Proceedings of the 8th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors Siena, 21-24 October 2002 published by Elsevier Nucl. Phys B (Proc. Suppl.) vol. 125 Table of contents Author index Monday 21 October 10:00-13:00 Neutrino detectors Chairperson: Carlo Bosio/Rome C. Spiering/Zeuthen, High Energy Neutrino Telescopes: Status, Results, Future (40') paper M. Bonesini/Milano, Large area scintillators for a neutrino detector paper J. Andrew Green/Indiana, MiniBooNE - The Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab paper G. Sirri/Bologna, Automatic scanning of emulsion films paper P.G. Pelfer/Firenze, Solar neutrino detection using InP F. Terranova/LNF, Ballistic techniques for magnetic field calibration of large iron detectors operating in underground areas paper A. Tonazzo/Milano, The laser calibration system of the Harp tof paper G. Prior/Geneve, The HARP Time Projection Chamber paper 14:30-16:30 New detectors and detector development Chairperson: Olav Ullaland/CERN M. Abbrescia/Bari, Resistive Plate Chambers as thermal neutron detectors paper J.-L. Faure/Saclay, Progress with photodectors (30') F. Fraga/Coimbra, Imaging chambers in medicine, biology and astrophysics (30') N. Belcari/Pisa, Novel high resolution detector for PET paper.ps.gz R. Pani/Roma, Flat Panel PMT: advances in position sensitive photodetection paper 17:00-18:50 Medical Physics/Software Chairperson: Mario Calvetti/Florence I. Papadopoulos/CERN, New developments in software (30') M. G. Pia/Genova, The Geant4 Toolkit: simulatiion capabilities and application results (30') paper.ps.gz G. Santin/ESA/ESTEC,New Geant4 based simulation tools for space radiation shielding and effects analysis (15') paper G. Santin/ESA/ESTEC, GATE (Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission): a PET/SPECT general-purpose simulation platform (15') paper E. Lamanna/Cosenza, A powerful simulation tool for Medical Physics applications: Geant4 paper Tuesday 22 October 9:00-10:30 High Energy Physics Chairperson: Christine Kourkoumelis/Athens C. Da Via`/Brunel, Silicon detectors at very high radiation level T. Flick/Wuppertal, Multi Chip Module Integration Technology paper R. Wallny/CERN, Test-beams results and radiation damage on the ATLAS SCT electronics and detectors O. Ullaland/CERN, Progress with particle identification (30') paper 11:00-13:00 Calorimetry Chairperson: Christian Spiering/Zeuthen M. Diemoz/Roma, The CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (30') paper.ps.gz R. Paramatti/Roma, Calibration of the CMS em calorimeter (15') paper.ps.gz J.Y. Hostachy/Grenoble, Construction and test results of the ATLAS EM barrel calorimeter and presampler paper M. Fanti/Milano, Optimisation of the performances of the ATLAS EM calorimeter (15') paper L. Labarga/Madrid, Construction and test results of the ATLAS EM endcap calorimeter paper M. Gallinaro/Rockefeller, The CDF Miniplug Calorimeters paper.ps.gz 14:30-16:40 Medical Physics Chairperson: Marcella Diemoz/Rome M. Alemi/Milano, SUCIMA: a Silicon Ultra Fast Camera for Electron and Gamma Sources in Medical Applicationspaper V. Bettinardi/San Raffaele, Integrated CT/PET systems paper M. Caccia/Como, Novel semiconductor detectors: advances in High Energy Physics and Biomedical applications (30') paper.zip R. Cirio/Torino, The Magic Cube and the Pixel Ionisation Chamber: detectors for monitoring and dosimetry of radiotherapy beams paper.doc F. De Notaristefani/Roma, Possible applications of hybrid detectors in medicine S. Chauvie/IRCC, Dose calculation algorithm on a distributed system paper.doc 17:10-19:00 Silicon devices and other detectors Chairperson: Guido Vegni/Milan L. Strueder/Munich, New Silicon devices (30') A. Montanari/Bologna, Application of nanotechnologies in high energy physics paper E. Tuominen/Helsinki, Recent progress in low temperature Silicon detectors (15') paper.doc paper E. Tuominen/Helsinki, Test beam results of a large area strip detector made on high resistivity Czochralski silicon (15') paper.doc, paper G.A.P. Cirrone/LNS, Natural and CVD type diamond detectors as dosimeters in hadrotherapy applications (15') paper G. Villani/Rutherford, Analysis and Simulation of Charge Collection in Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) (15') paper.doc Wednesday 23 October 9:00-10:30 High Energy Physics Chairperson: Lothar Strueder/Munich A. Borysenko/LNF, The HERMES recoil spectrometer paper P. Antonioli/Bologna, MRPC for the ALICE-tof system paper L. Demaria/Torino, The CMS silicon tracker (30') paper F. Cavallo/Bologna, Performance of the Drift Tube muon chambers for the CMS experiment at the LHC paper 11:00-13:00 Astrophysics and cosmic rays Chairperson: Alessandra Tonazzo/Milan A. Petrolini/Genova, Observation from space of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays with the EUSO experiment paper V. Togo/Bologna, Calibration of the CR39 and Makrofol nuclear track detectors and searches for exotic particles paper.ps.gz F. Longo/Trieste, AGILE and gamma astrophysics (30') paper.ps.gz S. Argiro`/Torino, The Auger experiment and its Fluorescence Detector paper G. Ambrosi/Perugia, AMS a particle detector in space: results from the precursor flight and status of AMS-02 (30') paper 14:30-16:30 High Energy Physics Chairperson: John Parsons/Columbia J. Mnich/Aachen, A detector for the LC (30') paper.ps.gz N. Ghodbane/DESY, Development of the TESLA TPC (15') paper N. Ghodbane/DESY, Radiation hardness to EM radiation of diamond detectors (15') paper M. Capeans/CERN, ATLAS straw tube TRD D. Pinci/Roma, Triple-GEM detector operation for high rate particle triggering paper M. Montecchi/ENEA-Casaccia, Quality control facilities for large optical reflectors at ENEA-Casaccia for physics application paper 17:00-19:00 Electronics, triggering and DAQ Chairperson: Francesca R. Cavallo/Bologna J. Becker/Zurich, The CIP2k first level trigger system at the H1 experiment at HERA paper K.K. Gan/Ohio State, Radiation-hard ASICs for optical data transmission in the ATLAS pixel detector paper G. Lehmann/CERN, The ATLAS trigger and data acquisition system paper J. Parsons/Columbia, Readout of the ATLAS LAr calorimeter G. Grieco/CAEN, Radiation and magnetic field tolerant power supplies P. Musico/Genova, Digital front end electronic design for the EUSO photon detector paper Thursday 24 October 9:00-10:50 Astrophysics Chairperson: Jean-Luis Faure/Saclay G. Osteria/Napoli, The tof system of the Pamela experiment paper.ps.gz A. Owens/ESA, Detectors for X-ray astronomy (30') R. Pegna/Siena, The HPD: new UV detector for IACT (Imaging Air Cerenkov Telescopes) D. Casadei/Bologna, Design and test results of the AMS RICH detector paper D. Ferenc/UC Davis, New camera concept for space applications 11:20-13:00 Astrophysics/Software Chairperson: Alan Owens/ESA L. Bonechi/Firenze, A powerful tracking detector for cosmic rays: the magnetic spectrometer of the PAMELA satellite experiment paper.ps.gz S. Maltezos/Athens, Multilayer filters for extending the duty cycle of optical telescopes in the highest energy cosmic ray experiments paper A.S. Howard/Imperial College, Simulation and analysis for astroparticle experiments paper.ps.gz L. Moneta/CERN, New Developments in Data Analysis Tools, the Anaphe Project J. Moscicki/CERN, Parallel Geant 4 Simulation in Medical and Space Science Applications paper 14:30-16:30 Detectors/High Energy Physics Chairperson: Michele Gallinaro/Rockefeller M. Richter/PTB Berlin, Photon metrology of strongly pulsed VUV radiation (30') D. Pacella/John Hopkins, Time-resolved plasma diagnostics with gas micro-pattern detectors paper.ps.gz S. Palestini/CERN, The muon spectrometer of the ATLAS experiment (30') paper E. Torassa/Padova, Review of the CMS muon detector system paper J. Fast/FNAL, DZero Silicon Detector for RunIIb at the Tevatron paper 16:50-18:30 Detectors/High Energy Physics Chairperson: Carlo Bosio/Rome P. Maestro/Siena, Low-energy beam test results of a calorimeter prototype for the CREAM experiment paper E. Gschwendtner/CERN, Polycrystalline CdTe Detectors: A Luminosity Monitor for LHC paper.ps.gz B. Ketzer/CERN, Fast tracker for COMPASS based on the Gas Electron Multiplier paper.ps.gz G. Passaleva/Firenze, New results from an extensive aging test on bakelite RPCs paper.ps.gz M. Pedretti/Milano, Bolometric detectors paper.ps.gz POSTERS M. Deptuch and T.Z. Kowalski/Cracow, Gas gain in the straw tubes [POSTER] paper M. Deptuch, T.Z. Kowalski and B. Mindur/Cracow, Performance of straw proportional tubes under high gas gain, transition to self-quenching mode and corona discharge [POSTER] paper I. Emeliantchik/Minsk, Aluminium Oxide Microchannel Plates [POSTER] paper M. Manghisoni, L. Ratti and G. Traversi/Bergamo, Radiation effects on noise parameters of a 0.18 micron CMOS technology for detector front-end application [POSTER] paper