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Measurements of efficiency, timing and response to irradiation for direct detection of charged particles with SiPMs Open

F. Carnesecchi, Bianca Sabiu, B.R. Achari, N. Agrawal, A. Alici , et al. · 2025

In this paper the efficiency of direct charged particle detection with different Silicon PhotoMultiplier (SiPM) sensors has been measured to be close to 100%. Time resolution of about 20 ps has also been confirmed for sensors with an activ…

The SiPM readout plane for the ePIC-dRICH detector at the EIC: Overview and beam test results Open

N. Rubini, B.R. Achari, N. Agrawal, M. Alexeev, C. Alice , et al. · 2025

The SiPM photodetector of the ePIC dual-radiator RICH at the EIC: overview and beam test results Open

B.R. Achari, N. Agrawal, M. Alexeev, C. Alice, P. Antonioli , et al. · 2025

The dual-radiator RICH (dRICH) detector of the ePIC experiment at the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will use silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for single-photon detection of Cherenkov light. Several novel INFN driven modular prototyp…

Beam test results of the SiPM photodetector prototype for the ePIC-dRICH detector at the EIC Open

R. Preghenella, B.R. Achari, N. Agrawal, M. Alexeev, C. Alice , et al. · 2025

Recent beam test results are presented for the prototype detector of the ePIC-dRICH forward particle-identification system at the EIC. A large-area prototype SiPM readout plane consisting of a total of up to 2048 3×3 mm 2 sensors has been …

ALCOR: A mixed-signal ASIC for the dRICH detector of the ePIC experiment at the EIC Open

F. Cossio, B.R. Achari, N. Agrawal, M. Alexeev, C. Alice , et al. · 2024

A large-area SiPM readout plane for the ePIC-dRICH detector at the EIC: Realisation and beam test results Open

C. Alice, B.R. Achari, N. Agrawal, M. Alexeev, P. Antonioli , et al. · 2024

Erratum: SiPMs and examples of applications for low light detection in particle and astroparticle physics Open

L. P. Rignanese, Pietro Antonioli, R. Preghenella, E. Scapparone · 2024

SiPM photosensors for the ePIC dual-radiator RICH detector at the EIC Open

R. Preghenella, N. Agrawal, Maxim Alexeev, Pietro Antonioli, C. Baldanza , et al. · 2024

SiPMs are the baseline photodetector technology for the dual-radiator Ring-Imaging Cherenkov\n(dRICH) detector of the ePIC experiment at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). SiPMs offer\nsignificant advantages being cheap devices, highl…

A readout system based on SiPM for the dRICH detector at the EIC Open

L. P. Rignanese, Neelima Agrawaal, Maxim Alexeev, Pietro Antonioli, C. Baldanza , et al. · 2024

The ePIC experiment at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) aims to use silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) as the photodetector technology for the dual-radiator ring-imaging Cherenkov detector (dRICH). Despite their advantages for this low…

Prototype of a dual-radiator RICH detector for the Electron–Ion Collider Open

S. Vallarino, M. Alexeev, P. Antonioli, L. Barion, M. Castro , et al. · 2023

Measurements of the Cherenkov effect in direct detection of charged particles with SiPMs Open

F. Carnesecchi, Bianca Sabiu, S. Strazzi, Giorgio Vignola, Neha Agrawal , et al. · 2023

Study of radiation effects on SiPM for an optical readout system for the EIC dual-radiator RICH Open

R. Preghenella, M. Alexeev, Pietro Antonioli, C. Baldanza, L. Barion , et al. · 2023

Measurements of the Cherenkov effect in direct detection of charged particles with SiPMs Open

F. Carnesecchi, Bianca Sabiu, S. Strazzi, Giorgio Vignola, Neha Agrawal , et al. · 2023

In this paper, different Silicon PhotoMultiplier (SiPM) sensors have been tested with charged particles to characterize the Cherenkov light produced in the sensor protection layer. A careful position scan of the SiPM response has been perf…

Understanding the direct detection of charged particles with SiPMs Open

F. Carnesecchi, Giorgio Vignola, Neha Agrawal, A. Alici, P. Antonioli , et al. · 2023

In this paper, evidence that the increased response of SiPM sensors to the passage of charged particles is related mainly to Cherenkov light produced in the protection layer is reported. The response and timing properties of sensors with d…

A SiPM-based optical readout system for the EIC dual-radiator RICH Open

R. Preghenella, M. Alexeev, Pietro Antonioli, C. Baldanza, L. Barion , et al. · 2022

Understanding the direct detection of charged particles with SiPMs Open

F. Carnesecchi, G. Vignola, N. Agrawal, A. Alici, P. Antonioli , et al. · 2022

In this paper evidence that the increased response of SiPM sensors to the passage of charged particles is related mainly to Cherenkov light produced in the protection layer is reported. The response and timing properties of sensors with di…

Direct detection of charged particles with SiPMs Open

F. Carnesecchi, G. Vignola, N. Agrawal, A. Alici, P. Antonioli , et al. · 2022

The direct response of Silicon PhotoMultipliers being traversed by a MIP charged particle have been studied in a systematic way for the first time. Using beam test data, time resolution and the crosstalk probability have been measured. A c…

Perspectives for particle identification in ALICE using silicon-based\n timing detectors Open

R. Preghenella · 2020

Precision timing has alway been a prominent topic in the instrumentation for\nhigh-energy physics experiments. In this document I discuss what the\nperspectives are for the use of silicon sensors for a time-of-flight detector\nin a next-ge…

Perspectives for particle identification in ALICE using silicon-based timing detectors Open

R. Preghenella · 2020

Precision timing has alway been a prominent topic in the instrumentation for high-energy physics experiments. In this document I discuss what the perspectives are for the use of silicon sensors for a time-of-flight detector in a next-gener…

Experimental study of the time resolution of SiPM coupled to scintillator Open

F. Carnesecchi, N. Agrawal, A. Alici, P. Antonioli, S. Arcelli , et al. · 2020

Confronting experimental data with heavy-ion models: Rivet for heavy ions Open

Christian Bierlich, A. G. Buckley, C. H. Christensen, Peter Harald Lindenov Christiansen, Cody B. Duncan , et al. · 2020

The Rivet library is an important toolkit in particle physics, and serves as a repository for analysis data and code. It allows for comparisons between data and theoretical calculations of the final state of collision events. This paper ou…

First observation of an attractive interaction between a proton and a multi-strange baryon Open

S. Acharya, Yosuke Watanabe, G. Bíró, Mónika Varga-Kőfaragó, Richard Daniel Majka , et al. · 2019

This work presents the first experimental observation of the attractive strong interaction between a proton and a multi-strange baryon (hyperon) $Ξ^-$. The result is extracted from two-particle correlations of combined $\rm{p}-Ξ^{-}$$\oplu…

Time resolution measurements with SiPMs coupled to a scintillator Open

A. Alici, P. Antonioli, S. Arcelli, M. Basile, F. Bellini , et al. · 2018

This paper reports on the results of time resolution measurements of detectors consisting of SiPMs coupled to a scintillator. The R&D has been performed both in a cosmic-ray setup, at the Bologna INFN laboratories, and in a beam test, at t…

Measurement of D$^0$, D$^+$, D$^{*+}$ and D$^+_{\rm s}$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at $\mathbf{\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}}= 5.02$ TeV Open

S. Acharya, Y. Watanabe, G. Bíró, Mónika Varga-Kőfaragó, Richard Daniel Majka , et al. · 2018

We report measurements of the production of prompt D$^0$, D$^+$, D$^{*+}$ and D$^+_{\\rm s}$ mesons in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon pair $\\sqrt{s_{\\rm NN}}=5.02$ TeV, in the centrality classes 0-10%, …

$\phi$ meson production at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=2.76$ TeV Open

S. Acharya, Yosuke Watanabe, G. Bíró, Mónika Varga-Kőfaragó, Richard Daniel Majka , et al. · 2018

Small systems at the LHC Open

R. Preghenella · 2018

In these proceedings, I report on a selection of recent LHC results in small systems from ALICE [1], ATLAS [2] and CMS [3] experiments. Due to the fact that the investigation of QCD in small systems at high multiplicity is becoming an incr…

Experimental overview of p(d)–A physics Open

R. Preghenella · 2015

This document reports on the main topics discussed in the experimental overview talk on p(d)-A results given at the Hot Quarks 2014 Workshop. Recent measurements of the production of high transverse momentum hadrons and jets, inclusive ide…

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