Advances in Space AstroParticle Physics (ASAPP2025) - 2nd edition

from Monday, May 12, 2025 (12:00 AM) to Friday, May 16, 2025 (6:45 PM)
Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona (ES)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
May 12, 2025
May 13, 2025
May 14, 2025
May 15, 2025
May 16, 2025
AM
9:00 AM --- Arrival and Registration ---
9:00 AM
Instrumentation and missions for direct high-energy CR measurements (until 10:40 AM)
9:00 AM The Silicon Tracker L0 Upgrade of the AMS-02 experiment on the ISS - Ambrosi, Giovanni (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
9:25 AM Current Status of the HERD Space Project - Wang, Zhigang (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
9:50 AM BeER: a multi-purpose, high-resolution, high dynamic-range charge detector well suited for cosmic ray measurements and various applications. - Pacini, Lorenzo (INFN, Firenze (IT))  
10:15 AM Nuclear Cross Section for Cosmic Rays Experiments - Oliva, Alberto (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
10:40 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:55 AM
Instrumentation and missions for direct high-energy CR measurements (until 12:35 PM)
10:55 AM The TIGERISS Galactic Cosmic Ray Mission - Rauch, Brian  
11:20 AM Cosmic anti-deuteron observation in space with a gas He detector - Prof. Zuccon, Paolo (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))  
11:45 AM A high energy cosmic radiation modular telescope at the Moon: the MoonRay concept - Prof. Marrocchesi, Pier Simone (University of Siena and INFN Pisa)  
12:10 PM SQM-ISS: A dual-mode detector for the search of Strange Quark Matter and other Dark Matter candidates in space - Plebaniak, Zbigniew (INFN Rome and University of Rome, Tor Vergta, Italy)  
9:00 AM
Instrumentation and missions for direct X-ray and gamma-ray measurements (until 10:40 AM)
9:00 AM The X and Gamma-ray Imager and Spectrometer on board THESEUS: status and technological progresses - Mattioli, Giulia (INAF-OAS Bologna)  
9:25 AM newASTROGAM: The MeV to GeV gamma-ray observatory for ESA's M8 mission - Tatischeff, Vincent (IJCLab)  
9:50 AM AMEGO-X: Status and plans - Fukazawa, Yasushi  
10:15 AM Results from the ComPair balloon flight - Metzler, Zachary  
10:40 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:55 AM
Instrumentation and missions for direct X-ray and gamma-ray measurements (until 1:35 PM)
10:55 AM COSI mission overview - Tomsick, John (Space Sciences Laboratory / University of California, Berkeley)  
11:20 AM Crystal Eye hard X and gamma ray all sky monitor - Barbato, Felicia (Gran Sasso Science Institute (IT))  
11:45 AM The Galactic Annihilation Line Explorer (GALE) ULDB Pioneers Experiment - Krizmanic, John Francis (NASA-Natl. Aeronaut. & Space Admin. (US))  
12:10 PM The Antarctic Demonstrator for Advanced Particle-astrophysics Telescope (ADAPT) Project Status - Mazziotta, Nicola (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
12:35 PM Exploring the Potential of a 2π Field-of-View Gamma-Ray Detector for GRB Observations in Space - Fariña, Luis (IFAE-BIST)  
1:00 PM Development of ultra-compact detectors based on oriented crystals for the observation of high energy e+/e- and gamma rays in space - Monti Guarnieri, Pietro (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))  
9:00 AM
Instrumentation and missions for direct X-ray and gamma-ray measurements (until 10:40 AM)
9:00 AM Unlocking the Future of X-ray Polarimetry with IXPE: Lessons Learned and Next Steps. - Dr Soffitta, Paolo (INAF-IAPS)  
9:25 AM Instruments for focal plane X-ray polarimetry in the next decade - Muleri, Fabio  
9:50 AM Solar Flare Hard X-ray Polarimetry with the CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission - Dr De Angelis, Nicolas (INAF-IAPS)  
10:15 AM COMCUBE-S : Gamma-ray burst polarimetry with a swarm of CubeSats - FRANEL, Nathan  
10:40 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:55 AM
Instrumentation and missions for direct X-ray and gamma-ray measurements (until 12:35 PM)
10:55 AM COCOA: a compact Compton camera for astrophysical observation of MeV-scale gamma rays - Soleti, Stefano Roberto (Donostia International Physics Center)  
11:20 AM The WFM (Wide Field Monitor) onboard of eXTP and its adaptability to future mission proposals - Prof. HERNANZ CARBO, MARGARITA (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) & IEEC)  
11:45 AM The LEM-X all-sky monitor: first results of the detector prototype - Ceraudo, Francesco (INAF-IAPS)  
12:10 PM Expected performances of X and Gamma rays detectors being operated on the Moon and in the Earth Stratosphere developed within the NRRP EMM project - Capobianco, Gerardo  
9:00 AM
R&D of novel approaches and instruments (until 10:40 AM)
9:00 AM A-STEP, the AstroPix Sounding rocked Technology dEmonstrator Payload: Multi-detector performance - Laviron, Adrien (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA Post-doctoral Program (NPP))  
9:25 AM R&D on Plasma-Etched Gas Electron Multipliers for X-ray Polarimetry in Space - Lega, Alessandro (INFN)  
9:50 AM X-POT: X-ray Polarimetry with Optical Time projection chamber - Fiorina, Davide (GSSI & INFN LNGS)  
10:15 AM IXPE Gas Pixel Detector test and characterization with the X-ray Calibration Facility - Mr Tugliani, Stefano (UNITO - INFN Sezione Torino)  
10:40 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM
R&D of novel approaches and instruments (until 1:30 PM)
11:00 AM The EPSI R&D: Development of an innovative electron-positron discrimination technique for space application - Volpato, Chiara (University of Firenze)  
11:25 AM FIT: a scintillating-fiber tracker for new-generation space-borne experiments - Dr Perrina, Chiara (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
11:50 AM Onboard machine learning for high-energy observatories for spacecraft autonomy and ground segment operations - Mr Castaldini, Luca (INAF/OAS Bologna)  
12:15 PM Advanced Tracking Analysis in Space Experiments with Graph Neural Networks - Cuna, Federica (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
12:40 PM Machine Learning techniques for Cosmic Rays Physics analysis and simulations - Tabarroni, Luca (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
1:05 PM Unsupervised machine learning techniques for the selection of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons in Fermi-LAT data - Cibrario, Nicolo'  
PM
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:30 PM
Institutionals and Highlights (until 4:10 PM)
2:30 PM Introduction from organizers, institutional, LOC - Rico, Javier (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain) Duranti, Matteo (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT)) Vagelli, Valerio (Italian Space Agency (ASI) and INFN)  
3:35 PM Highlights from the last XSCRC2024 workshop - Maurin, David (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
4:10 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:25 PM
Institutionals and Highlights (until 7:00 PM)
4:25 PM High-Energy Adventures: Astroparticle Physics at NASA in the 2030’s - Perkins, Jeremy  
5:00 PM The Lunar Adaptive Outpost for Remote Italian Experiments (LAORIE) - Turchi, Alessandro (Italian Space Agency)  
5:35 PM Mechanics for space-borne particle detectors - Gargiulo, Corrado (CERN)  
6:10 PM HERMES Pathfinder - Fiore, Fabrizio  
6:35 PM Current status and future plans for HELIX - Park, Nahee  
7:00 PM --- Relax and Leisure ---
8:00 PM --- Welcome Cocktail ---
8:30 PM --- Dinner ---
12:35 PM
Round Table (until 1:35 PM)
1:35 PM --- Lunch ---
3:00 PM
R&D of novel approaches and instruments (until 4:15 PM)
3:00 PM MAPS: from vertex detectors to space applications - Suljic, Miljenko (CERN)  
3:25 PM First results of the second batch of Space LGADs for AstroParticle Physics (SLAPP-2) - Cavazzini, Leo (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))  
3:50 PM Advancing Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors for Space Applications: Results from the ARCADIA MD3 Demonstrator - Ricci, Ester (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))  
4:15 PM --- Coffee break ---
4:30 PM
R&D of novel approaches and instruments (until 6:10 PM)
4:30 PM Flexible and Low-Material-Budget Packaging for Particle Detectors in Space - Novel, David  
4:55 PM The Pentadimensional Tracking Space Detector, R&D for spaceborne LGAD Si-microstrip trackers - Duranti, Matteo (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
5:20 PM High-Efficiency WLS Plastic for a Compact Cherenkov Detector - Nozzoli, Francesco (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN-TIFPA (IT))  
5:45 PM A SiPM-based RICH detector with timing capabilities for ion identification - Mazziotta, Nicola (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
6:10 PM
Rapid-Fire talks (until 6:50 PM)
6:50 PM --- Relax and Leisure ---
8:30 PM --- Dinner ---
10:00 PM
Posters (until 11:30 PM)
10:00 PM Particle identification in high-granularity 3D calorimeters for space-borne applications - Brugnoni, Claudio (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
10:02 PM Characterization and Calibration of the FIT SiPM Read-Out System - Lathika, Keerthana Rajan (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain)  
10:04 PM A new measurement of Light Yield Quenching in EJ-200 and LYSO scintillators - Nozzoli, Francesco (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN-TIFPA (IT))  
10:06 PM Silicon sensors for the AMS-L0 Upgrade: beam test setup and results - Jiang, Yaozu (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
10:08 PM Preliminary Design Study of a Superconducting Spectrometer for Light Galactic Antinuclei Detection - Gryniuk, Oleksii  
10:10 PM The scintillating fiber tracker of the Zirè detector onboard the NUSES satellite - Lorusso, Leonarda (INFN Bari)  
10:12 PM Search for Primordial Black holes from the International Space Station with the SQM-ISS detector - Liberatori, Francesca (Tor Vergata)  
10:14 PM Advanced Particle Classification in Space Missions Using Transformers - Bossa, Maria  
10:16 PM Advanced readout logic for the XGIS instrument: discriminating X-ray and gamma-ray photons from background and particles - Calabretto, Paolo (INAF-OAS Bologna)  
10:18 PM Characterisation and calibration of SiPMs and read-out system for space-borne plastic scintillator detectors - Ms Ghose, Essna (INFN Lecce e University of Trento (IT))  
10:20 PM Evaluation of Timepix3 for applications as a Compton scatter polarimeter for hard X- and soft $\gamma$-rays - Jelinek, Jindrich (Universite de Geneve (CH), IEAP CTU (CZ))  
10:22 PM AstroPix: HV-CMOS monolithic active pixel sensors for gamma-ray observatories - Dr Violette, Daniel (NASA/GSFC, ORAU (US))  
10:24 PM Design of a CubeSat flight-demonstrator for LGAD Si-microstrip devices - Cavazzuti, Elisabetta (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) Miliucci, Marco (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)  
10:26 PM The ANTARES4 Readout ASIC for the Second Flight of the GAPS Experiment - Ghislotti, Luca (University of Bergamo and INFN Pavia)  
10:28 PM Characterization and quality control of the SMART board for the ADAPT hodoscope and calorimeter - De Palma, Gaia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
10:30 PM Using X-Ray Fluorescence to characterize lunar regolith - Dr Silveri, Leandro (New York University Abu Dhabi)  
10:32 PM Measurements on capacitance mitigation approaches for LGAD Si-microstrip tracking devices - Hu, Jiayu (INFN)  
10:34 PM The SiSMUV Project: Development and Characterization of SiPM-Based UV-Light Detectors for Space Telescope Applications - Scotti, Valentina  
10:36 PM Preliminary results of the 64-channel MIZAR ASIC for SiPMs readout - Di Salvo, Andrea (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)  
10:38 PM Application of high-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Magnets in space-based Cosmic Ray Detection and Radiation shielding - Jain, Vidhi  
1:35 PM --- Lunch ---
3:00 PM --- Excursion ---
8:30 PM --- Social Dinner ---
12:35 PM
Round Table (until 1:35 PM)
1:35 PM --- Lunch ---
3:00 PM
Instrumentation and missions for indirect high-energy cosmic ray measurements (until 4:15 PM)
3:00 PM The POEMMA Balloon with Radio mission - Osteria, Giuseppe  
3:25 PM The Cherenkov Camera for the PBR mission - Dr Panico, Beatrice (University of Naples Federico II - INFN Sez. Napoli)  
3:50 PM Update on the Terzina payload development onboard NUSES - Torres Saavedra, Rodrigo Alberto (Gran Sasso Science Institute)  
4:15 PM --- Coffee break ---
4:35 PM
Instrumentation and missions for direct low-energy cosmic ray measurements (until 6:15 PM)
4:35 PM The HEPD-02 cosmic-ray experiment ready for flight on-board the CSES-02 satellite. - Dr Ricciarini, Sergio Bruno (IFAC - CNR (Firenze, Italy))  
5:00 PM The Zirè experiment on board the NUSES space mission - De Mitri, Ivan (Gran Sasso Science Institute (IT))  
5:25 PM The Antarctic calibration campaign for the GAPS experiment - Munini, Riccardo (INFN-TS)  
5:50 PM Characterisation of the first prototype of the LISA Radiation Monitor - Orta-Terré, Marina (ICCUB - IEEC)  
6:15 PM
Rapid-Fire talks (until 6:55 PM)
6:55 PM --- Relax and Leisure ---
8:30 PM --- Dinner ---
10:00 PM
Posters (until 11:30 PM)
10:00 PM A Nanosatellite-sized detector for sub-MeV charged Cosmic Ray Fluxes in Low Earth Orbit: The Low Energy Module (LEM) onboard the NUSES Space Mission - Nicolaidis, Riccardo (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))  
10:02 PM Event reconstruction strategies for the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-02) onboard the ready-to-launch CSES-02 - Dr Perinelli, Alessio (University of Trento)  
10:04 PM Study of the response to antiprotons from HEPD-02 on CSES-02 - Pietroni, Silvia (University of Rome Tor Vergata - INFN)  
10:06 PM An innovative technique for direct Cosmic Ray Detection based on the Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors tracker of HEPD-02 - Puccetti, Niccolo (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))  
10:08 PM Pile-up studies and statistics: numerical simulations and experimental results with MAPMTs in single photoelectron counting mode - M'sihid, Enzio (APC — Laboratory Astroparticle & Cosmology)  
10:10 PM Correction for pile-up in the photon counting measurements of the Mini-EUSO experiment onboard the ISS - M'sihid, Enzio (APC — Laboratory Astroparticle & Cosmology)  
10:12 PM The Fluorescence Camera for the PBR mission - Cafagna, Francesco (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
10:14 PM Simulation of a SiPM Based Cherenkov Camera - Buckland, Isaac (INFN Trieste)  
10:16 PM On-board and on-ground operations for the Mini-EUSO telescope on-board the International Space - Marcelli, Laura  
10:18 PM Study of performances and characterization of SiPMs (Hamamatsu S13161) for the next generation of telescopes in balloon-borne and space-based experiments - Caruso, Rossella  
10:20 PM Ultra high energy cosmic ray detection using SiPMs (silicon photomultipliers) - Dr Popescu, Florin-Adrian (Institute of Space Science - subsidiary of NFLPR)  
10:22 PM The X-𝜸 detector onboard the POMMA-Balloon with Radio payload - Battisti, Matteo  
10:24 PM WINK: A pathfinder towards innovation in X and Gamma Ray detection from Space - Tambone, Matteo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, INFN Sezione di Napoli)  
10:26 PM Early operations and first data of the high-energy HERMES payload onboard SpIRIT - Baroni, Giulia (INAF/OATS)  
10:28 PM Testing and characterization of XGIS detectors for THESEUS mission - Srivastava, Smiriti (INAF OAS Bologna, Italy)  
10:30 PM The Large Area Detector for future spectral-timing space missions - Della Casa, Giovanni (INAF-IAPS)  
10:32 PM The Anti Coincidence Detector for the APT Antarctic Demonstrator - Gargano, Fabio (Univ. + INFN)  
10:34 PM Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimetry with the POLAR and POLAR-2 missions - De Angelis, Nicolas (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
1:30 PM
Institutionals and Highlights (until 1:50 PM)
1:50 PM --- Lunch ---
3:00 PM --- Departure ---