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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…
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…
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…
CIRCUS: an autonomous control system for antimatter, atomic and quantum physics experiments
Marco Volponi, Saiva Huck, Ruggero Caravita +49
A powerful and robust control system is a crucial, often neglected, pillar of any modern, complex physics experiment that requires the management of a multitude of different device…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Improved algorithms for determination of particle directions with Timepix3
Petr Mánek, Benedikt Bergmann, Petr Burian +5
Timepix3 pixel detectors have demonstrated great potential for tracking applications. With pixels, 55 m pitch and improved resolution in time (1.56 ns) an…
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…
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…
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…
Magnetic monopole search with the full MoEDAL trapping detector in 13 TeV collisions interpreted in photon-fusion and Drell-Yan production
MoEDAL Collaboration, B. Acharya, J. Alexandre +66
MoEDAL is designed to identify new physics in the form of stable or pseudostable highly ionizing particles produced in high-energy Large Hadron Collider (LHC) collisions. Here we u…
Penetrating particle ANalyzer (PAN)
X. Wu, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello +18
PAN is a scientific instrument suitable for deep space and interplanetary missions. It can precisely measure and monitor the flux, composition, and direction of highly penetrating…
Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL forward trapping detector in 2.11 fb of 13 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC
MoEDAL Collaboration, B. Acharya, J. Alexandre +68
We update our previous search for trapped magnetic monopoles in LHC Run 2 using nearly six times more integrated luminosity and including additional models for the interpretation o…
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…
Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL forward trapping detector in 13 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC
MoEDAL Collaboration, B. Acharya, J. Alexandre +68
MoEDAL is designed to identify new physics in the form of long-lived highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy LHC collisions. Its arrays of plastic nuclear-track detectors…
Final Results of the PICASSO Dark Matter Search Experiment
E. Behnke, M. Besnier, P. Bhattacharjee +31
The PICASSO dark matter search experiment operated an array of 32 superheated droplet detectors containing 3.0 kg of CF and collected an exposure of 231.4 kgd at SNOLA…
Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC
MoEDAL Collaboration, B. Acharya, J. Alexandre +66
The MoEDAL experiment is designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy collisions at the LHC. The largely passive MoEDAL det…
MPX Detectors as LHC Luminosity Monitor
Andre Sopczak, Babar Ali, Nedaa Asbah +15
A network of 16 Medipix-2 (MPX) silicon pixel devices was installed in the ATLAS detector cavern at CERN. It was designed to measure the composition and spectral characteristics of…
The Physics Programme Of The MoEDAL Experiment At The LHC
B. Acharya, J. Alexandre, J. Bernabéu +59
The MoEDAL experiment at Point 8 of the LHC ring is the seventh and newest LHC experiment. It is dedicated to the search for highly ionizing particle avatars of physics beyond the…
Constraints on Low-Mass WIMP Interactions on 19F from PICASSO
The PICASSO Collaboration, S. Archambault, E. Behnke +37
Recent results from the PICASSO dark matter search experiment at SNOLAB are reported. These results were obtained using a subset of 10 detectors with a total target mass of 0.72 kg…
Design, Implementation and First Measurements with the Medipix Neutron Camera in CMS
Dorothea Pfeiffer, Austin Ball, Alan Bell +13
The Medipix detector is the first device dedicated to measuring mixed-field radiation in the CMS cavern and able to distinguish between different particle types. Medipix2-MXR chips…
Test Beam Results of 3D Silicon Pixel Sensors for the ATLAS upgrade
ATLAS 3D Collaboration, P. Grenier, G. Alimonti +90
Results on beam tests of 3D silicon pixel sensors aimed at the ATLAS Insertable-B-Layer and High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)) upgrades are presented. Measurements include charge collec…