL with tunable 3D printed resistive plates, charge evacuation in semiconductive glass RPWELL and discharge quenching for Cryogenic-RWELL over a wide range of resistivity
Abhik Jash, Luca Moleri, Andrea Tesi +1
Resistive electrodes are used in gaseous detectors to quench electrical discharges. This helps to protect delicate electrodes and readout electronics and to improve the stability o…
Cryogenic RPWELL: a novel charge-readout element for dual-phase argon TPCs
A. Tesi, S. Leardini, L. Moleri +5
The first operation of a cryogenic Resistive Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector in the saturated vapor of liquid argon is reported. The RPWELL detector was composed of a Thick Gas Electr…
The cryogenic RWELL: a stable charge multiplier for dual-phase liquid-argon detectors
A. Tesi, S. Leardini, L. Moleri +4
The operation of a cryogenic Resistive WELL (RWELL) in liquid argon vapor is reported for the first time. It comprises a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) structure coupled to…
Novel resistive charge-multipliers for dual-phase LAr-TPCs: towards stable operation at higher gains
A. Tesi, L. Moleri, S. Leardini +5
Cryogenic versions of Resistive WELL (RWELL) and Resistive Plate WELL (RPWELL) detectors have been developed, aimed at stable avalanche multiplication of ionization electrons in du…
Development of FeO/YSZ ceramic plates for cryogenic operation of resistive-protected gaseous detectors
L. Olano-Vegas, I. Pardo, S. Leardini +9
We present a ceramic material based on hematite (FeO) and zirconia stabilized with yttria at 8% molar (YSZ), that exhibits stable electrical properties with transported cha…
Towards a large-area RPWELL detector: design optimization and performance
D. Zavazieva, L. Moleri, A. Jash +3
We present a new design and assembly procedure of a large-area gas-avalanche Resistive-Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector. A prototype was tested in $\mathrm{…
The Thick Gas Electron Multiplier and its derivatives: physics, technologies and applications
Shikma Bressler, Luca Moleri, Abhik Jash +2
The Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) is a robust high-gain gas-avalanche electron multiplier - a building block of a variety of radiation detectors. It can be manufactured eco…
The New Small Wheel electronics
G. Iakovidis, L. Levinson, Y. Afik +99
The increase in luminosity, and consequent higher backgrounds, of the LHC upgrades require improved rejection of fake tracks in the forward region of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer. T…
High Rate Studies of the ATLAS sTGC Detector and Optimization of the Filter Circuit on the Input of the Front-End Amplifier
Siyuan Sun, Luca Moleri, Gerardo Vasquez +12
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is expected to be upgraded to the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) by 2029 and achieve instantaneous luminosity around 5 - 7.5 10$^{34}…
Diamond-like carbon coatings for cryogenic operation of particle detectors
Sara Leardini, Yi Zhou, Andrea Tesi +6
Characterization of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings at cryogenic temperatures (down to 77 K) is presented, covering the electrical resistivity range of practical interest to gas…
Test-Beam and Simulation Studies Towards RPWELL-based DHCAL
Dan Shaked-Renous, Fernando Domingues Amaro, Purba Bhattacharya +11
Digital Hadronic Calorimeters (DHCAL) were suggested for future Colliders as part of the particle-flow concept. Though studied mainly with Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC), studies f…
Electrical breakdown in Thick-GEM based WELL detectors
Abhik Jash, Luca Moleri, Shikma Bressler
The occurrence of electrical discharges in gas detectors restricts their dynamic range and degrades their performance. Among the different methods developed to mitigate discharge e…
Bubble dynamics in Liquid Hole Multipliers
A. Tesi, E. Segre, S. Leardini +5
In bubble-assisted Liquid HoleMultipliers(LHM), developed for noble-liquid radiation detectors, the stability of the bubble and the electro-mechanical properties of the liquid-to-g…
A detector-emulation method for realistic readout-electronics tests. A case study of VMM3a ASIC for sTGC detector
Luca Moleri, Nachman Lupu, Alexander Vdovin +1
A detector emulator method has been developed. It allows for testing any readout electronics with realistic detector-like signals under controlled conditions, beyond the limits of…
GALI: a Gamma-ray Burst Localizing Instrument
Roi Rahin, Luca Moleri, Alex Vdovin +6
The detection of astrophysical Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) has always been intertwined with the challenge of identifying the direction of the source. Accurate angular localization of b…
Single Electron Spectra in RPWELL-based detectors
Purba Bhattacharya, Andrea Tesi, Dan Shaked-Renous +3
Single-electron avalanche distributions in gaseous multipliers affect their efficient detection and that of single UV-photons. In this work, we investigated the shape of single-pho…
Signal Formation in THGEM-like Detectors
Purba Bhattacharya, Luca Moleri, Shikma Bressler
Numerical simulations were used to study signal formation in a Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM) and in THGEM -based Thick-WELL (THWELL) and Resistive-Plate WELL (RPWELL) d…
On the localization properties of an RPWELL gas-avalanche detector
Luca Moleri, Purba Bhattacharya, Artur E. C. Coimbra +2
A study of the localization properties of a single-element Resistive Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector is presented. The detector comprises of a single-sided THick Gaseous Electron Mult…
In-beam evaluation of a medium-size Resistive-Plate WELL gaseous particle detector
L. Moleri, F. D. Amaro, L. Arazi +10
In-beam evaluation of a fully-equipped medium-size 3030 cm Resistive Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector is presented. It consists here of a single element gas-avalanche multi…
The Resistive-Plate WELL with Argon mixtures - a robust gaseous radiation detector
L. Moleri, F. D. Amaro, L. Arazi +9
A thin single-element THGEM-based, Resistive-Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector was operated with 150 GeV/c muon and pion beams in Ne/(5%CH), Ar/(5%CH) and Ar/(7%CO); signals…