Overview
Since their discovery in 1895, the detection of X-rays had a strong impact and various applications in several fields of science and human life. Impressive efforts have been done to develop new type of detectors and new techniques, aiming to obtain higher precisions both in terms of energy and position. Depending on the applications, Solid State Detectors, Microcalorimeters and various types of Spectrometers provide nowadays the best performances as spectroscopic and imaging detectors. The now reachable few microns and meV precisions open the door towards ground breaking applications in fundamental physics, medical science, astrophysics, cultural heritage and several other fields.
The aim of this workshop is to have an overview, from different communities and research fields, of the most recent developments in X-ray detection and their possible impacts in various sectors like, for example, exotic atoms measurements, quantum physics studies, XRF, XES, EXAFS, plasma emission spectroscopy, monochromators, synchrotron radiation, telescopes and space engineering. A special focus will be put on the role played by mosaic crystals of pyrolitic graphite which, thanks to their physical properties, may have promising applications in many of these fields.
This workshop is organized in the framework of the VOXES project, supported and financed by the 5th National Scientific Committee of INFN in the framework of the Young Researcher Grant 2015, n. 17367/2015.
Main Topics:
X-ray energy detectors
X-ray position detectors
Spectrometers
X-ray optics
Graphite based applications
X-ray imaging
X-rays in astrophysisc
X-rays in nuclear physics
Cultural heritage applications of X-rays
Medical applications
Conference Organizer:
A. Scordo, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
Scientific Committee:
A. Balerna, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
C. Curceanu, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
S. Dabagov, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
M. Lerch, Center for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia
A. Marcelli, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
A. B. Rozenfeld, Center for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia
J. Zmeskal, Stefan Meyer Institute (SMI), Vienna, Austria
Local Organizing Committee:
M. Miliucci, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
A. Tamborrino Orsini, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy
The workshop is sponsored by:
Optigraph (Main Sponsor): http://www.optigraph.eu
Crisel Instruments: http://www.crisel-instruments.it
Dectris: http://dectris.com
The sponsor companies will contribute to the workshop and will be present with their representatives, showing their latest products and developments.
The Workshop is sponsored by MDPI Publishing.
The works presented during the workshop will be published as regular articles without charges on Condensed Matter, an international open access journal on the physics of condensed matter published quarterly online by MDPI.
We expect the invited speakers and the participants to submit their contribution within 21/11/2018.
