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20172026
most citedFirst experimental search for production of magnetic monopoles via the Schwinger mechanism

57 citations · 207 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Analysis of mixed radiation fields at the MoEDAL experiment based on real-time data from a Timepix detector network

Benedikt Bergmann, Petr Burian, Josef Janeček +6

The primary objective of this work is the determination of fluences and characteristics of fast neutrons, other hadrons, and highly ionizing particles (HIPs) in the environment of…

physics.ins-det2024★ 5 cited

TALOS (Total Automation of LabVIEW Operations for Science): A framework for autonomous control systems for complex experiments

M. Volponi, J. Zieliński, T. Rauschendorfer +52

Modern physics experiments are frequently very complex, relying on multiple simultaneous events to happen in order to obtain the desired result. The experiment control system plays…

physics.ins-det2024

Real-time antiproton annihilation vertexing with sub-micron resolution

M. Berghold, D. Orsucci, F. Guatieri +63

The primary goal of the AEgIS experiment is to precisely measure the free fall of antihydrogen within Earth's gravitational field. To this end, a cold ~50K antihydrogen beam has to…

nucl-ex2024★ 17 cited

MoEDAL search in the CMS beam pipe for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger effect

B. Acharya, J. Alexandre, S. C. Behera +64

We report on a search for magnetic monopoles (MMs) produced in ultraperipheral Pb--Pb collisions during Run-1 of the LHC. The beam pipe surrounding the interaction region of the CM…

hep-ex2023★ 10 cited

Search for Highly-Ionizing Particles in pp Collisions During LHC Run-2 Using the Full MoEDAL Detector

MoEDAL Collaboration

This search for Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) and High Electric Charge Objects (HECOs) with spins 0, 1/2 and 1, uses for the first time the full MoEDAL detector, exposed to 6.6 fb^-1 pr…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 1 cited

Positronium laser cooling via the - transition with a broadband laser pulse

L. T. Glöggler, N. Gusakova, B. Rienäcker +49

We report on laser cooling of a large fraction of positronium (Ps) in free-flight by strongly saturating the - transition with a broadband, long-pulsed 243 nm alexandri…

physics.ins-det2023

Electron Emission Channeling for lattice location of radioactive isotopes in single crystals: Improvements from a Timepix3 quad detector and new PyFDD data analysis software

Eric David-Bosne, Ângelo Costa, Benedikt Bergmann +4

Electron Emission Channeling (EC) is a powerful technique for the investigation of the lattice location of radioactive isotopes implanted into single crystals. After implantation t…

physics.ins-det2023★ 13 cited

Track Lab: extensible data acquisition software for fast pixel detectors, online analysis and automation

Petr Mánek, Petr Burian, Eric David-Bosne +2

Fast, incremental evolution of physics instrumentation raises the question of efficient software abstraction and transferability of algorithms across similar technologies. This con…

hep-ex2021★ 20 cited

Search for Highly-Ionizing Particles in pp Collisions at the LHC's Run-1 Using the Prototype MoEDAL Detector

B. Acharya, J. Alexandre, P. Benes +68

A search for highly electrically charged objects (HECOs) and magnetic monopoles is presented using 2.2 fb-1 of p - p collision data taken at a centre of mass energy (ECM) of 8 TeV…

hep-ex2021★ 57 cited

First experimental search for production of magnetic monopoles via the Schwinger mechanism

B. Acharya, J. Alexandre, P. Benes +64

Schwinger showed that electrically-charged particles can be produced in a strong electric field by quantum tunnelling through the Coulomb barrier. By electromagnetic duality, if ma…

physics.ins-det2020★ 20 cited

Measurements of D-D fusion neutrons generated in nanowire array laser plasma using Timepix3 detector

Peter Rubovic, Aldo Bonasera, Petr Burian +24

We present the results of neutron detection in a laser plasma experiment with a CD nanowire target. A hybrid semiconductor pixel detector Timepix3 covered with neutron converte…

hep-ex2020★ 39 cited

First search for dyons with the full MoEDAL trapping detector in 13 TeV pp collisions

B. Acharya, J. Alexandre, P. Benes +66

The MoEDAL trapping detector, consists of approximately 800 kg of aluminium volumes. It was exposed during Run-2 of the LHC program to 6.46 fb^-1 of 13 TeV proton-proton collisions…

physics.data-an2019★ 6 cited

Randomized Computer Vision Approaches for Pattern Recognition in Timepix and Timepix3 Detectors

Petr Mánek, Benedikt Bergmann, Petr Burian +3

Timepix and Timepix3 are hybrid pixel detectors ( pixels), capable of tracking ionizing particles as isolated clusters of pixels. To efficiently analyze such cluster…

physics.ins-det2019★ 3 cited

Real-time Timepix3 data clustering, visualization and classification with a new Clusterer framework

Lukáš Meduna, Benedikt Bergmann, Petr Burian +3

With the next-generation Timepix3 hybrid pixel detector, new possibilities and challenges have arisen. The Timepix3 segments active sensor area of 1.98 into a square matrix…

physics.ins-det2017★ 16 cited

Precision Luminosity of LHC Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV Using Hit-Counting with TPX Pixel Devices

Andre Sopczak, Babar Ali, Thanawat Asawatavonvanich +19

A network of Timepix (TPX) devices installed in the ATLAS cavern measures the LHC luminosity as a function of time as a stand-alone system. The data were recorded from 13 TeV proto…