Papers
Topics
Authors
Recent
Search
2000 character limit reached

Additive manufacturing of a 3D-segmented plastic scintillator detector for tracking and calorimetry of elementary particles

Published 7 Dec 2023 in physics.ins-det and hep-ex | (2312.04672v2)

Abstract: Plastic-scintillator detectors are devices used for the detection of elementary particles. They provide good particle identification with excellent time resolution, whilst being inexpensive due to the affordability of plastic materials. Particle tracking is achieved by segmenting the scintillator into smaller optically-isolated 3D granular sub-structures which require the integration of multiple types of plastic materials as well as several thousands of tiny holes through a compact volume of several cubic meters. Future particle detectors necessitate larger volumes, possibly with even finer segmentation. However, manufacturing such geometries with current production strategies is challenging, as they involve time-consuming and costly fabrication processes, followed by the assembly of millions of individual parts. The difficulty in scaling up such a workflow can be addressed by additive manufacturing, enabling the construction of complex, monolithic geometries in a single operation. This article presents the fabrication of the first additive manufactured plastic scintillator detector, capable of 3D tracking elementary particles and measuring their stopping power. Its performance is comparable to the state of the art of plastic scintillator detectors. This work paves the way towards a new feasible, time and cost-effective process for the production of future plastic-based scintillator detectors, regardless their size and difficulty in geometry.

Definition Search Book Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com
References (42)
  1. M. G. Schorr and F. L. Torney, Phys. Rev. 80, 474 (1950).
  2. A. Korzenev et al., JINST 17 (01), P01016, arXiv:2109.03078 [physics.ins-det] .
  3. L. Aliaga et al. (MINERvA), Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 743, 130 (2014), arXiv:arXiv:1305.5199 [physics.ins-det] .
  4. D. G. Michael et al. (MINOS), Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 596, 190 (2008), arXiv:0805.3170 [physics.ins-det] .
  5. T. Förster, Annalen der Physik 437, 55 (1948), https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/and p.19484370105 .
  6. J. B. Birks, IRE Transactions on Nuclear Science 7, 2 (1960).
  7. J. BIRKS, in The Theory and Practice of Scintillation Counting, International Series of Monographs in Electronics and Instrumentation, edited by J. BIRKS (Pergamon, 1964) pp. 39–67.
  8. C. Harper and E. Petrie, In Plastics Materials and Processes: A Concise Encyclopedia (2003), John Wiley & Sons.
  9. R. Appel et al. (E865), Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 479, 349 (2002).
  10. Y. Abreu et al. (SoLid), JINST 13 (09), P09005, arXiv:1806.02461 [physics.ins-det] .
  11. V. Andreev et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 564, 144 (2006).
  12. Y. Abreu et al. (SoLid), JINST 12 (04), P04024, arXiv:1703.01683 [physics.ins-det] .
  13. S. Manly, M. Kordosky, and O. behalf of the DUNE Collaboration, Instruments 5, 10.3390/instruments5040031 (2021).
  14. S. Gwon et al., Phys. Rev. D 107, 032012 (2023), arXiv:2211.17037 [hep-ex] .
  15. A. Agarwal et al., Phys. Lett. B 840, 137843 (2023), arXiv:2207.02685 [physics.ins-det] .
  16. K. Abe et al. (T2K), T2K ND280 Upgrade - Technical Design Report (2019), arXiv:1901.03750 [physics.ins-det] .
  17. A. Boyarintsev et al., JINST 16 (12), P12010, arXiv:2108.11897 [physics.ins-det] .
  18. FDM Technology, About Fused Deposition Modeling (copyright by Stratasys), http://www.stratasys.com/3d-printers/technologies/fdm-technology.
  19. A. Bellini and S. Güçeri, Rapid Prototyping Journal 9, 252 (2020).
  20. M. Hamel and G. Lebouteiller, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 137, 48724 (2020), https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/app.48724 .
  21. S. Berns et al. (3DET), JINST 17 (10), P10045, arXiv:2202.10961 [physics.ins-det] .
  22. Kuraray catalogue - plastic scintillating fibers, http://kuraraypsf.jp/psf/ws.html.
  23. A. M. Artikov et al., Phys. Part. Nucl. Lett. 14, 139 (2017), arXiv:1604.02286 [physics.ins-det] .
  24. A. Artikov et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 930, 87 (2019), arXiv:1711.11393 [physics.ins-det] .
  25. A. Artikov et al., JINST 11 (05), T05003, arXiv:1604.02260 [physics.ins-det] .
  26. K. Abe et al. (T2K), Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 151801 (2017), arXiv:arXiv:1701.00432 [hep-ex] .
  27. K. Abe et al. (T2K), Nature 580, 339 (2020), [Erratum: Nature 583, E16 (2020)], arXiv:arXiv:1910.03887 [hep-ex] .
  28. M. A. Acero et al. (NOvA), Phys. Rev. D 106, 032004 (2022), arXiv:2108.08219 [hep-ex] .
  29. K. Abe et al. (Hyper-Kamiokande), Hyper-Kamiokande Design Report (2018), arXiv:arXiv:1805.04163 [physics.ins-det] .
  30. Y. Abreu et al. (SoLid), JINST 16 (02), P02025, arXiv:2002.05914 [physics.ins-det] .
  31. M. Andriamirado et al. (PROSPECT), Phys. Rev. D 103, 032001 (2021), arXiv:2006.11210 [hep-ex] .
  32. H. Almazán et al. (STEREO), Phys. Rev. D 102, 052002 (2020), arXiv:1912.06582 [hep-ex] .
  33. Z. Atif et al. (RENO, NEOS), Phys. Rev. D 105, L111101 (2022), arXiv:2011.00896 [hep-ex] .
  34. I. Alekseev et al. (DANSS), Phys. Lett. B 787, 56 (2018), arXiv:1804.04046 [hep-ex] .
  35. A. P. Serebrov et al., Phys. Rev. D 104, 032003 (2021), arXiv:2005.05301 [hep-ex] .
  36. J. Repond et al. (CALICE), JINST 13 (12), P12022, arXiv:1809.03909 [physics.ins-det] .
  37. T. Cai et al. (MINERvA), Nature 614, 48 (2023).
  38. CreatBot F430, https://www.creatbot.com/en/F430.html.
  39. Rosa3D filament, https://rosa3dfrance.fr.
  40. MPPC (multi-pixel photon counter) S13360 series, Hamamatsu (2022), accessed 9th of June 2023.
  41. Eljen Technology - EJ-500 optical glue, https://eljentechnology.com/products/accessories/ej-500.
  42. CAEN FERS DT5202, https://www.caen.it/products/dt5202/.
Citations (1)
View on Semantic Scholar

Summary

No one has generated a summary of this paper yet.

Sign Up to Summarize

Paper to Video (Beta)

No one has generated a video about this paper yet.

Sign Up to Generate All Videos Subscribe on YouTube

Whiteboard

No one has generated a whiteboard explanation for this paper yet.

Sign Up to Generate

Open Problems

We haven't generated a list of open problems mentioned in this paper yet.

Generate Now

Continue Learning

We haven't generated follow-up questions for this paper yet.

Generate Now

Collections

Sign up for free to add this paper to one or more collections.

Sign Up

Tweets

Sign up for free to view the 2 tweets with 0 likes about this paper.

Sign Up for Free