208 research outputs found
Experimental results on gamma-ray sources at E sub 0 = 10(13) - 10(14) eV
The detection of very high energy gamma ray sources has been reported in the last few years by means of extensive air shower observations. The Plateau Rosa array for the registration of the arrival directions of extensive air showers has been operating since 1980 and first results on Cygnus X-3 have been reported. Here, the status of observations of Cygnus X-3 and of the Crab Pulsar are reported
A Study of the Operation of Especially Designed Photosensitive Gaseous Detectors at Cryogenic Temperatures
In some experiments and applications there is need for large-area
photosensitive detectors to operate at cryogenic temperatures. Nowadays, vacuum
PMs are usually used for this purpose. We have developed special designs of
planar photosensitive gaseous detectors able to operate at cryogenic
temperatures. Such detectors are much cheaper PMs and are almost insensitive to
magnetic fields. Results of systematic measurements of their quantum
efficiencies, the maximum achievable gains and long-term stabilities will be
presented. The successful operation of these detectors open realistic
possibilities in replacing PMs by photosensitive gaseous detectors in some
applications dealing with cryogenic liquids; for example in experiments using
noble liquid TPCs or noble liquid scintillating calorimeters.Comment: Submitted to the Nuclear Instruments and Method
Photosensitive Gaseous Detectors for Cryogenic Temperature Applications
There are several proposals and projects today for building LXe Time
Projection Chambers (TPCs) for dark matter search. An important element of
these TPCs are the photomultipliers operating either inside LXe or in vapors
above the liquid.
We have recently demonstrated that photosensitive gaseous detectors (wire
type and hole-type) can operate perfectly well until temperatures of LN2. In
this paper results of systematic studies of operation of the photosensitive
version of these detectors (combined with reflective or semi-transparent CsI
photocathodes) in the temperature interval of 300-150 K are presented. In
particular, it was demonstrated that both sealed and flushed by a gas detectors
could operate at a quite stable fashion in a year/time scale. Obtained results,
in particular the long-term stability of photosensitive gaseous detectors,
strongly indicate that they can be cheap and simple alternatives to
photomultipliers or avalanche solid-state detectors in LXe TPC applications.Comment: Submitted to the Proceedings of the PSD-7 Conf. in Liverpool, U
Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations with a High-Density Detector
We propose an experiment to test the hypothesis that the reported anomaly on
atmospheric neutrino fluxes is due to nu_mu nu_x oscillations. It will rely
both on a disappearance technique, exploiting the method of the dependence of
the event rate on L/E, which was recently shown to be effective for detection
of neutrino oscillation and measurement of the oscillation parameters, and on
an appearance technique, looking for an excess of muon-less events at high
energy produced by upward-going tau neutrinos. The detector will consist of
iron planes interleaved by limited streamer tubes. The total mass will be about
30 kt. The possibility of recuperating most of the instrumentation from
existing detectors allows to avoid R&D phases and to reduce construction time.
In four years of data taking, this experiment will be sensitive to oscillations
nu_mu nu_x with Delta m^2 > 10^-4 eV^2 and a mixing near to maximal, and
answer the question whether nu_x is a sterile or a tau neutrino
A WIMP detector with two-phase xenon
Abstract We describe an important new technique to search for WIMPs. This technique employs a method of background discrimination using double phase xenon as detector target. We describe the construction of a two-phase, 1-kg xenon detector. The detector will be installed at the underground laboratory in the Mt. Blanc tunnel, which provides a low background rate. A comparison between the sensitivity curve of our detector and the theoretical events limit from SUSY calculations is presented
Beyond the RICH: Innovative Photosensitive Gaseous Detectors for new Fields of Applications
We have developed and successfully used several innovative designs of
detectors with solid photocathodes. The main advantage of these detectors is
that rather high gains (>10E4) can be achieved in a single multiplication step.
This is possible by, for instance, exploiting the secondary electron
multiplication and limiting the energy of the steamers by distributed
resistivity. The single step approach also allows a very good position
resolution to be achieved in some devices: 50 micron on line without applying
any treatment method (like center of gravity). The main focus of our report is
new fields of applications for these detectors and the optimization of their
designs for such purposes.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, 3 table
Quality assurance for CMS Tracker LV and HV Power Supplies
This work describes the quality assurance measurements that have been carried out on about 2000 Power Supply Units produced in CAEN technology for the CMS Silicon Tracker Detector. The automate procedure and the characteristics of the dedicated Test Fixture developed for this activity are described in details. Magnetic field tolerance and radiation hardness of Tracker power supply units is also discussed at length
The development of gaseous detectors with solid photocathodes for low temperature
There are several applications and fundamental research areas which require
the detection of VUV light at cryogenic temperatures. For these applications we
have developed and successfully tested special designs of gaseous detectors
with solid photocathodes able to operate at low temperatures: sealed gaseous
detectors with MgF2 windows and windowless detectors. We have experimentally
demonstrated, that both primary and secondary (due to the avalanche
multiplication inside liquids) scintillation lights could be recorded by
photosensitive gaseous detectors. The results of this work may allow one to
significantly improve the operation of some noble liquid gas TPCs.Comment: Presented at the X Vienna Conference on Instumentation, Vienna,
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