J. Shim, D. Jeon, Y. Jung, H. Yang, Y. Lim, H. Cho, C. Seo, K.Y. Choi, C. Sone, M.S. Jang
{"title":"Erratum: Design of stationary computed tomography baggage scanner with π-angle sparsity and compressed-sensing reconstruction: simulation study","authors":"J. Shim, D. Jeon, Y. Jung, H. Yang, Y. Lim, H. Cho, C. Seo, K.Y. Choi, C. Sone, M.S. Jang","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/e07003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/e07003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141847559","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}
{"title":"SiPM and readout electronics for the JUNO-TAO Central Detector","authors":"C. Venettacci","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/c07008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/c07008","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO). TAO consists of a spherical ton-level Gadolinium-doped Liquid Scintillator detector and its main purpose is the precise measurement of the reactor antineutrino spectrum by detection of light produced in v̅e\u0000 + p⟶ e\u0000 + + n reaction, as a reference for JUNO. About 4,500 photoelectrons per MeV could be detected by instrumenting the sphere surface (∼10 m2) with state-of-the-art Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs), resulting in a sub-percent energy resolution. In this work we present the implemented architecture of the readout electronics based on low-noise, high-speed Front-End Boards (FEBs) connected to a 50×50 mm2 SiPM Hamamatsu tile, composed by 32 SiPM elements of 12×6 mm2 each, divided into two independent output channels. The overall 4,024 FEBs will be supplied through eight custom flanges that have to bring in about 1.5 kW. On the same flanges the 8,048 output signal cables are distributed and routed to the Front-End Controllers (FECs), based on Virtex Ultrascale FPGAs, able to manage up to eight 16-channel ADCs, for a total of 128 channels on a single FEC, with a maximum sampling rate of 250 MHz with 12-bit resolution. A dedicated trigger and data-acquisition system will filter and record occurring events, rejecting dark count events. We report the results of the characterization for the pre-production FEBs batch, following the main figures of merit defined for the experiment, showing single photoelectron resolution better than 13% and dynamic range up to 250 photoelectrons.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141847628","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}
{"title":"Analysis of the S1 triplet component in the DarkSide-50 experiment","authors":"C. Sunny","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/c07009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/c07009","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The DarkSide-50 (DS-50) experiment aims at the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles. It is a dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) where Dark Matter (DM), which constitutes five sixths of all matter in the universe, is expected to interact with an argon nucleus resulting in a nuclear recoil. A scintillation signal (S1) is produced as a result of the ionising events from the DM-Ar interaction. The impurities in LAr, such as O,2, N2, H2O, etc., at the ppm level, quench the scintillation photons, leading to a reduction in the observed lifetime of the triplet state. In this contribution, the effect of impurities on the triplet lifetime is analyzed for individual events using DS-50 data, with a primary focus on nitrogen, one of the candidates for the impurities in LAr hypothesized to cause a suppression of triplet lifetime. This is done by determining the lifetime of the triplet component with a known purity, which can be used as a reference for the purity level of argon used in current and future dark matter searches.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141853087","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}
Xiangqi Tian, Siqi He, Yi Zhou, M. Shao, Jianbei Liu, Zhiyong Zhang, Lunlin Shang, Xu Wang
{"title":"The micro-resistive groove detector: a new compact single amplification-stage MPGD","authors":"Xiangqi Tian, Siqi He, Yi Zhou, M. Shao, Jianbei Liu, Zhiyong Zhang, Lunlin Shang, Xu Wang","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07031","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this paper, we introduce a novel single\u0000 amplification-stage Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD) that\u0000 incorporates a Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC)-based resistive electrode\u0000 at the bottom of micro-groove structures, the micro-Resistive Groove\u0000 (μRGroove) detector. The μRGroove shares a similar compact\u0000 stack geometry with the micro-Resistive WELL (μRWELL) detector,\u0000 but it distinguishes itself by employing a groove structure for\u0000 charge amplification instead of a well. The top metal layer of the\u0000 grooves naturally forms an array of strips. By incorporating\u0000 additional 1-dimensional (1D) readout strips beneath the DLC\u0000 electrode, a 2-dimensional (2D) strip-readout scheme can be easily\u0000 implemented. Two prototypes of the μRGroove\u0000 (10 cm× 10 cm) were manufactured in 2022 at CERN,\u0000 and their performance was evaluated through X-ray and beam\u0000 tests. The results indicate a gas gain > 104, an energy\u0000 resolution of ~ 25%, and negligible charging-up effects for\u0000 8 keV Cu X-rays. Additionally, the detection efficiency was found\u0000 to be ~ 95%, with a position resolution of ∼ 75 μm\u0000 for 150-GeV/c muons. The μRGroove boasts a compact design and\u0000 robustness against discharges. Furthermore, compared to the \u0000 μRWELL, it offers cost savings in detector fabrication and\u0000 yields significantly higher signal amplitude (approximately double)\u0000 at the same gas gain. These attributes position the μRGroove as\u0000 a promising candidate for large-area and low-material-budget\u0000 tracking applications.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141840961","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}
N. Brown, Tommy Ao, Daniel H. Dolan, Marcus D. Knudson, J. Lane
{"title":"DENNIS: a design and analysis tool for dynamic material x-ray diffraction experiments","authors":"N. Brown, Tommy Ao, Daniel H. Dolan, Marcus D. Knudson, J. Lane","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07030","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We present DENNIS (Diffraction Experiment desigN and\u0000 aNalysiS): a graphical software tool useful for the design and\u0000 analysis of dynamic x-ray diffraction experiments, such as those\u0000 performed on the Z Pulsed Power Facility, Thor Pulsed Power\u0000 Generator, and Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS) of the Advanced\u0000 Photon Source. DENNIS provides rapid powder and single-crystal\u0000 diffraction pattern predictions and powder diffraction pattern image\u0000 integration in three-dimensional geometries. Additional features\u0000 include crystallographic information file reading, image processing,\u0000 and synthetic diffraction pattern image generation. We overview the\u0000 software's capabilities, detail the prediction and integration\u0000 methodologies, and provide example implementations on Z and DCS\u0000 experiments.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141841688","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}
{"title":"Micro gas chromatography column using ionic liquid modified metal-organic framework as stationary phase for rapid breath analysis of gastric cancer","authors":"Guoqiang Hu, Zihao Wang, Feifei Yan, Hairong Wang, Xinyuan Hua, Kangning Zhang, Jialing Gao, Pengyu Dong, Shengbin Li, Cheng Cheng","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07016","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The micro gas chromatography columns (μGCs) were\u0000 prepared for rapid breath analysis of gastric cancer. The\u0000 synergistic effect of the specific surface area and the action of\u0000 pore diameter on the separation capacity was investigated. The\u0000 μGC-IL/UIO-66 was prepared using [P66614][Cl]/UIO-66 as the\u0000 stationary phase. For comparison, the μGC-IL and the\u0000 μGC-UIO-66 were prepared using [P66614][Cl] and UIO-66 as\u0000 stationary phase, respectively. [P66614][Cl]/UIO-66 had a high\u0000 specific surface area with a pore diameter distribution of\u0000 0.49 nm. The high specific surface area of [P66614][Cl]/UIO-66\u0000 improved the efficiency of adsorption and desorption, while the\u0000 porous structure with an appropriate pore diameter acted as an\u0000 efficient molecular sieve, synergistically enhancing separation\u0000 efficiency. So compared to the μGC-IL and the\u0000 μGC-UIO-66, the HETP of μGC-IL/UIO-66 was reduced by\u0000 68.2% and 22.6%, respectively. In the analysis of volatile\u0000 biomarkers (acetone, benzene, n-hexane and toluene) for gastric\u0000 cancer, the resolutions between adjacent peaks were 1.96, 2.13 and\u0000 3.67, which met the requirements for quantitative analysis\u0000 (R > 1.5). The retention times of acetone, benzene, n-hexane and\u0000 toluene were 0.72 min, 0.96 min, 1.33 min and 1.67 min, which\u0000 enables rapid analysis. All may suggest that the μGC-IL/UIO-66\u0000 has a promising application in rapid breath analysis of gastric\u0000 cancer.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141851366","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}
H.N. Ratliff, T. Kögler, G. Pausch, L. Setterdahl, K. Skjerdal, J. Turko, I. Meric
{"title":"The Backscatter Gating method for time, energy, and position resolution characterization of long form factor organic scintillators","authors":"H.N. Ratliff, T. Kögler, G. Pausch, L. Setterdahl, K. Skjerdal, J. Turko, I. Meric","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/P07002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/P07002","url":null,"abstract":"This work details a Compton-scattering-based methodology, referred to as Backscatter Gating (BSG), for characterizing the time, energy, and position resolutions of long form factor organic scintillators using a single, fairly minimal measurement setup. Such a method can ease the experimental burden in scenarios where many such scintillator elements may need to be individually characterized before assembly into a larger detector system. A thorough theoretical exploration of the systematic parameters is provided, and the BSG method is then demonstrated by a series of experimental measurements. This “complete” characterization via the BSG method is novel, having previously been used primarily for energy resolution characterization. The method also allows for determination of the assembled scintillator's technical attenuation length and provides a means of verifying the presence or absence of flaws within the scintillator or its optical coupling.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141710345","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}
{"title":"Implementation of energy reduced 90Sr/90Y radiation fields, or: Propagation of beta radiation, a case study","authors":"R. Behrens","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/P07003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/P07003","url":null,"abstract":"Reference beta-particle radiation fields are well described in the standard series ISO 6980 issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In its 2022/2023 edition, two new radiation fields are defined consisting of a radioactive 90Sr/90Y source and a 3 mm or 4 mm plastic absorber located 4 cm in front of the source — with the reference plane of the radiation field being located 20 cm from the source. In this work, the detailed method of how to implement and use these new radiation fields using a Beta Secondary Standard, BSS 2, is described. Furthermore, the influence of the position and thickness of the plastic absorber on the radiation field, i.e., on its spectral and angular distribution as well as on the dose rate, was investigated. It turned out that a change of position by one centimeter or a thickness change of a tenth of a millimeter result in significant changes of the dose rate (∼ 7 % to ∼ 10 %). Finally, the dependence of the angular and spectral distribution on the position and thickness of the absorber was investigated in detail.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141690546","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}
{"title":"Designed a photomultiplier tube X-ray framing camera based on pulse dilation technology","authors":"Wenyong Fu, Chenman Hu, Ling Li, Rongyan Zhou, Ping Chen","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/P07008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/P07008","url":null,"abstract":"During the past decade, many diagnostic instruments have been developed that utilize electronic pulse dilation to achieve temporal resolution in the sub-10 ps range. The motivation behind these development efforts was the need for advanced diagnostics in high-density physics experiments around the world. This technology converts the signal of interest into a free electron cloud, which is accelerated into a vacuum drift space. The acceleration potential varies over time and causes axial velocity dispersion in the electron cloud. This velocity dispersion is converted into time separation after electrons pass through drift space. Then, traditional time resolved methods were used to detect free electrons, and the effective temporal resolution was magnified many times. A gated microchannel plate (MCP) X-ray framing camera based on pulse-dilation technology has been designed and manufactured in the paper. Here, we discuss design details and applications of these instruments. The temporal resolution measured without using broadening technology is approximately 78 ps. When the excitation pulse is applied to the PC, the pulse dilation technique is used to increase the measured temporal resolution to 9 ps. The propagation speed of gated pulses in MCP microstrip lines was measured using fiber bundle method, which is approximately 1.8 × 108 m/s.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141700884","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}
{"title":"Investigation of scintillation properties of a CsI(Tl) crystal at low temperature for dark matter search","authors":"S.D. Park, J. Lee, H. Lee, H.J. Kim","doi":"10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07011","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Korea invisible mass search (KIMS) experiment used\u0000 CsI(Tl) crystals coupled with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to detect\u0000 signals from weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) at room\u0000 temperature. It is expected that combining CsI(Tl) crystals with\u0000 silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) will enhance the detection\u0000 performance. However, SiPMs must operate at low temperatures to\u0000 reduce the dark count rate. In this study, we examined the\u0000 temperature dependence of CsI(Tl) crystal properties, including\u0000 light yield, α/β ratio, decay time, and pulse shape\u0000 discrimination, before integrating it with a SiPM. The CsI(Tl)\u0000 crystal was placed in a low-temperature chamber with a radiation\u0000 source, and scintillation photons were detected by a PMT positioned\u0000 outside the chamber. The response of CsI(Tl) to α-particles\u0000 and γ-rays was examined across temperatures ranging from\u0000 10 K to 300 K.","PeriodicalId":507814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141700557","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}