VIII International Course "Detectors and Electronics for High Energy Physics, Astrophysics, Space and Medical Applications

1 Apr 2019, 09:00 → 5 Apr 2019, 18:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Villi (INFN National Laboratories of Legnaro)

Dario Bisello (PD), Gabriele Simi (PD), Nicola Bacchetta (PD)

The Course, organized by the INFN Section of Padua, by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and by the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padua, is supported by the INFN National Laboratories of Legnaro.

It is of interest for PhD students and postgraduates, young scientists, technical personnel and young technologists, operating in the fields of High Energy Physics, Astrophysics,, Space Science and Technologies, Medical Physics in Universities, Research Institutes and Industries who have interest to deepening the following thematics:
1) semiconductor detectors, electronic devices and systems and their application for High Energy Physics, Astrophysics, Space Science and Technologies and Medical Physics;
2) radiation effects in semiconductor detectors, optical and electronic devices and components;
3) Italian and European irradiation facilities for interdisciplinary applications.

Admission is free. Places available 90

Monday, 1 April

09:00 → 13:00 Registration

10:30 → 13:00 Visit to the INFN National Laboratories of Legnaro

14:00 → 14:10 Welcome address

14:10 → 18:00 Afternoon Session, Chairman: Gabriele Simi

14:10 Introduction to radiation damage: basic physics and concepts

Speaker: Serena Mattiazzo (PD)

Mattiazzo_Introduction to radiation damage.pdf

15:50 Coffee break

16:20 Principles of semiconductor detectors

Speaker: Gian Franco Dalla Betta (University of Trento)

Monday-01_04_DallaBetta_GF.pdf

Tuesday, 2 April

09:00 → 14:00 April 4 morning session, Chairman Marta Bagatin

09:00 Macroscopic effects of radiation on silicon detectors

Speaker: Erik Butz (Karlsruher Institut fur Technology (G))

Legnaro_Macroscopic_effects_on_Si_detectors_ebutz_web(1).pdf

10:40 Coffee Break

11:10 Microscopic radiation damage in semiconductor detectors

Speaker: Mara Bruzzi (FI)

Bruzzi Legnaro 2019.pptx

12:50 Lunch

14:00 → 18:00 April 3 afternoon session, Chairman Riccardo Rando

14:00 Silicon Sensors for tracking particles in space and time

Speaker: Nicolo' Cartiglia (TO)

Cartiglia_Padova_4D.pptx

15:40 Coffee Break

16:10 Pixel front-end electronics for high time resolution

Speaker: Adriano Lai (CA)

FE_HighT_Res_ALai.pdf

17:00 Two-tier Geiger-mode avalanche pixel sensors for charged particle detection

Speaker: Lucio Pancheri (University of Trento)

Wednesday, 3 April

09:00 → 14:00 April 3 morning session, Chairman Andrea Candelori

09:00 Front-end electronics for silicon trackers

Speaker: Valerio Re (PV)

10:40 Coffee Break

11:10 Effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation on electronic devices and circuits

Speaker: Lodovico Ratti (PV)

12:50 Lunch

14:00 → 16:10 April 3 afternoon session, Chairman Riccardo Rando

14:00 If Moore’s Law is over, is this the end of microelectronics?

Speaker: Alessandro Marchioro (CERN)

14:50 Novel trends in silicon detectors

Speaker: Manuel Dionisio Da Rocha Rolo (TO)

15:40 Coffee Break

16:10 → 18:00 POSTER SESSION

Thursday, 4 April

09:00 → 14:00 April 4 morning session, Chairman Marta Bagatin

09:00 Radiation effects and hardness assurance for Space electronics

Speaker: Christian Poivey (ESA Estec)

09:50 Effects of space radiation on COTS memories: the MTCUBE project

Speaker: Luigi Dilillo (LIRMM)

10:40 Coffee Break

11:10 Single event neutron effects in electronics and designing appropriate tests for future fusion research reactors

Speaker: Jean-Luc Leray (ANAXAJL)

12:00 FPGA in HEP experiments: challenges and radiation effects

Speaker: Tullio Grassi (University Maryland (USA))

FPGAs_in_HEP_TGrassi_LNL2019.pdf

12:50 Lunch

14:00 → 18:00 April 4 afternoon session, Chairman Simone Gerardin

14:00 Radiation effects in non-volatile memories: from planar to 3D

Speaker: Marta Bagatin (PD)

14:50 Radiation Effects in CMOS Image Sensors

Speaker: Vincent Goiffon (ISAE-SUPAERO (FR))

15:40 Coffee Break

16:10 Single Event Effects in wide band-gap semiconductor power devices

Speaker: Francesco Velardi (Università Cassino)

17:00 Accredited radiation hardness assurance testing

Speaker: Christoph Tscherne (Seibersdorf Labor GmbH)

Friday, 5 April

09:00 → 16:30 April 5 morning session, Chairman PF. Mastinu e G. Prete

09:00 The ChipIR beamline, an atmospheric-like neutron facility for the irradiationof microelectronics

Speaker: Carlo Cazzaniga (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK))

09:50 The LNL fast neutron irradiation facility NEPIR

Speaker: Luca Silvestrin (PD)

10:40 Coffee Break

11:10 Research and development for Hadrontherapy in Italy

Speaker: Emanuele Scifoni (TIFP)

12:00 The LARAMED project at LNL: a new radionuclides production facility

Speaker: Micòl Pasquali (LNL)

14:30 FINAL EXAM: only for PhD students who required a formal recognition for credits