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most citedMATHUSLA: A Detector Proposal to Explore the Lifetime Frontier at the HL-LHC

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physics.ins-det2025

Atmospheric muon flux suppression at potential new low-radiation underground physics laboratory in Israel

Nadav Hargittai, Igor Zolkin, Yiftah Silver +5

The residual atmospheric muon flux was measured at a candidate site for a new underground, low-radiation physics laboratory beneath the Kokhav HaYarden national park in Israel. Loc…

physics.app-ph2025★ 1 cited

First Demonstration of Underground Muon Imaging at an Archaeological Site in Ancient Jerusalem

Yan Benhammou, Erez Etzion, Yuval Gadot +6

We present a novel underground imaging system that utilizes cosmic-ray muons to explore the subsurface environment at the City of David archaeological site in ancient Jerusalem. Th…

physics.ins-det2025

MATHUSLA: An External Long-Lived Particle Detector to Maximize the Discovery Potential of the HL-LHC

Branden Aitken, Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez +70

We present the current status of the MATHUSLA (MAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles) long-lived particle (LLP) detector at the HL-LHC, covering the design, f…

physics.ins-det2025

Conceptual Design Report for the MATHUSLA Long-Lived Particle Detector near CMS

Branden Aitken, Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez +70

We present the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for the MATHUSLA (MAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles) long-lived particle detector at the HL-LHC, covering th…

physics.ins-det2022★ 3 cited

Muon Detector for Underground Tomography

Yan Benhammou, Erez Etzion, Gilad Mizrachi +3

We utilise muons from cosmic ray to explore hidden underground archaeological structures. Presented here is the design, simulation studies and first laboratory results of a compact…

hep-ex2022★ 1 cited

Recent Progress and Next Steps for the MATHUSLA LLP Detector

Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez, Austin Ball +93

We report on recent progress and next steps in the design of the proposed MATHUSLA Long Lived Particle (LLP) detector for the HL-LHC as part of the Snowmass 2021 process. Our under…

physics.ins-det2020★ 6 cited

An Update to the Letter of Intent for MATHUSLA: Search for Long-Lived Particles at the HL-LHC

Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez, Austin Ball +80

We report on recent progress in the design of the proposed MATHUSLA Long Lived Particle (LLP) detector for the HL-LHC, updating the information in the original Letter of Intent (Lo…

physics.ins-det2020★ 11 cited

The MATHUSLA Test Stand

Maf Alidra, Cristiano Alpigiani, Austin Ball +23

The rate of muons from LHC collisions reaching the surface above the ATLAS interaction point is measured and compared with expected rates from decays of and bosons and…

physics.ins-det2020★ 2 cited

Liquid Scintillators for Large Area Tracking System

Yan Benhammou, Erez Etzion, Gilad Mizrachi +2

We report on studies of non-toxic scintillating liquid useful for large surface detectors. Arrays of liquid scintillators offer a rather simple tool for detecting charged particles…

hep-ex2019★ 18 cited

MATHUSLA: A Detector Proposal to Explore the Lifetime Frontier at the HL-LHC

Henry Lubatti, Cristiano Alpigiani, Juan Carlos Arteaga-Velázquez +60

The observation of long-lived particles at the LHC would reveal physics beyond the Standard Model, could account for the many open issues in our understanding of our universe, and…

physics.ins-det2018★ 5 cited

A Letter of Intent for MATHUSLA: a dedicated displaced vertex detector above ATLAS or CMS

Cristiano Alpigiani, Austin Ball, Liron Barak +61

In this Letter of Intent (LOI) we propose the construction of MATHUSLA (MAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles), a dedicated large-volume displaced vertex dete…