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Two-dimensional Optical Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter (OPPAC) with SiPM optical readout for heavy-ion tracking
Yassid Ayyad, Cristina Cabo, Marco Cortesi
We report the progress achieved on the development of a two-dimensional Optical Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter (OPPAC) prototype for heavy-ion tracking. The device consists of tw…
Detection of scintillation light in noble gases with wavelength-shifting optical fibers
S. R. Soleti, S. Torelli, G. Martínez-Lema +110
Wavelength-shifting (WLS) techniques enable particle detectors based on noble gases, whose scintillation light is predominantly emitted in the vacuum-ultraviolet. We investigate WL…
Electroluminescence Yield Measurements in Xenon Gas with the NEXT-DEMO++ Detector
NEXT Collaboration, J. Renner, J. D. Villamil +111
The NEXT-DEMO++ detector, a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber serving as a prototype for the NEXT-100 experiment, was used to measure the electroluminescence (EL) yie…
Demonstration of Sub-Percent Energy Resolution in the NEXT-100 Detector
NEXT Collaboration, M. Pérez Maneiro, M. Martínez-Vara +111
NEXT-100 is a high-pressure xenon time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification, designed to operate with up to approximately 70.5 kg at 13.5 bar. It is the most re…
Object Detection with Deep Learning for Rare Event Search in the GADGET II TPC
Tyler Wheeler, S. Ravishankar, C. Wrede +50
In the pursuit of identifying rare two-particle events within the GADGET II Time Projection Chamber (TPC), this paper presents a comprehensive approach for leveraging Convolutional…
Time Projection Chamber for GADGET II
Ruchi Mahajan, T. Wheeler, E. Pollacco +17
Background: The established GADGET detection system, designed for measuring weak, low-energy -delayed proton decays, features a gaseous Proton Detector with MICROMEGAS readout f…
Kinematics reconstruction in solenoidal spectrometers operated in active target mode
Yassid Ayyad, Adam K. Anthony, Daniel Bazin +5
We discuss the reconstruction of low-energy nuclear reaction kinematics from charged-particle tracks in solenoidal spectrometers working in Active Target Time Projection Chamber mo…
Recoil imaging for directional detection of dark matter, neutrinos, and physics beyond the Standard Model
C. A. J. O'Hare, D. Loomba, K. Altenmüller +164
Recoil imaging entails the detection of spatially resolved ionization tracks generated by particle interactions. This is a highly sought-after capability in many classes of detecto…
In-flight production of an isomeric beam of N
C. R. Hoffman, T. L. Tang, M. Avila +10
An in-flight beam of N was produced via the single-neutron adding (,) reaction in inverse kinematics at the recently upgraded Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System…
Beam Particle Identification and Tagging of Incompletely Stripped Heavy Beams with HEIST
A. K. Anthony, C. Y. Niu, R. S. Wang +26
A challenge preventing successful inverse kinematics measurements with heavy nuclei that are not fully stripped is identifying and tagging the beam particles. For this purpose, the…
Development of a novel MPGD-based drift chamber for the NSCL/FRIB S800 spectrometer
M. Cortesi, J. Pereira, D. Bazin +4
The performance of a novel tracking detector developed for the focal plane of the NSCL/FRIB S800 magnetic spectrometer is presented. The detector comprises a large-area drift chamb…
Beam induced space-charge effects in Time Projection Chambers in low-energy nuclear physics experiments
J. S. Randhawa, M. Cortesi, Y. Ayyad +14
Tracking capabilities in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are strongly dictated by the homogeneity of the drift field. Ion back-flow in various gas detectors, mainly induced by the…
Performance test of the MAIKo active target
T. Furuno, T. Kawabata, H. J. Ong +23
A new active target named MAIKo (Mu-PIC based Active target for Inverse Kinematics) has been developed at Kyoto University and Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP),…
Automatic trajectory recognition in Active Target Time Projection Chambers data by means of hierarchical clustering
Christoph Dalitz, Yassid Ayyad, Jens Wilberg +3
The automatic reconstruction of three-dimensional particle tracks from Active Target Time Projection Chambers data can be a challenging task, especially in the presence of noise. I…
Development of a Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter with Optical Readout (O-PPAC)
Marco Cortesi, Yassid Ayyada, John Yurkon
We describe a novel gaseous detector concept for heavy-ion tracking and imaging: the Optical Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter (O-PPAC). The detector consists of two thin parallel-p…