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Engineering Division 2017 Publications

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Electronics, Software, and Instrumentation Engineering Department

Bakalis, Christos, et al. ATLAS Muon DCS Upgrades and Optimizations. No. ATL-PHYS-SLIDE-2017-054. ATL-COM-PHYS-2017-099, 2017. Link
 

Luo, Tianhuan, et al. “Beam Coupling Impedance Characterization of Third Harmonic Cavity for ALS Upgrade.” North American Particle Accelerator Conf.(NAPAC’16), Chicago, IL, USA, October 9-14, 2016. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 Jan. 2017. Link

 

Atharifard, A., et al. “Per-pixel energy calibration of photon counting detectors.” Journal of Instrumentation 12.03 (3 Mar. 2017): C03085. Link

 

S. Bheesette et al., “Medipix3RX neutron camera for ambient radiation measurements,” 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2017, pp. 1-5. Link

 

CMS collaboration. “Search for single production of vector-like quarks decaying into ab quark and a W boson in proton-proton collisions at sqrt (s)= 13 TeV.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.08328 (2017). Link

 

Shamshad, M., et al. “Semi-analytic off-axis x-ray source model.” Journal of Instrumentation 12.10 (23 Oct. 2017): P10013. Link

 

V. Arsov, et al. “Design and Commissioning of the Bunch Arrival-Time Monitor for SwissFEL.” Proc. IBIC 2017 (2017). Link

 

P. Chevtsov, et al. “Bunch arrival time monitor control setup for SwissFEL applications.” ICALEPCS, 2017. Link

 

Doolittle, Larry. “Tutorial on Analog Signal Processing and Design for Low Noise LLRF Front Ends.” LLRF2017 Workshop, Barcelona, Spain. 2017. Link

 

Doolittle, Larry, et al. “High Precision RF Control For SRF Cavities In LCLS-II.” SRF Workshop 2017. 2017. Link

 

Z. Y., Lin, et al. “The Preliminary Performance of the Timing and Synchronization System at Tsinghua University.” Proc. 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17). May 2017. Link

 

Ma, Hengjie, et al. “An Internet Rack Monitor-Controller for APS LINAC RF Electronics Upgrade.” North American Particle Accelerator Conf.(NAPAC’16), Chicago, IL, USA, October 9-14, 2016. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Serrano, C., L. Doolittle, and V. Vytla. “Cryomodule-on-chip simulation engine.” Proc. ICALEPCS. 2017. Link

 

Serrano, Carlos, et al. “Design and Implementation of the LLRF System for LCLS-II.” Proceedings of ICALEPCS2017, Barcelona, Spain (2017): 1969-1974. Link

 

Wilcox, Russell, et al. “Interferometer design and controls for pulse stacking in high power fiber lasers.” AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1812. No. 1. AIP Publishing LLC, 6 March 2017. Link

 

Y. Xu et al., “FPGA-Based Optical Cavity Phase Stabilization for Coherent Pulse Stacking,” in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 1-11, Feb. 2018, Art no. 1600111. Link

 

Xu, Yilun, et al. “FPGA Control of Coherent Pulse Stacking.” North American Particle Accelerator Conf.(NAPAC’16), Chicago, IL, USA, October 9-14, 2016. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Y. Yang et al., “A Pulse-Pattern-Based Phase-Locking Method for Multi-cavity Coherent Pulse Stacking,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2017), paper SM4I.3. Link

 

Yang, Y., et al. “Multicavity coherent pulse stacking using Herriott cells.” North American Particle Accelerator Conference (NAPAC). 2017. Link

 

Abt, Iris, et al. “Fast neutron detector data analysis, MC simulation and preliminary result in the context of Minidex.” Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (2017). Link

 

Kneissl, Raphael, et al. “The Minidex experiment for the measurement of muon-induced neutrons.” Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (2017). Link

 

Yang, J., Du, YC., Yan, LX. et al. Laser–RF synchronization based on digital phase detector. NUCL SCI TECH 28, 57 (2017). Link

 

Auger, M., A. Ereditato, and J. R. Sinclair. ArgonCube: A modular approach for liquid argon TPC neutrino detectors for near detector environments. No. CERN-SPSC-2017-025. 2017. Link

 

Carney, Rebecca, et al. “FE65-P2. A prototype pixel readout chip in 65 nm technology for HL-LHC upgrades.” Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (2017). Link

 

Casas, LM Jara, et al. “Study of Total Ionizing Dose Effects in 65nm Digital Circuits with the DRAD Digital RADiation Test Chip.” 2017 17th European Conference on Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS). IEEE, 2017. Link

 

Casas, LM Jara, et al. “Characterization of radiation effects in 65 nm digital circuits with the DRAD digital radiation test chip.” Journal of Instrumentation 12.02 (10 Feb 2017): C02039. Link

 

Gaioni, Luigi, et al. “Design of analog front-ends for the RD53 demonstrator chip.” PoS (Sept 2017): 036. Link

 

Aartsen, Mark G., et al. “The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: instrumentation and online systems.” Journal of Instrumentation 12.03 (Mar. 2017): P03012. Link

 

Aartsen, Mark G., et al. “PINGU: a vision for neutrino and particle physics at the South Pole.” Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 44.5 (Apr. 2017): 054006. Link

 

Renner, Joshua, et al. “Background rejection in NEXT using deep neural networks.” Journal of Instrumentation 12.01 (Jan. 2017): T01004. Link

 

C. Grace, E. Fong, D. Gnani, T. Stezelberger, H. v. d. Lippe and P. Denes, “A Modular Architecture for the Semi-Automatic Design and Layout of Pipelined ADC Arrays,” 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 21. Oct. 2017, pp. 1-4. Link

 

I. J. Johnson et al., “Development of a fast framing detector for electron microscopy,” 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), 10. Oct. 2016, pp. 1-2. Link

 

N. Hasan, et al., “Few-flakes reduced graphene oxide sensors for organic vapors with a high signal-to-noise ratio.” Nanomaterials 7.10 (2017): 339. Link

 

M. K. Covo et al., “88-Inch Cyclotron: The one-stop facility for electronics radiation testing,” 2017 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), 2017, pp. 484-488. Link

 

Conti, Elia, et al. “Development of a large pixel chip demonstrator in RD53 for ATLAS and CMS upgrades.” PoS (2017): 005. Link

 

Krieger, Amanda, et al. “A micropower readout ASIC for pixelated liquid Ar TPCs.” Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics. 2017. Link

 

Saito, Yoshifumi, et al. “High-speed MCP anodes for high time resolution low-energy charged particle spectrometers.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 122.2 (2017): 1816-1830. Link

 

S. W. Barwick, et al. “Radio detection of air showers with the ARIANNA experiment on the Ross Ice Shelf.” Astroparticle Physics 90 (2017): 50-68. Link

 

T. Prakash, A fully-synchronous multi-GHz analog waveform recording and triggering circuit. University of California, Irvine, 2017. Link

 

C. Serrano, et al., “Cryomodule-on-chip simulation engine.” Proc. ICALEPCS. 2017. Link

 

C. Serrano, et al., “Design and Implementation of the LLRF System for LCLS-II.” Proceedings of ICALEPCS2017, Barcelona, Spain (2017): 1969-1974. Link

 

C. Grace, et al., “A Modular Architecture for the Semi-Automatic Design and Layout of Pipelined ADC Arrays,” 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2017, pp. 1-4. Link

 

T. Stezelberger, et al., “Modeling the energy and timing digital signal processing for the Gamma Ray Energy Tracking In-Beam Array (GRETINA),” 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2017, pp. 1-6. Link

 

N. C. Andresen, et al. “A 5-μ m pitch charge-coupled device optimized for resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering.” Review of Scientific Instruments 88.8 (2017): 083103. Link

 

Q. Ji, et al. “Note: Coincidence measurements of 3He and neutrons from a compact DD neutron generator.” Review of Scientific Instruments 88.5 (2017): 056105. Link

 

Bucci, C., et al. “The Faraday room of the CUORE experiment.” Journal of Instrumentation 12.12 (17 Dec. 2017): P12013. Link

 

C.J. Bebek, J.H. Emes, D.E. Groom, S. Haque, S.E. Holland, P.N. Jelinsky, A. Karcher, W.F. Kolbe, J.S. Lee, N.P. Palaio, D.J. Schlegel, G. Wang, R. Groulx, R. Frost, J. Estrada and M. Bonati, “Status of the CCD development for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument”, 2017. Link

 

Toth, Csaba, et al. “Transition of the BELLA PW laser system towards a collaborative research facility in laser plasma science.” AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1812. No. 1. AIP Publishing LLC, 2017. Link

 

S., Copello, et al., “The commissioning of the CUORE experiment: the mini-tower run”, PoS, NEUTEL2017, 072, September 2017. Link

 

V.,Novati, et al., “CUORE: first results and prospects,” PoS,NuFact2017, 164, 2017. Link

 

T. Stezelberger, M. Schütt, S. Zimmermann, M. Bantel, C. M. Campbell and M. Cromaz, “Modeling the energy and timing digital signal processing for the Gamma Ray Energy Tracking In-Beam Array (GRETINA),” 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2017, pp. 1-6. Link

 

Magnetics Engineering Department

L. Brouwer, D. Arbelaez, S. Caspi, M. Marchevsky and S. Prestemon, “Improved Modeling of Canted–Cosine–Theta Magnets,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1-6, April 2018, Art no. 4001006. Link
 

DeMello, Allan, et al. “Engineering Optimization of The Support Structure and Drive System for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Undulator Segments.” 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â 19 May, 2017. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Lauer, Kenneth, et al. “LCLS-II undulator motion control.” Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Experim. Phys. Control Syst.. Oct. 2017. Link

 

Scharfstein, G. A., Diego Arbelaez, and J. Jung. “An Endstation with Cryogenic Coils Contributing to a 0.5 Tesla Field and 30-400k Sample Thermal Control.” 9th Edition of the Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation Conference (MEDSI’16), Barcelona, Spain, 11-16 September 2016. JACOW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 June 2017. Link

 

E. F. Holik et al., “Fabrication of First 4-m Coils for the LARP MQXFA Quadrupole and Assembly in Mirror Structure,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1-5, June 2017, Art no. 4003605. Link

 

E. F. Holik et al.”Two-layer 16 Tesla cosθ dipole design based on MQXF low-β quadrupoles.” (2017). Link

 

Stoynev, Stoyan, et al. “Summary of test results of MQXFS1—The first short model 150 mm aperture Nb3Sn quadrupole for the high-luminosity LHC upgrade.” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 28.3 (12 Dec 2017): 1-5. Link

 

Vallone, Giorgio, et al. “Mechanical Design Analysis of MQXFB, the 7.2-m-Long Low- β Quadrupole for the High-Luminosity LHC Upgrade.” IEEE Transactions on applied superconductivity 28.3 (4 Dec 2017): 1-5. Link

 

Leitner, Matthaeus, et al. “Hard X-ray and soft X-ray undulator segments for the linear coherent light source upgrade (LCLS-II) project.” Proc. 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17). 1 May 2017, Link

 

Ray, K. L., et al. “Development of the Manufacturing and QA Processes for the Magnetic Modules of the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Undulators.” 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â 19 May, 2017. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Wallén, E., et al. “Magnetic Field Measurements at LBNL on Soft X-Ray and Hard X-Ray Undulator Segments for the Linear Coherent Light Source Upgrade (LCLS-II) Project.” (2017), Link

 

M. Juchno et al., “Mechanical Design of a Nb3Sn Superconducting Magnet System for a 45 GHz ECR Ion Source,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1-6, April 2018, Art no. 4602806. Link

 

X. Wang, D. Arbelaez, S. Caspi, S. O. Prestemon, G. Sabbi and T. Shen, “Strain Distribution in REBCO-Coated Conductors Bent With the Constant-Perimeter Geometry,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1-10, Dec. 2017, Art no. 6604010. Link

 

Manufacturing Engineering & CAD Department

Doyle, J. A., et al. “Development of the Manufacturing and QA Processes for the LCLS-II Injector Source VHF Electron Gun.” 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â 19 May, 2017. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link
 

Leitner, M., et al. “Hard X-ray and soft X-ray undulator segments for the linear coherent light source upgrade (LCLS-II) project.” Proc. 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17). 2017. Link

 

Mechanical Engineering Department

Y. Chuang, et al. “Modular soft x-ray spectrometer for applications in energy sciences and quantum materials.” Review of Scientific Instruments 88.1 (2017): 013110. Link
 

Takakuwa, Jeffrey, et al. “Fabrication, Assembly, And Metrology Methods To Opti-Mize An Adjustable Exit Slit For A Soft X-Ray Beamline.” 9th Edition of the Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation Conference (MEDSI’16), Barcelona, Spain, 11-16 September 2016. JACOW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Doyle, J. A., et al. “Development of the Manufacturing and QA Processes for the LCLS-II Injector Source VHF Electron Gun.” 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â 19 May, 2017. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Androic, D., et al. “Qweak: First Direct Measurement of the Proton’s Weak Charge.” EPJ Web of Conferences. Vol. 137. EDP Sciences, 22 March 2017. Link

 

Etxeberria, Julen, and Jeong Han Lee. “EtherCAT based DAQ system at ESS.” (2017). Link

 

S. Farina, et al. “MicroTCA generic data acquisition systems at ESS.” Proc. of International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Control Systems (ICALEPCS’17), Barcelona, Spain. No. 16. October 2017. Link

 

García, J. Cereijo, et al. “Timing system at ESS.” Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS’17). May 2017. Link

 

D. B. Ríos, et al. “New Measurements of the Beam Normal Spin Asymmetries at Large Backward Angles with Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets.” Physical Review Letters 119.1 (July 2017): 012501. Link

 

Thomas, Cyrille, et al. “Design and implementation of non-invasive profile monitors for the ESS LEBT.” Proc. IBIC 16 (1 February 2017): 551-554. Link

 

Lauer, Kenneth, et al. “LCLS-II undulator motion control.” Proc. 16th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Experim. Phys. Control Syst.. Oct. 2017. Link

 

Leitner, Matthaeus, et al. “Hard X-ray and soft X-ray undulator segments for the linear coherent light source upgrade (LCLS-II) project.” Proc. 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17). 1, May 2017. Link

 

Ray, K. L., et al. “Development of the Manufacturing and QA Processes for the Magnetic Modules of the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Undulators.” 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â 19 May, 2017. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Wallén, E., et al. “Magnetic Field Measurements at LBNL on Soft X-Ray and Hard X-Ray Undulator Segments for the Linear Coherent Light Source Upgrade (LCLS-II) Project.” (2017). Link

 

B. P. Abbott et al., “First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data,” Physical Review D, vol. 96, no. 12, p. 122004, Dec. 2017. Link

 

B. P. Abbott et al., “GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence,” The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 851, no. 2, p. L35, Dec. 2017. Link

 

B. P. Abbott et al., “First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data,” Physical Review D, vol. 96, no. 12, p. 122006, Dec. 2017. Link

 

Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “Search for post-merger gravitational waves from the remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters 851.1 (7 Dec 2017): L16. Link

 

Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “On the progenitor of binary neutron star merger GW170817.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters 850.2 (1 Dec 2017): L40. Link

 

Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “Estimating the contribution of dynamical ejecta in the kilonova associated with GW170817.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters 850.2 (1 Dec 2017): L39. Link

 

Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.05835 (16 Oct. 2017). Link

 

Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “Upper limits on gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 from a model-based cross-correlation search in advanced LIGO data.” The Astrophysical Journal 847.1 (2017): 47. Link

 

Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “GW170814: a three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence.” Physical review letters 119.14 (6 Oct. 2017): 141101. Link

 

Abbott, Benjamin P., et al. “All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data.” Physical Review D 96.6 (2017): 062002. Link

 

Matichard, Fabrice, et al. “Advanced LIGO two-stage twelve-axis vibration isolation and positioning platform. Part 1: Design and production overview.” Precision Engineering 40 (2015): 273-286. Link

 

Walker, Mia, et al. “Effects of transients in LIGO suspensions on searches for gravitational waves.” Review of Scientific Instruments 88.12 (2017): 124501. Link

 

Wen, Linqing, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and Virgo Collaboration. “VizieR Online Data Catalog: Gravitational waves search from known PSR with LIGO (Abbott+, 2017).” (1 Nov 2017). Link

 

DeMello, Allan, et al. “Engineering Optimization of The Support Structure and Drive System for the LCLS-II Soft X-Ray Undulator Segments.” 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf.(IPAC’17), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â 19 May, 2017. JACOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. Link

 

Steier, Christoph, et al. R+ D progress towards a diffraction limited upgrade of the ALS. No. LBNL-1007077. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.(LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States), 2017. Link

 

Ruminski, Anne M., et al. “Geometric analysis of enhanced thermal conductivity in epoxy composites: A comparison of graphite and carbon nanofiber fillers.” physica status solidi (a) 214.1 (2017): 1600368. Link

 

Toth, Csaba, et al. “Transition of the BELLA PW laser system towards a collaborative research facility in laser plasma science.” AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1812. No. 1. AIP Publishing LLC, 2017. Link

 

R. Qiao et al. “High-efficiency in situ resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (iRIXS) endstation at the Advanced Light Source.” Review of Scientific Instruments 88.3 (2017): 033106. Link

 

M. K. Covo et al., “88-Inch Cyclotron: The one-stop facility for electronics radiation testing,” 2017 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), June 2017, pp. 484-488. Link

 

Anerella, M., et al. MQXFS1 Quadrupole Fabrication Report. No. FERMILAB-TM-2660-TD. 16 Jul. 2017, Link

 

G. Chlachidze et al., “Performance of the First Short Model 150-mm-Aperture Nb3Sn Quadrupole MQXFS for the High-Luminosity LHC Upgrade,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1-5, June 2017, Art no. 4000205. Link

 

S. Izquierdo Bermudez et al., “Magnetic Analysis of the Nb3Sn Low-Beta Quadrupole for the High-Luminosity LHC,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1-5, June 2017, Art no. 4001905. Link

 

H. Pan et al., “Mechanical Design Studies of the MQXF Long Model Quadrupole for the HiLumi LHC,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1-5, June 2017, Art no. 4004105. Link

 

Sacristan De Frutos, Oscar, et al. JACoW: Characterisation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Superconducting Cables Used in High Field Magnets From Room Temperature Down to 77K. (May 2017), No. CERN-ACC-2017-242. 2017. Link

 

S. Stoynev et al., “Summary of Test Results of MQXFS1—The First Short Model 150 mm Aperture Nb3Sn Quadrupole for the High-Luminosity LHC Upgrade,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1-5, 12 Dec 2017, Art no. 4001705. Link

 

G. Vallone and P. Ferracin, “Modeling Coil-Pole Debonding in Nb3Sn Superconducting Magnets for Particle Accelerators,” in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1-11, Dec. 2017, Art no. 4004611. Link

 

Vallone, Giorgio, et al. “Mechanical performance of short models for MQXF, the Nb3Sn low-β quadrupole for the Hi-Lumi LHC.” IEEE Transactions on applied superconductivity 27.4 (June 2017): 1-6. Link