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most citedPhysics Potential of the ICAL detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO)

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hep-ex2023

Magnetic field simulations and measurements on the mini-ICAL detector

Honey Khindri, B. Satyanarayana, D. Indumathi +5

The ICAL (Iron Calorimeter) is a 51 kTon magnetized detector proposed by the INO collaboration. It is designed to detect muons with energies in the 1-20 GeV range. A magnetic field…

physics.ins-det2023★ 9 cited

Design, fabrication and large scale qualification of cosmic muon veto scintillator detectors

Mandar Saraf, Pandi Raj Chinnappan, Aditya Deodhar +8

The INO collaboration is designing a cosmic muon veto detector (CMVD) to cover the mini-ICAL detector which is operational at the IICHEP transit campus, Madurai in South India. The…

physics.ins-det2022

Magnetic field measurements on the mini-ICAL detector using Hall probes

Honey, B. Satyanarayana, R. Shinde +8

The magnetised 51 kton Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector proposed to be built at INO is designed with a focus on detecting 1-20 GeV muons. The magnetic field will enable the measure…

physics.ins-det2022

Optimisation of Operating High Voltage of the large area Resistive Plate Chamber for ICAL experiment

S. Pethuraj, G. Majumder, K. C. Ravindran +2

The Resistive Plate Chamber is a widely used detector in high energy physics. The operating potential of this chamber is determined by the optimisation of the efficiency and noise…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Qualification study of SiPMs on a large scale for the CMVD Experiment

Mamta Jangra, Raj Bhupen, Gobinda Majumder +14

A Cosmic Muon Veto (CMV) detector using extruded plastic scintillators is being designed around the mini-Iron Calorimeter (mini-ICAL) detector at the transit campus of the India ba…

hep-ex2021★ 13 cited

Characterization of Silicon-Photomultipliers for a Cosmic Muon Veto detector

Mamta Jangra, Gobinda Majumder, Mandar Saraf +10

A Cosmic Muon Veto (CMV) detector using extruded scintillators is being designed around the mini-Iron Calorimeter detector at the transit campus of the India-based Neutrino Observa…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 2 cited

Study of Particle Multiplicity of Cosmic Ray Events using 2m2m Resistive Plate Chamber Stack at IICHEP-Madurai

Suryanarayan Mondal, V. M. Datar, Gobinda Majumder +4

An experimental setup consisting of 12 layers of glass Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) of size 2\,m\,\,2\,m has been built at IICHEP-Madurai (\ang{9;56;14.5}\,N \ang{78;00;…

physics.ins-det2019

Development and characterization of six-gap glass MRPCs and feasibility study of a PET device

M. Nizam, B. Satyanarayana, R. R. Shinde +1

The Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) provide excellent timing as well as position resolutions at relatively low cost. Therefore, they can be used in medical imaging applic…

hep-ex2019★ 4 cited

Measurement of azimuthal dependent muon flux by 2\,m\,\,2\,m RPC stack at IICHEP-Madurai

S. Pethuraj, G. Majumder, V. M. Datar +3

The proposed 50 \,kton\, INO-ICAL experiment is an upcoming underground high energy physics experiment planned to be commissioned at Bodi hills near Theni, India (,…

physics.ins-det2018★ 5 cited

Leak Test of Resistive Plate Chamber Gap by Monitoring Absolute Pressure

Suryanarayan Mondal, V. M. Datar, Gobinda Majumder +3

The India-based Neutrino Observatory Project (INO) is a proposed underground high energy physics experiment at Theni, India to study the neutrino oscillation parameters using atmos…

physics.ins-det2017★ 13 cited

A compact cosmic muon veto detector and possible use with the Iron Calorimeter detector for neutrinos

Neha Panchal, S. Mohanraj, A. Kumar +6

The motivation for a cosmic muon veto (CMV) detector is to explore the possibility of locating the proposed large Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector at the India based Neutrino Obser…

physics.ins-det2016★ 6 cited

Effect of electrical properties of glass electrodes on the performance of RPC detectors for the INO-ICAL experiment

K. Raveendrababu, P. K. Behera, B. Satyanarayana

The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration has chosen glass Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as the active detector elements for the Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) experiment…

physics.ins-det2016★ 2 cited

Effect of water vapor on the performance of glass RPCs in avalanche mode operation

K. Raveendrababu, P. K. Behera, B. Satyanarayana +2

We studied the effect of water vapor on the performance of glass Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) in the avalanche mode operation. Controlled and calibrated amount of water vapor wa…

physics.ins-det2016★ 5 cited

Study of glass properties as electrode for RPC

K. Raveendrababu, P. K. Behera, B. Satyanarayana +1

Operation and performance of the Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) mostly depend on the quality and characteristics of the electrode materials. The India-based Neutrino Observatory c…

physics.ins-det2015★ 4 cited

Design, development and performance study of six-gap glass MRPC detectors

Moon Moon Devi, Naba K. Mondal, B. Satyanarayana +1

The Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) are gas ionization detectors with multiple gas sub-gaps made of resistive electrodes. The high voltage (HV) is applied on the outer su…

physics.ins-det2015★ 178 cited

Physics Potential of the ICAL detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO)

The ICAL Collaboration, Shakeel Ahmed, M. Sajjad Athar +89

The upcoming 50 kt magnetized iron calorimeter (ICAL) detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is designed to study the atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos separa…