465 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 outlines recent advancements and future prospects of the Caribou DAQ system, detailing hardware, firmware, and software developments that prepare the versatile platform for its upcoming transition to version 2.0 based on a Zynq UltraScale+ architecture.
This paper demonstrates a microwave cavity-based displacement transducer using a split-post geometry that exhibits a controllable crossover between quadratic and linear coupling regimes depending on the membrane's position, establishing it as a promising platform for quantum microwave-mechanical transduction.
This paper details the completion and engineering challenges of excavating the 69-meter diameter by 94-meter high underground cavern for the Hyper-Kamiokande detector, highlighting the design evolution and construction methods employed to realize this massive rock cavern 600 meters underground.
This paper presents a comparative simulation study using Geant4 and FLUKA to benchmark and optimize a 30 MeV proton-induced beryllium neutron source, evaluating neutron fluence, gamma dose, and moderation effects to guide the design of a modular irradiation station for thermal neutron fields.
This paper presents the first demonstration of a high-gain MMThGEM-Micromegas detector in low-pressure SF, achieving a record-breaking negative ion gas gain of approximately and successfully validating its capability for multi-dimensional track reconstruction and nuclear recoil identification in both small-scale tests and a large cubic-meter volume for directional dark matter searches.
This paper demonstrates that an 8x8 FET-based terahertz detector array, fabricated in a 65-nm Si-CMOS process and operated in a compact liquid-nitrogen-cooled cryostat, achieves high sensitivity and wide dynamic range comparable to superconducting sensors, making it an ideal solution for space-constrained missions where deep cryogenic cooling is impractical.
This paper demonstrates that hybrid photon counting detectors (HPCDs) enable fast, lab-based nanoscale x-ray tomography, achieving an 800-fold speedup and 75–80 nm spatial resolution for imaging 130-nm node integrated circuits compared to previous methods.
This paper demonstrates that the glass scintillator SG101 is a promising candidate for high-efficiency thermal neutron detection and precise event tagging, exhibiting superior pulse shape discrimination performance and significant physical correlations when coupled with organic scintillators like EJ200 and EJ276.
The authors report the first successful demonstration of an annular AlMn Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) for X-ray detection, achieving a record-breaking energy resolution of 12.1 eV at 17.48 keV (below 0.1%), thereby validating AlMn alloys as a promising alternative to traditional bilayer TESs for high-resolution X-ray spectrometry.
This paper presents a detailed description of the NEXT-100 detector's design, assembly, and radiopurity budget, alongside results from its commissioning run at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, which demonstrated stable operation and effective monitoring using alpha decays.