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Instruments & Instrumentation
Swati Thakur, Soni Devi, Sanjeet S. Kaintura, Katyayni Tiwari, Pushpendra P. Singh
Summary: This study presents the development of a low background measurement setup using HPGe detectors for measuring low-level radioactivity. The detector's performance was tested and modeled, and the results were compared with experimental data. The setup can be used to measure radioactive contamination in the environment.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Tianyu Yuan, Lan Zhang, Lu Hua, Huiquan Li, Yuchuan Zhong, Bin Liao, Chengbo Li, Tianxi Sun, Xuepeng Sun
Summary: X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is a crucial technique for determining the thickness of thin films or coating materials. A laboratory micro-X-ray fluorescence (Micro-XRF) thickness measurement device has been developed based on an inner-wall coated elliptical monocapillary X-ray lens (EMXRL). The device has smaller X-ray spot size and higher intensity gain, resulting in higher detection efficiency for thickness measurement.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Bharti Rohila, S. R. Abhilash, Diwanshu, Chetan Sharma, Devinder Mehta, Ashok Kumar
Summary: Self-supporting and Au backed Ag-107 targets have been fabricated using a combination of cold rolling and e-beam melting technique. The method is efficient, resulting in targets without significant material loss or major contamination. Various techniques have been used for thickness measurements and characterizations, and one of the fabricated targets has been successfully used in a nuclear physics experiment.
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(2024)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nelson R. F. Braga, Octavio C. Junqueira
Summary: This study investigates the influence of rotation on the transition temperature of strongly interacting matter produced in non-central heavy ion collisions. By using a holographic description of an AdS black hole, the authors extend the analysis to the more realistic case where the matter spreads over a region around the rotational axis. The results show the coexistence of confined and deconfined phases and are consistent with the concept of local temperature in rotating frames developed by Tolman and Ehrenfest.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bing Sun, Jiachen An, Zhoujian Cao
Summary: This paper investigates the effect of gravitational constant variation on the propagation of gravitational waves. By employing two analytical methods, the study finds that variations in the gravitational constant result in amplitude and phase corrections for gravitational waves, and the time variation of the gravitational constant can be constrained through the propagation of gravitational waves.
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Jinhua Li, Zhaoyi Qu, Weiwei Xu
Summary: The AMS detector has developed a new vertex reconstruction algorithm for studying the polarization of gamma-rays, which significantly improves the efficiency of vertex reconstruction and reduces the fake rate.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
M. G. Mazarakis, E. Jongewaard, J. Ellsworth
Summary: This report presents experimental data and a step-by-step technique for evaluating the work functions of thermionic cathodes. The experiments were conducted using small-sized thermionic cathodes provided by Spectra-Mat corporation. The cathode electron current emission work function is emphasized as a crucial parameter for selecting cathodes in various applications.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
M. Loyd, A. Khaplanov, V. Sedov, J. Beal, T. Visscher, C. Donahue, C. Montcalm, G. Warren, R. Butz, C. Boone, C. Hart, R. Riedel, Y. Diawara
Summary: Thermal and cold neutron beamlines require detector systems with high efficiency, large active area, and good spatial resolution. This study presents a new design of Anger camera using silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) instead of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), offering better resolution, less distortion, and more compactness. The use of SiPMs also enables the camera to be used in strong magnetic fields, providing additional experimental capabilities.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
M. Koshimizu, S. Kurashima, A. Kimura, M. Taguchi
Summary: By observing the scintillation time profiles of CeF3 under irradiations of pulsed beams with different LETs, we found that the initial decay was faster for higher LET, which is consistent with previous studies on other self-activated scintillators. This faster decay at higher LET can be explained by the competition between the scintillation caused by 5d-4f transition of Ce3+ ions and quenching due to the interaction between excited Ce3+ ions close to each other.
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Hamza Ezzaoui Rahali, Mohammad Mehdi Rahimifar, Charles-Etienne Granger, Zhehui Wang, Audrey C. Therrien
Summary: This study proposes a compression scheme for X-ray image using machine learning and sparse coding to address the challenge of large data throughputs in imaging systems. The proposed scheme achieves a high compression ratio and image quality, and demonstrates low power and low latency edge data compression on FPGA.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Rafaella Eleni Kotitsa
Summary: The FASER experiment at the LHC aims to search for new, long-lived fundamental particles. The development of a W-Si preshower detector based on a new monolithic silicon pixel sensor is expected to enhance the experiment's discovery potential. Initial tests of the sensor's components have shown positive results.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Lingyun Gong, Zhijun Wang, Weiping Dou, Weilong Chen, Chi Feng, Yue Tao, Chenxing Li, Yuan He, Shuhui Liu, Zhouli Zhang, Jianqiang Wu, Huan Jia, Yu Du, Yimeng Chu
Summary: This study developed a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator capable of accelerating particles with a mass-to-charge ratio up to 3. Through careful design and simulation analysis, the RFQ achieved strong transverse focusing strength and high-quality beam output at a high frequency. Experimental results from beam commissioning showed good agreement with the simulations.
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(2024)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shahar Hod
Summary: The travel times of light signals between two antipodal points on a compact star's surface are calculated for two different trajectories. It is shown that, for highly dense stars, the longer trajectory along the surface may have a shorter travel time as measured by asymptotic observers. A critical value of the dimensionless density-area parameter is determined for constant density stars to distinguish cases where crossing through the star's center or following a semi-circular trajectory on the surface has a shorter travel time as measured by asymptotic observers.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Abdellah Touati, Zaim Slimane
Summary: This letter presents the first study of Hawking radiation as a tunneling process within the framework of non-commutative gauge theory of gravity. The non-commutative Schwarzschild black hole is reconstructed using the Seiberg-Witten map and the star product. The emission spectrum of outgoing massless particles is computed using the quantum tunneling mechanism. The results reveal pure thermal radiation in the low-frequency scenario, but a deviation from pure thermal radiation in the high-frequency scenario due to energy conservation. It is also found that noncommutativity enhances the correlations between successively emitted particles.
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Instruments & Instrumentation
S. B. Vishwakarma, S. K. Dubey, R. L. Dubey, I. Sulania, D. Kanjilal
Summary: Investigations have been conducted on the implanted SiO2 thin film after thermal annealing using various analytical techniques. The results revealed the absence of vacancy defects, variations in vibrational modes and the formation of new structures. The photoluminescence intensity of the annealed SiO2 samples was higher, with a decrease in non-radiative defect centers and an increase in radiative Si:SiO2 interface states. Additionally, the presence of silicon nanoclusters formed after annealing resulted in an additional radiative recombination peak. Furthermore, the formation of new SiOx structures was observed after thermal annealing.
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(2024)
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Physics, Nuclear
M. Shariq Asnain, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Mohd. Shuaib, Aquib Siddique, Ishfaq Majeed Bhat, B. P. Singh, R. Prasad
Summary: This study validates the compound nucleus theory using heavy ion beams and different targets. By analyzing cross section data and comparing reaction cross section data, the study confirms the validity of the theory, but also observes discrepancies at lower excitation energies.
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Jin-wei Wang, Jun-nan Liu, Li-min Jin, Song Xue, Wan-qian Zhu, Jia-hua Chen
Summary: The performance of a gas attenuator with argon as the working medium was simulated and investigated using numerical simulation. The study obtained the temperature and density distribution of the gas inside the attenuator, demonstrating the density depression effect and attenuation results. The study provides valuable reference for performance prediction and optimization design of gas attenuators.
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Mohammad S. Sabra
Summary: In this study, the predictions of SAPTON, Geant4 models QGSP-INCLXX, and SHIELDING for the 16O + Al reaction have been validated with experimental data. It was found that SAPTON shows better agreement with the data compared to Geant4 models.
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
X. He
Summary: Excellent particle identification is crucial for future Electron Ion Collider experiments. A compact modular ring imaging Cherenkov (mRICH) detector has been developed using ring imaging Cherenkov and ultra-fast time-of-flight techniques, providing K /pi separation over a wide momentum range. The detector's performance was validated through the third beam-test.
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(2024)
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Instruments & Instrumentation
Huynh Dinh Chuong, Nguyen Huynh Duy Khang, Le Thi Ngoc Trang, Nguyen Thi Truc Linh, Truong Thanh Sang, Nguyen Thanh Dat, Hoang Duc Tam
Summary: This paper presents a comparative study of three models, including virtual point detector (VPD), curve fitting (CF), and machine learning (ML), in determining the full-energy peak efficiency (FEPE) of HPGe detector. The study found that the ML model outperforms VPD and CF models in terms of accuracy.
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(2024)
