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Astroparticle, particle and space physics, detectors and medical physics applications : proceedings of the 10th Conference, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, 8-12 October 2007 /

The exploration of the subnuclear world is done through increasingly complex experiments covering a wide range of energies and in a large variety of environments - from particle accelerators and underground detectors to satellites and space laboratories. For these research programs to succeed, novel...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics Centro di cultura scientifica "A. Volta"
Otros Autores: Barone, Michele
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore, SG : World Scientific, ©2008.
Colección:Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Radiation Interaction, Detectors and Medical Physics Applica.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Advanced detectors and particle identification. GEM detectors activity at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati of INFN. Current results on the development of a carbon nanotube radiation detector. Monolithic sensors in deep submicron CMOS technology for low material budget, high rate HEP applications. First results from the development of a new generation of hybrid photon detector: EBCMOS. The MEMS project. Quality assurance of pixel hybrid photon detectors for the LHCb ring imaging Cherenkov counters. Fast photon-detection for COMPASS RICH-1. Implementation of high-resolution time-to-digital converters on two different FPGA devices. Performance of the high momentum particle identification detector in ALICE at LHC. Hydrogenated amorphous silicon deposited on the Asihtest circuit for radiation detection. [symbol]Pb Bremsstrahlung emission spectrum from lead. Commercial window glass tested as possible high dose dosimeter. Electron and gamma irradiation. Ceramic-matrix composite for extreme applications. The CMS muon system and its performance in the CMS cosmic challenge. Quantum efficiency of hybrid photon detectors for the LHCb RICH timing performance of a vacuum phototriode. Application of the channeling radiation for particle identification. Instrumentation of the FAST detector. First results of silicon photomultiplier study performed at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome. Study on nanostrip gas counter for the operation under intense beam. Excitation functions and yields for Re-186g production by proton cyclotron. The status of the LHCb RICH system. Latest results from a mass-production sample of MRPCs for the ALICE TOF detector. Fast timed active shield for a gamma-ray spectrometer. Test results of the ALICE-HMPID detector commissioning
  • Astroparticle and underground experiments. Nuclear emulsion scanning in OPERA: methods and results. CHERCAM: a Cherenkov imager for the CREAM experiment. Gravitational waves from the R[symbol] high order theory of gravity. The double Chooz experiment. Technical solutions for the MAGIC telescope. Challenging the neutrino mass with CUORE. A modular DAQ system for next generation bolometric v mass experiments. Novel techniques for atmospheric monitoring for EAS detectors using high resolution spectroscopy. A fluorescence/air Cherenkov telescope prototype in Greece: possibility to detect escaping Taus from Helmos Mountain in Greece. Search for massive rare particles with the SLIM experiment. PMT characterization for MAGIC II telescope. Determining the neutrino mass with a calorimetric low-temperature detector
  • the experiment MARE. The Borexino detector: construction and performances. Design of a wide spectral range and high-resolution spectrograph for monitoring the night sky background for use in air fluorescence telescopes. The Auger experiment status and results. Preliminary results on neutron background induced by muons in a shallow underground laboratory: Baradello Underground Laboratory in Como. Acoustic detectors in submarine large scale detectors. Search of point-like sources with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. A tritium activity monitor for the KATRIN experiment. Optical module for deep-sea neutrino telescopes. Radio detection of cosmic rays at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The monitor online system of the OPERA muon magnetic spectrometer. Results from the NEMO 3 experiment. Search for solar axions with the CAST-experiment. Data acquisition system for the Tunka-133 array. Status report on the ANTARES project
  • Calorimetry. Calorimetry at the LHC. An offline quality calorimetric selection for the CDF trigger. Data preparation of the calorimeter based algorithms of the high-level trigger for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Study with cosmic and test-beam particles of scintillation-tile detectors read out via silicon photomultiplier devices. Measurement of the detection efficiency of the KLOE calorimeter for neutrons between 20 and 174 MeV. The CMS-HF forward calorimeter commissioning. Update on the hadron calorimeter of the CMS experiment at CERN. Status and performance of the ALICE/PHOS electromagnetic calorimeter. Performance of the ATLAS liquid argon forward calorimeter in beam tests. The measurement of spectral characteristics and composition of radiation in ATLAS with MediPix2-USB devices. Performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter. Assessment of the C̮erenkov light produced in a PbWO[symbol] crystal by means of the study of the time structure of the signal. LUCID, the luminosity monitor for ATLAS
  • a status report. CMS ECAL intercalibration with cosmic rays and 2006 test beam electrons. Study and development of the multi-pixel photon counter for the GLD calorimeter readout. The CALICE tile hadron calorimeter prototype with SiPM readout: design, construction and first test beam results. Inter-calibration of the CMS barrel electromagnetic calorimeter using [symbol] decays
  • High energy physics experiments. Quality assurance procedures for the construction of ALICE TOF supermodules. Accelerator neutrino physics and low energy tests of the standard model with high intensity neutrino beams. The muon ionisation cooling experiment
  • MICE. Luminosity measurement using Cherenkov Integrating Detector (LUCID) in ATLAS. The CMS magnet commissioning and the development of an improved CMS conductor suitable for future proposals. Commissioning the CMS experiment. The status of the ATLAS simulation project for the LHC startup CMS data and workflow management system. The large-angle photon veto detector for the P326 experiment at CERN. The CDF RUN II silicon detector: aging studies. Implementation and performance of the ATLAS trigger muon "vertical slice". Test of real-time identification of sparse data patterns in silicon pixel detectors. Commissioning of the ATLAS inner detector with cosmic rays. Energy loss and damage production by heavy ions and strange quark matter in silicon. Implementation and performance of the high-level trigger electron and photon selection for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The CMS ECAL laser monitoring system. High accelerating field superconducting radio frequency cavities overview of the plenary sessions on accelerator and computer/networking developments. The CMS electromagnetic calorimeter. The magnetic distortion measurement system of the LHCb RICH 2 detector. Aspects of the SiD detector design for the international linear collider. Resistive plate chamber performance during the CMS magnet test cosmic challenge. Implementation and performance of the tau trigger in the ATLAS experiment
  • Radiation damage. Characterisation of FBG sensors under ionizing radiation for high energy physics and space physics. Radiation effects on platinum nanostructured electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Determination of the hall coefficient for neutron irradiated samples down to cryogenic temperatures and its dependance on resistivity at room temperature. Thin-film optical materials under high dose [symbol] irradiation. Study of the radiation hardness of VCSEL and PIN arrays. Radiation hard sensors for the beamCal of the ILC. Gamma-ray irradiation effects on luminescent glasses for white LED applications. On line monitoring of radiation damage and recovery in quartz fibers using reflected light. Studies of lead tungstate crystals exposed to large proton and pion fluences. Measurements of noise and static parameters of CMOS devices after 3 MeV proton irradiation up to 120 Mrad. Study of lithium diffusion into silicon-germanium crystals. Radiation hardness studies in a CCD with high-speed column parallel readout
  • Radiotherapy and medical instrumentations. Fricke gel dosimeter tissue-equivalence: a Monte Carlo study. Optimised operation of the MIMOSA5 pixel sensor for biological sample imaging. Silicon Photo Multipliers Characterization: Recent achievements and latest results. Investigation of SiPM for photon counting applications. Ignored discovery now proven capable of saving millions of lives from premature cancer death demands rethinking the direction of research. Real-time X-ray [symbol]-imaging of living organisms. The axial 3-D pet concept implemented by wave length shifter strip hodoscopes. Application of pixel detectors in structural biology. Ultra-fast timing and the application of high energy physics technologies to biomedical imaging. First results of small animal imaging SPECT detector for cardiovascular disease studies on mice.
  • Development of a low noise optoelectronic integrated readout with N-I-P a-Si:H photodiode array for positron emission Tomography . The use of modern electronic flat panel devices for image guided radiation therapy: image quality comparison, intra fraction motion monitoring and quality assurance applications. Neutron imaging in a hospital environment. Implementation of image-guidance techniques in radiation therapy a double layer silicon detector for single photon counting ... imaging of absorbed dose in radiotherapy by a polymer gel dosimeter.
  • Radiochemical separations: useful methods for the preparation of no-carrier-added solutions of different radionuclides for metabolic radiotherapy
  • Software applications. GEANT4 applications in space. INTEGRAL
  • operating high-energy detectors for five years in space. ATLAS inner detector alignment. New generation data transfer for AMS02. Finite state automa for parallelization of time-expensive operations ATLAS distributed analysis tools. MICE software design and physics performance. The control system for the CMS strip tracking detector. The message reporting system in the ATLAS DAQ system management of equipment databases at CERN for the ATLAS experiment. GEANT4 parametrization and modeling of pion production in proton-nucleus interactions based on HARP experimental data: incident proton momenta are from 3 GeV/c to 12.9 GeV/c. Environmental radiation dose on the moon. Track finding in gamma conversions in CMS. The GEANT4-based ATLAS fast electromagnetic shower simulation. North American medical physics applications of the GEANT4 simulation toolkit. Tools to monitor the quality of the ALICE-TOF detector data ... the detailed simulation of the CMS detector. ATLAS conditions database experience with the COOL project. Intensity variation of gamma rays due to water concentrations on the lunar surface
  • Space experiments and heliosphere. Reentrant heliospheric particles in 2D drift model. The INFN-LNF space climatic facility. Particle beam tests for the GLAST-LAT calibration. Simulation of a time-of-flight telescope for suprathermal ions in the heliosphere. The PAMELA space mission. A large cavity gamma-ray spectrometer for measurement of cosmogenic radionuclides in astromaterials by whole rock counting. A new approach to LAGEOS spin orientation and its role in general relativity measurements. Evaluation of the flux of CR nuclei inside the magnetosphere ... 2D stochastic Monte Carlo to evaluate the modulation of GCR for inner and outer solar system planets. The PoGOLite balloon-borne soft gamma-ray polarimeter ... performance the GLAST-LAT: beam test results. The Alpha magnetic spectrometer on the International Space Station. The RICH detector of the AMS-02 experiment: status and physics prospects. Study of the performance of the GLAST LAT as a ground-based cosmic ray observatory. The CALET Space Observatory for JEM-EF on the International Space Station
  • Tracking devices. Spatial resolution studies of micro pattern gas detectors using the charge dispersion signal. The LHCb muon system. Design and characterization of a monolithic active pixel sensor in 0.25 [symbol]m technology. The CMS silicon strip tracker: from integration to start-up. The VELO (VErtex LOcator) at the LHCb experiment. The CDF I1 extremely fast tracker upgrade. The DEPFET active pixel sensor as vertex detector for the ILC. Integration and commissioning of the ATLAS muon spectrometer. Results from the commissioning run of the CMS silicon strip tracker. TRB for HADES and FAIR experiments at GSI. Low and high intensity beam monitoring and tracking. Development of a detector (ALFA) to measure the absolute LHC luminosity at ATLAS. The Tracker-muon hardware alignment system of CMS. FAST: a compact scintillating fiber detector for antiproton cross section measurements. Design of a monolithic active pixel in ST 0.13um technology. A triple-GEM detector with pixel readout for high-rate beam tracking in COMPASS. Track reconstruction at the LHCb experiment. Prototype drift chamber for tracking at small angles in the PANDA experiment. Production and quality assurance of detector modules for the LHCb silicon tracker. Managing bias leakage currents and high data rates in the BABAR silicon vertex tracker. Precision calibration of the STAR TPC. ATLAS pixel detector system test and cosmics run.