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View article: DIRECT TARGET FRAGMENTATION MEASUREMENTS FOR IMPROVED MONTE CARLO ACCURACY WITH FINE-GRAINED NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
DIRECT TARGET FRAGMENTATION MEASUREMENTS FOR IMPROVED MONTE CARLO ACCURACY WITH FINE-GRAINED NUCLEAR EMULSIONS Open
View article: Model-independent machine learning approach for nanometric axial localization and tracking
Model-independent machine learning approach for nanometric axial localization and tracking Open
Accurately tracking particles and determining their coordinate along the optical axis is a major challenge in optical microscopy, especially when extremely high precision is needed. In this study, we introduce a deep learning approach usin…
View article: Characterization of a permanent magnetic dipolar system for the FOOT experiment
Characterization of a permanent magnetic dipolar system for the FOOT experiment Open
The FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) experiment aims to measure double differential fragmentation cross-sections for applications in Particle Therapy and space radiation protection. A critical component of the apparatus is its magnetic spect…
View article: Installation and performance of the 3rd Veto plane at the SND@LHC detector
Installation and performance of the 3rd Veto plane at the SND@LHC detector Open
During 2022/2023 the optimal inefficiency of the Veto system of the SND@LHC detector was measured to be (7.8 ± 2.8) × 10 -8 . To reduce this inefficiency, a third Veto plane was installed during the 2023-2024 Year End Technical Stop. In ad…
View article: Model-Independent Machine Learning Approach for Nanometric Axial Localization and Tracking
Model-Independent Machine Learning Approach for Nanometric Axial Localization and Tracking Open
Accurately tracking particles and determining their coordinate along the optical axis is a major challenge in optical microscopy, especially when extremely high precision is needed. In this study, we introduce a deep learning approach usin…
View article: Neutrino physics at CERN
Neutrino physics at CERN Open
View article: Development and performance assessment of the BGO calorimeter module for the FOOT experiment
Development and performance assessment of the BGO calorimeter module for the FOOT experiment Open
FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) is a nuclear physics experiment currently under construction that will measure differential cross sections for the production of secondary fragments induced by the interactions of proton and ion beams, up to …
View article: First direction sensitive search for dark matter with a nuclear emulsion detector at a surface site
First direction sensitive search for dark matter with a nuclear emulsion detector at a surface site Open
Fine-grained nuclear emulsion films have been developed as a tracking detector with nanometric spatial resolution to be used in direction-sensitive dark matter searches, thanks to novel readout technologies capable of exploiting this unpre…
View article: An integrated flux-symmetric spectrometer-magnet system for the SND@LHC experiment upgrade
An integrated flux-symmetric spectrometer-magnet system for the SND@LHC experiment upgrade Open
The proposed upgrade of the SND@LHC experiment for the High Luminosity phase of the LHC (HL-LHC) will strongly benefit from the presence of a magnetized region, allowing for muon momentum and charge measurement. In this paper we describe a…
View article: From dark matter searches to proton therapy: Measuring target fragmentation with nanometric nuclear emulsions
From dark matter searches to proton therapy: Measuring target fragmentation with nanometric nuclear emulsions Open
The DAMON (Direct meAsureMent of target fragmentatiON) project aims to explore the use of Nano Imaging Trackers (NITs) for the first direct measurement of target fragmentation caused by proton beams in cancer treatment. NITs are fine-grain…
View article: SND@LHC: the scattering and neutrino detector at the LHC
SND@LHC: the scattering and neutrino detector at the LHC Open
SND@LHC is a compact and stand-alone experiment designed to perform measurements with neutrinos produced at the LHC in the pseudo-rapidity region of 7.2 < η < 8.4. The experiment is located 480 m downstream of the ATLAS interaction point, …
View article: Charge identification of fragments produced in 16O beam interactions at 200 MeV/n and 400 MeV/n on C and C2H4 targets
Charge identification of fragments produced in 16O beam interactions at 200 MeV/n and 400 MeV/n on C and C2H4 targets Open
Introduction: Charged Particle Therapy plays a key role in the treatment of deep-seated tumours, because of the advantageous energy deposition culminating in the Bragg peak. However, knowledge of the dose delivered in the entrance channel …
View article: Measurement of the muon flux at the SND@LHC experiment
Measurement of the muon flux at the SND@LHC experiment Open
View article: Directional Dark Matter Search with Super-Resolution Nuclear Emulsion
Directional Dark Matter Search with Super-Resolution Nuclear Emulsion Open
Several approaches for the direct search of dark matter, in which the energy deposited by the scattering dark matter particle is detected, are extensively used to constrain the mass and interaction strength of these hypothetical particles.…
View article: Super-resolution imaging for the detection of low-energy ion tracks in fine-grained nuclear emulsions
Super-resolution imaging for the detection of low-energy ion tracks in fine-grained nuclear emulsions Open
View article: First direction sensitive search for dark matter with a nuclear emulsion detector at a surface site
First direction sensitive search for dark matter with a nuclear emulsion detector at a surface site Open
Fine-grained nuclear emulsion films have been developed as a tracking detector with nanometric spatial resolution to be used in direction-sensitive dark matter searches, thanks to novel readout technologies capable of exploiting this unpre…
View article: The SND@LHC experiment
The SND@LHC experiment Open
View article: The scattering and neutrino detector at the LHC
The scattering and neutrino detector at the LHC Open
SND@LHC, Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC, is a compact experiment designed to perform measurements with neutrinos produced at the LHC in the unexplored pseudo-rapidity region of 7.2 < \eta < 8.4, complementary to all the othe…
View article: Super-resolution imaging for the detection of low-energy ion tracks in fine-grained nuclear emulsions
Super-resolution imaging for the detection of low-energy ion tracks in fine-grained nuclear emulsions Open
We propose a new wide-field imaging method that exploits the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance phenomenon to produce super-resolution images with an optical microscope equipped with a custom design polarization analyzer module. In this p…
View article: RPC-based Muon Identification System for the neutrino detector of the SHiP experiment
RPC-based Muon Identification System for the neutrino detector of the SHiP experiment Open
The SHiP experiment has been proposed at CERN to shed light on phenomena still unexplained in the framework of the Standard Model, such as the nature of dark matter, the baryonic asymmetry of the Universe and the neutrino oscillations, sea…
View article: The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC
The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC Open
High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC experiments. The proposed Forward Physics Facility (FPF)…
View article: The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC
The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC Open
High energy collisions at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce a large number of particles along the beam collision axis, outside of the acceptance of existing LHC experiments. The proposed Forward Physics Facility (FPF)…
View article: Characterization of 150 μm thick silicon microstrip prototype for the FOOT experiment
Characterization of 150 μm thick silicon microstrip prototype for the FOOT experiment Open
The goals of the FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) experiment are to measure the proton double differential fragmentation cross-section on H, C, O targets at beam energies of interest for hadrontherapy (50–250 MeV for protons and 50–400 MeV/u…
View article: Report on scipost_202209_00057v1
Report on scipost_202209_00057v1 Open
SND@LHC, Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC, is a compact experiment designed to perform measurements with neutrinos produced at the LHC in the unexplored pseudo-rapidity region of 7.2 < η < 8.4, complementary to all the other exp…
View article: Elemental fragmentation cross sections for a 16O beam of 400 MeV/u kinetic energy interacting with a graphite target using the FOOT ΔE-TOF detectors
Elemental fragmentation cross sections for a 16O beam of 400 MeV/u kinetic energy interacting with a graphite target using the FOOT ΔE-TOF detectors Open
The study of nuclear fragmentation plays a central role in many important applications: from the study of Particle Therapy (PT) up to radiation protection for space (RPS) missions and the design of shielding for nuclear reactors. The Fragm…
View article: Tau neutrinos in the next decade: from GeV to EeV
Tau neutrinos in the next decade: from GeV to EeV Open
Tau neutrinos are the least studied particle in the standard model. This whitepaper discusses the current and expected upcoming status of tau neutrino physics with attention to the broad experimental and theoretical landscape spanning long…
View article: Experiments and Facilities for Accelerator-Based Dark Sector Searches
Experiments and Facilities for Accelerator-Based Dark Sector Searches Open
This paper provides an overview of experiments and facilities for accelerator-based dark matter searches as part of the US Community Study on the Future of Particle Physics (Snowmass 2021). Companion white papers to this paper present the …
View article: The Forward Physics Facility: Sites, experiments, and physics potential
The Forward Physics Facility: Sites, experiments, and physics potential Open
View article: Tau Neutrinos in the Next Decade: from GeV to EeV
Tau Neutrinos in the Next Decade: from GeV to EeV Open
Tau neutrinos are the least studied particle in the Standard Model. This whitepaper discusses the current and expected upcoming status of tau neutrino physics with attention to the broad experimental and theoretical landscape spanning long…
View article: Track reconstruction and matching between emulsion and silicon pixel detectors for the SHiP-charm experiment
Track reconstruction and matching between emulsion and silicon pixel detectors for the SHiP-charm experiment Open
In July 2018 an optimization run for the proposed charm cross section measurement for SHiP was performed at the CERN SPS. A heavy, moving target instrumented with nuclear emulsion films followed by a silicon pixel tracker was installed in …