Publications (21)
Development and analysis of novel mission scenarios based on Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP)
S. Vaidya, C. Traub, F. Romano +28
Operating satellites in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) benefits the already expanding New Space industry in applications including Earth Observation and beyond. However, long-term ope…
Intake Design for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion System (ABEP)
F. Romano, J. Espinosa-Orozco, M. Pfeiffer +29
Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is source of aerodynamic drag on the spacecraft. To extend the lifetime of such missions, an ef…
Response to the authors of 'On the (un)effectiveness of Proton Boron Capture in Proton Therapy'
GAP Cirrone, G Cuttone, L Manti +15
This manuscript provides a response to a recent report by Mazzone et al. available online on arXiv that, in turn, tentatively aims at demonstrating the inefficacy of proton boron c…
Geant4 simulation of the ELIMED transport and dosimetry beam line for high-energy laser-driven ion beam multidisciplinary applications
G. Milluzzo, J. Pipek, A. G. Amico +11
The ELIMED (MEDical and multidisciplinary application at ELI Beamlines) beam line is being developed at INFN-LNS with the aim of transporting and selecting in energy proton and ion…
Gas-Liquid Coexistence in the Primitive Model for Water
F. Romano, P. Tartaglia, F. Sciortino
We evaluate the location of the gas-liquid coexistence line and of the associated critical point for the primitive model for water (PMW), introduced by Kolafa and Nezbeda [J. Kolaf…
The CMS RPC gas gain monitoring system: an overview and preliminary results
L. Benussi, S. Bianco, S. Colafranceschi +40
The status of the CMS RPC Gas Gain Monitoring (GGM) system developed at the Frascati Laboratory of INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) is reported on. The GGM system is a…
Polarons formation in Bi-deficient BaBiO
W. Román Acevedo, S. Di Napoli, F. Romano +7
BaBiO is a charged ordered Peierls-like perovskite well known for its superconducting properties upon K or Pb doping. We present a study on the transport and electronic propert…
Design of an Intake and a Thruster for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion System
F. Romano, G. Herdrich, Y. -A. Chan +25
Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is source of aerodynamic drag on the spacecraft that finally defines the missions lifetime unle…
Self-consistent formation and steady-state characterisation of trapped high energy electron clouds in the presence of a neutral gas background
G. Le Bars, J. -Ph. Hogge, J. Loizu +3
This study considers the self-consistent formation and dynamics of electron clouds interacting with a background neutral gas through elastic and inelastic (ionisation) collisions i…
A new energy spectrum reconstruction method for Time-Of-Flight diagnostics of high-energy laser-driven protons
G. Milluzzo, V. Scuderi, A. Alejo +20
The Time-of-Flight (ToF) technique coupled with semiconductor-like detectors, as silicon carbide and diamond, is one of the most promising diagnostic methods for high-energy, high…
Charged particle's flux measurement from PMMA irradiated by 80 MeV/u carbon ion beam
C. Agodi, G. Battistoni, F. Bellini +22
Hadrontherapy is an emerging technique in cancer therapy that uses beams of charged particles. To meet the improved capability of hadrontherapy in matching the dose release with th…
Design of the ELIMAIA ion collection system
F. Schillaci, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone +17
A system of permanent magnet quadrupoles (PMQs) is going to be realized by INFNLNS to be used as a collection system for the injection of laser driven ion beams up to 60 AMeV in an…
Sensitivity and environmental response of the CMS RPC gas gain monitoring system
L. Benussi, S. Bianco, S. Colafranceschi +35
Results from the gas gain monitoring (GGM) system for the muon detector using RPC in the CMS experiment at the LHC is presented. The system is designed to provide fast and accurate…
A proton-recoil track imaging system for fast neutrons: the RIPTIDE detector
P. Console Camprini, F. Leone, C. Massimi +7
Fast neutron detection is often based on the neutron-proton elastic scattering reaction: the ionization caused by recoil protons in a hydrogenous material constitutes the basic inf…
Assessment of the reliability of Deconvolution Procedures for RCF Spectroscopy of Laser-Driven Ion Beams
S. McCallum, G. Milluzzo, M. Borghesi +2
Laser-driven ion beams are defined by a number of unique features, including a large spread in energy. A stack configuration of radiochromic film (RCF) can be utilized to character…
Nuclear fusion enhances cancer cell killing efficacy in a protontherapy model
GAP Cirrone, L Manti, D Margarone +10
Protontherapy is hadrontherapy fastest-growing modality and a pillar in the battle against cancer. Hadrontherapy superiority lies in its inverted depth-dose profile, hence tumour-c…
Precise measurement of prompt photon emission for carbon ion therapy
C. Agodi, F. Bellini, G. A. P. Cirrone +19
Proton and carbon ion therapy is an emerging technique used for the treatment of solid cancers. The monitoring of the dose delivered during such treatments is still a matter of res…
In-Orbit Aerodynamic Coefficient Measurements using SOAR (Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research)
N. H. Crisp, P. C. E. Roberts, S. Livadiotti +26
The Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research (SOAR) is a CubeSat mission, due to be launched in 2021, to investigate the interaction between different materials and the atmosphe…
Study of the time and space distribution of beta+ emitters from 80 MeV/u carbon ion beam irradiation on PMMA
C. Agodi, F. Bellini, G. A. P. Cirrone +19
Proton and carbon ion therapy is an emerging technique used for the treatment of solid cancers. The monitoring of the dose delivered during such treatments and the on-line knowledg…
Gas Analysis and Monitoring Systems for the RPC Detector of CMS at LHC
M. Abbrescia, A. Colaleo, R. Guida +38
The Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) detector of the CMS experiment at the LHC proton collider (CERN, Switzerland) will employ an online gas analysis and monitoring system of the fre…
The Benefits of Very Low Earth Orbit for Earth Observation Missions
N. H. Crisp, P. C. E. Roberts, S. Livadiotti +30
Very low Earth orbits (VLEO), typically classified as orbits below approximately 450 km in altitude, have the potential to provide significant benefits to spacecraft over those tha…