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Letter of Intent: The Forward Physics Facility Open

Luis A. Anchordoqui, John Kenneth Anders, Akitaka Ariga, Tomoko Ariga, David Asner , et al. · 2025

The Forward Physics Facility (FPF) is a proposed extension of the HL-LHC program designed to exploit the unique scientific opportunities offered by the intense flux of high energy neutrinos, and possibly new particles, in the far-forward d…

High-energy X-ray imaging with a Germanium MM-PAD hybrid pixel detector Open

Lena A. Franklin, Francesca Capocasa, Abdul K. Rumaiz, Mark W. Täte, A. Kuczewski , et al. · 2025

Germanium is a high-Z sensor material with excellent energy resolution and attractive properties for high-energy photon detection. Despite its advantages, the need for cryogenic operation and challenges in the fabrication of pixelated high…

Advances in High-Z semiconductor radiation detectors at BNL Open

Giovanni Pinaroli, A. E. Bolotnikov, M. Bouckicha, F. Capocasa, L. Cultrera , et al. · 2025

Semiconductor radiation detectors play a crucial role in scientific research and technological applications, with materials typically categorized as low- or high-Z depending on their atomic numbers and densities. This distinction is not st…

Background Measurements and Simulations of the ComPair Balloon Flight Open

Zachary Metzler, Nicholas Kirschner, Lucas Smith, N. Cannady, M. Sasaki , et al. · 2025

ComPair, a prototype of the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO), completed a short-duration high-altitude balloon campaign on 27 August 2023 from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, USA. The goal of the balloon flight was to demonstra…

Experimental Study of Rare Kaon Decays at J-PARC with KOTO and KOTO II Open

J. K. Ahn, Emile Augustine, L. Bandiera, J. Bian, F. Brizioli , et al. · 2025

The rare kaon decay $K_L\toπ^0ν\barν$ is extremely sensitive to new physics, because the contribution to this decay in the Standard Model (SM) is highly suppressed and known very accurately; the branching ratio is $3\times 10^{-11}$ in the…

Neutrinoless double beta decay sensitivity of the XLZD rare event observatory Open

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, Miquel Adrover, S. Ahmed Maouloud, D. S. Akerib , et al. · 2025

The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60–80 t capable of probing the remaining weakly interacting massive particle-nucleon interaction parameter space down to the so-called ne…

Proposal of the KOTO II experiment Open

J. R. Fry, E. Goudzovski, Cristina Lazzeroni, Thomas Reddel, A. Romano , et al. · 2025

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Cryogenic Front-End ASICs for Low-Noise Readout of Charge Signals Open

Prashansa Mukim, G. Carini, H. Chen, G. Deptuch, S. Gao , et al. · 2024

This paper presents design details and measurement results of LArASIC, a front-end application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed for low-noise readout of charge signals generated in neutrino study experiments within liquid argon …

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Sensitivity of the XLZD Rare Event Observatory Open

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, Miquel Adrover, S. Ahmed Maouloud, D. S. Akerib , et al. · 2024

The XLZD collaboration is developing a two-phase xenon time projection chamber with an active mass of 60 to 80 t capable of probing the remaining WIMP-nucleon interaction parameter space down to the so-called neutrino fog. In this work we …

The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics Open

J. Aalbers, K. Abe, Miquel Adrover, S. Ahmed Maouloud, D. S. Akerib , et al. · 2024

This report describes the experimental strategy and technologies for XLZD, the next-generation xenon observatory sensitive to dark matter and neutrino physics. In the baseline design, the detector will have an active liquid xenon target of…

ARQUIN: Architectures for Multinode Superconducting Quantum Computers Open

James Ang, G. Carini, Yanzhu Chen, Isaac L. Chuang, M. DeMarco , et al. · 2024

Many proposals to scale quantum technology rely on modular or distributed designs wherein individual quantum processors, called nodes, are linked together to form one large multinode quantum computer (MNQC). One scalable method to construc…

Test and characterization of finely segmented pixel CZT detectors for future hard x-ray missions Open

G. Pinaroli, G. Carini, G. Deptuch, Domink S. Gorni, P. Maj , et al. · 2024

The NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) mission was launched in 2012, and it has successfully deployed the first orbiting telescopes to focus high energy X-ray (3 - 79 keV) light, providing a wealth of new information on high-en…

Results from the CsI calorimeter onboard the 2023 ComPair balloon flight Open

Daniel Shy, Richard S. Woolf, Clio Sleator, Bernard F. Phlips, J. E. Grove , et al. · 2024

The ComPair gamma-ray telescope is a technology demonstrator for a future gamma-ray telescope called the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO). The instrument is composed of four subsystems, a double-sided silicon strip detec…

Workshop on Radiographic Imaging and Applications Research and Development Recommendations for Field Radiography Open

Andrew Nicholson, Paul Hausladen, Stuart A. Baker, Lei R. Cao, G. Carini , et al. · 2024

The Workshop on Radiographic Imaging and Applications (WORIA) brought together subject matter experts from industry, academia, US and UK government agencies, and the national laboratories to provide a forum to liaise and share information …

Results from the CsI Calorimeter onboard the 2023 ComPair Balloon Flight Open

Daniel Shy, Richard S. Woolf, Clio Sleator, Bernard F. Phlips, J. E. Grove , et al. · 2024

The ComPair gamma-ray telescope is a technology demonstrator for a future gamma-ray telescope called the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO). The instrument is composed of four subsystems, a double-sided silicon strip detec…

3x3 array module of 8×8×32 mm3 position-sensitive virtual frisch-grid CdZnTe detectors for imaging and spectroscopy of cosmic gamma-rays Open

A. E. Bolotnikov, G. Carini, A. Dellapenna, G. Deptuch, J. Fried , et al. · 2024

Integration of EDWARD readout architecture in full-field fluorescence imaging detector Open

D. Górni, G. Carini, G. Deptuch, A. Kuczewski, P. Maj , et al. · 2024

Data bandwidth, timing resolution and resource utilization in readouts of radiation detectors are a constant challenge. Event driven solutions are pushing against well-trenched framed solutions. The idea for an asynchronous readout archite…

Characterization of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Front-End ASIC ALFE2 for the HL-LHC upgrade Open

D. Matakias, G. Carini, H. Chen, M. Dabrowski, G. Deptuch , et al. · 2024

ALFE2 is an ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter (LAr) Front-End ASIC designed for the HL-LHC upgrade. ALFE2 comprises four channels of pre-amplifiers and CR-(RC) 2 shapers with adjustable input impedance. ALFE2 features two separate gain output…

Considerations about future hard x-ray area detectors Open

Sol M. Grüner, G. Carini, Antonino Miceli · 2023

X-ray sources continue to advance in both intensity and temporal domains, thereby opening new ways to analyze the structure and properties of matter, provided that the resultant x-ray images can be efficiently and quantitatively recorded. …

Using 3D position sensitivity to reveal response non-uniformities in CdZnTe, TlBr, and CsPbBr3 detectors Open

A. E. Bolotnikov, Conner Brown, G. Carini, James F. Christian, L. Cirignano , et al. · 2023

Development of small pixel CZT detectors for future hard x-ray missions Open

G. Pinaroli, G. Carini, G. Deptuch, D. Górni, Soumyajit Mandal , et al. · 2023

The NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) mission launched in 2012, and it has successfully deployed the first orbiting telescopes to focus light in the high-energy x-ray range (3 - 79 keV), providing a wealth of new information a…

The Compton Pair telescope: A prototype for a next-generation MeV gamma-ray observatory Open

Janeth Valverde, Nicholas Kirschner, Zachary Metzler, Lucas D. Smith, N. Cannady , et al. · 2023

The Compton Pair (ComPair) telescope is a prototype that aims to develop the necessary technologies for future medium energy gamma-ray missions and to design, build, and test the prototype in a gamma-ray beam and balloon flight. The ComPai…

Software Architecture for Operation and Use of Quantum Communications Networks Open

Dinesh Verma, Eden Figueroa, G. Carini, Mark A. Ritter · 2023

Quantum Communications Networks using the properties of qubits, namely state superposition, no-cloning and entanglement, can enable the exchange of information in a very secure manner across optical links or free space. New innovations ena…

Hunting for dark matter and new physics with GECCO Open

Adam Coogan, A. A. Moiseev, Logan Morrison, Stefano Profumo, Matthew G. Baring , et al. · 2023

We outline the science opportunities in the areas of searches for dark matter and new physics offered by a proposed future MeV gamma-ray telescope, the Galactic Explorer with a Coded Aperture Mask Compton Telescope (GECCO). We point out th…

Method for the depth corrected detection of ionizing events from a co-planar grids sensor Open

Gianluigi De Geronimo, A. E. Bolotnikov, G. Carini · 2023

A method for the detection of ionizing events utilizing a co-planar grids sensor comprising a semiconductor substrate, cathode electrode, collecting grid and non-collecting grid. The semiconductor substrate is sensitive to ionizing radiati…

Architectures for Multinode Superconducting Quantum Computers Open

James S. Ang, G. Carini, Yanzhu Chen, Isaac L. Chuang, Michael Austin DeMarco , et al. · 2022

Many proposals to scale quantum technology rely on modular or distributed designs where individual quantum processors, called nodes, are linked together to form one large multinode quantum computer (MNQC). One scalable method to construct …

Snowmass Topical Group Summary Report: IF07 -- ASICs and Electronics Open

G. Carini, M. Newcomer, J. A. Parsons · 2022

This writeup summarizes the work of the Topical Working Group 7 of the Instrumentation Frontier group of the Snowmass 2021 process. Group 'IF07' dealt with issues pertaining to ASICs and Readout Electronics. The community efforts as part o…

Advanced Microelectronics Metrology Workshop Open

Chang‐Yong Nam, Yong S. Chu, Satyavolu S. Papa Rao, G. Carini · 2022

Exploring the MeV sky with a combined coded mask and Compton telescope: the Galactic Explorer with a Coded aperture mask Compton telescope (GECCO) Open

E. Orlando, E. Bottacini, A.M. Moïseev, A. Bodaghee, W. Collmar , et al. · 2022

The sky at MeV energies is currently poorly explored. Here we present an innovative mission concept that builds upon the heritage of past and current missions improving the sensitivity and, very importantly, the angular resolution. This co…

Radiation effects induced by the energetic protons in 8x8x32 mm3 CdZnTe detectors Open

A. Bolotnikov, G. Carini, M. Chekhlov, A. Dellapenna, J. Fried , et al. · 2022

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