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View article: Radiation-induced effects on commercial 3D printing materials exposed to high x-ray doses
Radiation-induced effects on commercial 3D printing materials exposed to high x-ray doses Open
Fused filament fabrication is among the most widely used 3D printing techniques, that allows to create complex devices from a continuous filament of a polymeric material. This adaptable technique has garnered considerable interest for the …
View article: Characterization of Radiophotoluminescence Dosimeters Under X-Ray Irradiation at High Doses
Characterization of Radiophotoluminescence Dosimeters Under X-Ray Irradiation at High Doses Open
A characterization of radiophotoluminescence (RPL) dosimeters at high doses of X-ray radiation for applications in high-radiation areas is presented. Commercial FD-7 silver-doped phosphate glasses (1.5$\\times$ 8.5mm) in use at CERN for pa…
View article: Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS
Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS Open
Low-temperature antihydrogen atoms are an effective tool to probe the validity of the fundamental laws of Physics, for example the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) for antimatter, and -generally speaking- it is obvious that colder atoms wi…
View article: Control system for ion Penning traps at the AEgIS experiment at CERN
Control system for ion Penning traps at the AEgIS experiment at CERN Open
The AEgIS experiment located at the Antiproton Decelerator at CERN aims to measure the gravitational fall of a cold antihydrogen pulsed beam. The precise observation of the antiatoms in the Earth gravitational field requires a controlled p…
View article: Development of a detector for inertial sensing of positronium at AEḡIS (CERN)
Development of a detector for inertial sensing of positronium at AEḡIS (CERN) Open
The primary goal of the AEgIS collaboration at CERN is to measure the gravitational acceleration on neutral antimatter. Positronium (Ps), the bound state of an electron and a positron, is a suitable candidate for a force-sensitive inertial…
View article: Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS
Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS Open
Cold antihydrogen atoms are a powerful tool to probe the validity of fundamental physics laws, and it's clear that colder atoms, generally speaking, allow an increased level of precision. After the first production of cold antihydrogen (H …
View article: EmiR: Evolutionary minimization for R
EmiR: Evolutionary minimization for R Open
Classical minimization methods, like the steepest descent or quasi-Newton techniques, have been proved to struggle in dealing with optimization problems with a high-dimensional search space or subject to complex nonlinear constraints. In t…
View article: Observation of a multiplicity dependence in the $p_{\rm T}$-differential charm baryon-to-meson ratios in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV
Observation of a multiplicity dependence in the $p_{\rm T}$-differential charm baryon-to-meson ratios in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV Open
The production of prompt D0, Ds+, and Λc+ hadrons, and their ratios, Ds+/D0 and Λc+/D0, are measured in proton–proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The measurements are perfo…
View article: A Monte Carlo Muon Generator for Cosmic-Ray Muon Applications
A Monte Carlo Muon Generator for Cosmic-Ray Muon Applications Open
Cosmic-ray radiation, thanks to its high penetration capability and relative abundance, has been successfully used in scientific research and civil applications for a long time.For example, techniques based on the attenuation of cosmic-ray…
View article: High-yield thermalized positronium at room temperature emitted by morphologically tuned nanochanneled silicon targets
High-yield thermalized positronium at room temperature emitted by morphologically tuned nanochanneled silicon targets Open
Nanochanneled silicon targets with high positron/positronium (Ps) conversion rate and efficient Ps cooling were produced. Morphological parameters of the nanochannels, such as their diameter and length, were adjusted to get a large fractio…
View article: Measurements of mixed harmonic cumulants in Pb-Pb collisions at $\mathbf{\sqrt{{\textit s}_{\rm NN}}}=5.02$ TeV
Measurements of mixed harmonic cumulants in Pb-Pb collisions at $\mathbf{\sqrt{{\textit s}_{\rm NN}}}=5.02$ TeV Open
Correlations between moments of different flow coefficients are measured in Pb-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_{\\rm NN}} = 5.02$ TeV recorded with the ALICE detector. These new measurements are based on multiparticle mixed harmonic cumulants c…
View article: Protocol for pulsed antihydrogen production in the AEḡIS apparatus
Protocol for pulsed antihydrogen production in the AEḡIS apparatus Open
The AE ḡ IS collaboration’s main goal is to measure the acceleration of antihydrogen ( ) due to gravity. The experimental scheme is to form a pulsed beam whose vertical deflection is then measured by means of a moiré deflectometer [1]…
View article: Rydberg-positronium velocity and self-ionization studies in a 1T magnetic field and cryogenic environment
Rydberg-positronium velocity and self-ionization studies in a 1T magnetic field and cryogenic environment Open
We characterized the pulsed Rydberg-positronium production inside the Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy (AEg ̄IS) apparatus in view of antihydrogen formation by means of a charge exchange reaction between cold ant…
View article: Hybrid Imaging and Timing Ps Laser Excitation Diagnostics for Pulsed Antihydrogen Production
Hybrid Imaging and Timing Ps Laser Excitation Diagnostics for Pulsed Antihydrogen Production Open
In this work we present a hybrid detection method providing simultaneous imaging and timing information suitable for fully monitoring positronium (Ps) formation, its laser excitation, and its spatial propagation for the first trials of pul…
View article: Techniques for Production and Detection of 2<sup>3</sup>S Positronium
Techniques for Production and Detection of 2<sup>3</sup>S Positronium Open
In this work, we show recent measurements of 23S long-lived positronium production via spontaneous decay from the 33P level. The possibility to tune the velocity of the 23S positronium, excited following this scheme, is presented. In the l…
View article: Gravity and antimatter: the AEgIS experiment at CERN
Gravity and antimatter: the AEgIS experiment at CERN Open
From the experimental point of view, very little is known about the gravitational interaction between matter and antimatter. In particular, the Weak Equivalence Principle, which is of paramount importance for the General Relativity, has no…
View article: Calibration and Equalisation of Plastic Scintillator Detectors for Antiproton Annihilation Identification Over Positron/Positronium Background
Calibration and Equalisation of Plastic Scintillator Detectors for Antiproton Annihilation Identification Over Positron/Positronium Background Open
In this contribution, the system of the external plastic scintillator slabs of the AEgIS experiment is presented. These slabs, surrounding the superconducting magnet and operating at room temperature, are read out by photomultiplier tubes …
View article: The AEgIS experiment: towards antimatter gravity measurements
The AEgIS experiment: towards antimatter gravity measurements Open
(Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy) is a CERN based experiment aiming to probe the Weak Equivalence Principle of General Relativity with antimatter by studying free fall of antihydrogen in the Earth’s gravitation…
View article: A Cosmic Rays Tracking System for the Stability Monitoring of Historical Buildings
A Cosmic Rays Tracking System for the Stability Monitoring of Historical Buildings Open
Cosmic ray radiation, thanks to its high penetration capability and relative abundance, has been successfully used in scientific research and civil applications for a long time. For example, techniques based on the attenuation of cosmic ra…
View article: Cosmic ray tracking to monitor the stability of historical buildings: a feasibility study
Cosmic ray tracking to monitor the stability of historical buildings: a feasibility study Open
A cosmic ray muon detection system is proposed for stability monitoring in the eld of civil engineering, in particular for the static monitoring of historical buildings, where conservation constraints are severe and the time evolution of t…
View article: Imaging a positronium cloud in a 1 Tesla
Imaging a positronium cloud in a 1 Tesla Open
We report on recent developments in positronium work in the frame of antihydrogen production through charge exchange in the AEgIS collaboration [1]. In particular, we present a new technique based on spatially imaging a cloud of positroniu…
View article: The AEgIS experiment at CERN: Probing antimatter gravity
The AEgIS experiment at CERN: Probing antimatter gravity Open
The AE$\\overline{g}$IS experiment at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator is set up to precisely measure the gravitational interaction between matter and antimatter. For this purpose, antihydrogen will be formed from cold antiprotons and positro…