Application of strip electrode in single-gap RPC

The Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) is widely used in High Energy Physics experiments as trigger detector to take advantage of its good time resolution and high efficiency. A conventional RPC detector consists of one gas gap covered by graphite layers on both side. The working voltage is applied on these layers and the charge of avalanche dissipates through them. In this paper, a design which removes the graphite layers and uses the readout strips as the electrode is applied to simplify the structure of this detector. This design eliminates the challenge of controlling the uniformity of the graphite layer and simplifies the detector structure.

Development of a liquid scintillator based active fission target for FIPPS

An active fission target has been developed for the FIPPS instrument at ILL, enabling for the first time an efficient suppression of $$\upbeta $$ β -delayed $$\upgamma $$ γ rays in high-resolution and high-efficiency $$\upgamma $$ γ -ray spectroscopy of fission fragments at a neutron beam. The target is based on a liquid scintillator in which the actinide is dissolved, resulting in a 4$$\pi $$ π fragment detection. Measurements have been performed with $$^{233, 235}$$ 233 , 235 U, with a fission tagging efficiency of 97.8(25)%. The high efficiency, together with the good time resolution of the scintillator target, provide high-selectivity data for $$\upgamma $$ γ -ray spectroscopy studies of fission fragments.

Counting of Hong-Ou-Mandel Bunched Optical Photons Using a Fast Pixel Camera

The uses of a silicon-pixel camera with very good time resolution (∼nanosecond) for detecting multiple, bunched optical photons is explored. We present characteristics of the camera and describe experiments proving its counting capabilities. We use a spontaneous parametric down-conversion source to generate correlated photon pairs, and exploit the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference effect in a fiber-coupled beam splitter to bunch the pair onto the same output fiber. It is shown that the time and spatial resolution of the camera enables independent detection of two photons emerging simultaneously from a single spatial mode.

Error Optimization in Electrical Power Quality Monitoring Data

In the application of electrical power quality control, the necessity for data processing becomes very important. The measurement data obtained is the latest data and measured in real time with good time resolution and with low error. The object of research is the quality of electric power, the research is about ways of measuring quality of electrical power to obtain accurate data in accordance with actual conditions. This method is capable of measuring data of electrical power quality that changes very quickly with a low error. This data is used as a basis for improving the quality of electric power accurately and accurately.

The STARE/SABRE story

In January 1977 a new type of radar aurora experiment named STARE (Scandinavian Twin Aurora Radar Experiment) commenced operation in northern Scandinavia. The purpose of the experiment was two-fold: to make observations of the nature of radar auroras, and to contribute to the study of solar–terrestrial relationships (or space weather). The experiment was designed for automatic continuous operation, and for nearly two and a half decades it provided estimates of electron flows with good spatial coverage and resolution and good time resolution. It was a successful experiment that yielded a wealth of observations and results, pertaining to, and based on, the observed time variations of the electron flows and to the spatial flow pattern observed at any given time. This radar system inspired the creation of a similar system, SABRE (Sweden And Britain Radar Experiment), which increased the field of view towards the southwest of STARE. This system commenced operation in 1982.

The Time-Frequency Resolution of Short Time Fourier Transform Based on Multi-Window Functions

The short-time Fourier transform has the disadvantage that is does not localize time and frequency phenomena very well. Instead the time-frequency information is scattered which depends on the length of the window. It is not possible to have arbitrarily good time resolution simultaneously with good frequency resolution. In this paper, a new method that uses the short-time Fourier transform based on multi-window functions to enhance time-frequency resolution of signals has been proposed. Simulation and experimental results present the high performance of the proposed method.

Improving the Photometry of the Pi of the Sky System

The “Pi of the Sky” robotic telescope was designed to monitor a significant fraction of the sky with good time resolution and range. The main goal of the “Pi of the Sky” detector is to look for short timescale optical transients arising from various astrophysical phenomena, mainly for the optical counterparts of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB). The system design, the observation methodology and the algorithms that have been developed make this detector a sophisticated instrument for looking for novae and supernovae stars and for monitoring blasars and AGNs activity. The final detector will consist of two sets of 12 cameras, one camera covering a field of view of 20◦ ×20◦. For data taken with the prototype detector at the Las Campanas Observatory, Chile, photometry uncertainty of 0.018–0.024 magnitudo for stars 7–10m was obtained. With a new calibration algorithm taking into account the spectral type of reference stars, the stability of the photometry algorithm can be significantly improved. Preliminary results from the BGInd variable are presented, showing that uncertainty of the order of 0.013 can be obtained.

Absorption Spectroscopy Measurements in Optically Dense Explosive Fireballs Using a Modeless Broadband Dye Laser

A modeless broadband dye laser is applied to probe inside optically dense fireballs generated by high explosives using single-shot, high resolution absorption spectroscopy. Despite attenuation of the main beam by 98%, high signal-to-noise ratio absorption spectra of Al, Ti, and AlO are readily obtained at resolutions of 0.007 nm, and luminosity from the fireball is strongly rejected. Detection limits for atomic species are less than 200 ppb. The method offers good time resolution of chemistry within the fireball, and scaling laws suggest that this technique should be valid in explosives tests at least up to the gram scale.

CHINESE STAR-TOF MRPC PRODUCTION AND QA TESTING

Multi-gap resistive plate camber (MRPC) has been demonstrated to have good time resolution (less than 100 ps), high detection efficiency (higher than 95%) and will be used to construct a full barrel time-of-flight (TOF) detector for the STAR experiment at RHIC. The cylindrical TOF covers a total area of approximately 64 m 2 and about 4000 MRPC modules will be produced. Tsinghua University and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) are responsible for the STAR MRPC production. In this paper we will describe the Tsinghua and USTC MRPC production facilities. Our MRPC manufacture procedures, detector assembly and testing results are also presented.

WAPP — Wideband Arecibo Pulsar Processor

The WAPP is a new Pulsar Processor for Arecibo Observatory. Key features are wideband operation (100 MHz) and good time resolution (16 microseconds).