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physics.ins-det2026

Large-scale real-time signal processing in physics experiments: The ALICE TPC FPGA pipeline

J. Alme, T. Alt, C. Andrei +119

For LHC Run 3, the ALICE Time Projection Chamber was upgraded to operate in continuous readout mode. Interaction rates of up to 50 kHz in Pb-Pb collisions require real-time process…

physics.ins-det2023

Signal shapes in multiwire proportional chamber-based TPCs

J. Alme T. Alt H. Appelshäuser M. Arslandok R. Averbeck E. Bartsch P. Becht L. Bratrud P. Braun-Munzinger H. Buesching H. Caines P. Christiansen F. Costa U. Frankenfeld J. J. Gaardhøje C. Garabatos P. Glässel T. Gunji H. Hamagaki J. W. Harris E. Hellbär H. Helstrup M. Ivanov J. Jung M. Jung A. Junique A. Kalweit R. Keidel S. Kirsch M. Kleiner M. Kowalski M. Krüger C. Lippmann M. Mager S. Masciocchi A. Matyja D. Miśkowiec R. H. Munzer L. Musa B. S. Nielsen J. Otwinowski M. Pikna A. Rehman R. Renfordt D. Röhrich H. S. Scheid C. Schmidt H. R. Schmidt K. Schweda Y. Sekiguchi D. Silvermyr B. Sitar J. Stachel K. Ullaland R. Veenhof V. Vislavicius J. Wiechula B. Windelband

A large-volume Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is the main tracking and particle identification (PID) detector of the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. PID in the TPC is performed vi…

physics.med-ph2020

The HDvent Emergency Ventilator System

David Grimshandl, Manuel Gerken, Eleonora Lippi +24

The pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has affected countries all across the world, heavily burdening the medical infrastructure with t…

physics.ins-det2020★ 51 cited

The upgrade of the ALICE TPC with GEMs and continuous readout

J. Adolfsson, M. Ahmed, S. Aiola +232

The upgrade of the ALICE TPC will allow the experiment to cope with the high interaction rates foreseen for the forthcoming Run 3 and Run 4 at the CERN LHC. In this article, we des…

physics.ins-det2020★ 117 cited

Technical design of the phase I Mu3e experiment

K. Arndt, H. Augustin, P. Baesso +102

The Mu3e experiment aims to find or exclude the lepton flavour violating decay at branching fractions above . A first phase of the experiment using an…

physics.ins-det2019★ 25 cited

A next-generation LHC heavy-ion experiment

D. Adamová, G. Aglieri Rinella, M. Agnello +395

The present document discusses plans for a compact, next-generation multi-purpose detector at the LHC as a follow-up to the present ALICE experiment. The aim is to build a nearly m…

physics.ins-det2018★ 14 cited

Particle identification studies with a full-size 4-GEM prototype for the ALICE TPC upgrade

M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, S. Aiola +177

A large Time Projection Chamber is the main device for tracking and charged-particle identification in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. After the second long shutdown in 2019/…

physics.ins-det2013★ 20 cited

A Tracker for the Mu3e Experiment based on High-Voltage Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors

Niklaus Berger, Heiko Augustin, Sebastian Bachmann +9

The Mu3e experiment searches for the lepton flavour violating decay mu+ -> e+e-e+, aiming for a branching fraction sensitivity of 10^-16. This requires an excellent momentum resolu…

physics.ins-det2013★ 145 cited

Research Proposal for an Experiment to Search for the Decay μ -> eee

A. Blondel, A. Bravar, M. Pohl +22

We propose an experiment (Mu3e) to search for the lepton flavour violating decay mu+ -> e+e-e+. We aim for an ultimate sensitivity of one in 10^16 mu-decays, four orders of magnitu…

physics.ins-det2010★ 694 cited

The ALICE TPC, a large 3-dimensional tracking device with fast readout for ultra-high multiplicity events

J. Alme, Y. Andres, H. Appelshauser +73

The design, construction, and commissioning of the ALICE Time-Projection Chamber (TPC) is described. It is the main device for pattern recognition, tracking, and identification of…

nucl-ex2008★ 51 cited

The CERES/NA45 Radial Drift Time Projection Chamber

The CERES Collaboration

The design, calibration, and performance of the first radial drift Time Projection Chamber (TPC) are presented. The TPC was built and installed at the CERES/NA45 experiment at the…

physics.ins-det2005★ 10 cited

Position Reconstruction in Drift Chambers operated with Xe, CO2 (15%)

C. Adler

We present measurements of position and angular resolution of drift chambers operated with a Xe,CO(15%) mixture. The results are compared to Monte Carlo simulations and importa…

nucl-ex2004★ 15 cited

Event-by-event fluctuations at SPS

Harald Appelshauser, Hiro Sako

Results on event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum and net charge in Pb-Au collisions, measured by the CERES Collaboration at CERN-SPS, are presented. We discus…

nucl-ex2004★ 31 cited

New results from CERES

A. Marin

During the year 2000 the CERES experiment, upgraded with a radial drift TPC, took a large data sample of Pb on Au collisions at 158 AGeV triggered on the 8% most central collisions…

physics.ins-det2003★ 15 cited

Pulse height measurements and electron attachment in drift chambers operated with Xe,CO2 mixtures

A. Andronic

We present pulse height measurements in drift chambers operated with Xe,CO2 gas mixtures. We investigate the attachment of primary electrons on oxygen and SF6 contaminants in the d…

nucl-ex2002★ 148 cited

Enhanced Production of Low-Mass Electron Pairs in 40 AGeV Pb-Au Collisions at the CERN SPS

D. Adamova, CERES/NA45 Collaboration

We report on first measurements of low-mass electron pairs in Pb-Au collisions at the lower SPS beam energy of 40 AGeV. The pair yield integrated over the range of invariant masses…

nucl-ex2002★ 95 cited

Beam Energy and Centrality Dependence of Two-Pion Bose-Einstein Correlations at SPS Energies

D. Adamova

Results are presented of a two-pion interferometry (HBT) analysis in Pb+Au collisions at 40, 80, and 158 AGeV. A detailed study of the Bertsch-Pratt HBT radius parameters has been…

nucl-ex2001★ 10 cited

Prototype tests for the ALICE TRD

A. Andronic, H. Appelshaeuser, C. Blume +23

A Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) has been designed to improve the electron identification and trigger capability of the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at…