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1. COMBINED SIMULATION METHODOLOGY FOR A COMPLETECHARACTERIZATION OF IONIZING RADIATION EFECTS IN DETECTION DEVICES

Author

N.E. Martín, M. Sofo Haro, and M. Valente

Subjects
monte carlo simulation, tcad, combined methodology, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Ionizing radiation detection devices have been widely used in recent years in various applications and experimental fields, such as high energy physics, nuclear physics, and medical imaging. Detailed description of their operational properties and their characterization by means of numerical modelling, as simulations, are key issue to understand the characteristics of radiation detectors in terms of efficiency, resolution and signal-to-noise ratio, since they allow optimising parameters that will be further used. The modelling processes, as the simulations, are routinely carried out using various tools, like Monte Carlo approaches, for instance: PENELOPE, FLUKA or GEANT4 are used to study the interaction of the radiation with the detector accounting for the whole physical processes. However, transporting electron/hole pairs, as generated through the device sensor to conform the corresponding electronic signals uses tools based on the finite element method, such as TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design), which are developed mainly to help the microelectronics industry to design products. Usually, modelling approaches for radiation transport and electonic signal production are not integrated, thus performing the simulation process by splitting the problem intosucessive independent phases. Within this framework, the present study proposes, implements, and reports on a novel methodology that allows combining the two approaches aimed at integrating the complete simulation, thus achieving a step-by-step integrated modelling flow to describe the interaction of ionizing radiation with the sensor along with the transport of the generated charge to the photodiodes and, finally, to the generation of electronic signals.

Published
2023
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2. CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LA RESPUESTA DEL ESPECTRÓMETRO AMPTEKXR-100-CdTe MEDIANTE SIMULACIÓN MONTE CARLO CON EL CÓDIGO PENELOPE

Author

N. E. Martín, M. Sofo Haro, and M. Valente

Subjects
x-ray spectrometer response, amptek xr-100t-cdte, monte carlo simulation, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

In recent years, the study of X-ray spectrometry has promoted significant advances in various scientific areas, thus increasing the implementation of ionizing radiation in many applications of modern technology. Typical X-ray spectrometry systems consist of a set of devices that allow this radiation to be converted into a detectable electrical signal. The main spectrometer components include: the sensitive volume (detector), the multichannel pulse processing device, and the associated software. Cadmium telluride (CdTe) has been introduced as a suitable bulk-sensing semiconductor material that reports higher efficiency compared to silicon diodes. Then, the Amptek XR-100T-CdTe spectrometer, has gained wide applications during the last years, mainly due to its performance achieving high efficiency up to 100 keV.The present work reports on the characterization of detector response for the Amptek XR using Monte Carlo simulations, while separately accounting for the contribution of the different spectrometer components. To this aim, the geometry along with the elemental composition properties of the different components have been carefully included in the simulation setup. A kernel based approach has been implemented to study the response of the detector using narrow monoenergetic X-ray beams having incident kinetic energy within [5-1000] keV, and discriminating the relative contribution for each kernel attributable to the different spectrometer components. Finally, the simulation results have been compared with the efficiency curve reported by the manufacturer, showing good agreement with the kernel based approach characterization when the CdTe sensitive volume along with the Be vacuum window are taken into account.

Published
2022
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3. EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra

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P. Adari, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. Amidei, G. Angloher, E. Armengaud, C. Augier, L. Balogh, S. Banik, D. Baxter, C. Beaufort, G. Beaulieu, V. Belov, Y. Ben Gal, G. Benato, A. Benoît, A. Bento, L. Bergé, A. Bertolini, R. Bhattacharyya, J. Billard, I.M. Bloch, A. Botti, R. Breier, G. Bres, J-.L. Bret, A. Broniatowski, A. Brossard, C. Bucci, R. Bunker, M. Cababie, M. Calvo, P. Camus, G. Cancelo, L. Canonica, F. Cappella, L. Cardani, J.-F. Caron, N. Casali, G.del Castello, A. Cazes, R. Cerulli, B.A. Cervantes Vergara, D. Chaize, M. Chapellier, L. Chaplinsky, F. Charlieux, M. Chaudhuri, A.E. Chavarria, G. Chemin, R. Chen, H. Chen, F. Chierchie, I. Colantoni, J. Colas, J. Cooley, J.-M. Coquillat, E.C. Corcoran, S. Crawford, M. Crisler, A. Cruciani, P. Cushman, A. D'Addabbo, J.C. D'Olivo, A. Dastgheibi-Fard, M. De Jésus, Y. Deng, J.B. Dent, E.L. Depaoli, K. Dering, S. Dharani, S. Di Lorenzo, A. Drlica-Wagner, L. Dumoulin, D. Durnford, B. Dutta, L. Einfalt, A. Erb, A. Erhart, R. Essig, J. Estrada, E. Etzion, O. Exshaw, F. Favela-Perez, F. v. Feilitzsch, G. Fernandez Moroni, N. Ferreiro Iachellini, S. Ferriol, S. Fichtinger, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J.-B. Filippini, D. Filosofov, J. A. Formaggio, M. Friedl, S. Fuard, D. Fuchs, A. Fuss, R. Gaïor, A. Garai, C. Garrah, J. Gascon , G. Gerbier, M. Ghaith, V.M. Ghete, D. Gift, I. Giomataris, G. Giroux, A. Giuliani, P. Gorel, P. Gorla, C. Goupy, J. Goupy, C. Goy, M. Gros, P. Gros, Y. Guardincerri, C. Guerin, V. Guidi, O. Guillaudin, S. Gupta, E. Guy, P. Harrington, D. Hauff, S. T. Heine, S. A. Hertel, S.E. Holland, Z. Hong, E.W. Hoppe, T.W. Hossbach, J.-C. Ianigro, V. Iyer, A. Jastram, M. Ješkovský, Y. Jin, J. Jochum, J. P. Johnston, A. Juillard, D. Karaivanov, V. Kashyap, I. Katsioulas, S. Kazarcev, M. Kaznacheeva, F. Kelly, B. Kilminster, A. Kinast, L. Klinkenberg, H. Kluck, P. Knights, Y. Korn, H. Kraus, B. von Krosigk, A. Kubik, N.A. Kurinsky, J. Lamblin, A. Langenkämper, S. Langrock, T. Lasserre, H. Lattaud, P. Lautridou, I. Lawson, S.J. Lee, M. Lee, A. Letessier-Selvon, D. Lhuillier, M. Li, Y.-T. Lin, A. Lubashevskiy, R. Mahapatra, S. Maludze, M. Mancuso, I. Manthos, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, R.D. Martin, A. Matalon, J. Matthews, B. Mauri, D. W. Mayer, A. Mazzolari, E. Mazzucato, H. Meyer zu Theenhausen, E. Michielin, J. Minet, N. Mirabolfathi, K. v. Mirbach, D. Misiak, P. Mitra, J-.L. Mocellin, B. Mohanty, V. Mokina, J.-P. Mols, A. Monfardini, F. Mounier, S. Munagavalasa, J.-F. Muraz, X.-F. Navick, T. Neep, H. Neog, H. Neyrial, K. Nikolopoulos, A. Nilima, C. Nones, V. Novati, P. O'Brien, L. Oberauer, E. Olivieri, M. Olmi, A. Onillon, C. Oriol, A. Orly, J.L. Orrell, T. Ortmann, C.T. Overman, C. Pagliarone, V. Palušová, P. Pari, P. K. Patel, L. Pattavina, F. Petricca, A. Piers, H. D. Pinckney, M.-C. Piro, M. Platt, D. Poda, D. Ponomarev, W. Potzel, P. Povinec, F. Pröbst, P. Privitera, F. Pucci, K. Ramanathan, J.-S. Real, T. Redon, F. Reindl, R. Ren, A. Robert, J.Da Rocha, D. Rodrigues, R. Rogly, J. Rothe, N. Rowe, S. Rozov, I. Rozova, T. Saab, N. Saffold, T. Salagnac, J. Sander, V. Sanglard, D. Santos, Y. Sarkis, V. Savu, G. Savvidis, I. Savvidis, S. Schönert, K. Schäffner, N. Schermer, J. Schieck, B. Schmidt, D. Schmiedmayer, C. Schwertner, L. Scola, M. Settimo, Ye. Shevchik, V. Sibille, I. Sidelnik, A. Singal, R. Smida, M. Sofo Haro, T. Soldner, J. Stachurska, M. Stahlberg, L. Stefanazzi, L. Stodolsky, C. Strandhagen, R. Strauss, A. Stutz, R. Thomas, A. Thompson, J. Tiffenberg, C. Tomei, M. Traina, S. Uemura, I. Usherov, L. Vagneron, W. Van De Pontseele, F.A. Vazquez de Sola Fernandez, M. Vidal, M. Vignati, A.L. Virto, M. Vivier, T. Volansky, V. Wagner, F. Wagner, J. Walker, R. Ward, S.L. Watkins, A. Wex, M. Willers, M.J. Wilson, L. Winslow, E. Yakushev, T.-T. Yu, M. Zampaolo, A. Zaytsev, V. Zema, D. Zinatulina, A. Zolotarova

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the significant impact of this excess on the dark matter or neutrino sensitivity of these experiments, a collective effort has been started to share the knowledge about the individual observations. For this, the EXCESS Workshop was initiated. In its first iteration in June 2021, ten rare event search collaborations contributed to this initiative via talks and discussions. The contributing collaborations were CONNIE, CRESST, DAMIC, EDELWEISS, MINER, NEWS-G, NUCLEUS, RICOCHET, SENSEI and SuperCDMS. They presented data about their observed energy spectra and known backgrounds together with details about the respective measurements. In this paper, we summarize the presented information and give a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences between the distinct measurements. The provided data is furthermore publicly available on the workshop’s data repository together with a plotting tool for visualization.

Published
2022
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5. Skipper-CCDs: current applications and future

Author

B.A. Cervantes-Vergara, S. Perez, J.C. D’Olivo, J. Estrada, D.J. Grimm, S. Holland, M. Sofo-Haro, and W. Wong

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

This work briefly discusses the potential applications of the Skipper-CCD technology in astronomy and reviews its current use in dark matter and neutrino experiments. An overview of the ongoing efforts to build multi-kilogram experiments with these sensors is given, in the context of the Oscura experiment. First results from the characterization of Oscura sensors from the first 200 mm wafer-fabrication run with a new vendor are presented. The overall yield of the electron counting capability of these sensors is 71%. A noise of 0.087 e$^-$ RMS, with 1225 samples/pix, and a dark current of (0.031$\pm$0.013) e$^-$/pix/day at 140 K were measured.

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2022
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6. Skipper CCDs for the search of a daily modulation of Dark Matter signal in the DMSQUARE experiment

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N. Ávalos, H Arnaldi, I Artola, X Bertou, E Estrada, M Gómez Berisso, M B Lovino, M Mantiñan, M Sofo Haro, J Tiffenberg, J Estrada, T-T Yu, R Essig, and T Emken

Subjects
History, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The Dark Matter Daily Modulation experiment (DMSQUARE) seeks for dark matter interactions with a Skipper CCD. It is currently running at surface level in Bariloche, Argentina, and will be moved to a shallow underground site at Sierra Grande, Argentina in November 2021. The low threshold achieved by Skipper CCDs allows to search for electron recoil events with an ionization energy down to 1.2 eV. In order to extract a potential dark matter signal from noise at the single electron level, we propose to search for a diurnal modulation of events, resulting from the potential interaction of the dark matter wind with the particles in the Earth. Depending on the model, mass and cross-section, this modulation can be maximum at 40deg of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere, where DMSQUARE is operated. In this article we present the experiment, report preliminary results with a prototype Skipper CCD taking data at surface level and comment on future prospects.

Published
2021

7. High spatial resolution neutron detection technique based on Commercial Off-The-Shelf CMOS image sensors covered with NaGdF_4 nanoparticles

Author

M. Gómez Berisso, Jose Lipovetzky, F. Alcalde Bessia, M. Sofo Haro, J.J. Blostein, Julio Marín, Martin Perez, and Eduardo Martínez

Subjects
Materials science, business.industry, Neutron imaging, Detector, Neutron temperature, CMOS, Optoelectronics, Neutron detection, Neutron, Image sensor, business, Instrumentation, Image resolution, Mathematical Physics
Abstract

We present a position-sensitive neutron detection technique based on a Commercial Off-The-Shelf CMOS image sensor (CIS) covered with nanoparticles of sodium gadolinium fluoride (NaGdF4). The synthesis procedure and characterization of the NaGdF4 nanoparticles are detailed, as well as the deposition method of the conversion layers over the surface of the chips. We also present a manufacture method of test patterns made with neutron-absorbing materials. These patterns were designed to evaluate the performance of the proposed technique. Analyzing the obtained neutron images we conclude that the intrinsic spatial resolution of the developed method is better than (15±6) μm, this upper bound for the spatial resolution is comparable with that obtained with the best neutron position-sensitive detectors available nowadays.

Published
2021

8. Calibration of a large water-Cherenkov detector at the Sierra Negra site of LAGO

Author

A. Galindo, E. Moreno, E. Carrasco, I. Torres, A. Carramiñana, M. Bonilla, H. Salazar, R. Conde, W. Alvarez, C. Alvarez, C. Araujo, O. Areso, H. Arnaldi, H. Asorey, M. Audelo, H. Barros, M. Bonnett, R. Calderon, M. Calderon, A. Campos-Fauth, E. Carrera, D. Cazar, E. Cifuentes, D. Collogo, J. Cotzomi, S. Dasso, A. De Castro, J. De La Torre, R. De León, A. Estupiñan, L. García, M. Gomez Berisso, M. González, W. Guevara, A.M. Gulisano, H. Hernández, A. Jaimes, J. López, C. Mantilla, R. Martín, A. Martinez-Mendez, O. Martínez, E. Martins, J.J. Macías-Meza, R. Mayo-García, T. Melo, J. Mendoza, P. Miranda, E. Montes, E. Morales, I. Morales, C. Murrugarra, C. Nina, L.A. Núñez, A. Núñez-Castiñeyra, L. Otiniano, J. Peña-Rodríguez, J. Perenguez, H. Pérez, Y. Pérez, G. Pérez, S. Pinilla-Velandia, E. Ponce, R. Quishpe, F. Quispe, M. Ramelli, K. Reyes, H. Rivera, J. Rodriguez, J. Rodríguez-Ferreira, M. Rodríguez-Pascual, M. Romero, A.J. Rubio-Montero, J. Salinas, C. Sarmiento-Cano, I. Sidelnik, M. Sofo Haro, M. Suárez-Durán, M. Subieta, J. Tello, R. Ticona, L. Torres-Niõ, J. Truyenque, M. Valencia-Otero, S. Vargas, N. Vásquez, L. Villaseñor, M. Zamalloa, and L. Zavala

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, geography, International network, geography.geographical_feature_category, Meteorology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cherenkov detector, Detector, Geodesy, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Altitude, Volcano, Observatory, law, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation
Abstract

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an international network of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCD) set in different sites across Latin America. On top of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico at an altitude of 4530 m, LAGO has completed its first out of three instrumented detector. It consists of a cylindrical water tank with a diameter of 7.3 m and a height of 1 m and a total detection area of 40 m2 that is sectioned in four equal slices. In this work we present the full calibration procedure of this detector and the initial measurements of stability in rate. We also derive the effective area to gamma-ray bursts for the complete array using the LAGO simulation chain, based on CORSIKA and GEANT4.

Published
2017

9. Low Threshold Acquisition Controller for Skipper Charge Coupled Devices

Author

M. Sofo Haro, Javier Tiffenberg, G. Fernandez Moroni, Juan Estrada, Ted Zmuda, Fernando Chierchie, Angel Soto, Leandro Stefanazzi, Gustavo Cancelo, Neal Wilcer, E.E. Paolini, and Ken Treptow

Subjects
Ethernet, Pixel, business.industry, Computer science, Front panel, Controller (computing), ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, Converters, business, Field-programmable gate array, Signal, Sample (graphics), Computer hardware
Abstract

In this work, the design and preliminary results of the first specially design Skipper-CCD controller, aimed for low threshold particle and astronomy experiments, is presented. The system integrates on a single board: the generation of the clock and bias signals for the sensor; four high-speed analog-to-digital converters to digitize the video channels of the CCD; Artix-7 FPGA to perform pixel calculation and board control; a front panel connector for all the signal inspection; and Ethernet port for full operation and data collection through standard network connection to a PC. The system has been fully tested and sample images were taken for both conventional and Skipper-CCDs.

Published
2019

10. X-ray micrographic imaging system based on COTS CMOS sensors

Author

Jose Lipovetzky, M. Gómez Berisso, Martin Perez, N. Piunno, F. Alcalde Bessia, J. J. Blostein, Iván Sidelnik, F. J. Pomiro, H. Mateos, and M. Sofo Haro

Subjects
Photon, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Attenuation, Detector, Scintillator, CMOS, visual_art, Electronic component, visual_art.visual_art_medium, Optoelectronics, Quantum efficiency, Image sensor, business
Abstract

This paper presents the use of Commercial Off The Shelf CMOS image sensors for the acquisition of X-ray images with high spatial resolution. The X-ray images, with application in biology, electronic components inspection or paleontology research, are obtained with 8 keV photons from a Cu tube. The quantum efficiency of the detector is estimated using attenuation lengths of photons in the sensor, and compared to traditional scintillator conversion layers.

Published
2017

11. First Direct-Detection Constraints on eV-Scale Hidden-Photon Dark Matter with DAMIC at SNOLAB

Author

A. Letessier-Selvon, T. A. Schwarz, I. Lawson, E. Tiouchichine, Mariangela Settimo, Jing Zhou, R. C. Thomas, B. Kilminster, A. Kavner, K. Ramanathan, X. Bertou, V. B. B. Mello, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Juan Estrada, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, Gustavo Cancelo, Frederic Trillaud, Y. Sarkis, Jorge Molina, D. Amidei, A. Castañeda Vázquez, J. Liao, M. Sofo Haro, X. You, Javier Tiffenberg, D. Torres Machado, Claudio Chavez, A. Matalon, M. Butner, R. Gaior, G. Fernandez Moroni, F. Izraelevitch, B. A. Cervantes Vergara, K. P. Hernandez Torres, A. E. Chavarria, Paolo Privitera, Y. Guardincerri, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DAMIC, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies ( LPNHE ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)

Subjects
Particle physics, dark matter: interaction, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Ciencias Físicas, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Dark matter, Scalar field dark matter, photon: absorption, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, dark matter: direct detection, 01 natural sciences, dark matter, High Energy Physics - Experiment, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), [ PHYS.HEXP ] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Computer Science::Systems and Control, ionization, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Warm dark matter, Dark Matter, 010306 general physics, Light dark matter, S030UDM, CCD, Physics, Solid-Sate detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hot dark matter, dark matter: detector, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], Astronomía, detector: sensitivity, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], Weakly interacting massive particles, Mixed dark matter, [ PHYS.HPHE ] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], mixing: kinetic, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Dark fluid, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We present direct detection constraints on the absorption of hidden-photon dark matter with particle masses in the range 1.2-30 eV$c^{-2}$ with the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB. Under the assumption that the local dark matter is entirely constituted of hidden photons, the sensitivity to the kinetic mixing parameter $\kappa$ is competitive with constraints from solar emission, reaching a minimum value of 2.2$\times$$10^{-14}$ at 17 eV$c^{-2}$. These results are the most stringent direct detection constraints on hidden-photon dark matter in the galactic halo with masses 3-12 eV$c^{-2}$ and the first demonstration of direct experimental sensitivity to ionization signals $, Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures

Published
2017

12. Results from 2015 and the 2016 upgrade of the CONNIE experiment for detecting coherent neutrino nucleus scattering

Author

H. Da Motta, A. Castañeda Vázquez, Stefan Wagner, K. P. Hernandez Torres, Gustavo Cancelo, J. C. dos Anjos, Martin Makler, M. Butner, A. Kavner, R. Ford, G. Fernandez Moroni, M. Sofo Haro, Ana Foguel, J.M. Moro, Xavier Bertou, K. Kuk, JoséAntonio Molina, Javier Tiffenberg, H. P. Lima, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Benjamin Kilminster, Claudio Chavez, F. Izraelevitch, Carla Bonifazi, Juan Estrada, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, B. A. Cervantes Vergara, Eduardo E. Paolini, and Y. Sarkis

Subjects
Physics, History, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Scattering, Detector, Noise (electronics), Computer Science Applications, Education, Standard Model, Nuclear physics, Upgrade, Calibration, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Sensitivity (control systems), Neutrino
Abstract

The CONNIE Experiment (Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Interaction Experiment) is currently collecting reactor neutrino data to search for the undiscovered standard model process of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering (CNNS). The detector is composed of a silicon target of thick, fully-depleted, low-noise CCD detectors. Results from data collected in 2015 indicate backgrounds are controlled, and allow an estimate of sensitivity to be presented for a larger scale detector. A 2016 upgrade, adding additional target mass, and reducing readout noise, has been performed, increasing the total yield of signal events by a factor of 30, and already yielding science-quality data. Low-energy nuclear calibrations have been performed, enabling calibration down to the device energy threshold. An estimate of the sensitivity expected for measuring the coherent neutrino process is presented. Future prospects with improved detector energy thresholds are estimated.

Published
2019

13. The data acquisition system of the Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO)

Author

E. Moreno, C. Nina, S. Vargas, R. De León, Y. Perez, E. Morales, M. Gómez Berisso, Manuel Rodríguez-Pascual, Jesús Peña Rodríguez, M. Bonnett, Luis Otiniano, R. Conde, E. Ponce, Antonio J. Rubio-Montero, S. Pinilla-Velandia, C. Araujo, A. De Castro, L. Garcia, O. Martinez, L. Zavala, Jesús Peña-Rodríguez, Haydn Barros, Xavier Bertou, R. Ticona, H. Rivera, H. Pérez, C. Mantilla, K. Reyes, H. Hernández, Cecilia Murrugarra, D. Cazar, L. Villaseñor, Esperanza Carrasco, L. H. Arnaldi, Hernán Asorey, P. Miranda, J. De La Torre, Ibrahim Torres, Luis A. Nunez, A. Martínez-Méndez, J. Cotzomi, R. M. Martin, A. Estupiñan, L. A. Torres-Niño, J. Perenguez, A. Galindo, R. Calderon, A. M. Gulisano, W. Alvarez, M. Calderon, J. López, M. Zamalloa, M. Valencia-Otero, M. Audelo, Nicolas Vasquez, J. Mendoza, M. Sofo Haro, M. Romero, M. González, J. Truyenque, A. Campos-Fauth, A. Carraminana, J. J. Masías-Meza, Christian Sarmiento-Cano, Rafael Mayo-García, D. Cogollo, Iván Sidelnik, J.C. Tello, J. Salinas, A. Jaimes, E. Carrera, R. Quishpe, Sergio Dasso, O. Areso, T. Melo, W. Guevara, A. Nuñez-Castiñeyra, M. Suárez-Durán, E. Cifuentes, C. Alvarez, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, G. Perez, E. Montes, H. Arnaldi, I. Morales, Edyvania Emily Pereira Martins, M. Subieta, and F. Quispe

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Interface (computing), Ciencias Físicas, Real-time computing, Space weather, USB, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Data acquisition, Software, Observatory, law, Data logger, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Cosmic rays, Physics, Preamplifiers, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], High-speed electronics, Photomultipliers, Astronomía, Analog signal, business, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

LAGO is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCD) placed throughout Latin America. It is dedicated to the study of various issues related to astrophysics, space weather and atmospheric physics at the regional scale. In this paper we present the design and implementation of the front-end electronics and the data acquisition system for readout of the WCDs of LAGO. The system consists of preamplifiers and a digital board sending data to a computer via an USB interface. The analog signals are acquired from three independent channels at a maximum rate of 1:2 105 pulses per second and a samplingrate of 40 MHz. To avoid false triggers due to baseline fluctuations, we present in this work a baseline correction algorithm that makes it possible to use WCDs to study variations of the environmental radiation. A data logging software has been designed to format the received data. It also enables an easy access to the data for an o-line analysis, together with the operational conditions and environmental information. The system is currently used at dierent sites of LAGO. Fil: Sofo Haro, Miguel Francisco. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Arnaldi, Luis Horacio. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Alvarez, W.. Universidad de San carlos; Guatemala Fil: Alvarez, C.. Universidad de Chiapas; México Fil: Araujo, C.. Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Perú Fil: Areso, Omar Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina Fil: Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Audelo, M.. Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo; Ecuador Fil: Barros, H.. Universidad Simón Bolivar; Venezuela Fil: Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Bonnett, M.. Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Perú Fil: Calderon, R.. Universidad de San Carlos; Guatemala Fil: Calderon, M.. Escuela Politécnica Nacional; Ecuador Fil: Campos Fauth, A.. Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Brasil Fil: Carramiñana, A.. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica; México Fil: Carrasco, E.. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica; México Fil: Carrera, E.. Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Ecuador Fil: Cazar, D.. Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Ecuador Fil: Cifuentes, E.. Universidad de San Carlos; Guatemala Fil: Cogollo, D.. Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Brasil Fil: Conde, R.. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; México Fil: Cotzomi, J.. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; México Fil: Dasso, Sergio Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina Fil: De castro, A.. Universidad Industrial de Santander; Colombia Fil: Gomez Berisso, Mariano. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Gonzalez, M.. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Gulisano, Adriana Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina Fil: Martin, R.. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Interno y Culto. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino; Argentina Fil: Masías Meza, Jimmy Joel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: The LAGO Collaboration.

Published
2016

14. The Latin American Giant Observatory: Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

Author

Alex Francisco Estupiñán López, Luis Otiniano, E. Ponce, L. Garcia, A. Carraminana, C. Mantilla, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, J. Rodriguez, S. Vargas, Haydn Barros, D. Cazar, M. Bonnett, Esperanza Carrasco, I. Morales, M. Suárez-Durán, E. Cifuentes, J. De La Torre, E. Carrera, R. Conde, J. Pe˜ na Rodr´ıguez, A. Martínez-Méndez, J. L´opez, R. Quishpe, L. A. N´u˜nez, M. Subieta, F. Quispe, Juan Ángel Agudelo Hernández, E. Martins, E. Moreno, R. Ticona, M. Gómez Berisso, A. Campos-Fauth, J. Perenguez, L. Villaseñor, H. P´erez, M. Audelo, R. De León, A. De Castro, P.P. Miranda, X. Bertou, M. Romero, N. V´asquez, C. Alvarez, L. Zavala, A. Jaimes, M. Zamalloa, A. M. Gulisano, K. Reyes, Cecilia Murrugarra, E. Montes, Sergio Dasso, R. Calderon, Ibrahim Torres, H. Rivera, J. J. Mas´ıas-Meza, O. Areso, M. Calderon, L. Torres-Ni ˜no, T. Melo, W. Guevara, M. Sofo Haro, J. Truyenque, C. Nina, D. Cogollo, J.C. Tello, S. Pinilla-Velandia, W. Alvarez, A. Estupiñan, A. J. Rubio-Montero, M. Rodr´ıguez-Pascual, A. Galindo, Christian Sarmiento-Cano, H. Arnaldi, Iván Sidelnik, O. Mart´ınez, E. Morales, Hernán Asorey, R. Martin, J. Cotzomi, J. Mendoza, M. Valencia-Otero, M. González, C. Araujo, G. Perez, R. Mayo-Garc´ıa, A. N´u˜ nez-Casti ˜neyra, J. Salinas, and M. Ramelli

Subjects
Radiation flux, Earth's magnetic field, Observatory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Climatology, International Cosmic Ray Conference, Space weather, Cosmic-ray observatory, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Geology, Sea level, Latitude
Abstract

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed by a network of water-Cherenkov detectors spanning over different sites located at significantly different altitudes (from sea level up to more than 5000\,m a.s.l.) and latitudes across Latin America, covering a huge range of geomagnetic rigidity cut-offs and atmospheric absorption/reaction levels. This detection network is designed to measure the temporal evolution of the radiation flux at ground level with extreme detail. The LAGO project is mainly oriented to perform basic research in three branches: high energy phenomena, space weather and atmospheric radiation at ground level. LAGO is built and operated by the LAGO Collaboration, a non-centralized collaborative union of more than 30 institutions from ten countries. These are the contributions of the LAGO Collaboration to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Published
2016

15. Measurement of radioactive contamination in the high-resistivity silicon CCDs of the DAMIC experiment

Author

Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, I. Lawson, M. Butner, Jorge Molina, Javier Tiffenberg, T. A. Schwarz, B. Kilminster, A. Castañeda Vázquez, X. You, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, J. Liao, M. Sofo Haro, G. Fernandez Moroni, Y. Sarkis, D. Bole, V. Scarpine, María M. López, X. Bertou, Frederic Trillaud, D. Torres Machado, S. Dixon, Juan Estrada, Jing Zhou, J. Pena, A. Kavner, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, A. E. Chavarria, Paolo Privitera, K. P. Hernandez Torres, G. Moreno-Granados, Gustavo Cancelo, D. Amidei, and F. Izraelevitch

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Isotopes of uranium, Analytical chemistry, Alpha-particle spectroscopy, FOS: Physical sciences, Alpha particle, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Uranium-238, Beta particle, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Mathematical Physics, Isotopes of thorium, Radioactive decay
Abstract

We present measurements of radioactive contamination in the high-resistivity silicon charge-coupled devices (CCDs) used by the DAMIC experiment to search for dark matter particles. Novel analysis methods, which exploit the unique spatial resolution of CCDs, were developed to identify $\alpha$ and $\beta$ particles. Uranium and thorium contamination in the CCD bulk was measured through $\alpha$ spectroscopy, with an upper limit on the $^{238}$U ($^{232}$Th) decay rate of 5 (15) kg$^{-1}$ d$^{-1}$ at 95% CL. We also searched for pairs of spatially correlated electron tracks separated in time by up to tens of days, as expected from $^{32}$Si-$^{32}$P or $^{210}$Pb-$^{210}$Bi sequences of $\beta$ decays. The decay rate of $^{32}$Si was found to be $80^{+110}_{-65}$ kg$^{-1}$ d$^{-1}$ (95% CI). An upper limit of $\sim$35 kg$^{-1}$ d$^{-1}$ (95% CL) on the $^{210}$Pb decay rate was obtained independently by $\alpha$ spectroscopy and the $\beta$ decay sequence search. These levels of radioactive contamination are sufficiently low for the successful operation of CCDs in the forthcoming 100 g DAMIC detector., Comment: 18 pages, 20 figures

Published
2015
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16. Development of a novel neutron detection technique by using a boron layer coating a Charge Coupled Device

Author

Guillermo Fernandez Moroni, Juan Estrada, J. J. Blostein, A Tartaglione, M. Sofo Haro, and Gustavo Cancelo

Subjects
Materials science, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, INSTRUMENTATION FOR NEUTRON SOURCES, FOS: Physical sciences, INGENIERÍAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS, Isotopes of boron, INSPECTION WITH NEUTRONS, Particle detector, Optics, Ingeniería de los Materiales, Neutron detection, Neutron, MONITORS, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, FAST NEUTRONS), THERMAL, business.industry, Neutron tomography, BUNCH LENGTH MONITORS), Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Compuestos, Neutron temperature, BEAMINTENSITY, Neutron capture, BEAM-LINE INSTRUMENTATION (BEAM POSITION AND PROFILE MONITORS, purl.org/becyt/ford/2 [https], NEUTRON DETECTORS (COLD, Charge-coupled device, business, purl.org/becyt/ford/2.5 [https]
Abstract

This article describes the design features and the first test measurements obtained during the installation of a novel high resolution 2D neutron detection technique. The technique proposed in this work consists of a boron layer (enriched in 10B) placed on a scientific Charge Coupled Device (CCD). After the nuclear reaction 10B(n,α)7Li, the CCD detects the emitted charge particles thus obtaining information on the neutron absorption position. The above-mentioned ionizing particles, with energies in the range 0.5-5.5MeV, produce a plasma effect in the CCD which is recorded as a circular spot. This characteristic circular shape, as well as the relationship observed between the spot diameter and the charge collected, is used for the event recognition, allowing the discrimination of undesirable gamma events. We present the first results recently obtained with this technique, which has the potential to perform neutron tomography investigations with a spatial resolution better than that previously achieved. Numerical simulations indicate that the spatial resolution of this technique will be about 15 μm, and the intrinsic detection efficiency for thermal neutrons will be about 3%. We compare the proposed technique with other neutron detection techniques and analyze its advantages and disadvantages. Fil: Blostein, Juan Jeronimo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica "Alfredo Desages". Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y de Computadoras. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica "Alfredo Desages"; Argentina Fil: Estrada, Juan. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Estados Unidos Fil: Tartaglione, Aureliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Sofo Haro, Miguel Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Fernández Moroni, Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica "Alfredo Desages". Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y de Computadoras. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica "Alfredo Desages"; Argentina Fil: Cancelo, Gustavo Indalecio Eugenio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Estados Unidos

Published
2014

17. Measurement of radioactive contamination in the CCD’s of the DAMIC experiment

Author

Jing Zhou, K. P. Hernandez Torres, S. Dixon, A. Kavner, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, A. E. Chavarria, Paolo Privitera, D. Bole, D. Torres Machado, Y. Sarkis, V. Scarpine, I. Lawson, María M. López, X Yol, D. Amidei, G. Moreno-Granados, J. R. Peña, T. A. Schwarz, F. Izraelevitch, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, M. Sofo Haro, Frederic Trillaud, Gustavo Cancelo, A Castañeda Vásquez, Xavier Bertou, M. Butner, Benjamin Kilminster, Javier Tiffenberg, G. Fernandez Moroni, J Estrada, J. Liao, Jorge Molina, and Juan Carlos D'Olivo

Subjects
Physics, History, Isotope, Silicon, Scattering, Thorium, chemistry.chemical_element, Radon, Uranium, Computer Science Applications, Education, Nuclear physics, chemistry, Radioactive contamination, Radioactive decay
Abstract

DAMIC (Dark Matter in CCDs) is an experiment searching for dark matter particles employing fully-depleted charge-coupled devices. Using the bulk silicon which composes the detector as target, we expect to observe coherent WIMP-nucleus elastic scattering. Although located in the SNOLAB laboratory, 2 km below the surface, the CCDs are not completely free of radioactive contamination, in particular coming from radon daughters or from the detector itself. We present novel techniques for the measurement of the radioactive contamination in the bulk silicon and on the surface of DAMIC CCDs. Limits on the Uranium and Thorium contamination as well as on the cosmogenic isotope 32 Si, intrinsically present on the detector, were performed. We have obtained upper limits on the 238 TJ (232 Th) decay rate of 5 (15) kg_1 d_1 at 95% CL. Pairs of spatially correlated electron tracks expected from 32 Si-32 P and 210 Pb-210 Bi beta decays were also measured. We have found a decay rate of 80+l10 -65 kg_1 d_1 for 32 Si and an upper limit of - 35 kg-1 d-1 for 210 Pb, both at 95% CL.

Published
2016

18. Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

Author

K. Ziȩtara, A. Konopelko, J. Rico, Philippe Laporte, Tatsuo Yoshida, A. Etchegoyen, Dennis Haefner, C. Morello, L. Garrido, Philip Kaaret, T. Yamamoto, F. Di Pierro, Wystan Benbow, B. Sacco, T. O. B. Schmidt, T. Krähenbühl, N. Geffroy, I. M. McHardy, Toru Tanimori, A. Salini, F. Grañena, A. Liolios, A. C. Rovero, A. Mendes, Etienne Lyard, Juan Abel Barrio, Jürgen Schmoll, R. Dubois, A. N. Otte, J. Bolmont, S. Rivoire, K. Berger, A. Nikolaidis, J.-P. Ernenwein, A. Bobkov, D. Allan, C. Schultz, Masayuki Tanaka, G. Deleglise, Oliver Grimm, Ł. Płatos, O. Tibolla, M. Gochna, S. Schwarzburg, H. Arnaldi, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Valerie Connaughton, Adriano Fontana, D. Nedbal, P. Jean, Alejandro Ibarra, S. Spyrou, Gustavo E. Romero, Judith H. Croston, F. Feinstein, L. Tibaldo, M. Benallou, Shinji Hara, D. Florin, A. E. Szymkowiak, J.L. Van der Walt, Stefano Covino, Shigehiro Nagataki, G. Busetto, P. Nayman, G. Lamanna, William J. Potter, Tadashi Kifune, O. Corpace, M. Bourgeat, N. Webb, J. K. Becker, K. Hultquist, P. Majumdar, Anna Szostek, M. Compin, Petter Hofverberg, Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos, J. Ingjald, R. Kossakowski, A. Mangano, Kunihito Ioka, Jonathan Granot, S. Buson, P. Manigot, J. M. Paredes, M. Gómez Berisso, Massimiliano Belluso, A. Kretzschmann, M. Stodulski, L. Venter, Artemio Herrero, Nu. Komin, German Hermann, Dorota Sobczyńska, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Akira Okumura, Felix Spanier, Gareth Hughes, J. Carr, Antonio Stamerra, Norita Kawanaka, T. Shibata, R. C. Shellard, Dieter H. H. Hoffmann, B. Yoffo, T. Dettlaff, R. G. Talbot, L. Fresnillo, A. Manalaysay, I. Jung, Kohta Murase, Geza Gyuk, C. Farnier, J. C. Marin, Julian Sitarek, Francesco Dazzi, H. Ohka, C. Skole, C. Ghag, Patrick Vogler, M. Hauser, M. Cailles, K. Nishijima, Yutaka Fujita, J. Berdugo, Luke O'c. Drury, Naoto Sakaki, F. Köck, P. Sutcliffe, Luis Ángel Tejedor, Hugh Dickinson, Denis Bastieri, Q. Weitzel, Ryoji Enomoto, Josep Colomé, Luigi Lessio, B. Peyaud, C. L. Naumann, Michael Punch, S. Rodriguez, Lucy Fortson, J. P. Osborne, J. Kotula, Piero Giubilato, J. Dyks, W. Kluźniak, T. Schweizer, M. Rataj, Allan Hallgren, Matthew Wood, David Gascon, M. Doert, R. Wawrzaszek, Daniela Hadasch, H. Castarede, P. Wawer, M. Kapala, J.-M. Reymond, A.A. Zdziarski, E. De Cea del Pozo, K. Farakos, D. Corti, A. St. J. Murphy, Mosè Mariotti, Kazutaka Yamaoka, T. C. Arlen, Christian Fruck, Francesco Russo, Stefano Gabici, T. Bernardino, B. Khélifi, B. Huber, T. Glanzman, J. Michałowski, Mark I. Wilkinson, M. Suchenek, Massimo Persic, I. Monteiro, M. I. Martínez, V. Sahakian, R. Firpo, Seth Digel, V. La Parola, F. Roy, Regis Terrier, E. Fokitis, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, D. Melkumyan, E. Edy, Stefano Basso, J. Knapp, Cameron B Rulten, A. Niedźwiecki, Karol Seweryn, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, B. Rudak, V. Scapin, R. Wischnewski, Ricardo Graciani, Gianluca Giavitto, Matthias Beilicke, K. Nakayama, Thomas Schanz, A. Sillanpää, G. Motta, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Elina Lindfors, Hannes Jensen, Henric Krawczynski, Catherine Boisson, C. Medina, Dinko Dimitrov, Karen Byrum, M. Shayduk, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Richard White, Kazunori Kohri, I. Oya, T. Greenshaw, C. Olivetto, Tomasz Szepieniec, R. D. Parsons, Fuyuki Tokanai, Jerzy Grygorczuk, V. Scalzotto, S. Rosier-Lees, Dainis Dravins, Jacco Vink, Włodzimierz Piechocki, F. Stinzing, Felix Ryde, P. Ristori, N. A. McCubbin, M. Hayashida, Martin J. Hardcastle, G.W. Fraser, S. Paiano, S. Blake, U. Barres de Almeida, S. Federici, M. Corlier, C. J. Todero Peixoto, Łukasz Stawarz, Michael S. Briggs, Yvonne Becherini, Martin Pohl, Daniel Mazin, B. Decerprit, Yukikatsu Terada, J. F. Huppert, P. J. Rajda, Justin Vandenbroucke, S. Schlenstedt, S. Renner, Ł. Wiśniewski, Dieter Horns, T. B. Humensky, Takeshi Nakamori, Andreas Quirrenbach, Asdrúbal Enrique Bottani, P. Vallania, B. García, H. von Gunten, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Takashi Saito, Marcos Daniel Actis, Jacek Niemiec, W. Gäbele, C. van Eldik, Olaf Reimer, P. Corona, Robert D. Preece, C. Reimann, Pierre Brun, Thomas Bretz, R. Moderski, Eric Delagnes, Gilles Henri, W. Domainko, P. H. Tam, J. Schultze, A. Weinstein, M. Schroedter, A. Vollhardt, Stavros Maltezos, A. Wierzcholska, P. M. Chadwick, Fabrice Mottez, S. Steiner, M. Dyrda, S. Sun, Victor Stamatescu, M. Bogdan, Felix Aharonian, Hajime Takami, M. Winde, Evgeni Ovcharov, M. Panter, Shohei Yanagita, T. Jogler, Thomas Kihm, P. Micolon, S. J. Nolan, David A. Williams, Joachim Hahn, Q. Xiong, Nikolaos Stergioulas, J. Gaweda, R. Mirzoyan, Nektarios Vlahakis, J. Becerra, N. Fouque, M. Ribordy, V. Vassiliev, Claes Fransson, R. L. C. Starling, J. M. Huet, J. Ruppel, J.-P. Lenain, Enrico Giro, J. Ripken, T. Haubold, A. Lopatin, Joseph Silk, J. Borkowski, P. Lubinski, T. Le Flour, R. Platzer, A. Di Paolo, Reiko Orito, O. C. de Jager, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Gonzalez, T. J. L. McComb, U. Schwanke, S. Brau-Nogue, Yutaka Ohira, Philipp Mertsch, Daniel Ferenc, Maria Concetta Maccarone, F. Gonzalez, V. Golev, Osvaldo Catalano, V. Bugaev, C. Clerc, Michał Szanecki, C. Delgado, L. Pogosyan, M. Renaud, G. Pivato, Sabine Elles, E. J. Quel, R. J. García López, M. Videla, Stefan Funk, H. Vankov, A. Le Padellec, Michele Doro, Saverio Lombardi, S. Pita, A. Wolczko, G. Disset, U. Roeser, Abraham D. Falcone, I. Telezhinsky, S. Artmann, Pierre Colin, M. Chikawa, Daniela Dorner, G. Fontaine, Wolfgang Rhode, C. Baixeras, K. Mori, H. Prokoph, Giancarlo Cusumano, J. L. Dournaux, F. Toussenel, C. Dufour, Ilana M. Braun, Riccardo Paoletti, A. R. Knappy, Sergio Billotta, F. Krennrich, S. Karkar, Anne M. Green, Takanori Yoshikoshi, I. de la Calle Perez, Masahiro Teshima, M. Janiak, C. Stegmann, H. Wetteskind, Marco Tavani, Kostas D. Kokkotas, C. Föhr, J. L. Panazol, S. Cantu, C. Tenzer, I. Vegas, M. Grudzińska, Elisabetta Bissaldi, S. Bajtlik, A. Jacholkowska, P. Małkiewicz, M. Ostrowski, Reshmi Mukherjee, Mario Meucci, Tarek M. Hassan, W. Bednarek, Rodolfo Canestrari, Stefan Wagner, Teresa Mineo, N. Karlsson, M. Tluczykont, A. E. Suárez, David Kieda, R. Steenkamp, Grzegorz Kowal, C. Gasq, Loukas Vlahos, Kathrin Egberts, K. Kosack, A. D. Supanitsky, Hernán Asorey, Adriano Ghedina, Frank M. Rieger, P. Zychowski, J. Bähr, P. Wegner, P. Ziółkowski, Shigeto Kabuki, G. Papyan, Dario Hrupec, P. T. O'Brien, Oscar Blanch, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Robert Wagner, Thomas Lohse, Susumu Inoue, U. Straumann, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, C. Maña, Matteo Cerruti, P. Antoranz, Ll. Font, R. Sugawara, M. Casiraghi, C. Kalkuhl, Subir Sarkar, Jelena Aleksić, Juan Cortina, J. Pallota, L. Brunetti, Petar Temnikov, Tomasz Bulik, L. O. Takalo, G. Vasileiadis, Riccardo Rando, J. H. Buckley, V. de Souza, Sera Markoff, G. Pareschi, P. Kostka, J. Grube, M. Tokarz, Manel Errando, David Fink, C. Barbier, Marek Sikora, J. P. Tavernet, Yasushi Fukazawa, Werner Hofmann, K. Takahashi, B. Wagner, David Paneque, M. Barcelo, L. Guglielmi, S. Royer, Rika Hagiwara, Nestor Mirabal, R. A. Cameron, R. Walter, G. De La Vega, Jim Hinton, Garret Cotter, M. Sofo Haro, Peter Walter, R. Gredig, S. Vorobiov, A. Bouvier, B. Lieunard, V. A. Kudryavtsev, Mauro Ghigo, John H. Seiradakis, Konrad Bernlöhr, M. de Naurois, A. Yoshida, F. Sánchez, K. Katarzyński, C. Veyssiere, Leszek Bogacz, B. Moal, A. Reimer, J. Koziol, Thomas J. Maccarone, G. Pojmanski, E. Carmona, C. Bauer, Andreu Sanuy, V. J. Guarino, Marc Ribó, Vincenzo Testa, H. Huan, C. Jablonski, Tsuguya Naito, C. Lavalley, M. Karczewski, G. Agnetta, Giovanni Bonanno, A. Zajczyk, C. Díaz, J. Kasperek, E. Lorenz, P. Vincent, K. Saito, S. Cazaux, S. Selmane, B. Kȩdziora, Y. A. Gallant, Serena Mattiazzo, Emilio Molinari, N. La Barbera, Hidetoshi Kubo, M. K. Daniel, Katsuaki Asano, Tanyu Bonev, A. Cillis, L. A. Otero, Gernot Maier, M. Cieślar, M. Ciesielska, Shuichi Gunji, E. Gianakaki, E. 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Next generation Cherenkov telescopes, Ciencias Astronómicas, IACT, next generation Cherenkov telescopes, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Design concepts, Ground based gamma ray astronomy, Observatory, Gamma ray astronomy, Instruments astronòmics, Ingeniería Aeronáutica, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, Bursts, Radiation, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma-ray astronomy, Particles, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Magic Telescope, design concepts, Electricidad, Simulation, GAMMA-RAY PULSARS, Optical-System, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPE, VHE Gamma ray, QUASAR, cosmic rays, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmic ray, Partícules (Física nuclear), 0103 physical sciences, Astronomia de raigs gamma, 14. Life underwater, 1St Detection, Cherenkov radiation, Particles (Nuclear physics), Astroparticle physics, Telescopis, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy, Astronomical instruments, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ASTROFÍSICA, Cosmic-Rays, Cherenkov Telescope Array, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Induced Air-Showers, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Next generation Cherenkov telescope, Tev, ground based gamma ray astronomy, Telescopes
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Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has a huge potential in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology. CTA is an international initiative to build the next generation instrument, with a factor of 5-10 improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV-10 TeV range and the extension to energies well below 100 GeV and above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of two arrays (one in the north, one in the south) for full sky coverage and will be operated as open observatory. The design of CTA is based on currently available technology. This document reports on the status and presents the major design concepts of CTA., La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo., Departamento de Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas

19. Achieving Single-Electron Sensitivity at Enhanced Speed in Fully Depleted CCDs with Double-Gate MOSFETs.

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Sofo-Haro M, Donlon K, Estrada J, Holland S, Fahim F, and Leitz C

Abstract

We introduce a new output amplifier for fully depleted thick p-channel CCDs based on double-gate MOSFETs. The charge amplifier is an n-type MOSFET specifically designed and operated to couple the fully depleted CCD with high charge-transfer efficiency. The junction coupling between the CCD and MOSFET channels has enabled high sensitivity, demonstrating readout noise of 0.74  e_{rms}^{-}/pix in one pixel charge measurement. We have also demonstrated the nondestructive readout capability of the device. Single-electron and single-photon per pixel counting in the entire CCD pixel array has been made possible through the averaging of ten samples, achieving 0.15  e_{rms}^{-}/pix in a pixel readout time of 2.74 ms. We have demonstrated fully depleted CCD readout with better performance than the floating diffusion and floating gate amplifiers available today, in both single and multisampling regimes, boasting at least 6 times the speed of floating gate amplifiers.

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2024
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20. Multiplexed Readout for an Experiment with a Large Number of Channels Using Single-Electron Sensitivity Skipper-CCDs.

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Chavez CR, Chierchie F, Sofo-Haro M, Lipovetzky J, Fernandez-Moroni G, and Estrada J

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This paper presents the implementation of a multiplexed analog readout electronics system that can achieve single-electron counting using Skipper-CCDs with non-destructive readout. The proposed system allows the best performance of the sensors to be maintained, with sub-electron noise-level operation, while maintaining low-bandwidth data transfer, a minimum number of analog-to-digital converters (ADC) and low disk storage requirement with zero added multiplexing time, even for the simultaneous operation of thousands of channels. These features are possible with a combination of analog charge pile-up, sample and hold circuits and analog multiplexing. The implementation also aims to use the minimum number of components in circuits to keep compatibility with high-channel-density experiments using Skipper-CCDs for low-threshold particle detection applications. Performance details and experimental results using a sensor with 16 output stages are presented along with a review of the circuit design considerations.

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2022
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21. SENSEI: Direct-Detection Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter from a Shallow Underground Run Using a Prototype Skipper CCD.

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Abramoff O, Barak L, Bloch IM, Chaplinsky L, Crisler M, Dawa, Drlica-Wagner A, Essig R, Estrada J, Etzion E, Fernandez G, Gift D, Sofo-Haro M, Taenzer J, Tiffenberg J, Volansky T, and Yu TT

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We present new direct-detection constraints on eV-to-GeV dark matter interacting with electrons using a prototype detector of the Sub-Electron-Noise Skipper-CCD Experimental Instrument. The results are based on data taken in the MINOS cavern at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. We focus on data obtained with two distinct readout strategies. For the first strategy, we read out the Skipper CCD continuously, accumulating an exposure of 0.177 g day. While we observe no events containing three or more electrons, we find a large one- and two-electron background event rate, which we attribute to spurious events induced by the amplifier in the Skipper-CCD readout stage. For the second strategy, we take five sets of data in which we switch off all amplifiers while exposing the Skipper CCD for 120 ks, and then read out the data through the best prototype amplifier. We find a one-electron event rate of (3.51±0.10)×10^{-3}  events/pixel/day, which is almost 2 orders of magnitude lower than the one-electron event rate observed in the continuous-readout data, and a two-electron event rate of (3.18_{-0.55}^{+0.86})×10^{-5}  events/pixel/day. We again observe no events containing three or more electrons, for an exposure of 0.069 g day. We use these data to derive world-leading constraints on dark matter-electron scattering for masses between 500 keV and 5 MeV, and on dark-photon dark matter being absorbed by electrons for a range of masses below 12.4 eV.

Published
2019
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22. Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD.

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Tiffenberg J, Sofo-Haro M, Drlica-Wagner A, Essig R, Guardincerri Y, Holland S, Volansky T, and Yu TT

Abstract

We have developed ultralow-noise electronics in combination with repetitive, nondestructive readout of a thick, fully depleted charge-coupled device (CCD) to achieve an unprecedented noise level of 0.068  e^{-} rms/pixel. This is the first time that discrete subelectron readout noise has been achieved reproducible over millions of pixels on a stable, large-area detector. This enables the contemporaneous, discrete, and quantized measurement of charge in pixels, irrespective of whether they contain zero electrons or thousands of electrons. Thus, the resulting CCD detector is an ultra-sensitive calorimeter. It is also capable of counting single photons in the optical and near-infrared regime. Implementing this innovative non-destructive readout system has a negligible impact on CCD design and fabrication, and there are nearly immediate scientific applications. As a particle detector, this CCD will have unprecedented sensitivity to low-mass dark matter particles and coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering, while future astronomical applications may include direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanets.

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2017
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23. First Direct-Detection Constraints on eV-Scale Hidden-Photon Dark Matter with DAMIC at SNOLAB.

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Aguilar-Arevalo A, Amidei D, Bertou X, Butner M, Cancelo G, Castañeda Vázquez A, Cervantes Vergara BA, Chavarria AE, Chavez CR, de Mello Neto JRT, D'Olivo JC, Estrada J, Fernandez Moroni G, Gaïor R, Guardincerri Y, Hernández Torres KP, Izraelevitch F, Kavner A, Kilminster B, Lawson I, Letessier-Selvon A, Liao J, Matalon A, Mello VBB, Molina J, Privitera P, Ramanathan K, Sarkis Y, Schwarz T, Settimo M, Sofo Haro M, Thomas R, Tiffenberg J, Tiouchichine E, Torres Machado D, Trillaud F, You X, and Zhou J

Abstract

We present direct detection constraints on the absorption of hidden-photon dark matter with particle masses in the range 1.2-30  eV c^{-2} with the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB. Under the assumption that the local dark matter is entirely constituted of hidden photons, the sensitivity to the kinetic mixing parameter κ is competitive with constraints from solar emission, reaching a minimum value of 2.2×10^{-14} at 17  eV c^{-2}. These results are the most stringent direct detection constraints on hidden-photon dark matter in the galactic halo with masses 3-12  eV c^{-2} and the first demonstration of direct experimental sensitivity to ionization signals <12  eV from dark matter interactions.

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2017
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