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Matteo Bettuzzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:00Medical and Societal ApplicationsPoster
In the framework of a 2022 PRIN Project a new system for computed tomography based on a Timepix4 sensor coupled with CdTe semiconductor has been developed in collaboration between the Department of Physics of the University of Ferrara and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Univesity of Bologna.
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A small area sensor with 512x448 pixels of 55 micron size each onstitutes an array of... -
Robert Kralik (King's College Londond)03/12/2025, 19:01Astroparticle and Neutrino PhysicsPoster
Hyper-Kamiokande will deploy about 3,600 3-inch PMTs in its outer detector to veto cosmic-ray backgrounds and improve event classification. Each PMT will be paired with a wavelength-shifting plate to increase the active photon-collection area. Two candidate designs, both with waterproof casings, are currently being evaluated through coordinated measurements across several laboratories. This...
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Antonio Liguori (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:02Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space ApplicationsPoster
Plastic scintillating fiber trackers read out by Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are a promising alternative to silicon trackers for space experiments. This technology combines the compactness and low power consumption of SiPMs with the low material budget of plastic scintillators.
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NUSES is a satellite mission, currently under construction, aiming to test innovative observational and... -
Andrea Di Salvo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:03Electronics and ReadoutPoster
This work presents the implementation and the preliminary tests of the Multi-channel Integrated Zone-sampling Analogue-memory based Readout (MIZAR) ASIC. Developed using commercial 65 nm CMOS technology, the MIZAR ASIC is designed as part of the Cherenkov camera for the POEMMA Balloon with Radio (PBR) mission. The goal of the Cherenkov camera is to detect direct Cherenkov signals produced by...
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Stefano Durando (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:04Electronics and ReadoutPoster
DENEB is a 1024-channel mixed-signal ASIC under development at INFN in 110 nm CMOS technology for the readout of SiPM matrices across a wide temperature range (77โ300 K). It is designed for GRAIN, a sub-detector of SAND at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector facility (FNAL, USA). GRAIN is an active target consisting of a liquid-argon cryostat instrumented with cameras...
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Alberto Lรณpez Guillรฉn (ICCUB)03/12/2025, 19:05Electronics and ReadoutPoster
The core electronics in the LHCb Calorimeter Detector are intended to measure the energy and time of arrival (ToA) of particles using two different ASICs (ICECAL65 and SPIDER, respectively). The expected radiation levels inside the detector have arisen the need to upgrade the design to a high-radiation resilient technology, such as TSMC65. This work presents the analog design of the ICECAL6, a...
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Michael Kane (University of Edinburgh)03/12/2025, 19:06Accelerators and CollidersPoster
The LHCb RICH system comprises two detectors, delivering excellent charged-hadron discrimination across the momentum ranges 2.6-60 GeV and 20-100 GeV respectively. Following its 2022 upgrade, the system employs more than 3000 Multi-anode Photomultiplier Tubes (MaPMTs) and operates at the full 40 MHz LHC bunch-crossing rate. Each of the 64 anodes of an MaPMT is digitised by a CLARO channel,...
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Serena Pezzulo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:07Accelerators and CollidersPoster
Particle Identification (PID) will be crucial in Future Circular Colliders (FCC-ee) experiments for precision studies involving heavy-flavour particles in Z decays, as well as jet flavour tagging in the decays of Higgs, W, and top particles.
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In this context, a novel Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector concept, named ARC (Array of RICH Cells), has been proposed.
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Jacopo Dalmasson03/12/2025, 19:08Medical and Societal ApplicationsPoster
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) detection in gas mixtures is crucial for air pollution monitoring as well as gaseous contaminants identification. A compact system able to quickly analyze the presence of such compounds could be deployed in a wide variety of environments. By exploiting gas fluorescence lifetime it enables applications such as sub-ppb gas quality monitoring.
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Edoardo Borciani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:09Medical and Societal ApplicationsPoster
Targeted Radionuclide Therapy combined with diagnostic imaging (โtheranosticsโ) requires radionuclides that can provide both therapeutic and imaging capabilities. The isotope of Silver (Ag-111), with its beta emission for therapy and gamma emission at 245 keV and 342 keV, represents a promising candidate for imaging applications. Its relatively high photon energies are outside conventional...
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Mr Ibrar Ahmad (sapienza university of rome)03/12/2025, 19:10Medical and Societal ApplicationsPoster
The demand for efficient, cost-effective, and stable scintillators drives the search for new materials. Halide Perovskite-inspired materials have recently gained significant interest. They are considered promising scintillators in medical and high-energy physics due to their excellent theoretical light yield, energy, and time resolution. They demonstrate good structural and environmental...
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Lorenzo Margotti (UNIBO)03/12/2025, 19:11New Materials and TechnologiesPoster
Two-dimensional (2D) perovskite thin films have recently emerged as efficient direct photocurrent detectors, owing to their strong light absorption, fast charge separation, and intrinsically low dark currents. When integrated onto planar interdigitated pixel electrodes, flexible PEAโPbBrโ films exhibit stable operation and extremely low noise (~10 pA at 4 kV/mm), enabling sensitive...
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Serena Loporchio (University and INFN Bari)03/12/2025, 19:12Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space ApplicationsPoster
Very-high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics will experience a substantial enhancement in sensitivity through the capabilities of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), which will operate from two sites providing full-sky coverage. One candidate for the medium-sized telescope (MST) of CTAO southern site (CTAO-South) is the Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT). The innovative design of...
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Pavel Parygin (University of Hamburg)03/12/2025, 19:13Radiation DamagePoster
We present a detailed investigation of the afterpulse effect in silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), using a dedicated structure with single-cell readout, which enables direct measurement of intrinsic device properties and observation of individual pulses also after irradiation.
Three independent analysis methods to quantify afterpulse induced events were developed and validated by Monte Carlo...
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Dario Fornaro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara and University of Ferrara, Physics and Earth Sciences Department)03/12/2025, 19:14Vacuum Photodetectors (eg. PMTs, MCPs, hybrids)Poster
High-rate single-photon detection with excellent spatial and temporal precision is a critical requirement for next-generation imaging and particle physics experiments. To meet this demand, a novel detector has been developed based on a vacuum tube architecture that integrates a photocathode, a microchannel plate (MCP), and a Timepix4 CMOS ASIC as the readout anode. The system supports...
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Bartosz Piotrowski (Warsaw University of Technology)03/12/2025, 19:15Astroparticle and Neutrino PhysicsPoster
The Water Cherenkov Test Experiment (WCTE) at CERN is designed to test various technologies and techniques related to water Cherenkov detectors, which may later be implemented in the Hyper-Kamiokande experiment. WCTE consists of 97 multi-PMT photosensors placed in a water tank (ห3.8 m in diameter, ห3.6 m in height, total water mass ห41 tonnes). Each multi-PMT contains nineteen 3โ PMTs and...
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Gaia De Palma (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:16Electronics and ReadoutPoster
The Advanced Particle Astrophysics Telescope (APT) is a proposed space-based gamma-ray observatory for the MeVโTeV range. To validate its detector technologies, the Antarctic Demonstrator for APT (ADAPT) is being developed for a balloon flight during the 2026โ2027 Antarctic summer. Its core consists of an Imaging CsI Calorimeter (ICC) and a four-layer scintillating fiber tracker...
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Ding Ding (Imperial College London)03/12/2025, 19:17New Materials and TechnologiesPoster
n=1 two-dimensional (2D) perovskites display narrow absorption due to their excitonic nature and quantum-confined structure. They offer a compelling route to filter-free, narrowband photodetection compared with broadband 3D counterparts. While halide mixing provides spectral tunability, it introduces severe phase segregation and energetic disorder. Current understanding of this phenomenon is...
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126. New generation of TSV-enabled SiPM technologies for medical imaging and industrial applicationsCarina Trippl (Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK))03/12/2025, 19:18Medical and Societal ApplicationsPoster
Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) have become essential photodetectors in a wide range of applicationsโfrom medical imaging to high-energy physics (HEP)โthanks to their excellent timing capabilities, compact form factor, and ease of integration. These demanding fields require continuous innovation, particularly in the development of next-generation photodetectors and advanced system integration...
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Andrea Marasciulli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:19Solid-State Photodetectors (eg. SPADs, traditional and digital SiPMs)Poster
Solid state photodetectors are broadly used in many areas of research, from high energy physics at colliders to low energy one for solid state studies. The DarkSide collaboration is going to explore a new direction by using large arrays of Silicon Photo Multipliers (SiPMs) for direct dark matter search, where Photo Multiplier Tubes (PMTs) have been used until now. The DarkSide-20k (DS-20k)...
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Samuele Lanzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:20Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space ApplicationsPoster
RIPTIDE is a novel fast-neutron detector concept designed to determine both the energy and the direction of incident neutrons through indirect detection via neutron-proton elastic scattering. The converter medium consists of a cubic plastic scintillator (BC408, 60 ร 60 ร 60 mmยณ), where neutron-proton scattering events can generate recoil protons that produce scintillation light. This light is...
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Davide Cremonini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:21Vacuum Photodetectors (eg. PMTs, MCPs, hybrids)Poster
The LUCID-2 detector is the main luminometer of the ATLAS experiment and the only one able to provide a reliable luminosity determination in all beam configurations, luminosity ranges and at bunch-crossing level. The detector works through the production and detection of Cherenkov light in unusual ways: within the fused silica (quartz) window of the photomultipliers (PMTs) and in the core of...
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Daniel David Marรญn Medina (Institut de Ciรจncies del Cosmos - Universitat de Barcelona)03/12/2025, 19:22Electronics and ReadoutPoster
The next generation of IACT cameras is moving towards SiPMs for their stability, robustness, and higher sensitivity compared to PMTs. The Advanced SiPM Camera (AdvCam) is based on Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) as photosensors and aims to deliver fully digital images downstream. It is designed to offer improved sensitivity, extended sensor durability, and intelligent data processing to more...
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Simone Vallarino (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:23Accelerators and CollidersPoster
A high-resolution electromagnetic calorimeter typically consists of an array of inorganic scintillators in crystalline form (cells), read out by Photo-Multiplier Tubes (PMTs) or Avalanche Photo-Diodes (APDs). An energy resolution of $\simeq 2\%$ at 1 GeV is considered excellent performance.
When a particle hits the scintillator, it loses energy through Bremsstrahlung and $e^+e^-$ pair...
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Tommaso Marinelli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:24Radiation DamagePoster
Silicon sensors are widely employed in modern physics experiments for their excellent spatial resolution, fast response, and scalability, which makes them indispensable in both tracking detectors and photodetection systems. Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are increasingly adopted for their excellent photon detection efficiency, fast timing, scalability, and insensitivity to magnetic fields,...
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Simone Garnero (UNIBO)03/12/2025, 19:25Gaseous PhotodetectorsPoster
We report the results of recent developments and tests with beams and cosmic rays of the gaseous photomultiplier (GasPM). The GasPM is a photosensor that combines a photocathode with the avalanche-multiplication mechanism of a resistive-plate chamber and offers excellent time resolution and cost-effective scalability. In addition, the GasPM can provide precise and efficient, Cherenkov-based,...
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Tommaso Maria Floris (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:26Solid-State Photodetectors (eg. SPADs, traditional and digital SiPMs)Poster
A monolithic silicon photo-multiplier, including 1024 micro-cells with a 30 $\mu$m pitch and a fill-factor of 50% and covering an overall area of about 1 mm$^2$, has been designed in a 110 nm CMOS image sensor technology. The SiPM, targeting applications with light detection in dual-readout (DR) calorimetry, takes advantage of an asynchronous, parallel counter to compute the number of hit...
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Giulia Tosetti (Universitรฉ de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen UMR6534, F-14000 Caen, France)03/12/2025, 19:27Medical and Societal ApplicationsPoster
Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) account for nearly 96% of the worldwide diagnosed skin cancers and are often surgically removed. However, when surgery is not feasible, radiotherapy is a valid alternative treatment. In radiotherapy, patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) relies on dose distribution measurements. Today the state-of-art technologies do not assure accurate measurements of the...
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Shogo Horiuchi (Keio University)03/12/2025, 19:28Astroparticle and Neutrino PhysicsPoster
Hyper-Kamiokande, the successor to Super-Kamiokande, is a next-generation water Cherenkov detector scheduled to begin operation in 2028. It aims to measure neutrino oscillation parameters, such as the CP phase and mass ordering, with much higher precision benefiting from a fiducial volume 8.4 times larger than that of Super-Kamiokande. The newly developed 50-cm photomultiplier tube (PMT),...
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Simon Ghizzo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:29Accelerators and CollidersPoster
The Upgrade II of the LHCb experiment poses new challenges for the Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors in terms of high radiation levels and increased photon density during the High-Lumi LHC phase. It will therefore be essential to redesign the optical layout of the detector, improving the resolution of the reconstructed Cherenkov angle, increasing spatial granularity, and introducing...
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Dr Sergey Abrahamyan (A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory)03/12/2025, 19:30Vacuum Photodetectors (eg. PMTs, MCPs, hybrids)Poster
Abstract. Recently we developed an advanced radio frequency timer of keV energy electrons. It is based on a helical deflector, which performs circular sweep of keV electrons, by a means of 500 MHz radio frequency field. By converting a time distribution of incident electrons to a hit position distribution on a circle, this device achieves extremely precise timing. Streak Cameras, based on...
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Cornelia Hanna Esther Arcaro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:31New Materials and TechnologiesPoster
Wavelength-shifting (WLS) materials offer a scalable and affordable
approach to large-area photon detection. They absorb ultraviolet photons
and re-emit them at longer wavelengths, enabling efficient light
trapping by total internal reflection.We present a compact detector module based on WLS tiles coupled to
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silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). The design exploits the geometry... -
Nicola Rubini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)03/12/2025, 19:32Accelerators and CollidersPoster
The dual-radiator Ring-Imaging Cherenkov (dRICH) detector of the ePIC experiment at the future ElectronโIon Collider (EIC) will employ silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) to detect Cherenkov photons. The photodetector plane will span about 3 m2 with 3x3 mm2 pixels, providing more than 300 000 readout channelsโrepresenting the first use of SiPMs for single-photon detection in a collider...
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