A5010270033- Neutrino Physics Research
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Superconducting and THz Device Technology
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
Homi Bhabha National Institute
2022-2023
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
2022-2023
INO-ICAL is a proposed underground particle physics experiment to study the neutrino oscillation parameters by detecting neutrinos produced in atmospheric air showers. Iron CALorimeter (ICAL) have 151 layers of iron stacked vertically, with active detector elements between layers. The will be magnetized enable measurement momentum and charge $\mu^-$ (or $\mu^+$) $\nu_\mu$ $\bar{\nu}_\mu$) interactions. Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) been chosen as due their large area coverage,...
Abstract This work presents the measurements of cosmic muon charge ratio as a function full azimuthal angle and momentum within range 0.8 to 3.0 GeV/c, using mini-ICAL detector. The detector, comprising 10 layers RPCs, has collected data since August 2018 till recent time, at an altitude 160 m above sea level Inter-Institutional Center for High Energy Physics in Madurai, India (9 ∘ 56' N , 78 00' E ). identification is achieved through use magnetic field strength 1.4 T. analysis shows that...
Abstract A Prototype of the Iron Calorimeter for India-based Neutrino Observatory is currently running in Madurai, India. This consists twenty large area single gap Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) size, ∼ 185 cm × 175 sandwiched between 11 layers iron plates thickness 5.6 cm. The total size mini-Iron Calorimeter(mini-ICAL) 4 m 1.2 and having a weight 85 tons (1/600) scaled-down version ICAL detector INO [1]. magnetized using two sets copper coils, each coil has 18 turns. central region...
Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is a gaseous detector used for tracking charged particles. These detectors comprise of sensitive gas volumes applied with high electric field between the end plates. When particle traverses TPC volume, it ionizes atoms along its trajectory. The free electrons produced move towards anode speed depending on mixture and field. Arrival times hit channel information are to track particle. In order measure accurately, arrival these slow-moving at anode, an FPGA-based...
A 51-kiloton magnetised Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector, using Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as active detector elements, aims to study atmospheric neutrinos. prototype - 1/600 of the weight ICAL, called mini-ICAL was installed in INO transit campus at Madurai. modest proof-of-principle cosmic muon veto about 1 m × 0.3 dimensions set up a few years ago, scintillator paddles. The measured efficiency 99.98% and simulation studies muon-induced background events ICAL surrounded by an...
A 51-kiloton magnetised Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector, using Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as active detector elements, aims to study atmospheric neutrinos. prototype - 1/600 of the weight ICAL, called mini-ICAL was installed in INO transit campus at Madurai. modest proof-of-principle cosmic muon veto about 1 m × 0.3 dimensions setup a few years ago, scintillator paddles. The measured efficiency 99.98% and simulation studies muon-induced background events ICAL surrounded by an efficient...