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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Precision laser-based measurements of the single electron response of SPCs for the NEWS-G light dark matter search experiment
G Collaboration, Q. Arnaud, J. -P. Bard +36
Spherical Proportional Counters (SPCs) are a novel gaseous detector technology employed by the NEWS-G low-mass dark matter search experiment for their high sensitivity to single el…
MIMAC: MIcro-tpc MAtrix of Chambers for dark matter directional detection
D. Santos, G. Bosson, J. L. Bouly +13
Directional detection of non-baryonic Dark Matter is a promising search strategy for discriminating WIMP events from neutrons, the ultimate background for dark matter direct detect…
Development of a microtpc detector as a standard instrument for low energy neutron field characterization
D. Maire, J. Billard, G. Bosson +10
In order to measure energy and fluence of neutron fields, with energy ranging from 8 keV to 1 MeV, a new primary standard is being developed at the IRSN (Institute for Radioprotect…
Measurement of a 127 keV Neutron Field with a micro-TPC Spectrometer
D. Maire, J. Billard, G. Bosson +11
In order to measure the energy of neutron fields, with energy ranging from 8 keV to 1 MeV, a new primary standard is being developed at the IRSN (Institute for Radioprotection and…
SuperB Technical Design Report
SuperB Collaboration, M. Baszczyk, P. Dorosz +406
In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the SuperB detector that was to be installed on the SuperB e+e- high luminosity collider. The SuperB asymmetric collider, which wa…
MIMAC: A micro-tpc matrix for dark matter directional detection
D. Santos, J. Billard, G. Bosson +14
The dark matter directional detection opens a new field in cosmology bringing the possibility to build a map of nuclear recoils that would be able to explore the galactic dark matt…
ALICE EMCal Physics Performance Report
Rene Bellwied
The ALICE detector at the LHC (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) will carry out comprehensive measurements of high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions, in order to study QCD matter un…
Performance of prototypes for the ALICE electromagnetic calorimeter
The ALICE EMCal group
The performance of prototypes for the ALICE electromagnetic sampling calorimeter has been studied in test beam measurements at FNAL and CERN. A array of final design mod…