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DOE OSTI2023

Design, construction and commissioning of a technological prototype of a highly granular SiPM-on-tile scintillator-steel hadronic calorimeter

The CALICE collaboration is developing highly granular electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters for detectors at future energy frontier electron-positron colliders. After successful tests of a physics prototype, a technological prototype of the Analog Hadron Calorimeter has been built, based on a design and construction techniques scalable to a collider detector. The prototype consists of a steel absorber structure and active layers of small scintillator tiles that are individually read out by directly coupled SiPMs. Each layer has an active area of 72 × 72 cm^2 and a tile size of 3 × 3 cm^2. With 38 active layers, the prototype has nearly 22,000 readout channels, and its total thickness amounts to 4.4 nuclear interaction lengths. The dedicated readout electronics provide time stamping of each hit with an expected resolution of about 1 ns. The prototype was constructed in 2017 and commissioned in beam tests at DESY. It recorded muons, hadron showers and electron showers at different energies in test beams at CERN in 2018. In this paper, the design of the prototype, its construction and commissioning are described. The methods used to calibrate the detector are detailed, and the performance achieved in terms of uniformity and stability is presented.

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NASA NTRSDate not supplied

A Decade of NASA Strategic Astrophysics Technology Investments: Technology Maturation, Infusion, and Other Benefits

NASA’s Astrophysics Division (APD) funds development of cutting-edge technology to enable its missions to achieve ambitious and groundbreaking science goals. These technology development efforts are managed by the Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS), Cosmic Origins (COR), and Exoplanet Exploration (ExE) Programs. The NASA Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Program was established in 2009 as a new technology maturation program to fill the gap in the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) range from 3 to 6. Since program inception, 100 SAT grants have been openly competed and awarded, along with dozens of direct-funded projects, leading to a host of technologies advancing their TRLs and/or being infused into space and suborbital missions and ground-based projects. We present the portfolio distribution in terms of specific technology areas addressed, including optics, detectors, coatings, coronagraphs, starshades, lasers, electronics, cooling systems, and micro-thruster subsystems. We show an analysis of the rate of TRL advances, infusion success stories, and other benefits such as training the future astrophysics workforce, including students and postdoctoral fellows hired by projects. Finally, we present APD’s current strategic technology maturation priorities for investment, enabling a range of future strategic astrophysics missions

NASA, astrophysics, technology development, optics↗
NASA NTRS2022

MODIS TEB Electronic Crosstalk Correction Update and Impact on L1B Product Uncertainty

The MODIS instruments onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites have been in operation for over22 and 20 years, respectively. The instruments’ calibration accuracy has been maintained, even with instrument degradation. Electronic crosstalk in the thermal emissive bands (TEB) is a known issue with an increasing impact on the calibration and product. The Terra MODIS photovoltaic (PV) longwave infrared (LWIR) bands crosstalk corrections have been applied in Collection 6.1 (C6.1). However, the electronic crosstalk contamination for some detectors in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) bands and the Aqua PVLWIR bands affect the Level-1B (L1B) product’s measurement accuracy and image quality. In Collection 7 (C7), crosstalk corrections for select detectors in the Terra and Aqua MWIR and Aqua PV LWIR bands are applied. The entire mission crosstalk coefficients for the select detectors and bands are derived from scheduled lunar observations and populated in the form of look-up tables (LUTs). The Aqua PV-LWIR bands exhibit similar downward crosstalk trends as the Terra PV-LWIR bands, especially in recent years. The crosstalk coefficients and their trends provide a guideline for the correction application. Earth measurement analyses before and after the correction provide contamination and correction assessments. It has been shown that the product quality is enhanced with the crosstalk correction applied in C7. For C7, the crosstalk coefficient uncertainty is derived from the fit residuals between the measured values and a linear fit over a three-year sliding window. The uncertainty propagation is modeled and applied in the total uncertainty calculation intheL1B product. The TEB electronic crosstalk LUTs have been processed over the entire Terra and Aqua MODIS missions. This paper presents the C7 crosstalk correction, as well as its assessment and uncertainty propagation algorithm to the TEB uncertainty.

Tiejun Chang↗
NASA NTRS2022

Modis TEB Electronic Crosstalk Correction Update and Impact on L1B Product Uncertainty

The MODIS instruments on board the Terra and Aqua satellites have been in operation for over 22 and 20 years, respectively. The instruments’ calibration accuracy has been maintained, even with instrument degradation. Electronic crosstalk in the thermal emissive bands (TEB) is a known issue with an increasing impact on the calibration and product. The Terra MODIS photovoltaic (PV) longwave infrared (LWIR) bands crosstalk corrections have been applied in Collection 6.1 (C6.1). However, the electronic crosstalk contamination for some detectors in the mid-wave infrared(MWIR) bands and the Aqua PVLWIR bands affect the Level-1B(L1B) product’s measurement accuracy and image quality. In Collection 7 (C7), crosstalk corrections for select detectors in the Terra and Aqua MWIR and Aqua PV LWIR bands are applied. The entire mission crosstalk coefficients for the select detectors and bands are derived from scheduled lunar observations and populated in the form of look-up tables (LUTs). The Aqua PV-LWIR bands exhibit similar downward crosstalk trends as the Terra PV-LWIR bands, especially in recent years. The crosstalk coefficients and their trends provide a guideline for the correction application. Earth measurement analyses before and after the correction provide contamination and correction assessments. It has been shown that the product quality is enhanced with the crosstalk correction applied in C7. For C7, the crosstalk coefficient uncertainty is derived from the fit residuals between the measured values and a linear fit over a three-year sliding window. The uncertainty propagation is modeled and applied in the total uncertainty calculation intheL1B product. The TEB electronic cross talk LUT shave been processed over the entire Terra and Aqua MODIS missions. This paper presents the C7 crosstalk correction, as well as its assessment and uncertainty propagation algorithm to the TEB uncertainty.

Tiejun Chang↗
DOE OSTI2022

Enhancement of radiation detection performance with reduction of EH 6/7 deep levels in n-type 4H–SiC through thermal oxidation

We report the effect of EH 6/7 electron trap centers alone on the performance of high-resolution radiation detectors fabricated on n-type 4H–SiC epitaxial layers. A Schottky barrier detector (SBD) and a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor detector fabricated using two sister samples derived from the same 50 μm 4H–SiC parent wafer exhibited widely different energy resolutions of 0.4% and 0.9% for 5486 keV alpha particles. An equivalent noise charge model analysis ruled out the effect of the detector capacitance and the leakage current on the resolution of the detectors. Deep level transient spectroscopic studies revealed the presence of two trapping centers in each detector within the temperature scan range 240–800 K. The Z 1/2 center, a potential electron trap, was detected in both the detectors in equal concentration, which suggested that the observed difference in the energy resolution is due to the presence of the other defect, the EH 6/7 center, in the SBD. The capture cross section of the EH 6/7 center was calculated to be three orders of magnitude higher than the second defect [a carbon antisite vacancy (CAV) center] observed in the MOS detector with an activation energy of 1.10 eV, which accounted for the enhanced electronic trapping in the SBD leading to its poor energy resolution. It has been proposed that the EH 6/7 centers in the SBD have likely been reconfigured to CAV pairs during the thermal growth of the silicon dioxide layer in the MOS detector. The proposed formation mechanism of CAV, a stable qubit state for quantum information processing, addresses the outstanding questions related to the role of defect dynamics in their formation.

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NASA NTRS1985

Objectives and design of the Echo 6 electron beam experiment - Large ionospheric perturbations and energetic particle patterns

The data from the March 30, 1983 launching of Echo 6 are presented. Echo 6 contained duplex accelerators and a system of four throw away detectors to detect and analyze conjugate electron echoes. The model used to calculate the proper trajectory of the rocket and the reason for not detecting echoes are discussed. The components of the plasma diagnostic package which was used to study the electron beam interactions with the ionospheric plasma, and the functions of the two controllable electron guns and the two sets of orthogonal electric probes are described. The signal-mode potentials between each probe and the plasma diagnostic payload are investigated. The signals produced by the gun pulses are analyzed and the interpretation of the electric field probe response is examined.

Winckler, J. R.↗
NASA NTRS2000

Observed On-Orbit Background of the ACIS Detector on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory

We have analyzed calibration data acquired during the Orbital Activation and Checkout (OAC) phase of the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) mission in order to characterize the background of the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) produced by charged particles and non-cosmic X-rays. The ACIS instrument contains 8 Front-Illuminated (FI) CCDs and 2 Back-Illuminated (BI) CCDs. The FI and BI CCD)s exhibit dramatically different responses to enhancements in the particle flux. The F1 CCDs show relatively little increase in the overall count rate, typical increases are 1 - 3 counts/s; the BI CCDs show large excursions to as high as 100 counts/s. The duration of these intervals of enhanced background are highly variable ranging from 100 s to 5000 s. The spatial distribution of these background events is relatively flat across the power-law. The events produce morphologies which are similar to cosmic X-ray events, so that morphology alone cannot be used as a rejection criterion. We explore the correlation of these times of high background with the data from Chandra's on-board radiation monitor, the EPHIN (Electron, Proton, Helium Instrument particle detector) instrument and archival data from the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite. We discuss strategies for observers to identify and exclude times of high background and to model and subtract the background events from their data.

Plucinsky, P. P.↗
DOE OSTI2026

The NOvA Test Beam Program

NOvA is a long-baseline off-axis beam neutrino experiment at Fermilab and Ash River, Minnesota. By measuring νμ \nu_\mu disappearance and νe \nu_e appearance at the 14 kiloton NOvA Far Detector, the experiment is addressing outstanding questions in neutrino physics, including the neutrino mass hierarchy and existence of leptonic CP violation. The NOvA Test Beam program, under deployment at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility, will use a scaled-down NOvA detector to sample beams of tagged electrons, muons, pions, and protons in the momentum range of 0.3 to 2 GeV/c. It will further the NOvA physics reach by precisely measuring the detector's muon energy scale and electromagnetic and hadronic response, and provide real data for detailed studies of particle identification techniques. Ongoing efforts on beamline instrumentation, data acquisition, simulation, momentum reconstruction and particle identification are presented. Implications for the neutrino oscillation measurements are discussed.

Huang, Junting [Texas U.]↗
DOE OSTI2021

Picosecond Timing Resolution Measurements of Low Gain Avalanche Detectors with a 120 GeV Proton Beam for the TOPSiDE Detector Concept

This paper presents results that take a critical step toward proving 10 ps timing resolution’s feasibility for particle identification in the TOPSiDE detector concept for the Electron-Ion Collider. Measurements of LGADs with a thickness of 35 μm and 50 μm are evaluated with a 120 GeV proton beam. The performance of the gain and timing response is assessed, including the dependence on the reverse bias voltage and operating temperature. The best timing resolution of UFSDs in a test beam to date is achieved using three combined planes of 35 μm thick LGADs at -30°C with a precision of 14.3 ± 1.5 ps.

Particle tracking detectors↗
DOE OSTI2022

A Double Sided LGAD-Based Detector Providing Timing, Position, and Track Angle Information

We describe a detector concept which combines small pixels enabled by 3D sensor-electronics integration with gain produced by a Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) layer. The detector is double-sided, with electrons collected by the cathode, which provides timing information, and an anode with small pixels to provide position and angle information. The cathode can be coarse grained, providing timing with fewer fast amplifiers to limit power consumption. The anode layer benefits from the gain of the LGAD, with larger signals that also limit the power needed. Position can be reconstructed by measuring the pattern of total charge deposited on the anode. Angle and depth of charge deposit can be measured by the shapes of the anode pulses. We describe a possible assembly technology based on 3D integration.

3D Integration↗
DOE OSTI2020

Automated detector simulation and reconstruction parametrization using machine learning

Rapidly applying the effects of detector response to physics objects (e.g. electrons, muons, showers of particles) is essential in high energy physics. Presently available tools for the transformation from truth-level physics objects to reconstructed detector-level physics objects involve manually defining resolution functions. These resolution functions are typically derived in bins of variables that are correlated with the resolution (e.g. pseudorapidity and transverse momentum). This process is time consuming, requires manual updates when detector conditions change, and can miss important correlations. Machine learning offers a way to automate the process of building these truth-to-reconstructed object transformations and can capture complex correlation for any given set of input variables. Such machine learning algorithms, with sufficient optimization, could have a wide range of applications: improving phenomenological studies by using a better detector representation, allowing for more efficient production of Geant4 simulation by only simulating events within an interesting part of phase space, and studies on future experimental sensitivity to new physics.

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NASA NTRS1975

Lunar remnant magnetic field mapping from orbital observations of mirrored electrons

A technique is described for mapping areas of lunar surface magnetism by observing ambient low-energy electrons from lunar orbit with a detector that is sectored to distinguish directions of arrival with respect to the ambient magnetic field and the lunar surface. It is noted that the ambient electrons provide a probe along the ambient magnetic-field lines down to the lunar surface for remote sensing of the presence of surface fields. Unlike direct magnetometer measurements, this probe does not require low altitude or a very stable ambient field in order to map the occurrence regions of such fields. Preliminary maps generated for the surface magnetic areas underlying the orbit of the Particles and Fields Satellite deployed from Apollo 16 are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of this technique.

Mccoy, J. E.↗
DOE OSTI2023

Skipper-CCD sensors for the Oscura experiment: requirements and preliminary tests

Oscura is a proposed multi-kg skipper-CCD experiment designed for a dark matter (DM) direct detection search that will reach unprecedented sensitivity to sub-GeV DM-electron interactions with its 10 kg detector array. Oscura is planning to operate at SNOLAB with 2070 m overburden, and aims to reach a background goal of less than one event in each electron bin in the 2–10 electron ionization-signal region for the full 30 kg-year exposure, with a radiation background rate of 0.01 dru.[1 dru (differential rate unit) corresponds to 1 event/kg/day/keV.] In order to achieve this goal, Oscura must address each potential source of background events, including instrumental backgrounds. In this work, we discuss the main instrumental background sources and the strategy to control them, establishing a set of constraints on the sensors' performance parameters. We present results from the tests of the first fabricated Oscura prototype sensors, evaluate their performance in the context of the established constraints and estimate the Oscura instrumental background based on these results.

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NASA NTRS1992

Performances Of Arrays Of Ge:Ga Far-Infrared Detectors

Report presents evaluation of performances of two electronic modules containing few-element linear focal-plane arrays of Ge:Ga photodetectors and associated multiplexing readout circuitry. Tested to demonstrate feasibility of many-element, two-dimensional focal-plane arrays of far-infrared detectors and associated circuitry for use in astronomical and other low-background scientific observations. Revealed deficiencies that must be overcome in future designs.

Mccreight, C.↗
DOE OSTI2024

New NOvA Results with 10 Years of Data

NOvA is a two-detector accelerator neutrino oscillation experiment. Using Fermilab's newly Megawatt-capable NuMI neutrino beam, NOvA measures the disappearance of muon (anti)neutrinos and the appearance of electron (anti)neutrinos at the far detector, 810 km from the source. These oscillations are observed relative to the unoscillated beam composition measured at the functionally equivalent near detector, also located at Fermilab, which enables significant cancellation of systematic uncertainties. From these, we obtain precision measurements of the larger neutrino mass splitting and the largest neutrino mixing angle, as well as constraints on the octant of that angle, the neutrino mass ordering, and neutrino CP violation. In this talk I will present new measurements of these parameters using 10 years of NOvA data collected between 2013 and 2023, which includes twice the neutrino-mode exposure of our previous results.

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DOE OSTI2025

Studies of Quark Transport and Hadronization in Nuclei

In this project, we conducted the first measurement of di‑hadron azimuthal correlations in deep inelastic scattering (DIS) off nuclei using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. Using 5 GeV electron‑beam data collected on deuterium, carbon, iron, and lead targets, we extracted di‑pion correlation functions over a broad kinematic range. The results show a monotonic broadening of the correlation peak with increasing nuclear mass, along with pronounced dependencies on the pions’ kinematics. Separately, we implemented an algorithm based on the Kalman filter that achieved the first complete alignment of the CLAS12 central tracking system. In parallel, we developed simulations, algorithms, and performance studies that informed the conceptual designs of the forward hadronic calorimeter Insert and the Zero Degree Calorimeter, both of which are now included in the ePIC detector baseline for the forthcoming Electron Ion Collider.

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DOE OSTI2020

The impact of the charge barrier height on Germanium (Ge) detectors with amorphous-Ge contacts for light dark matter searches

Germanium (Ge) detectors with ability of measuring a single electron–hole (e–h) pair are needed in searching for light dark matter (LDM) down to the MeV scale. We investigate the feasibility of Ge detectors with amorphous-Ge (a-Ge) contacts to achieve the sensitivity of measuring a single e-h pair, which requires extremely low leakage current. Three Ge detectors with a-Ge contacts are used to study the charge barrier height for blocking electrons and holes. Using the measured bulk leakage current and the Döhler–Brodsky model, we obtain the values for charge barrier height and the density of localized energy states near the Fermi energy level for the top and bottom contacts, respectively. We predict that the bulk leakage current is extremely small and can be neglected at helium temperature ( $$\sim $$ ~ 4 K). Thus, Ge detectors with a-Ge contacts possess the potential to measure a single e–h pair for detecting LDM particles.

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