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physics.ins-det2024★ 1 cited

Development of a High-Resolution, High-Dynamic-Range Charge Detector for Ion Beam Monitoring

O. Adriani, E. Berti, P. Betti +14

We present an innovative charge detector with high resolution and wide dynamic range designed to fulfill the requirements of a monitoring system for a high energy ion beam. The det…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Performance assessment of the HERD calorimeter with a photo-diode read-out system for high-energy electron beams

O. Adriani, G. Ambrosi, M. Antonelli +63

The measurement of cosmic rays at energies exceeding 100 TeV per nucleon is crucial for enhancing the understanding of high-energy particle propagation and acceleration models in t…

physics.ins-det2022★ 18 cited

Development of the photo-diode subsystem for the HERD calorimeter double-readout

O. Adriani, M. Antonelli, A. Basti +40

The measurement of cosmic-ray individual spectra provides unique information regarding the origin and propagation of astro-particles. Due to the limited acceptance of current space…

physics.ins-det2022★ 44 cited

X-Ray Silicon Drift Detector-CMOS Front-End System with High Energy Resolution at Room Temperature

G. Bertuccio, M. Ahangarianabhari, C. Graziani +13

We present a spectroscopic system constituted by a Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) coupled to a CMOS charge sensitive preamplifier, named SIRIO, specifically designed to reach ultimat…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

The CaloCube calorimeter for high-energy cosmic-ray measurements in space: performance of a large-scale prototype

O. Adriani, A. Agnesi, S. Albergo +45

The direct observation of high-energy cosmic rays, up to the PeV energy region, will increasingly rely on highly performing calorimeters, and the physics performance will be primar…

physics.ins-det2019★ 22 cited

The CALOCUBE project for a space based cosmic ray experiment: design, construction, and first performance of a high granularity calorimeter prototype

Adriani O., Albergo S., Auditore L. +48

Current research in High Energy Cosmic Ray Physics touches on fundamental questions regarding the origin of cosmic rays, their composition, the acceleration mechanisms, and their p…

physics.ins-det2016★ 7 cited

Development and tests of a new prototype detector for the XAFS beamline at Elettra Synchrotron in Trieste

S Fabiani, M Ahangarianabhari, G Baldazzi +30

The XAFS beamline at Elettra Synchrotron in Trieste combines X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction to provide chemically specific structural information of materials.…

physics.ins-det2015★ 13 cited

The effect of the displacement damage on the Charge Collection Efficiency in Silicon Drift Detectors for the LOFT satellite

E. Del Monte, Y. Evangelista, E. Bozzo +7

The technology of Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) has been selected for the two instruments aboard the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT) space mission. LOFT underwent a thre…

physics.ins-det2014★ 9 cited

The GAMMA-400 space observatory: status and perspectives

A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini, N. P. Topchiev +64

The present design of the new space observatory GAMMA-400 is presented in this paper. The instrument has been designed for the optimal detection of gamma rays in a broad energy ran…

physics.ins-det2014★ 13 cited

A flexible scintillation light apparatus for rare event searches

Valter Bonvicini, Silvia Capelli, Oliviero Cremonesi +5

Compelling experimental evidences of neutrino oscillations and their implication that neutrinos are massive particles have given neutrinoless double beta decay a central role in as…

physics.ins-det2001★ 81 cited

A High Granularity Imaging Calorimeter for Cosmic-Ray Physics

M. Boezio, V. Bonvicini, E. Mocchiutti +5

An imaging calorimeter has been designed and is being built for the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment. The physics goals of the experiment are the measurement of the flux of antipr…