596 papers
This collection explores the fascinating world of instrumentation and detection within physics, focusing on the tools and sensors that allow scientists to measure the universe. From advanced particle trackers to sensitive gravitational wave detectors, these innovations form the backbone of modern discovery, turning abstract theories into observable data.
On Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this field as it appears on arXiv, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve. Each paper is accompanied by a clear, plain-language explanation alongside a detailed technical summary, bridging the gap between complex research and accessible knowledge.
Below are the latest papers in physics instrumentation and detection, offering fresh insights into how we observe the fundamental nature of reality.
This paper reports the successful characterization of an FBK NUV-HD-cryo silicon photomultiplier operated at 9.4 mK within a dilution refrigerator, demonstrating its viability for detecting cosmic-ray muons in low-background dark matter experiments like QUEST-DMC.
This paper introduces Synchromodulametry, a hardware-first framework for distributed sensor networks that replaces fragile binary coincidence logic with a real-time coherence-based state variable to maintain meaningful event detection despite detector intermittency and non-idealities.
This study establishes a low-energy ion injection scheme into a gaseous detector and measures the ionization yield of fluorine ions in low-pressure gas, finding a value of 0.45 at 30 keV to improve the accuracy of direction-sensitive dark matter search experiments.
This paper benchmarks quantization techniques and the Google Coral Edge TPU for neutrino interaction recognition, demonstrating that while the Edge TPU offers significantly lower energy consumption than CPUs and GPUs with minimal accuracy loss (particularly for Inception V3), it operates at speeds comparable to CPUs but an order of magnitude slower than GPUs.
This paper details the optimization of the annealing process for large-scale, highly transparent silica aerogel tiles produced in Novosibirsk, presenting the resulting improvements in optical and mechanical properties that enhance their utility for Ring-Imaging Cherenkov detectors in major international experiments.
This paper proposes GravNet, a conceptual design for a global network of geographically separated detectors operating in strong magnetic fields to search for high-frequency gravitational waves (MHz to GHz) by synchronizing measurements to distinguish signals from noise and enhance detection significance.
This paper introduces PySiPMGUI, an open-source, platform-independent Python-based graphical user interface that automates the characterization of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) using PyVISA-controlled instruments to support quality assurance in diverse high-energy and astroparticle physics experiments.
This paper presents the development and characterization of a prototype one-dimensional position-sensitive detector using a NaI(Tl) scintillator read out by SiPM arrays at both ends, designed to enhance the energy resolution, position sensitivity, and background rejection of hard X-ray Compton polarimeters like CXPOL.
This paper presents a high-granularity silicon telescope system with an sensitive area that achieves unprecedented simultaneous spatial and charge resolution for high-energy nuclei ( to $29$) through a hybrid machine learning algorithm validated by CERN SPS beam tests.
This paper presents a detailed beam test characterization of the flight-model silicon microstrip detector ladders for the AMS-02 Layer-0 upgrade, evaluating their spatial resolution, response consistency across ladder regions, and angular dependence using a 350 GeV mixed hadron beam at CERN.