Publications  Publications by ESRs

Work Package 1

Gas detectors

  1. G. Claps, G. Croci, F. Murtas, A. Pietropaolo, S. Puddu, C. T. Severino, and M. Silari

    "Performance test of a triple GEM detectors at CERN n_TOF facility"

    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE, doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551373

  2. F. Murtas, S. Puddu, and M. Silari

    "55Fe Measurements in Radioactive Waste with a Triple GEM Detector"

    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE, doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829852

  3. E. Aza, E. Berthoumiez, C. Guerrero, F. Murtas, S. Puddu, and M. Silari

    "Neutron Beam Profile Measurements with a Triple GEM for Thermal Neutrons at the CERN n_TOF Facility"

    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE, doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829531

  4. E.Aza, M. Magistris, F. Murtas, S. Puddu, and M. Silari

    " The Triple GEM Detector as Beam Monitor for Relativistic Hadron Beams"

    JINST 9 (2014) P06006 doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/06/P06006

  5. E. Aza, M. Magistris, F. Murtas, S. Puddu, and M. Silari

    "The triple GEM detector as stray neutron monitor"

    JINST 9 (2014) T11005, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/11/T11005

  6. M. Togno, J. Wilkens, and D. Menichelli

    "An ionization chamber array with high spatial resolution for external beam radiotherapy"

    AAPM poster presentation, abstract published on Medical Physics Journal, June 2014, vol.41, n.6

  7. M. Caresana,C. Cassell, M. Ferrarini, E. Hohmann, G.P. Manessi, S. Mayer, M. Silari, and V. Varoli

    "A new version of the LUPIN detector: improvements and latest experimental verification"

    Review of Scientific Instruments 85, 065102 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4879936

  8. S. P. George, F. Murtas, J. Alozy, A. Curioni, A. B. Rosenfeld and M. Silari

    "Particle tracking with a Timepix based triple GEM detector"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 10, November 2015, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/11/P11003

  9. C. Cassell , M. Ferrarini, A. Rosenfeld, and M. Caresana

    "A novel technique for compensation of space charge effects in the LUPIN-II detector"

    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 804, 21 December 2015, Pages 113-117, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.062

  10. E. Aza, M. Magistris, F. Murtas, S. Puddu and M. Silari

    "Neutron beam monitoring for time-of-flight facilities with gaseous detectors"

    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 806, 11 January 2016, Pages 14-20, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.062

  11. E. Aza, N. Dinar, G. P. Manessi and M. Silari

    "A Bonner Sphere Spectrometer for pulsed fields"

    Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2016) Volume 168 (2), Pages 149-153, doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncv180

  12. G. M. Orchard, S. Puddu, and A. J. Waker

    "Design and function of an electron mobility spectrometer with a thick gas electron multiplier"

    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 815, 11 April 2016, Pages 62-67, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.01.055

Work Package 2

Solid state detectors

  1. R. Ballabriga, J. Alozy, G. Blaj, M. Campbell, M. Fiederle, E. Frojdh, E. H. M. Heijne, X. Llopart, M. Pichotka, S. Procz, L. Tlustos and W. Wong

    "The Medipix3RX: a high resolution, zero dead-time pixel detector readout chip allowing spectroscopic imaging"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 8, February 2013, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/02/C02016

  2. C. Frojdh, B. Norlin, and E. Frojdh

    "Spectral X-ray imaging with single photon processing detectors"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 8, February 2013, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/02/C02010

  3. D. Krapohl, C. Frojdh, E. Frojdh, D. Maneuski, H. Nilsson, and G. Thungstrom

    "Investigation of charge collection in a CdTe-Timepix detector"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 8, May 2013, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/05/C05003

  4. E. Frojdh, C. Frojdh, E.N. Gimenez, D. Krapohl, D. Maneuski, B. Norlin, V. O'Shea, H. Wilhelm, N.Tartoni, G. Thungstrom, and R.M. Zain

    "Probing Defects in a Small Pixellated CdTe Sensor Using an Inclined Mono Energetic X-Ray Micro Beam"

    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on, Vol.60, no.4, pp.2864,2869, August 2013

  5. S. Agosteo, A. Fazzi, M.V. Introini, A. Pola, E. Sagia, and V. Varoli

    "Study of a Silicon Microdosimeter for Radiation Quality Assessment in Hadron Therapy Fields

    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE, doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829011

  6. L.T. Tran, D. Bolst, S. Guatelli, D.A. Prokopovich, Y.C. Keat, M. Petasecca, M.L. F. Lerch, M.I. Reinhard, A. Fazzi, E. Sagia, S. Agosteo, N. Matsufuji, and A.B. Rosenfeld

    "High spatial resolution microdosimetry with ΔΕ-E detector on C-12 beam: Monte Carlo simulations"

    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE, doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829010

  7. P. Metcalfe, A. Quinn, K.J. Loo, M. Lerch, M. Petasecca, J. Wong, N. Hardcastle, M. Carolan, J. McNamara, D. Cutajar, I. Fuduli, A. Espinoza, C. Porumb, and A. Rosenfeld

    "Review of four novel dosimeters developed for use in radiotherapy"

    , Journal of Physics Conference Series, 2013, 444 012008 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012008

  8. K.J. Loo, M.Petasecca, M. Safavi-Naeini, Z. Han, M. Lerch, J. Bucci, J. Jakubek, J. Zemlicka, S. Meikle, M. Zaider, and A. Rosenfeld

    "BrachyView: Tomographic Reconstruction Using Timepix Detectors In Post-Implant Dosimetry Checks For Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy Implants"

    IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2013

  9. M. Petasecca, K.J. Loo, M. Safavi-Naeini, Z. Han, P.E Metcalfe, S. Meikle, S. Pospisil, J. Jakubek, J. Bucci, M. Zaider, M. Lerch, Y. Qi, and A.B Rosenfeld

    "BrachyView: Proof-of-principle of a novel in-body gamma camera for low dose-rate prostate brachytherapy"

    Medical Physics, 2013, 40(4):041709, doi:10.1118/1.4794487

  10. M. De Gaspari, J. Alozy, R. Ballabriga, M. Campbell, E. Frojdh, J. Idarraga, S. Kulis, X. Llopart, T. Poikela, P. Valerio and W. Wong

    "Design of the analog front-end for the Timepix3 and Smallpix hybrid pixel detectors in 130 nm CMOS technology"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, January 2014, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/01/C01037

  11. E. Frojdh, R. Ballabriga, M. Campbell, M. Fiederle, E. Hamann, T. Koenig, X. Llopart, D. de Paiva Magalhaes, and M. Zuber

    "Count rate linearity and spectral response of the Medipix3RX chip coupled to a 300μm silicon sensor under high flux conditions"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, April 2014, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/04/C04028

  12. A. Zang; G. Pelzer, G. Anton, R. Ballabriga Sune, F. Bisello, M. Campbell, A. Fauler, M. Fiederle, X. Llopart Cudie, I. Ritter, F. Tennert, S. Wofel, W. S. Wong, and T. Michel

    "Characterization of a hybrid energy-resolving photon-counting detector"

    Proc. SPIE 9033 Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging, 90333M (19 March 2014), doi: 10.1117/12.2043526

  13. A. Schubel, D. Krapohl, E. Frojdh, C. Frojdh, and G. Thungstrom

    "A Geant4 based framework for pixel detector simulation"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, December 2014, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/12/C12018

  14. K.J. Loo, J. Jakubek, J. Zemlicka, M. Petasecca, M. Safavi-Naeini, J. Bucci, M. Zaider, and A. Rosenfeld

    "BrachyView: Feasibility Study of Timepix for Soft Tissue Thickness Imaging in Prostate Brachytherapy Treatment"

    Radiation Measurements, Volume 71, December 2014, pp.329-332, doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.03.004

  15. S. Agosteo, M.V. Introini, A. Pola, and E. Sagia

    "Response of a silicon telescope microdosimeter to 400 AMeV carbon ions"

    Radiation Measurements, Volume 71, December 2014, pp.524-528, doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.05.023

  16. T. Michel, B. Bergmann, J. Durst, M. Filipenko, T. Gleixner, and K. Zuber

    "Measurement of the double K-shell vacancy creation probability in the electron-capture decay of 55Fe with active-pixel detectors"

    Phys. Rev. C 89, 014609 (2014)

  17. B. Bergmann, R.O. Nelson, J.M. O'Donnell, S. Pospisil, J. Solc, H. Takai, and Z. Vykydal

    "Time-of-Flight measurement of fast neutrons with Timepix detectors"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, May 2014, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/05/C05048

  18. I. Ritter, G. Anton, R. Ballabriga Sune, F. Bisello, M. Campbell, T. Gabor, X. Llopart Cudie, T. Michel, S. Wolfel, and W. S. Wong

    "Characterization of the Dosepix detector with XRF and analog testpulses"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 9, May 2014, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/05/C05069

  19. E. Frojdh, M. Campbell, M. De Gaspari, S. Kulis, X. Llopart, T. Poikela, and L. Tlustos

    "Timepix3: First Measurements and Characterization of a hybrid pixel detector working in event driven mode"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 10, January 2015, 16th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/01/C01039

  20. S.P. George, C.T.Severino, E. Frojdh, F.Murtas, and M.Silari

    "Measurement of an accelerator based mixed field with a Timepix detector"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 10, March 2015, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/03/P03005

  21. A. Zang, G. Anton, R. Ballabriga, F. Bisello, M. Campbell, J.C. Celi, A. Fauler, M. Fiederle, M. Jensch, and N. Kochanski

    "The Dosepix detector- An energy-resolving photon-counting pixel detector for spectrometric measurements"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 10, April 2015, 16th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/10/04/C04015

  22. B. Norlin, S. Reza, D. Krapohl, E. Frojdh, and G. Thungstrom

    "Readout cross-talk for alpha-particle measurements in a pixelated sensor system"

    Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 10, May 2015, 16th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/10/05/C05025

  23. V. Viswanathan et al.

    "Medipix/Timepix for particle physics education"

    ICRR 2015, Japan - under review

  24. F. Bisello, D. Menichelli, M. Scaringella, C. Talamontia, M. Zania, M. Bucciolinia, and M. Bruzzia

    "Development of silicon monolithic arrays for dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy"

    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 796, 1 October 2015, Pages 85-88, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.04.064

  25. J. Rinkel, D. Magalhaes, F. Wagner, E. Frojdh, and R. Ballabriga Sune

    "Equalization method for Medipix3RX"

    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 801, 21 November 2015, Pages 1-6, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.029

  26. E. Frojdh, F. Bisello, M. Campbell, J. Damet, E. Hamann, T. Koening, W.S. Wong, and M. Zuber

    "Spectral response of the energy-binning Dosepix ASIC coupled to a 300 um silicon sensor under high fluxes of synchrotron radiation"

    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 804, 21 December 2015, Pages 43-49, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.018

  27. A. Sopczak, B. Ali, N. Asbah, B. Bergmann, K. Bekhouche, D. Caforio, M. Campbell, E. Heijne, C. Leroy, A. Lipniacka, M. Nessi, S. Pospisil, F. Seifert, J. Solc, P. Soueid, M. Suk, D. Turecek, and Z. Vykydal

    "MPX Detectors as LHC Luminosity Monitor"

    IEEE Transactions on , vol.62, no.6, pp.3225-3241, Dec. 2015; doi: 10.1109/TNS.2015.2496316

  28. M. Campbell, J. Alozy, R. Ballabriga, E. Frojdh, E. Heijne, X. Llopart, T. Poikela, L. Tlustos, P. Valerio, and W. Wong

    "Towards a new generation of pixel detector readout chips"

    JINST 11 C01007 (2016), Pages 1748-0221, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/C01007

  29. R. Ballabriga, J. Alozy, M. Campbell, E. Frojdh, E.H.M. Heijne, T. Koenig, X. Llopart, J. Marchal, D. Pennicard, T. Poikela, L. Tlustos, P. Valerio, W. Wong, and M. Zuber

    "Review of hybrid pixel detector readout ASICs for spectroscopic X-ray imaging"

    JINST 11 P01007 (2016), Volume 11, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/P01007

  30. B. Bergmann, I. Caicedo, C. Leroy, S. Pospisil, and Z. Vykydal

    "ATLAS-TPX: a two-layer pixel detector setup for neutron detection and radiation field characterization"

    JINST 11 P10002 (2016), Volume 11, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/11/10/P10002.

Work Package 3

Track detectors

  1. M. Caresana, M. Ferrarini, A. Parravicini, and A. Sahala Naik

    "Evaluation of a Personal and Environmental Dosimeter based on CR-39 Track Detectors in Quasi-monoenergetic neutron fields"

    Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2014), 161,(1-4), pp.100-103

  2. F. Trompier, M. Boschung, A. Buffler, E. Cale, M.A. Chevallier, C. Domingo, A. Esposito, M. Ferrarini, D.R. Geduld, L. Hager, E. Hohmann, S. Mayer , A. Musso, M. Romero-Esposito, S. Rottger, F.D. Smit, A. Sashala Naik, R. Tanner, F. Wissmann, and M. Caresana

    "A comparison of the response of PADC neutron dosemeters in high-energy neutron fields"

    Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2014 Oct;161(1-4):78-81. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nct275

  3. M. Caresana, M. Ferrarini, A. Parravicini, and A. Sashala Naik

    "Calibration of a passive rem counter with monoenergetic neutrons"

    Radiation Measurements, Volume 71, Pages 498-501, December 2014, doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.07.019

  4. M. Caresana, M. Ferrarini, A. Parravicini, and A. Sashala Naik

    "Dose Measurements with CR-39 detectors at the CERF Reference Facility at CERN"

    Radiation Measurements, Volume 71, Pages 502-504, December 2014, doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.04.010

Work Package 4

Instrument intercomparison

  1. E. Aza, M. Caresana, C. Cassell, V. Colombo, S. Damjanovic, S. Gilardoni, G. Paolo Manessi, M. Pangallo, D. Perrin, and M.Silari

    "Comparison of the performance of different instruments in the stray neutron field around the CERN Proton Synchrotron"

    Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2013), pp. 1-6, doi:10.1093/rpd/nct215

  2. E. Aza, M. Caresana, C. Cassell, N. Charitonidis, E. Harrouch, G.P. Manessi, M. Pangallo, D. Perrin, E. Samara, and M. Silari

    "Instrument intercomparison in the pulsed neutron fields at the CERN HiRadMat facility"

    Radiation Measurements, Volume 61, February 2014, pp.25-32, doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.12.009

  3. M. De Saint-Hubert, C. Saldarriaga Vargas, O. Van Hoey, W. Schoonjans, V. De Smet, G. Mathot, F. Stichelbaut, G. Manessi, N. Dinar, E. Aza, C. Cassell , M. Silari and F. Vanhavere

    "Secondary neutron doses in a proton therapy centre"

    Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2015), doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncv458