Conveners
Parallel Session-III: at AG69
- Roger Rusack (University of Minnesota (US))
Parallel Session-III: at AG69
- Atul Jain (TIFR)
Parallel Session-III: at AG80
- Deepak Samuel (Central University of Karnataka)
Parallel Session-III: at AG69
- Rajdeep Chatterjee (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (IN))
Parallel Session-III: at AG80
- Saranya Samik Ghosh (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IN))
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SIDORETTI, Elena02/02/2026, 14:00Gaseous detectorsOral
ePIC will be the first experiment at the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The EIC will probe the internal structure of nucleons and nuclei with unprecedented precision, shedding light on confinement and on the intriguing behaviour of QCD in the non-perturbative regime.
The detector is designed to provide large acceptance, with its tracking system that...
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DAS, Mala02/02/2026, 14:15Liquid Noble-Element DetectorsOral
The Indian Dark matter search Experiment (InDEx) has been initiated at Jaduguda Underground Science Laboratory (JUSL) at UCIL, Jaduguda mine, Jharkhand. InDEx uses Superheated Liquid Detector (SLD) in the form of droplets in a gel matrix. The signal read out is through the acoustic sensors coupled to the detector gel matrix and stored in FPGA and LabView based DAQ system. Few runs have been...
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Mr PANT, Pankaj (Variable Energy Cyclotron Center Kolkata, India)02/02/2026, 14:30Liquid Noble-Element DetectorsOral
Advanced organic scintillators with pulse shape discrimination (PSD) are critical for neutron detection in applications demanding portability, safety, and stability. While liquid scintillators like BC-501A have long served as the benchmark for PSD performance [1], their flammability, toxicity, and handling complexities limit deployment in field applications such as neutron spectroscopy,...
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GAHAN, Devidutta (INFN-LNGS)02/02/2026, 14:45Liquid Noble-Element DetectorsOral
Out of the total mass-energy density of the universe, about 27% is non-baryonic and non-standard constituent referred as Dark Matter (DM). Our present theory of the universe at fundamental scales is challenged by the missing observation of a particle candidate of DM. A multidisciplinary effort for direct detection of such a candidate is being pursuit globally. Liquid argon has become one of...
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AAD, Georges (CPPM, Aix-Marseille Universitรฉ, CNRS/IN2P3 (FR))02/02/2026, 15:00Liquid Noble-Element DetectorsOral
A new era of hadron collisions will start around 2030 with the High-Luminosity LHC which will allow to collect ten times more data than what has been collected during 10 years of operation at LHC. This will be achieved by higher instantaneous luminosity at the price of a higher number of collisions per bunch crossing.
In order to withstand the high expected radiation doses and the harsher...
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FALCONE, Andrea (Universita e INFN, Milano Bicocca(IT))02/02/2026, 15:15Liquid Noble-Element DetectorsOral
The power over fiber (PoF) technology can power sensors and electrical devices delivering electrical power by sending laser light through an optical fiber to a photovoltaic power converter. The advantages offered by this technology are robustness in a hostile environment, removal of noise induced by power lines, spark free operation when electric and magnetic fields are present and no...
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PEKKANEN, Juska (CERN)02/02/2026, 15:30Liquid Noble-Element DetectorsOral
The electronโpositron phase of the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee) aims to deliver electroweak precision measurements at an unprecedented level and to open new windows for physics beyond the Standard Model through rare processes and indirect signatures. Meeting these requirements demands detector technologies that go significantly beyond the state of the art. ALLEGRO is a proposed detector...
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CHMIEL, Kacper (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT))02/02/2026, 15:45Gaseous detectorsOral
This contribution highlights recent progress in developing innovative Micromegas detectors for future collider experiments, aimed at precision tracking and muon systems, with a particular focus on scalability and robust performance. The core technology is based on single-stage pixelized resistive Micromegas detectors, featuring resistive spark-protection layouts implemented through different...
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FIELDHOUSE, Nicholas (University of Oxford)02/02/2026, 16:30Liquid Noble-Element DetectorsOral
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a dark matter direct detection experiment operating 1.5 km underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. LZ uses a 7 active-tonne dual-phase xenon time projection chamber primarily designed to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a well-motivated class of dark matter candidate. LZ has published dark matter search results...
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SHAROV, Vladislav (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)02/02/2026, 16:45Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
Diagnostic methods using near-infrared light (NIRS) are widely used due to their non-invasiveness and safety. However, traditional systems based on continuous-wave light face a fundamental limitationโstrong scattering of light in biological tissues, which reduces their resolution and probing depth. This work aims to develop an experimental time-domain near-infrared spectroscopy system to...
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RICCI, Ester (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))02/02/2026, 17:00Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
The CSES mission, coordinated by China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Italian Space Agency (ASI), aims to probe the near-Earth environment through coordinated electromagnetic, ionospheric, magnetospheric, and cosmic-ray observations.
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The High-Energy Particle Detector 02 (HEPD-02) was developed by the Italian Limadou collaboration for the CSES-02 satellite, launched in June 2025.,... -
DUTTA, Shubhabrata (Applied Nuclear Physics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute)02/02/2026, 17:15Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
Muon tomography exploits the natural flux of cosmic-ray muons to probe dense and shielded structures non-invasively. Using the scattering and absorption of muons, material properties and arrangements can be identified. Precise reconstruction of muon trajectories, and hence scattering angles, serves as the basis for muon scattering tomography. Achieving high spatial resolution in such systems...
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KONAKA, Akira (TRIUMF (CA)), KONAKA, Akira (TRIUMF (CA))02/02/2026, 17:30Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
A new high-sensitivity water quality monitoring system has been developed and successfully operated for the Water Cherenkov Test Experiment (WCTE) at CERN. It uses a sub-nsec pulsed LED with wavelengths of 235nm to 500nm focused onto an 8.5m-long water column by a parabolic mirror. Stable remote operation within 1% is demonstrated while running through the sampled water. When the water is kept...
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SHARMA, Pawan Kumar (VECC Kolkata)02/02/2026, 17:45Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
Neutron detection technology is undergoing a significant transformation. Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) based neutron detectors are being considered as suitable candidates to meet the demands of next-generation neutron facilities and experiments as they offer high-rate capability ($\text{MHz/cm}^2$), large-area coverage ($\sim \text{m}^2$), and good spatial resolution ($\sim \text{mm}$). In...
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MALIK, Vishal (TIFR Mumbai)03/02/2026, 14:00Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
Abstract
Nuclear medical imaging, which relies on the detection of ฮณ rays emitted by unstable radioisotopes, plays a pivotal role in both clinical research and applications within nuclear medicine [1]. The essential task in nuclear imaging is to reconstruct a source distribution i.e. to obtain an accurate image of the radioactivity distribution. In anticipation of the increasingly...
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Mr KESARKAR, Tushar (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai)03/02/2026, 14:15Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
Gamma imaging is an effective tool with wide range of applications including homeland security, medical diagnostics, decommissioning of nuclear facilities and in nuclear emergencies. It relies on position-sensitive detection techniques to reconstruct the spatial distribution of incident photons with high efficiency and energy resolution. Typical detector technologies employed include various...
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66. OPOSSUM - Optimal Particle identification Of Single Site events with Underground MKIDs detectorsPUIU, Paul Andrei03/02/2026, 14:30Quantum sensorsOral
The goal of OPOSSUM is to discriminate, for the very first time, Single Site Events (SSE) from Multi Site Events (MSE) in mK calorimeters for rare-event searches. The OPOSSUM project, funded by the European Research Council through a Starting Grant in 2024, embarks on a transformative path to improve by an order of magnitude the sensitivity of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0ฮฝฮฒฮฒ) experiments...
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Mr MAHATA, Santanu (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (IN))03/02/2026, 14:45Quantum sensorsOral
Quantum dots, with their tunable and spectrally narrow emission, are promising candidates for use as wavelength-shifting materials in calorimetry. When integrated with conventional scintillators, they enable improved spectral matching to the peak quantum efficiency of photodetectors. Beyond this application, a novel concept known as chromatic calorimetry has recently been proposed, in which...
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MONDAL, Dipanwita (National Institute of Science Education and research (NISER), Bhubaneswar)03/02/2026, 15:00Quantum sensorsOral
Coherent elastic neutrinoโnucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) provides a powerful probe of the weak interaction, neutron distributions in nuclei, and new physics scenarios such as non-standard neutrino interactions, light mediators, and electromagnetic properties of neutrinos. We report results from the Mitchell Institute Neutrino Experiment at Reactor (MINER), which deployed cryogenic sapphire...
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ANAND, Vivek (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)03/02/2026, 15:15Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral
The advent of additive manufacturing has opened new avenues in the fabrication of radiation detectors with complex and application-specific geometries, overcoming limitations of traditional thermal polymerization in terms of shape, scalability, and cost. In this contribution, we will present the formulation, fabrication, and comprehensive characterization of plastic scintillators produced...
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SHAH, Raj (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)03/02/2026, 15:30Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral* (Presenter's registration yet to be completed)
The integration of PET with MRI has accelerated the transition from traditional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to solid-state photodetectors such as avalanche photodiodes (APDs) and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), driven largely by the need for magnetic field immunity. Recent advancements in SiPM technology -including higher photodetection efficiency (PDE), reduced noise and crosstalk, and...
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MUNSTER, Markus (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))05/02/2026, 14:00Solid state detectorsOral
The AEgIS experiment aims to measure the free fall of antihydrogen in Earthโs gravitational field with unprecedented precision. This requires overcoming unique technological challenges, among them the detection of antiprotons, in real-time with the highmost spatial accuracy, over a large area. An unexpected, but very effective solution to this problem was obtained through the repurposing of...
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WILLIAMS, Morag (CERN)05/02/2026, 14:15Solid state detectorsOral
With the Upgrade II programme, LHCb plans to upgrade its detector with a target of 2034. It will operate at luminosities of up to 1.5x10$^{34}cm^{-2}s^{-1}$, accumulating over 300 fb$^{-1}$. This will result in about 42 interactions per crossing, producing approximately 2000 charged particles within the detector acceptance.
This higher luminosity requires a new VErtex LOcator (VELO) design...
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RAMA, Krishnan (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) (ES))05/02/2026, 14:30Solid state detectorsOral
[Submitted on behalf of ATLAS ITk collaboration]
For the High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider, the existing ATLAS Inner Detector will be replaced with a fully silicon-based Inner Tracker (ITk). Its installation is planned for the next LHC Long Shutdown 3 (2026โ2030). The ITk has been specifically designed to withstand the demanding conditions created by the high collision...
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CARTIGLIA, Nicolo (INFN Torino (IT))05/02/2026, 14:45Solid state detectorsOral
To cope with the challenging environment of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), the CMS Experiment is being upgraded to include a new detector, the MIP Timing Detector (MTD). The MTD is designed to mitigate pileup effects by providing a time measurement for charged particles with a resolution better than 50 ps. To achieve the necessary time precision, the Endcap Timing Layer...
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SHEKAR, Danush (University of Illinois Chicago (US))05/02/2026, 15:00AI in hardware triggerOral
The smartpixels project is developing radiation-hard ASICs with embedded neural networks, fabricated using a 28 nm CMOS process, to enable data reduction at source using single-layer hit information in highly granular tracking detectors. This technology addresses the strict bandwidth and power constraints of fine-pitch trackers essential for future particle collider experiments, while...
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SHARMA, Abhishek Kumar (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)05/02/2026, 15:15Solid state detectorsOral
Silicon strip sensors have long set the standard for precision tracking, but
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next-generation heavy-ion experiments demand detectors that combine ultra
low mass with extreme rate capability. The Silicon Tracking System (STS) of
the Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment addresses these unique
challenges: fixed-target operation, very high track multiplicities, and continu-
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KATTSIN, Aleksandr (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)05/02/2026, 16:30Particle IdentificationOral
The physics programs of the future circular electron-positron colliders with high energies such like CEPC (Circular Electron Positron Collider) in China and FCCee (Future Circular Collider electron-positron) in Europe consist of experiments at the Z-pole energy region where production about 10$^{12}$ Z-bosons is expected. Such number of the Z-bosons will allow us to perform precise...
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BARNIAKOV, Alexander05/02/2026, 16:45Particle IdentificationOral
System of the Cherenkov counters based on FARICH (Focusing Aerogel RICH) technique today is considered as an main option to provide reliable $\pi/K$-separation in momenta range from 0.5 to 5.5 GeV/c for the SPD (Spin Physics Detector) experiment at the NICA (Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility) collider to be launched in operation at the JINR (Dubna) at the end of 2025. Since 2004 the FARICH...
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BISWAS, Swastika (RCC Institute of Information Technology), PAUL, Ram kumar (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre)05/02/2026, 17:00Particle IdentificationOral
Digital pulse shape discrimination methodologies, used in neutron gamma discrimination application are mostly offline based due to computational burden and hardware limitations. This research work describes a new pulse peak reference based, real-time pulse shape discrimination algorithm, implemented on FPGA. The detection of the start of a pulse is very much sensitive to noise floor, as it...
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Prof. KRAVCHENKO, Evgeniy (Budker INP SB RAS/ Novosibirsk State University)05/02/2026, 17:15Particle IdentificationOral
In 1992, a new detection technique was proposed for threshold aerogel counters with light collection using re-emitting light guides in the G.I. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk. Based on this technique, an identification system was developed and build for the KEDR detector conducting experiments at the VEPP-4M e+e- collider. The system includes 160 counters, total volume of...
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PLACINTA, Vlad-Mihai (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH RO))05/02/2026, 17:30Particle IdentificationOral
In the coming years, the LHCb Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) sub-detectors will go through a major upgrade of its opto-electronics architecture as part of the LS3 Enhancement and Upgrade II programs. Due to the prompt nature of Cherenkov radiation, photons from a single track reach the Photon Detector planes with a spread of ~10 ps. The introduction of time tagging capabilities in the RICH...
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KUYANOV, Ivan05/02/2026, 17:45Particle IdentificationOral
The ASHIPH (Aerogel, SHifter, PHotomultiplier) Cherenkov counters are successfully operating in the KEDR and SND experiments in Novosibirsk at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. We have proposed such counters with a SiPM (Silicon PMTs) array as photodetectors as an alternative version of the particle identification system for the detector at the future Super Tau Charm facilities.
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AHMED RUFAI, Usman (Department of Physics, Umaru Musa Yarโadua University)Medical imaging, security and other applicationsOral* (Presenter's registration yet to be completed)
In the present work, the cross sections of 167Tm radioisotope were measured from ฮฑ-particles induced reactions on 165Ho. The reaction cross sections were measured in the energy range of 49.6 MeV down to the threshold of production of the thullium-167. The stacked-foil activation technique was used for the irradiation of target whereas the gamma-ray spectrometry was perfumed using a Ge...
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