PICOSEC Micromegas precise-timing detectors: development towards large-area application and integration
Abstract PICOSEC Micromegas (MM) is a precise timing gaseous detector based on a Cherenkov radiator coupled with a semi-transparent photocathode and an MM amplifying structure. The detector concept was successfully demonstrated through a single-channel prototype, achieving sub-25 ps time resolution with Minimum Ionizing Particles (MIPs). A series of studies followed, aimed at developing robust, large-area, and scalable detectors with high time resolution, complemented by specialized fast-response readout electronics. This work presents recent advancements towards large-area resistive PICOSEC MM, including 10 × 10 cm 2 area prototypes and a 20 × 20 cm 2 prototype, which features the jointing of four photocathodes. The time resolution of these detector prototypes was tested during the test beam, achieved a timing performance of around 25 ps for individual pads in MIPs. Meanwhile, customized electronics have been developed dedicated to the high-precision time measurement of the large-area PICOSEC MM. The performance of the entire system was evaluated during the test beam, demonstrating its capability for large-area integration. These advancements highlight the potential of PICOSEC MM to meet the stringent requirements of future particle physics experiments.
Authors
- M. Lisowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4001-9542)
- A. Kallitsopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-1263)
- F. Brunbauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0514-8189)
- Xu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-1152)
- M. Pomorski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1272-1764)
- M. van Stenis
- D. Janssens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-9710)
- R. Aleksan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3118-0708)
- Z. Zhang
- S. N. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6181-4935)
- D. Fiorina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7104-257X)
- Y. Angelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9057-5165)
- Jianbei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-8775)
- K. Gnanvo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5348-0664)
- T. Papaevangelou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2829-9158)
- Marinko Kovačić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-6125)
- S. Tzamarias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8363-1072)
- H. Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2830-0617)
- T. Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0243-6294)
- F.J. Iguaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6327-9369)
- Jaydeep Datta
- B. Kross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9309-6926)
- Zhenyan Li
- Y. Meng
- L. Scharenberg
- G. Orlandini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4494-2756)
- R. Veenhof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5786-1205)
- Lei Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5421-6101)
- P. Vitulo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9247-7778)
- Yi Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5762-5349)
- I. M. Maniatis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-0088)
- K. Dehmelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3247-1857)
- E. Oliveri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0832-6975)
- M. Gallinaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1261-2277)
- I. Vai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-5032)
- M. Brunoldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8757-6420)
- L. Sohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3498-5966)
- Evridki Chatzianagnostou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3781-1820)
- F. García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4023-7964)
- A. Utrobicic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4159-1334)
- G. Tsipolitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0805-0809)
- G. Fanourakis
- D. Sampsonidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9571-2304)
- J. Bortfeldt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0777-985X)
- Y.Q. Ma
- Anand Pandey
- W. Xi
- K.J. Floethner
- J. McKisson
- P. Legou
- I. Giomataris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0133-864X)
- L. Ropolewski
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- National Technical University of Athens (GR)
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" (GR)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- LIP - Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT)
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (US)
- Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (FR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia (IT)
- Ruđer Bošković Institute (HR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (GR)
- Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (FR)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/03/c03015
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.74