Using 98% linearly polarized radiation at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, the performance of a prototype two-dimensional microstrip Ge(i) detector for x-ray imaging and as a Compton polarimeter has been evaluated. Using the energy and position sensitivity of the detector, the ability to obtain a complete reconstruction of the Compton event has been demonstrated. The mod...

PURPOSE To compare in an animal model the image quality of multiplanar reformation and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction images of the central airways by using single-detector row computed tomography (CT) and multi-detector row CT at varied tube currents and to compare radiation dose. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five dogs each underwent five consecutive helical CT examinations (one single-detec...

In December 2009 a milestone of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) [1] was marked when the detector was turned on to record tracks of particles produced by first stable beams in collision at the Large Hadron Collider. We report here the performance of the detector during the ensuing data taking period of 2 weeks. Of the 18 TRD supermodules, 7 are currently installed in the ALICE setu...

We present data that show a cycling transition can be used to detect and image metastable He2 triplet molecules in superfluid helium. We demonstrate that limitations on the cycling efficiency due to the vibrational structure of the molecule can be mitigated by the use of repumping lasers. Images of the molecules obtained using the method are also shown. This technique gives rise to a new kind o...

In order to allow on-line data analysis, calibration and monitoring of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) a number of TRD-specific High Level Trigger (HLT) processing components have been designed and implemented. The TRD processing chain for HLT follows the analysis defined by the off-line algorithms developed within the ALICE analysis framework Aliroot [1]. In order to run the very...

For cosmic particle spectroscopy on the International Space Station the AMS experiment will be equipped with a Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) to improve particle identification. The TRD has 20 layers of fleece radiator with Xe/CO2 proportional-mode straw-tube chambers. They are supported in a conically shaped octagon structure made of CFC-Al-honeycomb. For low power consumption VA analog m...

The HEAT (High Energy Antimatter Telescope) instrument was successfully own by high altitude balloon in May 1994. HEAT combines a new magnet spectrometer, comprised of a two-coil superconducting magnet and precision drift tube hodoscope, with a transition radiation detector and electromagnetic shower counter for particle identiication. Flight data are presented which demonstrate that the spectr...

We present new measurements of heavy cosmic-ray nuclei at high energies performed during the first flight of the balloon-borne cosmic-ray experiment CREAM (Cosmic-Ray Energetics And Mass). This instrument uses multiple charge detectors Preprint submitted to Elsevier 12 August 2008 and a transition radiation detector to provide the first high accuracy measurements of the relative abundances of e...