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37 papers
First Directional Dark Matter Limits from the MIMAC μ-TPC Detector
Ilias Ourahou, Daniel Santos, Olivier Guillaudin +3
We present a directional dark matter search using the MIMAC (Micro-tpc Matrix of Chambers) detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory. Operating a low-pressure gas mixture of i-…
Prompt Gamma Timing in Carbon Therapy: First Experimental Results with the TIARA Detector
Maxime Pinson, Adélie André, Yannick Boursier +11
In the context of range monitoring for particle therapy, this study presents the first experimental results obtained with the TIARA detector using carbon-ion beams at the CNAO clin…
TIARA: a fast gamma-ray detector for range monitoring in Proton Therapy
A. André, M. Pinson, C. Hoarau +14
We developed a novel gamma-ray detection system (TIARA) for range monitoring in Particle Therapy. The system employs Cherenkov-based gamma-ray detection modules arranged around the…
A fast plastic scintillator for low intensity proton beam monitoring
Adélie André, Christophe Hoarau, Yannick Boursier +14
In the context of particle therapy monitoring, we are developing a gamma-ray detector to determine the ion range in vivo from the measurement of particle time-of-flight. For this a…
The ionization yield in a methane-filled spherical proportional counter
M. M. Arora, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +40
Spherical proportional counters (SPCs) are gaseous particle detectors sensitive to single ionization electrons in their target media, with large detector volumes and low background…
Search for Light Dark Matter with NEWS-G at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane Using a Methane Target
M. M. Arora, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +40
The NEWS-G direct detection experiment uses spherical proportional counters to search for light dark matter candidates. New results from a 10 day physics run with a $135\,\mathrm{c…
A high sensitivity Cherenkov detector for Prompt Gamma Timing and Time Imaging
Maxime Jacquet, Saba Ansari, Marie-Laure Gallin-Martel +13
We recently proposed a new approach for the real-time monitoring of particle therapy treatments with the goal of achieving high sensitivities on the particle range measurement alre…
Exploring light dark matter with the DarkSPHERE spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby Underground Laboratory
L. Balogh, C. Beaufort, M. Chapellier +37
We present the conceptual design and the physics potential of DarkSPHERE, a proposed 3 m in diameter spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby Undergro…
The NEWS-G detector at SNOLAB
L. Balogh, C. Beaufort, A. Brossard +38
The New Experiments With Spheres-Gas (NEWS-G) collaboration intends to achieve Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) detection using Spherical Propo…
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering: Terrestrial and astrophysical applications
M. Abdullah, H. Abele, D. Akimov +272
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) is a process in which neutrinos scatter on a nucleus which acts as a single particle. Though the total cross section is large…
EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra
P. Adari, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. Amidei +303
Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the signifi…
Measurements of the ionization efficiency of protons in methane
G Collaboration, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +40
The amount of energy released by a nuclear recoil ionizing the atoms of the active volume of detection appears "quenched" compared to an electron of the same kinetic energy. This d…
Directionality and head-tail recognition in the keV-range with the MIMAC detector by deconvolution of the ionic signal
Cyprien Beaufort, Olivier Guillaudin, Jean-François Muraz +3
Directional detection is the only strategy for the unambiguous identification of galactic Dark Matter (DM) even in the presence of an irreducible background such as beyond the neut…
Solar Kaluza-Klein axion search with NEWS-G
G collaboration, Q. Arnaud, L. Balogh +39
Kaluza-Klein (KK) axions appear in theories with extra dimensions as higher mass, significantly shorter lifetime, excitations of the Peccei-Quinn axion. When produced in the Sun, t…
Quenching factor measurements of neon nuclei in neon gas
L. Balogh, C. Beaufort, A. Brossard +47
The NEWS-G collaboration uses Spherical Proportional Counters (SPCs) to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). In this paper, we report the first measurements of…
Performance of CVD diamond detectors for single ion beam-tagging applications in hadrontherapy monitoring
Sébastien Curtoni, Marie-Laure Gallin-Martel, Sara Marcatili +26
In the context of online ion range verification in particle therapy, the CLaRyS collaboration is developing Prompt-Gamma (PG) detection systems. The originality in the CLaRyS appro…
RF pulse amplifier for CVD-diamond particle detectors
C. Hoarau, G. Bosson, J. -L. Bouly +8
This article introduces a design of a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), for the field of diamond particle detectors. This amplifier is described from simulation to measurements, which inc…
A Time-Of-Flight-Based Reconstruction for Real-Time Prompt-Gamma Imaging in Protontherapy
Maxime Jacquet, Sara Marcatili, Marie-Laure Gallin-Martel +11
We are currently conceiving, through (MC) simulation, a multi-channel gamma detector array (TIARA for Time-of-flight Imaging ARrAy) for the online monitoring of protontherapy treat…
Copper electroplating for background suppression in the NEWS-G experiment
G Collaboration, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +47
New Experiments with Spheres-Gas (NEWS-G) is a dark matter direct detection experiment that will operate at SNOLAB (Canada). Similar to other rare-event searches, the materials use…
Dark Matter Directionality Detection performance of the Micromegas-based TPC-MIMAC detector
Y. Tao, C. Beaufort, I. Moric +9
Directional Dark Matter Detection (DDMD) can open a new signature for Weakly Massive Interacting Particles (WIMPs) Dark Matter. The directional signature provides in addition, an u…
A 100 ps TOF Detection System for On-Line Range- Monitoring in Hadrontherapy
Sara Marcatili, Sébastien Curtoni, Denis Dauvergne +11
The accuracy of hadrontherapy treatment is currently limited by ion-range uncertainties. In order to fully exploit the potential of this technique, we propose the development of a…
Ultra-fast prompt gamma detection in single proton counting regime for range monitoring in particle therapy
S. Marcatili, J. Collot, S. Curtoni +12
In order to fully exploit the ballistic potential of particle therapy, we propose an online range monitoring concept based on high-resolution Time-Of-Flight (TOF)-resolved Prompt G…
Fast neutron spectroscopy from 1 MeV up to 15 MeV with Mimac-FastN, a mobile and directional fast neutron spectrometer
Nadine Sauzet, Daniel Santos, Olivier Guillaudin +5
In the frame of direct dark matter search, the fast neutrons producing elastic collisions are the ultimate background. The MIMAC (MIcro-tpc MAtrix Chambers) project has developed a…
Track length measurement of F ions with the MIMAC Dark Matter directional detector prototype
Y. Tao, C. Beaufort, I. Moric +9
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the most preferred candidate for Dark Matter. WIMPs should interact with the nuclei of detectors. If a robust signal is even…