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