Name: High Precision X-Ray Measurements 2025
Start: 2025-06-16T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-20T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati INFN

High Precision X-Ray Measurements 2025

from Monday 16 June 2025 (08:30) to Friday 20 June 2025 (18:30)

Monday 16 June 2025

09:00 Registration
Registration
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Aula B. Touschek
09:45 Welcome from the INFN Director and the organizers - Paola Gianotti (LNF) Alessandro Scordo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
Welcome from the INFN Director and the organizers
- Paola Gianotti (LNF)
- Alessandro Scordo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
09:45 - 10:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
10:10 1
1
10:10 - 11:30
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

10:10 Photon Science at EuPRAXIA@SPARC LAB: Free Electron Laser Biological Applications - Francesco Stellato (Università di Roma Tor Vergata & Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

10:40 New opportunities and challenges of a micro-XRF/XAS beamline in Elettra 2.0 - Juan Reyes Herrera (Elettra)

11:10 The INFN Frascati facility for X-Ray dosimetry - Abner Ivan Castro Campoy (INFN-LNF)
11:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula B. Touschek
12:00 2
2
12:00 - 13:20
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

12:00 Betatron X-ray Radiation in the EuPRAXIA Advanced Photon Source Project - Federica Stocchi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:30 BEaTriX: an innovative compact calibration facility enabling wide, collimated, and monochromatic low energy X-ray beam - Davide Sisana (INAF-OAB / POLIMI)

13:00 Beamlines of the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB X-ray FEL facility - Federico Nguyen (ENEA)
13:20 Lunch
Lunch
13:20 - 15:00
15:00 1
1
15:00 - 16:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

15:00 Wearable, Lightweight, and Flexible Ionizing Radiation Dosimeters for Real-Time Monitoring - Andrea Ciavatti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:30 Development of a direct-reading dosimeter for eye-lens dose estimation in medical radiology - Luigi Russo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:50 The J-PET tomograph as an advanced, multifunctional detection system for applications in medical imaging and fundamental research - Magdalena Skurzok (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
16:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Aula B. Touschek
16:40 1
1
16:40 - 17:20
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

16:40 HOPG and Graphite optics as high efficient “Bragg filter” and dispersive element in X-ray spectroscopy - Inna Grigoreva (Optigraph GmbH)

17:00 The hidden becomes apparent: Measurements of Carbon Layer Thickness in Air - Elena Blokhina (Bruker Nano GmbH) Gennadi Gudi (Optigraph GmbH) Inna Grigoreva (Optigraph GmbH)
Tuesday 17 June 2025
10:20 1
1
10:20 - 11:50
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

10:20 3D Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride Drift Strip Detectors for Room Temperature X-ray and Gamma Ray Spectroscopic Imaging - Antonino Buttacavoli (Università degli Studi di Palermo, LNF-INFN)

10:50 VOXES, a graphite mosaic crystal based Von Hamos spectrometer for extended and diﬀused sources - Alessandro Scordo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

11:10 Space and time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy technique by CCD pinhole camera - Giorgio Finocchiaro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

11:30 Low material budget Detector-on-Flex Packaging for silicon radiation detectors - Giancarlo Pepponi (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
11:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:50 - 12:20
Room: Aula B. Touschek
12:20 2
2
12:20 - 13:30
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

12:20 CdZnTe radiation detector applications - Andrea Zappettini

12:50 First fluorescence spectra with LEAPS-INNOV HPGe detector using synchrotron radiation - Antonella Balerna (INFN-LNF)

13:10 Outgassing and surface contamination studies for XH - a HPGe microstrip sensor - Daniel Thacker (STFC)
13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 1
1
15:00 - 16:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

15:00 Elusive quark state studied by X-rays - Slawomir Wycech

15:30 High-precision muonic atom x-ray spectroscopy with a metallic magnetic calorimeter - Andreas Knecht (Paul Scherrer Institute)

15:50 Searching for signal of Quantum Collapse and Quantum Gravity in the cosmic silence of the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratories - Kristian Piscicchia (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
16:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Aula B. Touschek
16:40 2
2
16:40 - 17:40
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

16:40 Low power , small spot X Ray sources for elemental and chemical analysis - Stefan Dunin (STI France)

17:00 NI Platforms in High Precision X-Rays Measurements - Andrea Riva

17:20 Activity presentation TEES - Clara Corsi
20:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday 18 June 2025
10:20 2
2
10:20 - 11:40
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

10:20 Three-dimensional visualisation and quantification of cellular components in mm-sized unstained tissue cores using high-content phase-based x-ray microscopy - Michela Esposito (University College London)

10:50 Macro X-ray fluorescence scanning (MA-XRF) as tool in the authentication of paintings and revealing hidden details - Lucilla Pronti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

11:20 Fiber Diffraction of Amyloid Aggregates Using High brilliance X-ray sources: Opportunities and Challenges - Emiliano De Santis (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
11:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
12:10 3
3
12:10 - 13:20
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

12:10 Experimental study of PET with polarimetric capability - Mihael Makek (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics)

12:40 Characterizing Cerium Redistribution in PEM Fuel Cells Using an In-House X-ray Fluorescence System - Aixeen Manuel Fontanilla (Nuclear Measurements Laboratory, Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano)

13:00 AI Tools for Plasma Diagnostics by X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy in the PANDORA Project Frame - Bianca Peri (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
13:20 Lunch
Lunch
13:20 - 15:00
15:00 4
4
15:00 - 16:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

15:00 Modeling x-ray spectrometers employing curved crystal optics - Konstantin Klementiev (MAX IV Laboratory)

15:30 SHADOW4: Advanced Ray-Tracing for the Design and Simulation of X-Ray Optical Systems - Manuel Sanchez del Rio (ESRF)

15:50 XRF Spectroscopy with VOXES: Techniques, Optimization and Applications - Simone Manti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
16:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Thursday 19 June 2025

09:00 Visit to LNF facilities
Visit to LNF facilities
09:00 - 10:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
10:10 3
3
10:10 - 11:40
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

10:10 Single-mask X-ray multimodal imaging for the investigation of dynamic processes - Lorenzo Massimi (CNR-Nanotec (Rome Unit),National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy)

10:40 Precision X-ray Measurements with Silicon Drift Detectors in the SIDDHARTA-2 Experiment - Francesco Clozza (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

11:00 Study of the excess noise and optimum operating conditions for LGAD detectors in high precision X-γ ray spectroscopy - Iurii Eremeev (Politecnico di Milano)

11:20 Enhanced time resolution with a room-temperature energy dispersive X-ray PIN photodiode detector for improved EDX-EELS coincidence measurements in an electron microscope - Luca Serafini (Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), NANOlight center of excellence, University of Antwerp)
11:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
12:10 4
4
12:10 - 13:20
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

12:10 Development of hybrid pixel detectors for photon science at the Paul Scherrer Institut - Roberto Dinapoli (Paul Scherrer Institut)

12:40 X-ray Polarimetry with Optical Time projection chamber within HypeX project - Giorgio Dho (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

13:00 Development of a Next-Generation Focal Plane Photoelectron Track X-ray Polarimeter with Timepix3 Readout - Hemanth Manikantan (INAF/IAPS)
13:20 Lunch
Lunch
13:20 - 15:00
15:00 2
2
15:00 - 16:10
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

15:00 Probing Fundamental Interactions with Kaonic Atom X-ray Spectroscopy: From strong-field QED to low-energy QCD - Francesco Sgaramella (INFN-LNF)

15:30 Novel CZT Detectors for kaonic atoms spectroscopy - Francesco Artibani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:50 Studies of the absorption parameter 3γ/2γ in positronium decays - Kamila Kasperska
16:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Aula B. Touschek
16:40 3
3
16:40 - 17:20
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

16:40 Direct pre-amplifier sampling ADC for high- count rate and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy - A. Abba (Nuclear Instruments)

17:00 DECTRIS Innovations: Shaping the Future of X-ray Detection Technologies - Valeria Radicci (Dectris Ltd.)
Friday 20 June 2025
10:00 5
5
10:00 - 11:20
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

10:00 X-ray spectroscopy of exotic atoms using TES microcalorimeters - Tadashi Hashimoto

10:30 Arrays of cryogenic microcalorimeters for high precision x-ray and gamma-ray measurements - Joel Ullom (NIST/University of Colorado)

11:00 Characterisation of MÖNCH 0.5, a 25 μm pitch prototype charge-integrating hybrid pixel detector - Julian Heymes (Paul Scherrer Institut)
11:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:20 - 11:50
Room: Aula B. Touschek
11:50 6
6
11:50 - 13:00
Room: Aula B. Touschek
Contributions

11:50 Development and application of flexible a-Si:H detectors for advanced X-ray beam characterization - Keida Kanxheri (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:20 X-ray imaging detectors based on optical active defects induced in lithium fluoride crystals and films - Francesca Bonfigli (ENEA C.R. Frascati)

12:40 Perovskite for X-ray detection: preliminary results from Micro-Perov and HyPoSiCX projects - Marianna Testa (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
13:00 Young Researcher Contest Award - Alessandro Scordo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Mihail Antoniu Iliescu (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Simone Manti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
Young Researcher Contest Award
- Alessandro Scordo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
- Mihail Antoniu Iliescu (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
- Simone Manti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
13:00 - 13:30
Room: Aula B. Touschek

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