Comparison of Experiment and Simulation of the triple GEM-Based Fast Neutron Detector

A detector for fast neutrons based on a 10 × 10 cm^2 triple gas electron multiplier （GEM） device is developed and tested. A neutron converter, which is a high density polyethylene （HDPE） layer, is combined with the triple GEM detector cathode and placed inside the detector, in the path of the incident neutrons. The detector is tested by obtaining the energy deposition spectrum with an Am Be neutron source in the Institute of Modern Physics （IMP） at Lanzhou. In the present work we report the results of the tests and compare them with those of simulations. The transport of fast neutrons and their interactions with the different materials in the detector are simulated with the GEANT4 code, to understand the experimental results. The detector displays a clear response to the incident fast neutrons. However, an unexpected disagreement in the energy dependence of the response between the simulated and measured spectra is observed. The neutron sources used in our simulation include deuterium-tritium （DT, 14 MeV）, deuterium-deuterium （DD, 2.45 MeV）, and Am Be sources. The simulation results also show that among the secondary particles generated by the incident neutron, the main contributions to the total energy deposition are from recoil protons induced in hydrogen-rich HDPE or Kapton （GEM material）, and activation photons induced by neutron interaction with Ar atoms. Their contributions account for 90% of the total energy deposition. In addition, the dependence of neutron deposited energy spectrum on the composition of the gas mixture is presented.

The Improved Design of Multi-channel Thin Gap Chamber Simulation Signal Source for the ATLAS Detector Upgrade

We develop an improved design of thin gap chamber （TGC） simulation signal source. To further simulate the feature of TGC detector, a novel thought is proposed. The TGC source has 256 channels. Every channel can randomly output the signal in 25 ns. The design is based on true random number generator （TRNG）. Considering the electrical connection between the TGC source and the developing trigger electronics, the GFZ connector is used. The experimental results show that the improved TGC simulation signal source can uniformly output the random signal in every channel. The output noise is less than 3 mVrms.

Simulation and reconstruction of particle trajectories in the CEPC drift chamber

The circular electron-positron collider(CEPC)is designed to precisely measure the properties of the Higgs boson,study electroweak interactions at the Z-boson peak,and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model.As a component of the 4th conceptual CEPC detector,the drift chamber facilitates the measurement of charged particles.This study implemented a Geant4-based simulation and track reconstruction for the drift chamber.For the simulation,detector construction and response were implemented and added to the CEPC simulation chain.The development of track reconstruction involves track finding using the combinatorial Kalman filter method and track fitting using the tool of GenFit.Using the simulated data,the tracking performance was studied.The results showed that both the reconstruction resolution and tracking efficiency satisfied the requirements of the CEPC experiment.

Simulation study of the parallax ef f ect of gaseous detectors

A simulation study of the parallax effect of gaseous detectors using the Garfield program is reported. A method that mainly uses non-uniform cathode potentials to reduce the parallax error of planar type gas detectors is described. By applying it to MWPC and Micro-pattern gas detectors, the method reduces the parallax broadening with very good results. For a 13° incidence track, the width （FWHM） of the parallax broadening is reduced to less than 20% of the normal one after using the special cathode potentials.

Search for the singlet vector-like top quark in the T→tZ channel with Z→vv at hadron colliders

Based on a simplified model including a singlet vector-like top quark T with charge|Q|=2/3,we analyze the prospects of observing T via the single T production in the tZ channel with Z decaying to neutrinos at the hadronhadron colliders.This simplified model only includes two free parameters,the coupling constant g^(*)and the T quark mass m_(T).To investigate the observability of the single T production,we perform a detailed background analysis and detector simulation for the collision energies 14 TeV,27 TeV,and 100 TeV.We scan the g^(*)-m_(T)parameter space and show the exclusion and discovery capabilities on the T quark with the highest integrated luminosity designed at these colliders.Moreover,the limits from the narrow-width approximation and electro weak precision observables are considered.

Monte Carlo tuning for the BESⅢ time-of-flight system

Using experimental data, Monte Carlo tuning is implemented for performance parameters associated with the scintillation counters and readout electronics of the BESIII time-of-flight （TOF） system, as part of the full simulation model. The implementation of the tuning is described for simulations designed to reproduce the performance of a number of TOF system parameters, including pulse height, hit efficiency, time resolution, dead channels and background. In addition, comparisons with exoerimenta.1 data are presented.

Studies of the linearity of the readout module assembling using the eXTP-GPD chips

Background The Gas Pixel Detector(GPD)is a key part of the Polarimetry Focusing Array(PFA)sub-system onboard the enhance X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission(eXTP).The GPD can accurately provide the polarized angle and degree for incoming soft X-rays(requirements of minimum detectable polarization<1%(10^(6) s,1 mCrab))from celestial objects under extreme conditions of density,gravity and magnetism.Purpose Paste the GPD chips on a matched ceramic package is one of the most important procedures for the GPD assembly,and the parallelism between the top surface of an ASIC chip and the bottom surface of a Gas Electron Multiplier(GEM)foil can have impact on the distribution of electric field within transfer region and reconstruction of photoelectric trajectories,resulting in deterioration of the GPD sensitivity.This study quantifies the influence and gives a reasonable expectation of the parallelism.Methods A simulation framework of the GPD is constructed to quantify the influence on the GPD performance and values of the parallelism are measured by a gauge with a position resolution of o.1μm.Results:The difference of degree of modulation is less than 1% comparing the parallelism with a value of 20μm to a value of 0μm in response to both polarized and unpolarized X-rays.Meanwhile,the value of parallelism can reach 6.9±3.4μm(0.0176°±0.0087°)by testing and verifying.Conclusions The impact on the GPD performance can be less than 1%as the parallelism with an order of 20μm,and we also give a reasonable measuring method and verify the controllability and feasibility of the parallelism with an order of 20μm for pasting the ASIC chip on the surface of a ceramic package.