InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-10-08DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040058
C. Jesús-Valls, M. Granado-González, T. Lux, T. Price, Federico Sánchez
{"title":"Enhanced Proton Tracking with ASTRA Using Calorimetry and Deep Learning","authors":"C. Jesús-Valls, M. Granado-González, T. Lux, T. Price, Federico Sánchez","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040058","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, we proposed a novel range detector concept named ASTRA. ASTRA is optimized to accurately measure (better than 1%) the residual energy of protons with kinetic energies in the range from tens to a few hundred MeVs at a very high rate of O(100 MHz). These combined performances are aimed at achieving fast and high-quality proton Computerized Tomography (pCT), which is crucial to correctly assessing treatment planning in proton beam therapy. Despite being a range telescope, ASTRA is also a calorimeter, opening the door to enhanced tracking possibilities based on deep learning. Here, we review the ASTRA concept, and we study an alternative tracking method that exploits calorimetry. In particular, we study the potential of ASTRA to deal with pile-up protons by means of a novel tracking method based on semantic segmentation, a deep learning network architecture that performs classification at the pixel level.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47182305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-10-05DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040057
Chen Hu, Fan Yang, Liyuan Zhang, R. Zhu, J. Kapustinsky, Xuan Li, M. Mocko, Ronald O. Nelson, S. Wender, Zhehui Wang
{"title":"Hadron-Induced Radiation Damage in Fast Heavy Inorganic Scintillators","authors":"Chen Hu, Fan Yang, Liyuan Zhang, R. Zhu, J. Kapustinsky, Xuan Li, M. Mocko, Ronald O. Nelson, S. Wender, Zhehui Wang","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040057","url":null,"abstract":"Fast and heavy inorganic scintillators with suitable radiation tolerance are required to face the challenges presented at future hadron colliders of high energy and intensity. Up to 5 GGy and 5 × 1018 neq/cm2 of one-MeV-equivalent neutron fluence is expected by the forward calorimeter at the Future Hadron Circular Collider. This paper reports the results of an investigation of proton- and neutron-induced radiation damage in various fast and heavy inorganic scintillators, such as LYSO:Ce crystals, LuAG:Ce ceramics, and BaF2 crystals. The experiments were carried out at the Blue Room with 800 MeV proton fluence up to 3.0 × 1015 p/cm2 and at the East Port with one MeV equivalent neutron fluence up to 9.2 × 1015 neq/cm2, respectively, at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. Experiments were also carried out at the CERN PS-IRRAD proton facility with 24 GeV proton fluence up to 8.2 × 1015 p/cm2. Research and development will continue to develop LuAG:Ce ceramics and BaF2:Y crystals with improved optical quality, F/T ratio, and radiation hardness.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43390070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-27DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040055
N. Morange
{"title":"Noble Liquid Calorimetry for FCC-ee","authors":"N. Morange","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040055","url":null,"abstract":"Noble liquid calorimeters have been successfully used in particle physics experiments for decades. The project presented in this article is that of a new noble liquid calorimeter concept, where a novel design allows us to fulfil the stringent requirements on calorimetry of the physics programme of the electron-positron Future Circular Collider at CERN. High granularity is achieved through the design of specific readout electrodes and high-density cryostat feedthroughs. Excellent performance can be reached through new very light cryostat design and low electronics noise. Preliminary promising performance is achieved in simulations, and ideas for further R&D opportunities are discussed.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48054389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-27DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040053
L. Pacini, O. Adriani, E. Berti, P. Betti, G. Bigongiari, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, S. Bottai, P. Brogi, G. Castellini, C. Checchia, R. D’Alessandro, S. Detti, N. Finetti, P. Maestro, P. Marrocchesi, N. Mori, M. Olmi, P. Papini, C. Poggiali, S. Ricciarini, P. Spillantini, O. Starodubtsev, F. Stolzi, A. Tiberio, E. Vannuccini
{"title":"The Impact of Crystal Light Yield Non-Proportionality on a Typical Calorimetric Space Experiment: Beam Test Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations","authors":"L. Pacini, O. Adriani, E. Berti, P. Betti, G. Bigongiari, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, S. Bottai, P. Brogi, G. Castellini, C. Checchia, R. D’Alessandro, S. Detti, N. Finetti, P. Maestro, P. Marrocchesi, N. Mori, M. Olmi, P. Papini, C. Poggiali, S. Ricciarini, P. Spillantini, O. Starodubtsev, F. Stolzi, A. Tiberio, E. Vannuccini","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040053","url":null,"abstract":"Calorimetric space experiments were employed for the direct measurements of cosmic-ray spectra above the TeV region. According to several theoretical models and recent measurements, relevant features in both electron and nucleus fluxes are expected. Unfortunately, sizable disagreements among the current results of different space calorimeters exist. In order to improve the accuracy of future experiments, it is fundamental to understand the reasons of these discrepancies, especially since they are not compatible with the quoted experimental errors. A few articles of different collaborations suggest that a systematic error of a few percentage points related to the energy-scale calibration could explain these differences. In this work, we analyze the impact of the nonproportionality of the light yield of scintillating crystals on the energy scale of typical calorimeters. Space calorimeters are usually calibrated by employing minimal ionizing particles (MIPs), e.g., nonshowering proton or helium nuclei, which feature different ionization density distributions with respect to particles included in showers. By using the experimental data obtained by the CaloCube collaboration and a minimalist model of the light yield as a function of the ionization density, several scintillating crystals (BGO, CsI(Tl), LYSO, YAP, YAG and BaF2) are characterized. Then, the response of a few crystals is implemented inside the Monte Carlo simulation of a space calorimeter to check the energy deposited by electromagnetic and hadronic showers. The results of this work show that the energy scale obtained by MIP calibration could be affected by sizable systematic errors if the nonproportionality of scintillation light is not properly taken into account.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70125919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-27DOI: 10.3390/instruments7010008
V. Biancalana, P. Chessa
{"title":"A Non-Inductive Magnetic Eye-Tracker: From Dipole Tracking to Gaze Retrieval","authors":"V. Biancalana, P. Chessa","doi":"10.3390/instruments7010008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments7010008","url":null,"abstract":"We analyze the information that can be retrieved from the tracking parameters produced by an innovative wearable eye tracker. The latter is based on a permanent-magnet marked corneal lens and by an array of magnetoresistive detectors that measure the magnetostatic field in several positions in the eye proximity. We demonstrate that, despite missing information due to the axial symmetry of the measured field, physiological constraints or measurement conditions make possible to infer complete eye-pose data. Angular precision and accuracy achieved with the current prototypical device are also assessed and briefly discussed. The results show that the instrumentation considered is suitable as a new, moderately invasive medical diagnostics for the characterization of ocular movements and associated disorders.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41833805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-27DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040054
P. Starovoitov
{"title":"Upgrade of ATLAS Hadronic Tile Calorimeter for the High-Luminosity LHC","authors":"P. Starovoitov","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040054","url":null,"abstract":"The Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) is a sampling hadronic calorimeter covering the central region of the ATLAS experiment, with steel as the absorber and plastic scintillators as the active medium. The High-Luminosity phase of the LHC, delivering five times the LHC’s nominal instantaneous luminosity, is expected to begin in 2029. TileCal will require new electronics to meet the requirements of a 1 MHz trigger, higher ambient radiation, and to ensure better performance under high pile-up conditions. Both the on- and off-detector TileCal electronics will be replaced during the shut-down of 2026–2028. The photomultiplier tube (PMT) signals from every TileCal cell will be digitized and sent directly to the back-end electronics, where the signals are reconstructed, stored, and sent to the first level of the trigger at a rate of 40 MHz. This will provide better precision in the calorimeter signals used by the trigger system and will allow the development of more complex trigger algorithms. The modular front-end electronics feature radiation-tolerant, commercial, off-the-shelf components and a redundant design to maintain system performance in case of single points of failure. The timing, control, and communication interface with the off-detector electronics is implemented with modern Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and high-speed fiber optic links running up to 9.6 Gb/s. The TileCal upgrade program has included extensive R&D and test beam studies. A Demonstrator module with reverse compatibility with respect to the existing system was inserted in ATLAS in August 2019 for testing in actual detector conditions. The ongoing developments for on- and off-detector systems, together with expected performance characteristics and results of test-beam campaigns with the electronics prototypes, will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43376839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-26DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040052
Gabriele Bigongiari , Oscar Adriani , Giovanni Ambrosi , Philipp Azzarello , Andrea Basti , E. Berti, Bruna Bertucci , Lorenzo Bonechi , Massimo Bongi , Sergio Bottai , Mirko Brianzi , P. Brogi, Guido Castellini , Enrico Catanzani , Caterina Checchia , Raffaello D’Alessandro , Sebastiano Detti , Matteo Duranti , Noemi Finetti , Valerio Formato , Maria Ionica , Paolo Maestro , Fernando Maletta , Pier Simone Marrocchesi , Nicola Mori , Lorenzo Pacini , Paolo Papini , S. Ricciarini, Gianluigi Silvestre , Piero Spillantini , O. Starodubtsev, F. Stolzi, Jung Eun Suh , Arta Sulaj , A. Tiberio, Elena Vannuccini
{"title":"Tracker-in-Calorimeter (TIC) Project: A Calorimetric New Solution for Space Experiments","authors":"Gabriele Bigongiari , Oscar Adriani , Giovanni Ambrosi , Philipp Azzarello , Andrea Basti , E. Berti, Bruna Bertucci , Lorenzo Bonechi , Massimo Bongi , Sergio Bottai , Mirko Brianzi , P. Brogi, Guido Castellini , Enrico Catanzani , Caterina Checchia , Raffaello D’Alessandro , Sebastiano Detti , Matteo Duranti , Noemi Finetti , Valerio Formato , Maria Ionica , Paolo Maestro , Fernando Maletta , Pier Simone Marrocchesi , Nicola Mori , Lorenzo Pacini , Paolo Papini , S. Ricciarini, Gianluigi Silvestre , Piero Spillantini , O. Starodubtsev, F. Stolzi, Jung Eun Suh , Arta Sulaj , A. Tiberio, Elena Vannuccini ","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040052","url":null,"abstract":"A space-based detector dedicated to measurements of γ-rays and charged particles has to achieve a balance between different instrumental requirements. A good angular resolution is necessary for the γ-rays, whereas an excellent geometric factor is needed for the charged particles. The tracking reference technique of γ-ray physics is based on a pair-conversion telescope made of passive material (e.g., tungsten) coupled with sensitive layers (e.g., silicon microstrip). However, this kind of detector has a limited acceptance because of the large lever arm between the active layers, needed to improve the track reconstruction capability. Moreover, the passive material can induce fragmentation of nuclei, thus worsening charge reconstruction performances. The Tracker-In-Calorimeter (TIC) project aims to solve all these drawbacks. In the TIC proposal, the silicon sensors are moved inside a highly-segmented isotropic calorimeter with a couple of external scintillators dedicated to charge reconstruction. In principle, this configuration has a good geometrical factor, and the angle of the γ-rays can be precisely reconstructed from the lateral profile of the electromagnetic shower sampled, at different depths in the calorimeter, by silicon strips. The effectiveness of this approach has been studied with Monte Carlo simulations and validated with beam test data of a small prototype.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42531116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-23DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040051
J. Brau, M. Breidenbach, Alexandre Habib, L. Rota, C. Vernieri
{"title":"The SiD Digital ECal Based on Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors","authors":"J. Brau, M. Breidenbach, Alexandre Habib, L. Rota, C. Vernieri","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040051","url":null,"abstract":"The SiD detector concept capitalizes on high granularity in its tracker and calorimeter to achieve the momentum resolution and particle flow calorimetry physics goals in a compact design. The collaboration has had a long interest in the potential for improved granularity in both the tracker and ECal with an application of monolithic active pixel sensors (MAPS) and a study of MAPS in the SiD ECal was described in the ILC TDR. Work is progressing on the MAPS application in an upgraded SiD design with a prototyping design effort for a common SiD tracker/ECal design based on stitched reticules to achieve 10 × 10 cm2 sensors with 25 × 100 micron2 pixels. Application of large area MAPS in these systems would limit delicate and expensive bump-bonding, provide possibilities for better timing, and should be significantly cheaper than the TDR concept due to being a more conventional CMOS foundry process. The small pixels significantly improve shower separation. Recent simulation studies confirm previous performance projections, indicating electromagnetic energy resolution based on digital hit cluster counting provides better performance than the SiD TDR analog design based on 13 mm2 pixels. Furthermore, the two shower separation is excellent down to the millimeter scale. Geant4 simulation results demonstrate these expectations.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41683608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040049
Corrado Gatto, G. Blazey, A. Dychkant, J. Elam, M. Figora, Todd Fletcher, K. Francis, Ao Liu, S. Los, Cole Le Mahieu, A. Mane, J. Marquez, Michael J. Murray, E. Ramberg, C. Royon, M. Syphers, R. W. Young, V. Zutshi
{"title":"Preliminary Results from ADRIANO2 Test Beams","authors":"Corrado Gatto, G. Blazey, A. Dychkant, J. Elam, M. Figora, Todd Fletcher, K. Francis, Ao Liu, S. Los, Cole Le Mahieu, A. Mane, J. Marquez, Michael J. Murray, E. Ramberg, C. Royon, M. Syphers, R. W. Young, V. Zutshi","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040049","url":null,"abstract":"A novel high-granularity, dual-readout calorimetric technique (ADRIANO2) is under development as part of the research program of T1604 Collaboration. (Talk Presented at the 19th International Conference on Calorimetry in Particle Physics (CALOR 2022), University of Sussex, Sussex, UK, 16–20 May 2022). The building block of such a calorimeter consists of a pair of optically isolated, small size tiles made of scintillating plastic and lead glass. The prompt Čerenkov light from the glass can be exploited to perform high resolution timing measurements, while the high granularity provides good resolution of the spatial components of the shower. Dual-readout compensation and particle flow techniques can be applied simultaneously to the scintillation and to the Čerenkov section, providing excellent energy resolution as well as PID particle identification. These characteristics make ADRIANO2 a 6-D detector, suited for High Energy as well as High Intensity experiments. A report on the status of the ADRIANO2 project, preliminary measurements of light yield, and current and future R&D plans by T1604 Collaboration are discussed.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43507584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InstrumentsPub Date : 2022-09-21DOI: 10.3390/instruments6040047
P. Simkina
{"title":"Machine Learning Techniques for Calorimetry","authors":"P. Simkina","doi":"10.3390/instruments6040047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6040047","url":null,"abstract":"The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is one of the general purpose detectors at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where the products of proton–proton collisions at the center of mass energy up to 13.6 TeV are reconstructed. The electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) is one of the crucial components of the CMS since it reconstructs the energies and positions of electrons and photons. Even though several Machine Learning (ML) algorithms have been already used for calorimetry, with the constant advancement of the field, more and more sophisticated techniques have become available, which can be beneficial for object reconstruction with calorimeters. In this paper, we present two novel ML algorithms for object reconstruction with the ECAL that are based on graph neural networks (GNNs). The new approaches show significant improvements compared to the current algorithms used in CMS.","PeriodicalId":13582,"journal":{"name":"Instruments","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47857328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}