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Author Abgrall, N. et al; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Escudero, L.; Monfregola, L.; Stamoulis, P. url  doi
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  Title Time projection chambers for the T2K near detectors Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication (up) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 637 Issue 1 Pages 25-46  
  Keywords Time projection chamber; Drift chamber; Gas system; Micromegas; Neutrino oscillation  
  Abstract The T2K experiment is designed to study neutrino oscillation properties by directing a high intensity neutrino beam produced at J-PARC in Tokai, Japan, towards the large Super-Kamiokande detector located 295 km away, in Kamioka, Japan. The experiment includes a sophisticated near detector complex, 280 m downstream of the neutrino production target in order to measure the properties of the neutrino beam and to better understand neutrino interactions at the energy scale below a few GeV. A key element of the near detectors is the ND280 tracker, consisting of two active scintillator-bar target systems surrounded by three large time projection chambers (TPCs) for charged particle tracking. The data collected with the tracker are used to study charged current neutrino interaction rates and kinematics prior to oscillation, in order to reduce uncertainties in the oscillation measurements by the far detector. The tracker is surrounded by the former UA1/NOMAD dipole magnet and the TPCs measure the charges, momenta, and particle types of charged particles passing through them. Novel features of the TPC design include its rectangular box layout constructed from composite panels, the use of bulk micromegas detectors for gas amplification, electronics readout based on a new ASIC, and a photoelectron calibration system. This paper describes the design and construction of the TPCs, the micromegas modules, the readout electronics, the gas handling system, and shows the performance of the TPCs as deduced from measurements with particle beams, cosmic rays, and the calibration system.  
  Address [Birney, P.; Bojechko, C.; Fransham, K.; Gaudin, A.; Karlen, D.; Langstaff, R.; Lenckowski, M.; Myslik, J.; Poffenberger, P.; Roney, M.; Tvaskis, V.] Univ Victoria, Dept Phys & Astron, Victoria, BC, Canada, Email: karlen@uvic.ca  
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  Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes ISI:000289608000004 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 607  
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Author NEMO-3 Collaboration (Argyriades, J. et al); Diaz, J.; Martin-Albo, J.; Monrabal, F.; Novella, P.; Serra, L.; Yahlali, N. url  doi
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  Title Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication (up) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 625 Issue 1 Pages 20-28  
  Keywords Scintillation; Photomultiplier; Plastic scintillators; Optical photon transport; GEANT 4; Double beta decay  
  Abstract We have constructed a GEANT4-based detailed software model of photon transport in plastic sontillator blocks and have used it to study the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO calorimeters employed in experiments designed to search for neutnnoless double beta decay We compare our simulations to measurements using conversion electrons from a calibration source of (BI)-B-207 and show that the agreement is improved if wavelength-dependent properties of the calorimeter are taken into account In this article we briefly describe our modeling approach and results of our studies.  
  Address [Lang, K.; Pahlka, R. B.] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA  
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  Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes ISI:000285432400004 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 587  
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Author Valero, A.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Ferrer, A.; Gonzalez, V.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Sanchis, E.; Solans, C.; Torres, J.; Valls Ferrer, J.A. doi  openurl
  Title The ATLAS tile calorimeter ROD injector and multiplexer board Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication (up) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 629 Issue 1 Pages 74-79  
  Keywords LHC; ATLAS; Calorimeter; Data acquisition; FPGA; Bit error rate  
  Abstract The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter is a sampling detector composed by cells made of iron-scintillator tiles. The calorimeter cell signals are digitized in the front-end electronics and transmitted to the Read-Out Drivers (RODs) at the first level trigger rate. The ROD receives triggered data from up to 9856 channels and provides the energy, phase and quality factor of the signals to the second level trigger. The back-end electronics is divided into four partitions containing eight RODs each. Therefore, a total of 32 RODs are used to process and transmit the data of the TileCal detector. In order to emulate the detector signals in the production and commissioning of ROD modules a board called ROD Injector and Multiplexer Board (RIMBO) was designed. In this paper, the RIMBO main functional blocks, PCB design and the different operation modes are described. It is described the crucial role of the board within the TileCal ROD test-bench in order to emulate the front-end electronics during the validation of ROD boards as well as during the evaluation of the ROD signal reconstruction algorithms. Finally, qualification and performance results for the injection operation mode obtained during the Tile Calorimeter ROD production tests are presented.  
  Address [Valero, A.; Castillo, V.; Ferrer, A.; Hernandez, Y.; Higon, E.; Solans, C.; Valls, J. A.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: alberto.valero@cern.ch  
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  Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes ISI:000287556100012 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 555  
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Author ANTARES Collaboration (Aguilar, J.A. et al); Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J.P.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Mangano, S.; Salesa, F.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. url  doi
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  Title AMADEUS-The acoustic neutrino detection test system of the ANTARES deep-sea neutrino telescope Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication (up) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 626 Issue Pages 128-143  
  Keywords AMADEUS; ANTARES; Neutrino telescope; Acoustic neutrino detection; Thermo-acoustic model  
  Abstract The AMADEUS (ANTARES Modules for the Acoustic Detection Under the Sea) system which is described in this article aims at the investigation of techniques for acoustic detection of neutrinos in the deep sea. It is integrated into the ANTARES neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. Its acoustic sensors, installed at water depths between 2050 and 2300 m, employ piezo-electric elements for the broad-band recording of signals with frequencies ranging up to 125 kHz. The typical sensitivity of the sensors is around – 145 dB re 1 V/mu Pa (including preamplifier). Completed in May 2008, AMADEUS consists of six “acoustic clusters”, each comprising six acoustic sensors that are arranged at distances of roughly 1 m from each other. Two vertical mechanical structures (so-called lines) of the ANTARES detector host three acoustic clusters each. Spacings between the clusters range from 14.5 to 340 m. Each cluster contains custom-designed electronics boards to amplify and digitise the acoustic signals from the sensors. An on-shore computer cluster is used to process and filter the data stream and store the selected events. The daily volume of recorded data is about 10 GB. The system is operating continuously and automatically, requiring only little human intervention. AMADEUS allows for extensive studies of both transient signals and ambient noise in the deep sea, as well as signal correlations on several length scales and localisation of acoustic point sources. Thus the system is excellently suited to assess the background conditions for the measurement of the bipolar pulses expected to originate from neutrino interactions.  
  Address [Anton, G.; Auer, R.; Eberl, T.; Fehr, F.; Fritsch, U.; Graf, K.; Herold, B.; Hoessl, J.; Kalekin, O.; Kappes, A.; Katz, U.; Kopper, C.; Kretschmer, W.; Lahmann, R.; Laschinsky, H.; Motz, H.; Neff, M.; Ostasch, R.; Richardt, C.; Schoeck, F.; Shanidze, R.] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen Ctr Astroparticle Phys, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, Email: robert.lahmann@physik.uni-erlangen.de  
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  Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ISI:000286793800020 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 578  
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Soderstrom, P.A. et al); Gadea, A. doi  openurl
  Title Interaction position resolution simulations and in-beam measurements of the AGATA HPGe detectors Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication (up) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 638 Issue 1 Pages 96-109  
  Keywords gamma-ray tracking; AGATA; Monte Carlo simulations; HPGe detectors; Fusion-evaporation reactions  
  Abstract The interaction position resolution of the segmented HPGe detectors of an AGATA triple cluster detector has been studied through Monte Carlo simulations and in an in-beam experiment. A new method based on measuring the energy resolution of Doppler-corrected gamma-ray spectra at two different target to detector distances is described. This gives the two-dimensional position resolution in the plane perpendicular to the direction of the emitted gamma-ray. The gamma-ray tracking was used to determine the full energy of the gamma-rays and the first interaction point, which is needed for the Doppler correction. Five different heavy-ion induced fusion-evaporation reactions and a reference reaction were selected for the simulations. The results of the simulations show that the method works very well and gives a systematic deviation of <1 mm in the FVVHM of the interaction position resolution for the gamma-ray energy range from 60 keV to 5 MeV. The method was tested with real data from an in-beam measurement using a (30)5i beam at 64 MeV on a thin C-12 target. Pulse-shape analysis of the digitized detector waveforms and gamma-ray tracking was performed to determine the position of the first interaction point, which was used for the Doppler corrections. Results of the dependency of the interaction position resolution on the gamma-ray energy and on the energy, axial location and type of the first interaction point, are presented. The FVVHM of the interaction position resolution varies roughly linearly as a function of gamma-ray energy from 8.5 mm at 250 key to 4 mm at 1.5 MeV, and has an approximately constant value of about 4 mm in the gamma-ray energy range from 1.5 to 4 MeV.  
  Address [Soderstrom, P. -A.; Nyberg, J.; Al-Adili, A.; Atac, A.; Veyssiere, C.] Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden, Email: P-A.Soderstrom@physics.uu.se  
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  Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes ISI:000290082600015 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 619  
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