9th Topical Seminar
Innovative Particle and
Radiation Detectors
Siena, 23-26 May 2004
Programme v. 04.1
AMR: Aula Magna Rettorato - AMS: Aula Magna Storica
Sunday 23
May
14:15 - 16:20 O1 AMR: Opening Session
15 Welcome address
30 P. De Bernardis/Roma1, CMB detectors
30 E. Previtali/Milan, 20 years of cryogenic particle detectors: past, present and future
20 L. Lista/Naples, Advanced software methods for physics analysis
30 M.G. Pia/CERN/Genoa/IST, Technology transfer from HEP computing to the medical field: overview and application to dosimetry
16:20 – 16:50 Tea break
16:50 – 19:00 O2 AMR: Astroparticle
30 P. Giommi/ASI, Swift: a Multi-frequency, Rapid Response Space Observatory
30 J.P. Vialle/LAPP, AMS-02
20 T. Siedenburg/Aachen, AMS-TRD - a gas detector designed for operation in space
20
C. Labanti et al./CNR-INAF, The Mini-Calorimeter detector for the AGILE
mission
30 P. Spillantini/Firenze, EUNO
19:00 Welcome party
8:30 – 10:35 P1 AMR:
Computing
30 L. Pandola/LNGS, GEANT4 and its validation
20 S. Donadio/Genova, A statistical toolkit for data analysis
20 G.A.P. Cirrone et al./LNS, The GEANT4 toolkit capability in the hadron-therapy field: simulations
20 F. Loparco or M.N. Mazziotta/Bari, A full Monte Carlo simulation code for silicon strip detectors
15 N. Omodei/Pisa, The GLAST LAT High Energy Gamma-Ray Telescope Full Simulation
20 M. Brigida/Bari, GLAST LAT tracker signal simulation and trigger timing study
8:30
– 10:35 P2 AMS: Electronics, Trigger and DAQ
20 R. Pegna/Siena, The DRS VME board: a low power digitizing system in the GHz range
20 S. Eisenhardt/Edinburgh, Performance of 8-stage and 12-stage Multianode Photomultiplier
20 L. Bertalot/ENEA, Fast digitizing techniques applied to scintillation detectors
20 K.K. Gan/Ohio State, Radiation-hard ASICs for Optical Data Transmission in the ATLAS PixelDetector
15 G. Grieco/CAEN, Novel bridges for PC-based VME control
15 G. Grieco/CAEN, Latest Developments on the Embedded Assembly power supply SYstem for LHCexperiments
15 S. Donati/Pisa, The CDF-II Online Silicon Vertex Tracker
10:35 – 11:05 Coffee break
11:05 – 13:00 P3 AMS: Calorimetry
20 S. Gascon/Lyon, Status of the CMS PbWO4 Electromagnetic Calorimeter
20 A. Ghezzi/Milan, Testbeam results of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter
20 G. Sauvage/LAPP, The ATLAS Liquid Argon Electromagnetic Calorimeter: construction, commissioning and selected test results
20 T. Barillari/Munich, The ATLAS Liquid Argon Hadronic Calorimeter: construction and selected test beam results
20 A. Dotti/Pisa, Results from ATLAS Tile Calorimeter : a comparison between data and G4 simulation
15 V. Kryshkin/IHEP, Production and quality control of the optical elements for the CMS hadron calorimeter
11:05 – 13:05 P4 AMR: Tracking and PID
20 J. Blouw/Heidelberg, The LHCb Silicon
Tracker
25 A. Affolder/Santa Barbara, The CMS Silicon Strip Tracker: Design and Current Status
15 N. Defilippis/Bari, CMS tracker reconstruction performances
20 Z. Dolezal/Prague, The ATLAS SemiConductor Tracker: status of construction and system integration
20 A. Tonazzo/Rome3, Performance of tracking chambers for the ATLAS muon spectrometer
20 J. Bensinger/Brandeis, Alignment of precision muon chambers in the ATLAS experiment
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:35 O3 AMR: Innovative detectors
20 M. Cuffiani et al./Bologna, A novel position detector based on nanotechnologies:the NanoChant project
20 H. Pernegger/CERN, Recent developments of CVD diamond detectors and their present and future application
20 E. Resconi/MPI Heidelberg, /Application of Wavelength shifters under water and ice to enhance UV sensitivity of optical sensors
25 A. Nepomuk Otte et al./MPIMunich/Moscow, Evaluation of Si-PMT for the photon detectors in EUSO, MAGIC
20 A. Castoldi et al./Polimi/BNL/MPIMunich, Microsecond-scale X-ray Imaging with Controlled-Drift Detectors
20 M. Killenberg, S. Lotze et al./Aachen-DESY, Charge Transfer of GEM Structures in High Magnetic Fields
16:35 – 17:05 Tea break
17:05 – 18:45 O4 AMR: Radiation damage,
ageing and monitoring
20 G. Aielli/Roma2, Control of the RPC ageing effects in the ATLAS chambers at the GIF - X5 CERN irradiation facility
20 M. Alfonsi et al./LNF, Aging measurements of triple-GEM detectors operated with CF4-based gas mixtures
20 M. Bruinsma/SLAC,CVD diamonds in the BaBar radiation monitoring and protection system
20 M. Cirilli/CERN-A. Di Girolamo/Siena, Recent and ongoing Ageing studies for the ATLAS muon spectrometer Drift Tubes
20 A. Ruzin/Tel Aviv, Simulation and AFM characterization of double junction effect in irradiated silicon PIN devices
21:00 Piano Concert - Accademia dei Rozzi
8:30 – 10:30 O5 AMR: Astroparticle
30 J.-P. Schuller/Roma1, ANTARES Status report
30 M. Kleifges/Karlsruhe, Status of the Southern Auger Observatory
20 V. Verzi/Roma2, AIRFLY: Measurement of the Air Fluorescence induced by Electrons
20 P.S. Marrocchesi et al./Seoul, Performance of the Silicon Charge Detector for the CREAM Cosmic Ray Experiment
20 M. Marisaldi et al./CNR-INAF/Polimi/NSensor, Silicon drift detectors coupled to scintillators for spaceborne gamma-ray detectors
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 O6 AMR: Innovative detectors
15 A. Perdochova/Bratislava, Investigation of etched trenches in technology of LEC semi-insulating GaAs monolithic linear detector array
20 H. van der Graaf/NIKHEF, An integrated readout system for drift chambers: the application of monolithic CMOS pixel sensors as segmented direct anode
20 C. Casella/Geneve, FAST, a precision measurement (1 ppm) of the muon lifetime
25 I. Giomataris/Saclay and J.D. Vergados/Ioannina, Neutrinos in a spherical box
20 P. Gorla/LNGS, Cuoricino and CUORE detectors: developing big arrays of large mass bolometers for rare events physics
20 R.C. Schirato/LosAlamos, Development of Cosmic Ray Muon Radiography for the Detection of High-Z Objects
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:25 P5 AMR: Tracking and PID
20 M. Demarteau/FNAL, A silicon detector system on a carbon fiber support structure at small radius
15 S. Borghi/Geneve, The HARP TPC
20 F. Amorini et al./LNS/Catania/ST-Microelectronics, Performances and perspectives of silicon detector telescopes
20 M. Floris/Cagliari, The NA60 Experiment Silicon Vertex Detector
20 S. Raino`/Bari/, Thermal performance of the GLAST LAT Tracker
20 T. Wright/Electron-Tubes, Fast timing with slow scintillators
14:30 – 16:40 P6 AMS: Calorimetry (chairperson: G. Sauvage)
20 S. Lami/Pisa, A Scintillating Tile/Fiber Preshower Detector for the CDF Central Calorimeter
15 V. Korbel/DESY, A Scintillator Tile Hadron Calorimeter for the e+ e- Linear Collider Detector
15 V. Rusinov/ITEP, The Scintillator Tile hadronic Calorimeter prototype, R&D studies and construction plans
20 B. Giacobbe/Bologna, The HERA-B electromagnetic calorimeter
20 P. Semenov/FNAL, The Electromagnetic Calorimeter of the BTeV Experiment
20 M. Hashemi/IPM/CERN, Hadron energy measurement with a highly non compensating quartz fiber calorimeter
20 P. Maestro et al./Maryland, Performance of CREAM Calorimeter: Results of Beam Tests
16:25 – 16:55 Tea break (AMR)
16:40 – 17:10 Tea break (AMS)
16:55 – 18:00 P7 AMR: Tracking and PID
15 C. Sbarra/Bologna, Expected performances of the scintillator counters Time Of Flight system of the AMS-02 experiment
15 T. Bellunato/Milan, Aerogel as Cherenkov Radiator
15 G. Aglieri Rinella/Palermo, Performance of the HPD
20 D. Piccolo/Naples, Quality control and tests of the Barrel RPC chambers for the CMS experiment
17:10 – 18:20 P8 AMS:
Electronics, Trigger, DAQ
15 P. Govoni/Milan, Electrons and Photons High Level Trigger in CMS
15 D. Giordano/Bari, CMS High Level Trigger Selection
20 S.-Y. Zinn/Maryland, Design, Implementation, and Performance of CREAM Data Acquisition Software
18:20 – 19:00 O7 AMR: Medical applications
20 A. Bulgheroni/Como, Silicon Ultra fast Cameras for electron and gamma sources In Medical Applications progress report
20 E. Cicalini/Pisa, A high resolution CT scanner for small animal imaging
20:00 Conference dinner
8:30 – 9:50 O8 AMR: Medical applications
20 S. Tudisco et al./LNS, SINPHOS a SINgle PHOton Spectrometer for biomedical application
20 J. Maillard et al./CNRS/IN2P3etal., Using a Suspension of Superheated Superconducting Grains (SSG) in High Density Dielectric Matrix as Detector: Concepts, Problems and Preliminary Study of Feasibility of Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
20 C. Peroni/Torino, Preliminary results with a strip ionization chamber used as beam monitor for hadrontherapy treatments
20 G.A.P. Cirrone, V. Mongelli et al./LNS-Catania, Dosimetric and physics characterisation of CVD diamonds irradiated with photon, electron and proton beams
9:50 – 10:30 O9 AMR: Innovative techniques
20 M. Potenza/Milan, A novel particle sizing technique based on near field scattering
20 S. Bellucci et al./LNF-IHEP-St.Petersburg-Ferrara, Testing the X-rays production from crystal undulators at positron facilities
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:20 O10 AMR: Astroparticle (chairperson: R. Battiston)
20 S. Torii/Kanagawa, CALET for High Energy Electron and Gamma-Ray Measurements on ISS
20 M. Marisaldi et al./CNR-INAF, Cosmic rays tracks in the PICsIT detector onboard the INTEGRAL satellite
20 N. Produit/Geneve, Flight experience and performances of the detectors on board the INTEGRAL spacecraft.
20 L. Baldini/Pisa, A gas pixel detector for X-ray polarimetry
12:20 – 13:00 O11 AMR: Beam Facilities
20 M. Boyer, B. Peyaud et al./Saclay-Dubna, Kabes: a new detector for high intensity beams
20 P. Valente et al./Roma1-LNF-Roma2, The DAFNE Beam Test Facility (BTF)
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 17:20 O12 AMR: Closing
Session
30 R. Battiston/Perugia, David vs Goliath : micro vs macro detectors for astroparticle physics in space
30 E. Longo/Roma1, Crystals for calorimetry and other applications
30 S. Ragazzi/Milan, Neutrino detectors
20 G. Fiorillo/Napoli, LAr technologies for neutrino and astroparticle detectors
30 G. Santin/ESA, Space environment and effects analysis for ESA missions
20 E. Leonardi/Rome1, LHC Grid computing
10 F. Navarria/Bologna, Final remarks and farewell
POSTER O. Al-Horayess and K. Aleissa/Riyadh, A study on the performance of a Xe+20%Ar proportional counter at 2 atm pressure
POSTER M.G. Bagliesi et al./Pisa, Development of front-end electronics with large dynamic range for space applications
POSTER M. Deptuch et al./Kracow, Selected problems of aging effects in gas proportional counters
POSTER M. Deptuch et al./Kracow, Change in detector properties caused by electronegative impurities
POSTER Tu Ly Ahn/Bratislava, Radiation resistance study of semi-insulating GaAs-based Radiation Detectors to extremely high gamma doses
POSTER P.S. Marrocchesi/Siena, Cosmic ray measurement in the knee region: new perspectives for simultaneous air-borne and ground-based observations
POSTER F.-L. Navarria et al./Bologna/LNL/Padova/Roma3, Study of metabolic radiotherapy with 188Re via small animal imaging
POSTER A. Nepomuk Otte et al./MPIMunich/Moscow, Evaluation of Si-PMT for the photon detectors in PET
POSTER C. Sbarra/Bologna, Behaviour of AMS-02 scintillators counters and Fine Mesh photomultipliers in severe space qualification termovacuum tests
POSTER M. Tardocchi/Milan, Development of instrumentation for epithermal neutron scattering at very low angles
POSTER T. Wright/Electron-Tubes, A multichannel HV supply, control and monitoring system for photomultipliers