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 Canada's Nuclear Emergency Response team's integration of emerging technologies, including uncrewed systems, advanced detectors, and high-performance computing, to enhance wide-area nuclear material search capabilities and improve the accuracy of source localization and error propagation.
This study demonstrates that while lower-energy protons generally cause more severe degradation in Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) due to acceptor removal, 400 MeV protons exhibit unexpectedly lower damage than both lower and higher energies, revealing that standard 1 MeV neutron-equivalent fluence scaling fails to fully capture the complex, non-monotonic energy dependence of radiation-induced defect formation.
This paper presents the theoretical framework and detailed experimental design of the Muonium-to-Antimuonium Conversion Experiment (MACE), which aims to discover or constrain charged lepton flavor violation by searching for muonium-to-antimuonium conversion with a sensitivity of approximately .
This paper presents beam-test results demonstrating that pre-production Low Gain Avalanche Detectors for the ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector meet all performance requirements, including charge collection, time resolution, and hit efficiency, even after neutron irradiation simulating end-of-life High Luminosity-LHC conditions.
This paper proposes a protocol to achieve three-dimensional quantum squeezing of optically levitated nanospheres via frequency jumps, demonstrating that approximately 10 dB of squeezing is feasible with current technology to enable impulse detection beyond the standard quantum limit despite decoherence.
This paper reports the successful testbeam characterization of a novel hybrid MCP-PMT with an encapsulated CMOS ASIC at CERN, demonstrating its capability for single-photon Cherenkov detection with a gain of and a timing resolution of approximately 280 ps.
This paper presents the design, simulation, and comprehensive characterization of a high-speed, low-noise transimpedance amplifier capable of accurately measuring SiPM signals across a wide temperature range, including cryogenic conditions down to 80 K, to support future high-energy physics experiments.
This paper introduces AIRPET, a web-based, AI-assisted platform that streamlines the complex, multi-stage process of PET scanner design and evaluation by integrating detector simulation, image reconstruction, and LLM-driven geometry creation into a single accessible workflow.
This paper presents the design and R&D progress of the new cylindrical Inner Tracking System (ITS3) for the ALICE experiment, highlighting its ultra-lightweight wafer-scale Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors, air-cooled architecture, and demonstrated high performance in spatial resolution, detection efficiency, and time resolution.
This paper reports the successful operation of a 13 g archaeological PbWO prototype cryogenic detector, which achieved a low energy threshold and derived the first dark matter exclusion limits using this target material, thereby validating the technological and methodological foundation for the future RES-NOVA experiment.