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20242026
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5 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Charge Transport and Multiplication in Lateral Amorphous Selenium Devices Under Cryogenic Conditions

M. Rooks, S. Abbaszadeh, J. Asaadi +6

Cryogenic photon sensing for high-energy physics motivates photosensor technologies that combine large-area scalability with internal gain and stable operation at low temperature.…

physics.ins-det2025

Characterization of Lateral Amorphous Selenium Photodetectors for Low-Photon and VUV Detection at Cryogenic Temperatures

M. Rooks, S. Abbaszadeh, J. Asaadi +7

The performance of amorphous selenium (a-Se) as a cryogenic photodetector material is evaluated through a series of experiments using laterally structured devices operated in a cus…

hep-ex2025

Opportunities and challenges to study solar neutrinos with a Q-Pix pixel readout

M. Á. García-Peris, G. Ruiz, S. Kubota +24

The study of solar neutrinos presents significant opportunities in astrophysics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. However, the low-energy nature of these neutrinos introduces…

hep-ex2024

First operation of a multi-channel Q-Pix prototype: measuring transverse electron diffusion in a gas time projection chamber

Nora Hoch, Olivia Seidel, Varghese A. Chirayath +19

We report measurements of the transverse diffusion of electrons in P-10 gas (90% Ar, 10% CH4) in a laboratory-scale time projection chamber (TPC) utilizing a novel pixelated signal…

physics.ins-det2024

Vertically stacked amorphous selenium based VUV photodetectors for use in liquid noble detectors

Iakovos Tzoka, M. Rooks, A. C. A. Ishida +3

We present results from the characterization of a vertically stacked amorphous selenium (aSe)-based photodetector for use in cryogenic environments. aSe has been identified as an i…