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most citedPICOSEC: Charged particle timing at sub-25 picosecond precision with a Micromegas based detector

87 citations · 138 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Timing performance of large prototype based on $\upmu$RWELL- PICOSEC detector technology with active area

A. Pandey, K. Gnanvo, B. Kross +60

The $\upmu$RWELL-PICOSEC detector, which combines a $\upmu$RWELL gaseous amplification structure with a Cherenkov radiator and photocathode, is a novel approach to acheive fast and…

physics.ins-det2025

Design, simulation and performance of the resistive-anode PICOSEC Micromegas detector

Djunes Janssens, Antonija Utrobicic, Marinko Kovacic +52

The PICOSEC Micromegas detector is a Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector concept developed to achieve tens of picosecond timing resolution for charged particle detection by combining a…

physics.ins-det2025

μRWELL-PICOSEC: Precision Timing with Resistive Micro-Well Detector

Kondo Gnanvo

The PICOSEC detector concept uses a micro-pattern gaseous detector (MPGD) amplification structure combined with a Cerenkov radiator coated with a semi-transparent photocathode to p…

physics.ins-det2025

PICOSEC Micromegas Precise-timing Detectors: Development towards Large-Area and Integration

Y. Meng, R. Aleksan, Y. Angelis +49

PICOSEC Micromegas (MM) is a precise timing gaseous detector based on a Cherenkov radiator coupled with a semi-transparent photocathode and an MM amplifying structure. The detector…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

PICOSEC-Micromegas Detector, an innovative solution for Lepton Time Tagging

A. Kallitsopoulou, R. Aleksan, Y. Angelis +49

The PICOSEC-Micromegas (PICOSEC-MM) detector is a novel gaseous detector designed for precise timing resolution in experimental measurements. It eliminates time jitter from charged…

physics.ins-det2024

A Novel Diamond-like Carbon based photocathode for PICOSEC Micromegas detectors

X. Wang, R. Aleksan, Y. Angelis +48

The PICOSEC Micromegas (MM) detector is a precise timing gaseous detector based on a MM detector operating in a two-stage amplification mode and a Cherenkov radiator. Prototypes eq…

physics.ins-det2024

Photocathode characterisation for robust PICOSEC Micromegas precise-timing detectors

M. Lisowska, R. Aleksan, Y. Angelis +55

The PICOSEC Micromegas detector is a~precise-timing gaseous detector based on a~Cherenkov radiator coupled with a~semi-transparent photocathode and a~Micromegas amplifying structur…

physics.ins-det2024

Spatial resolution improvements with finer-pitch GEMs

K. J. Flöthner, L. Scharenberg, A. Brask +13

Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) are used in many particle physics experiments, employing their 'standard' configuration with amplification holes of 140 um pitch in a hexagonal patt…

physics.ins-det2024

Single channel PICOSEC Micromegas detector with improved time resolution

A. Utrobicic, R. Aleksan, Y. Angelis +47

This paper presents design guidelines and experimental verification of a single-channel PICOSEC Micromegas (MM) detector with an improved time resolution. The design encompasses th…

physics.ins-det2023

Studying signals in particle detectors with resistive elements such as the 2D resistive strip bulk MicroMegas

Djunes Janssens, Florian Brunbauer, Karl Jonathan Flöthner +10

As demonstrated by the ATLAS New Small Wheel community with their MicroMegas (MM) design, resistive electrodes are now used in different detector types within the Micro Pattern Gas…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

A large area 100 channel Picosec Micromegas detector with sub 20 ps time resolution

Antonija Utrobicic, Yannis Angelis, Stephan Aune +42

The PICOSEC Micromegas precise timing detector is based on a Cherenkov radiator coupled to a semi-transparent photocathode and a Micromegas amplification structure. The first proof…

physics.ins-det2023★ 13 cited

Towards robust PICOSEC Micromegas precise timing detectors

Marta Lisowska, Yannis Angelis, Stephan Aune +43

The PICOSEC Micromegas (MM) detector is a precise timing gaseous detector consisting of a Cherenkov radiator combined with a photocathode and a MM amplifying structure. A 100-chann…

physics.ins-det2023

The novel XYU-GEM to resolve ambiguities

K. J. Flöthner, F. Brunbauer, S. Ferry +16

Removing ambiguities within a single stage becomes crucial when one can not use multiple detectors behind each other to resolve them which naturally is the case for neutral radiati…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

Performance of the new RD51 VMM3a/SRS beam telescope---studying MPGDs simultaneously in energy, space and time at high rates

L. Scharenberg, J. Bortfeldt, F. Brunbauer +14

The RD51 collaboration maintains a common infrastructure at CERN for its R & D activities, including two beam telescopes for test beam campaigns. Recently, one of the beam telescop…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

Demonstration of Gd-GEM detector design for neutron macromolecular crystallography applications

D. Pfeiffer, F. Brunbauer, R. Hall-Wilton +12

The European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden will become the world's most powerful thermal neutron source. The Macromolecular Diffractometer (NMX) at the ESS requires three…

physics.ins-det2022

Snowmass 2021 White Paper Instrumentation Frontier 05 -- White Paper 1: MPGDs: Recent advances and current R&D

K. Dehmelt, M. Della Pietra, H. Muller +67

This paper will review the origins, development, and examples of new versions of Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors. The goal for MPGD development was the creation of detectors that could…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2021★ 14 cited

Timing performance of a multi-pad PICOSEC-Micromegas detector prototype

S. Aune, J. Bortfeldt, F. Brunbauer +39

The multi-pad PICOSEC-Micromegas is an improved detector prototype with a segmented anode, consisting of 19 hexagonal pads. Detailed studies are performed with data collected in a…

physics.ins-det2020★ 4 cited

Optical Readout Studies of the Thick-COBRA Gaseous Detector

F. Garcia, F. M. Brunbauer, M. Lisowska +11

The performance of a Thick-COBRA (THCOBRA) gaseous detector is studied using an optical readout technique. The operation principle of this device is described, highlighting its ope…

physics.ins-det2019

Amplitude-tuneable, octal LED pulser for emulation of scintillation light in multi-channel photon detectors

Alexandru Rusu, Hans Muller

Photon detectors like the ALICE Calorimeters are vulnerable to both optical and electrical crosstalk between detector channels belonging to the same particle event. In order to qua…

physics.ins-det2019★ 4 cited

Precise Charged Particle Timing with the PICOSEC Detector

J. Bortfeldt, F. Brunbauer, C. David +38

The experimental requirements in near future accelerators (e.g. High Luminosity-LHC) has stimulated intense interest in development of detectors with high precision timing capabili…

physics.ins-det2019★ 1 cited

Modeling the Timing Characteristics of the PICOSEC Micromegas Detector

J. Bortfeldt, F. Brunbauer, C. David +38

The PICOSEC Micromegas detector can time the arrival of Minimum Ionizing Particles with a sub-25 ps precision. A very good timing resolution in detecting single photons is also dem…

physics.ins-det2017★ 87 cited

PICOSEC: Charged particle timing at sub-25 picosecond precision with a Micromegas based detector

J. Bortfeldt, F. Brunbauer, C. David +37

The prospect of pileup induced backgrounds at the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) has stimulated intense interest in developing technologies for charged particle detection with accura…