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D. Bonanno

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

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F. Longhitano

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania

D. Lo Presti

University of Catania

G. Gallo

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

D. Bongiovanni

Campbell Collaboration

F. Cappuzzello

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

C. Agodi

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

D. Carbone

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

P. Finocchiaro

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

M. Cavallaro

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

S. Tudisco

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

National Institute for Subatomic Physics

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Université Paris Cité

Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie

Aix-Marseille Université

Parc Científic de la Universitat de València

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania

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Real-Time Particle Radiography by Means of Scintillating Fibers Tracker and Residual Range Detectors

IntechOpen eBooks (2019)

D. Lo Presti G. Gallo D. Bonanno D. Bongiovanni F. Longhitano

In this chapter, a detailed description of the construction and the procedure for the measurement of performances of a charged particle imaging system is given. Such a system can be realized by the combined use of a position sensitive detector and a residual range detector. The position sensitive detector is made up of two superimposed and right-angled planes, each of which subsists of two layers of pre-aligned and juxtaposed scintillating fibers. The selected 500 μm square section fibers are optically coupled to two silicon photomultiplier arrays adopting a channel reduction system patented by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare. The residual range detector consists of 60 parallel layers of the same fibers used in the position detector, each of which is optically coupled to a channel of silicon photomultiplier array by means of two wavelength-shifting fibers. The sensitive area of both detectors is 90 × 90 mm2. The performance of the prototypes was tested in different facilities with protons and carbon ions at energy up to about 250 MeV and rate up to about 109 particles per second. The comparison between simulations and measurements confirms the validity of this system. Based on the results, a future development is a real-time radiography system exploiting high-intensity pencil beams and real-time treatment plan verification.

Silicon Photomultiplier

Pencil (optics)

10.5772/intechopen.81784

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The Power Board of the KM3NeT Digital Optical Module: design, upgrade, and production

arXiv (Cornell University) (2023)

S. Aiello A. Albert S. Alves Garre Z. Aly Antonio Ambrosone

The KM3NeT Collaboration is building an underwater neutrino observatory at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea consisting of two neutrino telescopes, both composed of a three-dimensional array of light detectors, known as digital optical modules. Each digital optical module contains a set of 31 three inch photomultiplier tubes distributed over the surface of a 0.44 m diameter pressure-resistant glass sphere. The module includes also calibration instruments and electronics for power, readout and data acquisition. The power board was developed to supply power to all the elements of the digital optical module. The design of the power board began in 2013, and several prototypes were produced and tested. After an exhaustive validation process in various laboratories within the KM3NeT Collaboration, a mass production batch began, resulting in the construction of over 1200 power boards so far. These boards were integrated in the digital optical modules that have already been produced and deployed, 828 until October 2023. In 2017, an upgrade of the power board, to increase reliability and efficiency, was initiated. After the validation of a pre-production series, a production batch of 800 upgraded boards is currently underway. This paper describes the design, architecture, upgrade, validation, and production of the power board, including the reliability studies and tests conducted to ensure the safe operation at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea throughout the observatory's lifespan

Upgrade

10.48550/arxiv.2311.14872

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The Muon Portal Project: Design and construction of a scanning portal based on muon tomography

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (2016)

V. Antonuccio-Delogu M. Bandieramonte U. Becciani D. Bonanno G. Bonanno

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10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.006

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Feasibility Study of a New Cherenkov Detector for Improving Volcano Muography

D. Lo Presti G. Gallo D. Bonanno D. Bongiovanni F. Longhitano

Muography is an expanding technique for internal structure investigation of large volume object, such as pyramids, volcanoes and also underground cavities. It is based on the attenuation of muon flux through the target in a way similar to the attenuation of X-ray flux through the human body for standard radiography. Muon imaging have to face with high background level, especially compared with the tiny near horizontal muon flux. In this paper the authors propose an innovative technique based on the measurement of Cherenkov radiation by Silicon photo-multipliers arrays to be integrated in a standard telescope for muography applications. Its feasibility study was accomplished by means of Geant4 simulations for the measurement of the directionality of cosmic-ray muons. This technique could be particularly useful for the suppression of background noise due to back-scattered particles whose incoming direction is likely to be wrongly reconstructed. The results obtained during the validation study of the technique principle confirm the ability to distinguish the arrival direction of muons with an efficiency higher than 98% above 1 GeV. In addition, a preliminary study on the tracking performance of the presented technique was introduced.

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Cherenkov detector

10.3390/s19051183

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Design of a muonic tomographic detector to scan travelling containers

Journal of Instrumentation (2014)

C. Pugliatti V. Antonuccio-Delogu M. Bandieramonte U. Becciani F. Belluomo

The Muon Portal Project aims at the construction of a large volume detector to inspect the content of travelling containers for the identification of high-Z hidden materials (U, Pu or other fissile samples), exploiting the secondary cosmic-ray muon radiation. An image of these materials is achieved reconstructing the deviations of the muons from their original trajectories inside the detector volume, by means of two particle trackers, placed one below and one above the container. The scan is performed without adding any external radiation, in a few minutes and with a high spatial and angular resolution. The detector consists of 4800 scintillating strips with two wavelength shifting (WLS) fibers inside each strip, coupled to Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). A smart strategy for the read out system allows a considerable reduction of the number of the read-out channels. Actually, an intense measurement campaign is in progress to carefully characterize any single component of the detector. A prototype of one of the 48 detection modules (1 × 3 m2) is actually under construction. This paper presents the detector architecture and the preliminary results.

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10.1088/1748-0221/9/05/c05029

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Design and Characterization of a Real Time, Large Area, High Spatial Resolution Particle Tracker Based on Scintillating Fibers

Biomedical Engineering Research (2013)

D. Lo Presti D. Bonanno F. Longhitano C. Pugliatti S. Aiello

This paper presents the design flow of a detector for tracking charged particles together with the characterization techniques developed to extract the main design specifications.The goals for the final detector are to achieve real-time imaging, a large detection area and a high spatial resolution particularly suitable for medical imaging applications.The main concepts have been patented by the INFN.This paper describes the prototype tracker, which has a 20x20 cm2 sensitive area consisting of two crossed ribbons of 500 µm square scintillating fibers.The track position information is real-time extracted in an innovative way, using a reduced number of read-out channels to obtain a very large detection area but with moderate costs and complexity.The performance of the tracker has been investigated using ß sources, cosmic rays, and a 62 MeV proton beam.

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Particle (ecology)

10.5963/ber0204002

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Focal plane detector optical readout

Journal of Physics Conference Series (2018)

G. Gallo D. Bonanno D. Bongiovanni F. Cappuzzello M. Cortesi

A preliminary study of an alternative solution for the optical detection and tracking of the ions in the MAGNEX focal plane detector for the NUMEN project is presented. The tracks of the ions are sampled by means of the light that they produce through a scintillating gas, which is collected by arrays of Silicon Photo Multiplier suitably arranged. A complete Geant4 simulation is under development in order to correlate detector geometry, characteristics of the gas and light collection efficiency. Fast timing performance could be achieved through a completely digital (on-off) read-out system of the light sensors and a position reconstruction algorithm.

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Gas electron multiplier

Position (finance)

10.1088/1742-6596/1056/1/012023

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First comparison of GEANT4 hadrontherapy physics model with experimental data for a NUMEN project reaction case

The European Physical Journal A (2020)

J. R. B. Oliveira M. Moralles D. Flechas D. Carbone M. Cavallaro

Faraday cup

10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00152-6

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The muon portal project: A dedicated muon detector for the inspection of shipping containers

U. Becciani V. Antonuccio-Delogu M. Bandieramonte F. Belluomo M. Belluso

Traditional techniques, such as those based on X-rays absorption, to inspect shipping container in search of potential fissile threats cannot be employed on occupied vehicles and are of limited use in presence of a large amount of shielding materials. To overcome such limitations, prototypes of detection systems employing the muon tomography technique, based on cosmic muon scattering from high-Z materials, are being tested worldwide. The Muon Portal project aims to build a large area muon detector (18 m²) for the inspection of TEU containers with good spatial and angular resolution. The detector is made by four XY tracking planes of plastic scintillator bars with embedded WLS fibers and SiPM readout, placed above and below the volume to be inspected. Different imaging and visualization algorithms are being designed and tested over tomographic scenarios simulated with a detailed software replica of the entire detector. Experimental tests of the individual detection modules are already in progress. The design and operational parameters of the portal under construction are reported, together with the preliminary detector tests and imaging results.

Fissile material

Silicon Photomultiplier

10.1109/ths.2013.6699042

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Measurement of nearly horizontal cosmic muons at high altitudes with the MEV telescope

The European Physical Journal Plus (2019)

D. Bonanno G. Gallo P. La Rocca F. Longhitano D. Lo Presti

10.1140/epjp/i2019-12683-1

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