Bi-national conference on Detectors R&D

Session

Poster session - Cocktail

18 nov. 2025, 17:30

Amphi Charpak (LPNHE Paris)

129. An innovative Monolithic Silicon Carbide ΔE–E Telescope

Carmen Altana (INFN - LNS)

Poster

Silicon carbide (SiC) has emerged as a promising material for radiation detection in harsh environments, thanks to its wide bandgap, excellent radiation hardness, low leakage current, and suitability for high-temperature operation. These properties make SiC detectors attractive candidates for applications where conventional silicon detectors face significant limitations, such as fusion...

91. Carbon nanotube assemblies for the low-perturbation detection of diluted ion beams

FEDERICO RAPUZZI (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

Poster

We present the development of a novel detection system specifically engineered for the characterization and detection of diluted ion beams with fluxes below 10³ particles/s and down to the single charged particle. Furthermore, the device is designed to provide sub-micrometer spatial resolution while ensuring minimal disturbance to the ion beam, a feature crucial for applications requiring...

83. Development of an optical readout gaseous TPC for the CYGNO experiment

Davide Pinci (INFN - Sezione di Roma)

Poster

The CYGNO collaboration is developing a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with optical readout, optimized for low-energy nuclear and electronic recoil detection. The detector concept exploits electroluminescence generated during charge multiplication in a triple-GEM stack, which is simultaneously imaged by Active Pixel Sensors based on scientific CMOS technology (≳4 Mpix) and recorded by...

126. Diamond-Based Detection System: Design and Characterization for Advanced Dosimetry and Microdosimetry in Ion Beam Therapy

Andrea Fabbri (INFN Roma Tre)

Poster

Ion beam therapy has rapidly expanded in clinical practice over recent years, while dosimetric verification has progressed more slowly, particularly in capturing the microscopic energy deposition patterns that drive radiobiological effects. Conventional dosimetry remains limited to absorbed dose, with no direct link to micro- and nanometric stochastic interactions.
To address this unmet need,...

79. LANTERN: Characterizing low threshold cryogenic calorimeters

Giorgio Del Castello (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy))

Poster

Abstract Recent advancements in low-energy rare-event searches rely on cryogenic calorimeters, which provide a low-noise environment crucial for the direct detection of dark matter and neutrinos. A key challenge in these detectors is accurately characterizing their response within the region of interest (ROI), typically spanning from O(10 eV) to O(1 keV). Conventional radioactive sources used...

85. Observation of X-ray and proton photoresponse by flexible PbS QD detectors on PEN

Marco Ruggieri (INFN Sez. Roma Tre)

Poster

In the last few years, research on the detection capabilities of solution-processable materials and nanomaterials has produced devices with excellent X-ray and Gamma sensitivities and detectors with promising proton detection performances. The advantages of solution-processable materials over commercial solid-state detectors include the ease of deposition over a wide range of substrates, lower...

88. Photo-Detector requirements for high-performance neutron identification in fragmentation events.

Iram Bárbaro Rivas Ortiz (INFN)

Poster

In particle therapy, interactions of primary particles with tissue produce secondary neutrons that contribute to the out-of-field dose and increase long-term cancer risks in the patient. In space radiation, galactic cosmic rays interacting with spacecraft walls also generate neutrons, which represent a significant fraction of astronaut exposure. In both scenarios, neutron spectra by...

93. Si-microstrip LGAD detectors for cosmic-ray space-borne instruments

Martina Savinelli (Università degli Studi di Perugia)

Poster

Silicon microstrip (Si-µstrip) sensors are employed in most of current space detector tracking systems for charged cosmic-rays, such as the DAMPE satellite detector or the AMS-02 detector onboard the ISS. As they allow for large-area coverage with contained electronic channels and power consumptions, they are ideal sensors for high-energy physics applications in space-borne instrumentation,...

76. Silicon Sensors Development: the INFN-FBK Collaboration

Matteo Centis Vignali (FBK)

Poster

The development of silicon sensors typically requires the iteration through several prototypes to advance their design and fabrication process. The access to a fabrication clean room providing both customized design and fabrication process to address the needs of a particular project is however typically restricted by the sensor fabrication costs and availability of institutes with the...

86. Simulating and Optimizing a 3D Neutron Imaging Sensor

Matteo Polo

Poster

Neutron imaging provides complementary information to X-ray imaging due to the different interaction mechanisms of the two radiations. This technique is particularly relevant in nuclear engineering and non-destructive diagnostics.

Within the INFN HYDE2 project, an innovative thermal neutron detection and imaging device has been developed. The sensor exploits a 3D microstructure design: it...