Conveners
Research and Development of novel instrumentation for particle meaurements in space
- Roberto Iuppa (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))
Research and Development of novel instrumentation for particle meaurements in space
- Maria Ionica (INFN Perugia)
Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) are a rapidly growing technology to equip low-power, low-material budget, high spatial resolution particle detectors. Their notable latest large-scale instalment, a 10 m2 detector made from 24 thousand sensors ("ALPIDE") in the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN marks an important milestone in the maturity of the technology....
The implementation of fully-depleted monolithic active sensors on a commercial CMOS technology paves the way for the development of innovative and cost-effective solutions for photon and charge particle detection.
The INFN ARCADIA Collaboration developed sensor technology, CMOS IP and scalable architectures on a 110nm technology node at LFoundry, deploying pixel and strip test structures with...
High sensitivity Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC) is suitable device for direct detection in near ultraviolet (NUV) or vacuum ultraviolet (VUV). We propose NUV sensitivity enhanced MPPCs for scintillation or Cherenkov light detection.
Furthermore, we developed MPPCs array with high NUV sensitivity using through silicon via technology (TSV) to maximize the sensitive region. VUV sensitivity...
A new type of detector based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) as active material is discussed to monitor space solar flares and the evolution of large energetic proton events up to hundreds of MeV. The a-Si:H presents excellent radiation hardness and finds application in harsh radiation environments for medical purposes, particle beam characterization, and space weather science. The...
Scintillators have long been powerful tools in radiation detection, however, cannot offer a practical alternative to solid-state detectors in conventional particle telescopes applied in spaceborne measurements of solar energetic particles. The two main reasons are related to the common experience of their poor energy resolution, and technological obstacles of producing thin-film scintillators...
Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) are an attractive solution for scientific applications that require excellent position and time resolution. MAPS integrate both sensor matrix and readout circuitry on a single silicon wafer, making them cost-effective and efficient.
The ALPIDE sensor, initially designed for the ALICE Inner Tracking System (ITS2) at CERN, was the base for applications...
The astroparticle physics experiments operating in space measuring the charged cosmic rays (CCRs) include a tracker and a calorimeter to identify the incoming primary CCRs. These experiments face challenges in separating primary particles from the back-scattered particles entering the tracker from the calorimeter. The timing measurement of each hit can be used to distinguish between the...
A large area Timepix3 [1] hybrid pixel detector (262,144 pixels, pixel pitch 55 µm) was mainly developed for application in the penetrating particle analyser (PAN), i.e., a magnetic spectrometer for the measurement of galactic cosmic ray (GCR) fluxes, including their kinetic energies and to determine the GCR antimatter content in deep space [2]. The pixel detector provides an accurate...
ASTRA-64 (Adaptable Silicon sTrip Read-out Asic) is a 64-channel mixed-signal ASIC mainly designed to read-out micro-strip silicon detectors. Its first target application is the Silicon Charge Detector of the HERD facility, to be installed onboard the Chinese space station to provide tracking and complementary charge measurement.
ASTRA-64 is designed in 110nm technology and consists of two...
This paper discusses the implementation of a 64-channel ASIC designed within the Extreme Universe Space Observatory - Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) mission. The electronics is used to readout a camera plane formed of Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) where the Cherenkov signal emitted by Extensive Air Showers (EASs) is focused. The EAS signal is produced by Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays...
