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◗ Space-borne astroparticle physics experiments and space
science
◗ Nuclear-physics measurement of lifetimes of excited
states in short-lived nuclei
Beyond basic science, this new sensor will also constitute
an extraordinary enabling technology for a large spectrum of
applications. Among them, those that would clearly benefit
from picosecond-level TOF measurements are:
◗ TOF mass spectrometry,
◗ TOF-PET with very thin γ-conversion layers and monolithic
silicon sensors [5],
◗ Beam monitoring in hadrotheraphy and other accelerator-based
applications, like crystal-assisted beam-halo
collimation as developed by the UA9 Collaboration.
Furthermore, the application of the PicoAD to photonics
might allow for the production of full fill factor and low dark
noise sensors for light at different wavelengths for example in:
◗ Ranging and TOF-cameras,
◗ X-Ray detection,
◗ Fluorescence lifetime measurement in biological imaging.
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Giuseppe Iacobucci is Full Professor at the University of
Geneva, Switzerland and is a Particle Physicist who has participated
in experiments at the HERA ep collider at DESY and
at the ISR and LHC pp colliders at CERN. He is presently involved
in the ATLAS and FASER experiments at the LHC.
For the past ten years, his research group has also been active
in novel silicon sensor technologies for basic science and
applications.
Lorenzo Paolozzi is a CERN Staff Researcher and Titular Professor
at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He dedicates
his research activity to the development and exploitation of
timing detectors and front-end electronics for high-energy
physics experiments and medical physics applications. He is
member of the ATLAS and FASER experiments at the LHC.
Pierpaolo Valerio holds a Ph.D. degree in microelectronics
engineering and has been working at CERN and then at the
University of Geneva, Switzerland. He designed circuits for
the Medipix/Timepix Collaboration. Since 2016, he has designed
electronics in SiGe BiCMOS processes for monolithic
silicon pixel sensors optimized for timing resolution.
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