A concise review on THGEM detectors (2008)
Breskin, A., Alon, R., Cortesi, M., Chechik, R., Miyamoto, J., Dangendorf, V., ...
We briefly review the concept and properties of the Thick GEM (THGEM); it is a robust, high-gain gaseous electron multiplier, manufactured economically by standard printed-circuit drilling and...
Operation of a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) in Ar, Xe and Ar-Xe (2007)
Alon, R., Miyamoto, J., Cortesi, M., Breskin, A., Chechik, R., Carne, I., ...
We present the results of our recent studies of a Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM)-based detector, operated in Ar, Xe and Ar:Xe (95:5) at various gas pressures. Avalanche-multiplication...
Gai, M., McKinsey, D. N., Ni, K., Rubin, D. A. R., Wongjirad, T., Alon, R., ...
The Yale-Weizmann collaboration aims to develop a low-radioactivity (low-background) cryogenic noble liquid detector for Dark-Matter (DM) search in measurements to be performed deep underground as...
Spatial Resolution of a Micromegas-TPC Using the Charge Dispersion Signal (2007)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Dixit, M., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for the International Linear Collider will need to measure about 200 track points with a resolution close to 100 $\mu$m. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout...
Spatial Resolution of a Micromegas-TPC Using the Charge Dispersion Signal (2007)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Dixit, M., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for the International Linear Collider will need to measure about 200 track points with a resolution close to 100 $\mu$m. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout...
Spatial Resolution of a Micromegas-TPC Using the Charge Dispersion Signal (2007)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Dixit, M., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for the International Linear Collider will need to measure about 200 track points with a resolution close to 100 $\mu$m. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout...
Spatial Resolution of a Micromegas-TPC Using the Charge Dispersion Signal (2005)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Dixit, M., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for the International Linear Collider will need to measure about 200 track points with a resolution close to 100 $\mu$m. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout...
Development of radiation tolerant semiconductor detectors for the Super-LHC (2005)
Moll, M., Adey, J., Al-Ajili, A., Alfieri, G., Allport, P. P., Artuso, M., ...
The envisaged upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN towards the Super-LHC (SLHC) with a 10 times increased luminosity of 10(35) cm(-2) s(-1) Will present severe challenges for the...
Radiation-hard semiconductor detectors for SuperLHC (2005)
Bruzzi, M., Adey, J., Al-Ajili, A., Alexandrov, P., Alfieri, G., Allport, P. P., ...
An option of increasing the luminosity of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN to 1035 cm-2 s-1 has been envisaged to extend the physics reach of the machine. An efficient tracking down to a few...
Recent advancements in the development of radiation hard semiconductor detectors for S-LHC (2005)
Fretwurst, E., Adey, J., Al-Ajili, A., Alfieri, G., Allport, P. P., Artuso, M., ...
The proposed luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (S-LHC) at CERN will demand the innermost layers of the vertex detectors to sustain fluences of about 10(16) hadrons/cm(2). Due to the...
Radiation-hard semiconductor detectors for SuperLHC (2005)
Bruzzi, M., Adey, J., Al-Ajili, A., Alexandrov, P., Alfieri, G., Allport, P. P., ...
An option of increasing the luminosity of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN to 1035 cm-2 s-1 has been envisaged to extend the physics reach of the machine. An efficient tracking down to a few...
Recent advancements in the development of radiation hard semiconductor detectors for S-LHC (2005)
Fretwurst, E., Adey, J., Al-Ajili, A., Alfieri, G., Allport, P. P., Artuso, M., ...
The proposed luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (S-LHC) at CERN will demand the innermost layers of the vertex detectors to sustain fluences of about 10(16) hadrons/cm(2). Due to the...
Development of radiation tolerant semiconductor detectors for the Super-LHC (2005)
Moll, M., Adey, J., Al-Ajili, A., Alfieri, G., Allport, P. P., Artuso, M., ...
The envisaged upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN towards the Super-LHC (SLHC) with a 10 times increased luminosity of 10(35) cm(-2) s(-1) Will present severe challenges for the...
Spatial Resolution of a Micromegas-TPC Using the Charge Dispersion Signal (2005)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Dixit, M., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for the International Linear Collider will need to measure about 200 track points with a resolution close to 100 $\mu$m. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout...
Spatial resolution of a MPGD TPC using the charge dispersion signal (2005)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Kochermin, A., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
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Spatial resolution of a MPGD TPC using the charge dispersion signal (2005)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Kochermin, A., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
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Spatial Resolution of a Micromegas-TPC Using the Charge Dispersion Signal (2005)
Bellerive, A., Boudjemline, K., Carnegie, R., Dixit, M., Miyamoto, J., Neuheimer, E., ...
The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) for the International Linear Collider will need to measure about 200 track points with a resolution close to 100 $\mu$m. A Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout...
Electron transparency, ion transparency and ion feedback of a 3M GEM (2004)
Barbeau, P. S., Collar, J., Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I.
We report the first measurements of electron transparency, ion transparency and ion feedback of a mass produced 3M GEM. Our results indicate that a mass produced GEM and a CERN GEM have similar...
GEM operation in negative ion drift gas mixtures (2004)
Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I., Martoff, C. J., Katz-Hyman, M., Ayad, R., Bonvincini, G., ...
The first operation of GEM gas gain elements in negative ion gas mixtures is reported. Gains up to several thousand were obtained from single-stage GEMs in CS vapor at low pressure, and in mixtures...
Search for axion-like particles from the sun in an underground negative-ion TPC (2004)
Naples, D., Ayad, R., Bonvincini, G., Katz-Hyman, M., Martoff, J., Miyamoto, J., ...
Axion-like particles produced in the sun with masses in the keV range have been proposed to explain several long-standing anomalies in astrophysical X-ray observations. The gravitationally bound...
GEM Operation in Negative Ion Drift Gas Mixtures (2003)
Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I., Martoff, C. J., Katz-Hyman, M., Ayad, R., Bonvicini, G., ...
The first operation of GEM gas gain elements in negative ion gas mixtures is reported. Gains up to several thousand were obtained from single-stage GEMs in carbon disulfide vapor at low pressure, and...
A First Mass Production of Gas Electron Multipliers (2003)
Barbeau, P S, Collar, J I, Geissinger, J D, Miyamoto, J, Shipsey, I, Yang, R
We report on the manufacture of a first batch of approximately 2,000 Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) using 3M's fully automated roll to roll flexible circuit production line. This process allows...
A First Mass Production of Gas Electron Multipliers (2003)
Barbeau, P. S., Collar, J. I., Geissinger, J. D., Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I., Yang, R.
We report on the manufacture of a first batch of approximately 2,000 Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) using 3M's fully automated roll to roll flexible circuit production line. This process allows...
Toward coherent neutrino detection using low-background micropattern gas detectors (2003)
Barbeau, P. S., Collar, J. I., Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I.
The detection of low energy neutrinos (< few tens of MeV) via coherent nuclear scattering remains a holy grail of sorts in neutrino physics. This uncontroversial mode of interaction is expected to...
A first mass production of gas electron multipliers (2003)
Barbeau, P. S., Collar, J. I., Geissinger, J. D., Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I., Yang, R.
We report on the manufacture of a first batch of approximately 2000 Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) using 3M's fully automated roll-to-roll flexible circuit production line. This process allows...
A study of a MICROMEGAS detector with a new readout scheme (2003)
Kane, S., May, J., Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I.
A new MICROMEGAS detector readout scheme that protects the readout electronics from damage caused by discharge initiated by large gas amplification has been studied. In the new method, the signal is...
An aging study of a MICROMEGAS with GEM preamplification (2003)
Kane, S., May, J., Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I.
We have conducted the first study of the aging behavior of a MICROMEGAS detector with gas electron multiplier (GEM) preamplification. Because a MICROMEGAS is constructed with minimal insulation and...
Status of the CLEO III silicon tracker (2003)
Von Toerne, E., Alam, M. S., Alexander, J. P., Anastassov, A., Arndte, K., Bean, A., ...
The CLEO-III silicon vertex detector is a 4-layer device with double-sided silicon sensors arranged in a barrel design, covering 93% of the solid angle. After initially meeting its design goals of...
Towards Coherent Neutrino Detection Using Low-Background Micropattern Gas Detectors (2002)
Barbeau, P S, Collar, J I, Miyamoto, J, Shipsey, I
The detection of low energy neutrinos ($$ 1 kg) are not sensitive to sub-keV nuclear recoils like those expected from this channel. The advent of Micropattern Gas Detectors (MPGDs), new technologies...
Towards Coherent Neutrino Detection Using Low-Background Micropattern Gas Detectors (2002)
Barbeau, P., Collar, J. I., Miyamoto, J., Shipsey, I.
The detection of low energy neutrinos ($$ 1 kg) are not sensitive to sub-keV nuclear recoils like those expected from this channel. The advent of Micropattern Gas Detectors (MPGDs), new technologies...
What should be reported in a methods section on utility assessment? (2001)
Stalmeier, P.F.M., Goldstein, M., Holmes, A.M., Lenert, L., Miyamoto, J., Stiggelbout, A., ...
What should be reported in a methods section on utility assessment? (2001)
Stalmeier, P.F.M., Goldstein, M., Holmes, A.M., Lenert, L., Miyamoto, J., Stiggelbout, A., ...
What should be reported in a methods section on utility assessment? (2001)
Stalmeier, P.F.M., Goldstein, M., Holmes, A.M., Lenert, L., Miyamoto, J., Stiggelbout, A., ...
Multiattribute utility theory without expected utility foundations (1996)
Methods for determining the form of utilities are needed for the implementation of utility theory in specific decisions. An important step forward was achieved when utility theorists characterized...
Miyamoto, J, Koga, H, Kohno, S, Tashiro, T, Hara, K
We developed a novel method for early detection of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using the hybridization protection assay (HPA). The number of viable bacteria during the...
Degradation, metabolism and toxicity of synthetic pyrethroids.
Synthetic pyrethroidal compounds undergo biodegradation in mammals both oxidatively and hydrolytically, and depending on the type of compound, either of the pathways may predominate. Thus, (+) - or...
Miyamoto, J, Koga, H, Kohno, S, Tashiro, T, Hara, K
We developed a novel method for early detection of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using the hybridization protection assay (HPA). The number of viable bacteria during the...
Degradation, metabolism and toxicity of synthetic pyrethroids.
Synthetic pyrethroidal compounds undergo biodegradation in mammals both oxidatively and hydrolytically, and depending on the type of compound, either of the pathways may predominate. Thus, (+) - or...
The effect of TYB-3823, a new antiarrhythmic drug, on sodium current in isolated cardiac cells.
Miyamoto, J., Hisatome, I., Matsuoka, S., Kosaka, H., Kurata, Y., Tanaka, Y., ...
1. Sodium current (INa) blockade by TYB-3823, a newly synthesized antiarrhythmic agent, was investigated in isolated single ventricular myocytes by use of the whole cell patch-clamp technique. 2....