1. Coded masks for imaging of neutrino events
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A. Minotti, Roberto Calabrese, L. Di Noto, N. Mauri, Piera Sapienza, Paola Sala, M. Panareo, C. Brizzolari, E. Montagna, C. Cattadori, M. Tenti, F. Poppi, A. Bersani, L. Pasqualini, A. Surdo, D. Montanino, L. Patrizii, G. Sirri, S. Zucchelli, Nicolò Tosi, A. Falcone, Eleonora Luppi, M. Citterio, A. Branca, E. Cristaldo Morales, M. Pozzato, S. Di Domizio, Giorgio Riccobene, N. Gallice, G. De Matteis, A. Caminata, E. G. Parozzi, T. Giammaria, M. A. Iliescu, S. Bertolucci, P. Bernardini, S. Biagi, V. Cicero, G. Brunetti, I. Lax, M. Vicenzi, Marco Pallavicini, L. Uboldi, P. Cova, L. Stanco, G. Pessina, V. Pia, N. Moggi, M. Torti, Riccardo Travaglini, I. Cagnoli, S. Davini, S. Copello, C. Distefano, Luigi Martina, F. Ferraro, Mirco Andreotti, R. Cataldo, Luca Tomassetti, Paolo Carniti, G. Laurenti, Massimiliano Fiorini, M. Spanu, Silvio Cherubini, A. Taibi, G. Testera, N. Delmonte, Stefano Riboldi, F. Terranova, M. Guerzoni, Andrea Zani, Massimo Lazzaroni, A. Campani, M. Guarise, Claudio Gotti, F. Schifano, Alessandro Montanari, A. Leaci, G. Ingratta, Andreotti, M., Bernardini, P., Bersani, A., Bertolucci, S., Biagi, S., Branca, A., Brizzolari, C., Brunetti, G., Cagnoli, I., Calabrese, R., Caminata, A., Campani, A., Carniti, P., Cataldo, R., Cattadori, C., Cherubini, S., Cicero, V., Citterio, M., Copello, S., Cova, P., Cristaldo Morales, E., Davini, S., Delmonte, N., De Matteis, G., Domizio, S. D., Noto, L. D., Distefano, C., Giammaria, T., Guarise, M., Falcone, A., Ferraro, F., Fiorini, M., Gallice, N., Gotti, C., Guerzoni, M., Iliescu, M. A., Ingratta, G., Lazzaroni, M., Lax, I., Laurenti, G., Leaci, A., Luppi, E., Martina, L., Mauri, N., Minotti, A., Moggi, N., Montagna, E., Montanari, A., Montanino, D., Pallavicini, M., Panareo, M., Parozzi, E. G., Pasqualini, L., Patrizii, L., Pessina, G., Poppi, F., Pozzato, M., Pia, V., Riboldi, S., Riccobene, G., Sala, P., Sapienza, P., Schifano, F., Sirri, G., Spanu, M., Stanco, L., Surdo, A., Taibi, A., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Testera, G., Tomassetti, L., Torti, M., Tosi, N., Travaglini, R., Uboldi, L., Vicenzi, M., Zani, A., Zucchelli, S., Andreotti M., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertolucci S., Biagi S., Branca A., Brizzolari C., Brunetti G., Cagnoli I., Calabrese R., Caminata A., Campani A., Carniti P., Cataldo R., Cattadori C., Cherubini S., Cicero V., Citterio M., Copello S., Cova P., Cristaldo Morales E., Davini S., Delmonte N., De Matteis G., Domizio S.D., Noto L.D., Distefano C., Giammaria T., Guarise M., Falcone A., Ferraro F., Fiorini M., Gallice N., Gotti C., Guerzoni M., Iliescu M.A., Ingratta G., Lazzaroni M., Lax I., Laurenti G., Leaci A., Luppi E., Martina L., Mauri N., Minotti A., Moggi N., Montagna E., Montanari A., Montanino D., Pallavicini M., Panareo M., Parozzi E.G., Pasqualini L., Patrizii L., Pessina G., Poppi F., Pozzato M., Pia V., Riboldi S., Riccobene G., Sala P., Sapienza P., Schifano F., Sirri G., Spanu M., Stanco L., Surdo A., Taibi A., Tenti M., Terranova F., Testera G., Tomassetti L., Torti M., Tosi N., Travaglini R., Uboldi L., Vicenzi M., Zani A., Zucchelli S., Andreotti, M, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertolucci, S, Biagi, S, Branca, A, Brizzolari, C, Brunetti, G, Cagnoli, I, Calabrese, R, Caminata, A, Campani, A, Carniti, P, Cataldo, R, Cattadori, C, Cherubini, S, Cicero, V, Citterio, M, Copello, S, Cova, P, Cristaldo Morales, E, Davini, S, Delmonte, N, De Matteis, G, Domizio, S, Noto, L, Distefano, C, Giammaria, T, Guarise, M, Falcone, A, Ferraro, F, Fiorini, M, Gallice, N, Gotti, C, Guerzoni, M, Iliescu, M, Ingratta, G, Lazzaroni, M, Lax, I, Laurenti, G, Leaci, A, Luppi, E, Martina, L, Mauri, N, Minotti, A, Moggi, N, Montagna, E, Montanari, A, Montanino, D, Pallavicini, M, Panareo, M, Parozzi, E, Pasqualini, L, Patrizii, L, Pessina, G, Poppi, F, Pozzato, M, Pia, V, Riboldi, S, Riccobene, G, Sala, P, Sapienza, P, Schifano, F, Sirri, G, Spanu, M, Stanco, L, Surdo, A, Taibi, A, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Testera, G, Tomassetti, L, Torti, M, Tosi, N, Travaglini, R, Uboldi, L, Vicenzi, M, Zani, A, and Zucchelli, S
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,chemistry.chemical_element ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Topology (electrical circuits) ,QC770-798 ,Astrophysics ,NO ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Xenon ,Optics ,PE2_2 ,Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity ,Coded Mask, Imaging, Neutrino Physics ,Detectors and Experimental Techniques ,physics.ins-det ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Physics ,Scintillation ,hep-ex ,business.industry ,Detector ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,Charged particle ,QB460-466 ,chemistry ,Proof of concept ,Path (graph theory) ,Coded mask track reconstruction, liquid argon detectors, neutrino physics ,neutrino, particle detector ,Neutrino ,business ,Particle Physics - Experiment - Abstract
The capture of scintillation light emitted by liquid Argon and Xenon under molecular excitations by charged particles is still a challenging task. Here we present a first attempt to design a device able to have a sufficiently high photon detection efficiency, in order to reconstruct the path of ionizing particles. The study is based on the use of masks to encode the light signal combined with single-photon detectors, showing the capability to detect tracks over focal distances of about tens of centimeters. From numerical simulations it emerges that it is possible to successfully decode and recognize signals, even of rather complex topology, with a relatively limited number of acquisition channels. Thus, the main aim is to elucidate a proof of principle of a technology developed in very different contexts, but which has potential applications in liquid argon detectors that require a fast reading. The findings support us to think that such innovative technique could be very fruitful in a new generation of detectors devoted to neutrino physics. The capture of scintillation light emitted by liquid Argon and Xenon under molecular excitations by charged particles is still a challenging task. Here we present a first attempt to design a device able to grab sufficiently high luminosity in order to reconstruct the path of ionizing particles. This preliminary study is based on the use of masks to encode the light signal combined with single-photon detectors. In this respect, the proposed system is able to detect tracks over focal distances of about tens of centimeters. From numerical simulations it emerges that it is possible to successfully decode and recognize signals, even complex, with a relatively limited number of acquisition channels. Such innovative technique can be very fruitful in a new generation of detectors devoted to neutrino physics and dark matter search. Indeed the introduction of coded masks combined with SiPM detectors is proposed for a liquid-Argon target in the Near Detector of the DUNE experiment.
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- 2021