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1. Quantum zero point electromagnetic energy difference between the superconducting and the normal phase in a HTc superconducting metal bulk sample

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Allocca, Annalisa, Avino, Saverio, Balestrieri, Sergio, Calloni, Enrico, Caprara, Sergio, Carpinelli, Massimo, D'Onofrio, Luca, D'Urso, Domenico, De Rosa, Rosario, Errico, Luciano, Gagliardi, Gianluca, Grilli, Marco, Mangano, Valentina, Marsella, Maria, Naticchioni, Luca, Pasqualetti, Antonio, Pepe, Giovanni Piero, Perciballi, Maurizio, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Ricci, Fulvio, Rosa, Luigi, Rovelli, Carlo, Rozza, Davide, Ruggi, Paolo, Saini, Naurang, Sequino, Valeria, Sipala, Valeria, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, Tafuri, Francesco, Tagliacozzo, Arturo, Melo, Iara Tosta e, and Trozzo, Lucia

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
Abstract

We provide a novel methodological approach to the estimate of the change of the Quantum Vacuum electromagnetic energy density in a High critical Temperature superconducting metal bulk sample, when it undergoes the transition in temperature, from the superconducting to the normal phase. The various contributions to the Casimir energy in the two phases are highlighted and compared. While the TM polarization of the vacuum mode allows for a macroscopic description of the superconducting transition, the changes in the TE vacuum mode induced by the superconductive correlations are introduced within a microscopic model, which does not explicitly take into account the anisotropic structure of the material., Comment: 20 pages, 13 figures, to be published in Phys.Rev. B

Published
2022
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3. The Heavy Photon Search Experiment

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Baltzell, Nathan, Battaglieri, Marco, Bondi, Mariangela, Boyarinov, Sergei, Bravo, Cameron, Bueltmann, Stephen, Burkert, Volker, Butti, Pierfrancesco, Cao, Tongtong, Carpinelli, Massimo, Celentano, Andrea, Charles, Gabriel, Cuevas, Chris, D'Angelo, Annalisa, D'Urso, Domenico, Dashyan, Natalia, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, Deur, Alexandre, Diamond, Miriam, Dupre, Raphael, Essig, Rouven, Fadeyev, Vitaliy, Field, R. Clive, Filippi, Alessandra, Gaiser, Sarah, Gevorgyan, Nerses, Graf, Norman, Graham, Mathew, Guidal, Michel, Herbst, Ryan, Holtrop, Maurik, Jaros, John, Johnson, Robert, Kubarovsky, Valery, Marchand, Dominique, Marsicano, Luca, Maruyama, Takashi, McCarty, Samantha, McCormick, Jeremy, McKinnon, Bryan, Moreno, Omar, Munoz-Camacho, Carlos, Nelson, Timothy, Niccolai, Silvia, O'Dwyer, Rory, Paremuzyan, Rafayel, Peets, Emrys, Randazzo, Nunzio, Raydo, Benjamin, Reese, Benjamin, Schuster, Philip, Simi, Gabriele, Sipala, Valeria, Solt, Matthew, Spellman, Alic, Stepanyan, Stepan, Szumila-Vance, Holly, Tompkins, Lauren, Toro, Natalia, Ungaro, Maurizio, and Voskanyan, Hakop

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Heavy Photon Search (HPS) experiment is designed to search for a new vector boson $A^\prime$ in the mass range of 20 MeV/$c^2$ to 220 MeV/$c^2$ that kinetically mixes with the Standard Model photon with couplings $\epsilon^2 >10^{-10}$. In addition to the general importance of exploring light, weakly coupled physics that is difficult to probe with high-energy colliders, a prime motivation for this search is the possibility that sub-GeV thermal relics constitute dark matter, a scenario that requires a new comparably light mediator, where models with a hidden $U(1)$ gauge symmetry, a "dark", "hidden sector", or "heavy" photon, are particularly attractive. HPS searches for visible signatures of these heavy photons, taking advantage of their small coupling to electric charge to produce them via a process analogous to bremsstrahlung in a fixed target and detect their subsequent decay to $\mathrm{e}^+ \mathrm{e}^-$ pairs in a compact spectrometer. In addition to searching for $\mathrm{e}^+ \mathrm{e}^-$ resonances atop large QED backgrounds, HPS has the ability to precisely measure decay lengths, resulting in unique sensitivity to dark photons, as well as other long-lived new physics. After completion of the experiment and operation of engineering runs in 2015 and 2016 at the JLab CEBAF, physics runs in 2019 and 2021 have provided datasets that are now being analyzed to search for dark photons and other new phenomena., Comment: Submitted to the Proceedings of the US Community Study on the Future of Particle Physics (Snowmass 2021)

Published
2022

4. Thermal noise-limited beam balance as prototype of the Archimedes vacuum weight experiment and B-L dark photon search

Author

Allocca, Annalisa, Avino, Saverio, Calloni, Enrico, Caprara, Sergio, Carpinelli, Massimo, Contu, Andrea, D’Onofrio, Luca, D’Urso, Domenico, De Rosa, Rosario, Errico, L., Esposito, Marina, Gagliardi, Gianluca, Grilli, Marco, Mangano, Valentina, Marsella, Maria, Naticchioni, Luca, Pasqualetti, Antonio, Pepe, Gianpiero, Perciballi, Maurizio, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Ricci, Fulvio, Rosa, Luigi, Rovelli, Carlo, Rozza, Davide, Ruggi, Paolo, Saini, Naurang L., Sequino, Valeria, Sipala, Valeria, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, Tafuri, Francesco, and Trozzo, Lucia

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2024
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5. US Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter 2017: Community Report

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Battaglieri, Marco, Belloni, Alberto, Chou, Aaron, Cushman, Priscilla, Echenard, Bertrand, Essig, Rouven, Estrada, Juan, Feng, Jonathan L., Flaugher, Brenna, Fox, Patrick J., Graham, Peter, Hall, Carter, Harnik, Roni, Hewett, JoAnne, Incandela, Joseph, Izaguirre, Eder, McKinsey, Daniel, Pyle, Matthew, Roe, Natalie, Rybka, Gray, Sikivie, Pierre, Tait, Tim M. P., Toro, Natalia, Van De Water, Richard, Weiner, Neal, Zurek, Kathryn, Adelberger, Eric, Afanasev, Andrei, Alexander, Derbin, Alexander, James, Antochi, Vasile Cristian, Asner, David Mark, Baer, Howard, Banerjee, Dipanwita, Baracchini, Elisabetta, Barbeau, Phillip, Barrow, Joshua, Bastidon, Noemie, Battat, James, Benson, Stephen, Berlin, Asher, Bird, Mark, Blinov, Nikita, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bondi, Mariangela, Bonivento, Walter M., Boulay, Mark, Boyce, James, Brodeur, Maxime, Broussard, Leah, Budnik, Ranny, Bunting, Philip, Caffee, Marc, Caiazza, Sabato Stefano, Campbell, Sheldon, Cao, Tongtong, Carosi, Gianpaolo, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cavoto, Gianluca, Celentano, Andrea, Chang, Jae Hyeok, Chattopadhyay, Swapan, Chavarria, Alvaro, Chen, Chien-Yi, Clark, Kenneth, Clarke, John, Colegrove, Owen, Coleman, Jonathon, Cooke, David, Cooper, Robert, Crisler, Michael, Crivelli, Paolo, D'Eramo, Francesco, D'Urso, Domenico, Dahl, Eric, Dawson, William, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, DeNiverville, Patrick, Derenzo, Stephen, Di Crescenzo, Antonia, Di Marco, Emanuele, Dienes, Keith R., Diwan, Milind, Dongwi, Dongwi Handiipondola, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Ellis, Sebastian, Ezeribe, Anthony Chigbo, Farrar, Glennys, Ferrer, Francesc, Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali, Filippi, Alessandra, Fiorillo, Giuliana, Fornal, Bartosz, Freyberger, Arne, Frugiuele, Claudia, Galbiati, Cristian, Galon, Iftah, Gardner, Susan, Geraci, Andrew, Gerbier, Gilles, Graham, Mathew, Gschwendtner, Edda, Hearty, Christopher, Heise, Jaret, Henning, Reyco, Hill, Richard J., Hitlin, David, Hochberg, Yonit, Hogan, Jason, Holtrop, Maurik, Hong, Ziqing, Hossbach, Todd, Humensky, T. B., Ilten, Philip, Irwin, Kent, Jaros, John, Johnson, Robert, Jones, Matthew, Kahn, Yonatan, Kalantarians, Narbe, Kaplinghat, Manoj, Khatiwada, Rakshya, Knapen, Simon, Kohl, Michael, Kouvaris, Chris, Kozaczuk, Jonathan, Krnjaic, Gordan, Kubarovsky, Valery, Kuflik, Eric, Kusenko, Alexander, Lang, Rafael, Leach, Kyle, Lin, Tongyan, Lisanti, Mariangela, Liu, Jing, Liu, Kun, Liu, Ming, Loomba, Dinesh, Lykken, Joseph, Mack, Katherine, Mans, Jeremiah, Maris, Humphrey, Markiewicz, Thomas, Marsicano, Luca, Martoff, C. J., Mazzitelli, Giovanni, McCabe, Christopher, McDermott, Samuel D., McDonald, Art, McKinnon, Bryan, Mei, Dongming, Melia, Tom, Miller, Gerald A., Miuchi, Kentaro, Nazeer, Sahara Mohammed Prem, Moreno, Omar, Morozov, Vasiliy, Mouton, Frederic, Mueller, Holger, Murphy, Alexander, Neilson, Russell, Nelson, Tim, Neu, Christopher, Nosochkov, Yuri, O'Hare, Ciaran, Oblath, Noah, Orrell, John, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pastore, Saori, Paul, Sebouh, Perelstein, Maxim, Peter, Annika, Phan, Nguyen, Phinney, Nan, Pivovaroff, Michael, Pocar, Andrea, Pospelov, Maxim, Pradler, Josef, Privitera, Paolo, Profumo, Stefano, Raggi, Mauro, Rajendran, Surjeet, Randazzo, Nunzio, Raubenheimer, Tor, Regenfus, Christian, Renshaw, Andrew, Ritz, Adam, Rizzo, Thomas, Rosenberg, Leslie, Rubbia, Andre, Rybolt, Ben, Saab, Tarek, Safdi, Benjamin R., Santopinto, Elena, Scarff, Andrew, Schneider, Michael, Schuster, Philip, Seidel, George, Sekiya, Hiroyuki, Seong, Ilsoo, Simi, Gabriele, Sipala, Valeria, Slatyer, Tracy, Slone, Oren, Smith, Peter F, Smolinsky, Jordan, Snowden-Ifft, Daniel, Solt, Matthew, Sonnenschein, Andrew, Sorensen, Peter, Spooner, Neil, Srivastava, Brijesh, Stancu, Ion, Strigari, Louis, Strube, Jan, Sushkov, Alexander O., Szydagis, Matthew, Tanedo, Philip, Tanner, David, Tayloe, Rex, Terrano, William, Thaler, Jesse, Thomas, Brooks, Thorpe, Brianna, Thorpe, Thomas, Tiffenberg, Javier, Tran, Nhan, Trovato, Marco, Tully, Christopher, Tyson, Tony, Vachaspati, Tanmay, Vahsen, Sven, van Bibber, Karl, Vandenbroucke, Justin, Villano, Anthony, Volansky, Tomer, Wang, Guojian, Ward, Thomas, Wester, William, Whitbeck, Andrew, Williams, David A., Wing, Matthew, Winslow, Lindley, Wojtsekhowski, Bogdan, Yu, Hai-Bo, Yu, Shin-Shan, Yu, Tien-Tien, Zhang, Xilin, Zhao, Yue, and Zhong, Yi-Ming

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This white paper summarizes the workshop "U.S. Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter" held at University of Maryland on March 23-25, 2017., Comment: 102 pages + references

Published
2017

6. The HPS electromagnetic calorimeter

Author

Balossino, Ilaria, Baltzell, Nathan, Battaglieri, Marco, Bondi, Mariangela, Buchanan, Emma, Calvo, Daniela, Celentano, Andrea, Charles, Gabriel, Colaneri, Luca, D'Angelo, Annalisa, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, Dupre, Raphael, Egiyan, Hovanes, Ehrhart, Mathieu, Filippi, Alessandra, Garcon, Michel, Gevorgyan, Nerses, Girod, Francois-Xavier, Guidal, Michel, Holtrop, Maurik, Iurasov, Volodymyr, Kubarovsky, Valery, Livingston, Kenneth, McCarty, Kyle, McCormick, Jeremy, McKinnon, Bryan, Osipenko, Mikhail, Paremuzyan, Rafayel, Randazzo, Nunzio, Rauly, Emmanuel, Raydo, Benjamin, Rindel, Emmanuel, Rizzo, Alessandro, Rosier, Philippe, Sipala, Valeria, Stepanyan, Stepan, Szumila-Vance, Holly, and Weinstein, Lawrence

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Heavy Photon Search experiment (HPS) is searching for a new gauge boson, the so-called "heavy photon." Through its kinetic mixing with the Standard Model photon, this particle could decay into an electron-positron pair. It would then be detectable as a narrow peak in the invariant mass spectrum of such pairs, or, depending on its lifetime, by a decay downstream of the production target. The HPS experiment is installed in Hall-B of Jefferson Lab. This article presents the design and performance of one of the two detectors of the experiment, the electromagnetic calorimeter, during the runs performed in 2015-2016. The calorimeter's main purpose is to provide a fast trigger and reduce the copious background from electromagnetic processes through matching with a tracking detector. The detector is a homogeneous calorimeter, made of 442 lead-tungstate (PbWO4) scintillating crystals, each read out by an avalanche photodiode coupled to a custom trans-impedance amplifier., Comment: 34 pages, 25 figures

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2016
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7. Dark Sectors 2016 Workshop: Community Report

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Alexander, Jim, Battaglieri, Marco, Echenard, Bertrand, Essig, Rouven, Graham, Matthew, Izaguirre, Eder, Jaros, John, Krnjaic, Gordan, Mardon, Jeremy, Morrissey, David, Nelson, Tim, Perelstein, Maxim, Pyle, Matt, Ritz, Adam, Schuster, Philip, Shuve, Brian, Toro, Natalia, Van De Water, Richard G, Akerib, Daniel, An, Haipeng, Aniol, Konrad, Arnquist, Isaac J., Asner, David M., Back, Henning O., Baker, Keith, Baltzell, Nathan, Banerjee, Dipanwita, Batell, Brian, Bauer, Daniel, Beacham, James, Benesch, Jay, Bjorken, James, Blinov, Nikita, Boehm, Celine, Bondí, Mariangela, Bonivento, Walter, Bossi, Fabio, Brodsky, Stanley J., Budnik, Ran, Bueltmann, Stephen, Bukhari, Masroor H., Bunker, Raymond, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cartaro, Concetta, Cassel, David, Cavoto, Gianluca, Celentano, Andrea, Chaterjee, Animesh, Chaudhuri, Saptarshi, Chiodini, Gabriele, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Church, Eric D., Cooke, D. A., Cooley, Jodi, Cooper, Robert, Corliss, Ross, Crivelli, Paolo, Curciarello, Francesca, D'Angelo, Annalisa, Davoudiasl, Hooman, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, Denig, Achim, deNiverville, Patrick, Deshpande, Abhay, Dharmapalan, Ranjan, Dobrescu, Bogdan, Donskov, Sergey, Dupre, Raphael, Estrada, Juan, Fegan, Stuart, Ferber, Torben, Field, Clive, Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali, Filippi, Alessandra, Fornal, Bartosz, Freyberger, Arne, Friedland, Alexander, Galon, Iftach, Gardner, Susan, Girod, Francois-Xavier, Gninenko, Sergei, Golutvin, Andrey, Gori, Stefania, Grab, Christoph, Graziani, Enrico, Griffioen, Keith, Haas, Andrew, Harigaya, Keisuke, Hearty, Christopher, Hertel, Scott, Hewett, JoAnne, Hime, Andrew, Hitlin, David, Hochberg, Yonit, Holt, Roy J., Holtrop, Maurik, Hoppe, Eric W., Hossbach, Todd W., Hsu, Lauren, Ilten, Phil, Incandela, Joe, Inguglia, Gianluca, Irwin, Kent, Jaegle, Igal, Johnson, Robert P., Kahn, Yonatan, Kalicy, Grzegorz, Kang, Zhong-Bo, Khachatryan, Vardan, Kozhuharov, Venelin, Krasnikov, N. V., Kubarovsky, Valery, Kuflik, Eric, Kurinsky, Noah, Laha, Ranjan, Lanfranchi, Gaia, Li, Dale, Lin, Tongyan, Lisanti, Mariangela, Liu, Kun, Liu, Ming, Loer, Ben, Loomba, Dinesh, Lyubovitskij, Valery E., Manalaysay, Aaron, Mandaglio, Giuseppe, Mans, Jeremiah, Marciano, W. J., Markiewicz, Thomas, Marsicano, Luca, Maruyama, Takashi, Matveev, Victor A., McKeen, David, McKinnon, Bryan, McKinsey, Dan, Merkel, Harald, Mock, Jeremy, Monzani, Maria Elena, Moreno, Omar, Nantais, Corina, Paul, Sebouh, Peskin, Michael, Poliakov, Vladimir, Polosa, Antonio D, Pospelov, Maxim, Rachek, Igor, Radics, Balint, Raggi, Mauro, Randazzo, Nunzio, Ratcliff, Blair, Rizzo, Alessandro, Rizzo, Thomas, Robinson, Alan, Rubbia, Andre, Rubin, David, Rueter, Dylan, Saab, Tarek, Santopinto, Elena, Schnee, Richard, Shelton, Jessie, Simi, Gabriele, Simonyan, Ani, Sipala, Valeria, Slone, Oren, Smith, Elton, Snowden-Ifft, Daniel, Solt, Matthew, Sorensen, Peter, Soreq, Yotam, Spagnolo, Stefania, Spencer, James, Stepanyan, Stepan, Strube, Jan, Sullivan, Michael, Tadepalli, Arun S., Tait, Tim, Taiuti, Mauro, Tanedo, Philip, Tayloe, Rex, Thaler, Jesse, Tran, Nhan V., Tulin, Sean, Tully, Christopher G., Uemura, Sho, Ungaro, Maurizio, Valente, Paolo, Vance, Holly, Vavra, Jerry, Volansky, Tomer, von Krosigk, Belina, Whitbeck, Andrew, Williams, Mike, Wittich, Peter, Wojtsekhowski, Bogdan, Xue, Wei, Yoon, Jong Min, Yu, Hai-Bo, Yu, Jaehoon, Yu, Tien-Tien, Zhang, Yue, Zhao, Yue, Zhong, Yiming, and Zurek, Kathryn

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

This report, based on the Dark Sectors workshop at SLAC in April 2016, summarizes the scientific importance of searches for dark sector dark matter and forces at masses beneath the weak-scale, the status of this broad international field, the important milestones motivating future exploration, and promising experimental opportunities to reach these milestones over the next 5-10 years., Comment: 66 pages, 15 figures, 3 tables. Workshop website and agenda: http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/darksectors2016/ https://indico.cern.ch/event/507783/ Editors: J. Alexander, M. Battaglieri, B. Echenard, R. Essig, M. Graham, E. Izaguirre, J. Jaros, G. Krnjaic, J. Mardon, D. Morrissey, T. Nelson, M. Perelstein, M. Pyle, A. Ritz, P. Schuster, B. Shuve, N. Toro, R. Van De Water

Published
2016

8. Casimir energy for N superconducting cavities: a model for the YBCO (GdBCO) sample to be used in the Archimedes experiment

Author

Allocca, Annalisa, Avino, Saverio, Balestrieri, Sergio, Calloni, Enrico, Caprara, Sergio, Carpinelli, Massimo, D’Onofrio, Luca, D’Urso, Domenico, De Rosa, Rosario, Errico, Luciano, Gagliardi, Gianluca, Grilli, Marco, Mangano, Valentina, Marsella, Maria, Naticchioni, Luca, Pasqualetti, Antonio, Pepe, Giovanni Piero, Perciballi, Maurizio, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Ricci, Fulvio, Rosa, Luigi, Rovelli, Carlo, Rozza, Davide, Ruggi, Paolo, Saini, Naurang, Sequino, Valeria, Sipala, Valeria, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, Tafuri, Francesco, Tagliacozzo, Arturo, Tosta e Melo, Iara, and Trozzo, Lucia

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2022
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9. Characterizing the Sardinia candidate site for the Einstein Telescope

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Naticchioni, Luca, primary, Allocca, Annalisa, additional, Boschi, Valerio, additional, Cadeddu, Matteo, additional, Cadoni, Mariano, additional, Calloni, Enrico, additional, Cardello, Giovanni Luca, additional, Cardini, Alessandro, additional, Carpinelli, Massimo, additional, Cittadino, Daniele, additional, Contu, Andrea, additional, D'Ambrosio, Michele, additional, D'Onofrio, Luca, additional, D'Urso, Domenico, additional, Davari, Nazanin, additional, De Rosa, Rosario, additional, Di Fiore, Luciano, additional, Di Giovanni, Matteo, additional, Dordei, Francesca, additional, Fiori, Irene, additional, Giunchi, Carlo, additional, Harms, Jan, additional, Koley, Soumen, additional, Longo, Vittorio, additional, Mangano, Valentina, additional, Marsella, Maria, additional, Migoni, Carlo, additional, Molinari, Irene, additional, Olivieri, Marco, additional, Paoletti, Federico, additional, Puppo, Paola, additional, Rapagnani, Piero, additional, Razzano, Massimiliano, additional, Ricci, Fulvio, additional, Rozza, Davide, additional, Saccorotti, Gilberto, additional, Schillaci, Gaetano, additional, Sipala, Valeria, additional, Tringali, Maria Concetta, additional, Trozzo, Lucia, additional, and Tuveri, Matteo, additional

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2024
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10. Muonic atom X-ray spectroscopy for non-destructive analysis of archeological samples

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Clemenza, Massimiliano, Bonesini, Maurizio, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Fiorini, Ettore, Gorini, Giuseppe, Hillier, Adrian, Ishida, Katsu, Menegolli, Alessandro, Mocchiutti, Emiliano, Oliva, Piernicola, Prata, Marco, Rendeli, Marco, Rignanese, Luigi Pio, Rossella, Massimo, Sipala, Valeria, Soldani, Mattia, Tortora, Ludovico, Vacchi, Andrea, and Vallazza, Erik

Published
2019
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11. Array analysis of seismic noise at the Sos Enattos mine, the Italian candidate site for the Einstein Telescope

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Saccorotti, G, Giunchi, C, D’Ambrosio, M, Gaviano, S, Naticchioni, L, D’Urso, D, Rozza, D, Cardini, A, Contu, A, Dordei, F, Cadeddu, M, Tuveri, M, Migoni, C, Punturo, M, Allocca, A, Calloni, E, Cardello, G, D’Onofrio, L, Davari, N, Dell’Aquila, D, De Rosa, R, Carpinelli, M, Di Fiore, L, di Giovanni, M, Errico, L, Fiori, I, Tringali, M, Harms, J, Koley, S, Longo, V, Majorana, E, Mangano, V, Olivieri, M, Paoletti, F, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Razzano, M, Ricci, F, Sipala, V, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Saccorotti, Gilberto, Giunchi, Carlo, D’Ambrosio, Michele, Gaviano, Sonja, Naticchioni, Luca, D’Urso, Domenico, Rozza, Davide, Cardini, Alessandro, Contu, Andrea, Dordei, Francesca, Cadeddu, Matteo, Tuveri, Matteo, Migoni, Carlo, Punturo, Michele, Allocca, Annalisa, Calloni, Enrico, Cardello, Giovanni Luca, D’Onofrio, Luca, Davari, Nazanin, Dell’Aquila, Daniele, De Rosa, Rosario, Carpinelli, Massimo, Di Fiore, Luciano, di Giovanni, Matteo, Errico, Luciano, Fiori, Irene, Tringali, Maria Concetta, Harms, Jan, Koley, Soumen, Longo, Vittorio, Majorana, Ettore, Mangano, Valentina, Olivieri, Marco, Paoletti, Federico, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Razzano, Massimiliano, Ricci, Fulvio, Sipala, Valeria, Tosta e Melo, Iara, Trozzo, Lucia, Saccorotti, G, Giunchi, C, D’Ambrosio, M, Gaviano, S, Naticchioni, L, D’Urso, D, Rozza, D, Cardini, A, Contu, A, Dordei, F, Cadeddu, M, Tuveri, M, Migoni, C, Punturo, M, Allocca, A, Calloni, E, Cardello, G, D’Onofrio, L, Davari, N, Dell’Aquila, D, De Rosa, R, Carpinelli, M, Di Fiore, L, di Giovanni, M, Errico, L, Fiori, I, Tringali, M, Harms, J, Koley, S, Longo, V, Majorana, E, Mangano, V, Olivieri, M, Paoletti, F, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Razzano, M, Ricci, F, Sipala, V, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Saccorotti, Gilberto, Giunchi, Carlo, D’Ambrosio, Michele, Gaviano, Sonja, Naticchioni, Luca, D’Urso, Domenico, Rozza, Davide, Cardini, Alessandro, Contu, Andrea, Dordei, Francesca, Cadeddu, Matteo, Tuveri, Matteo, Migoni, Carlo, Punturo, Michele, Allocca, Annalisa, Calloni, Enrico, Cardello, Giovanni Luca, D’Onofrio, Luca, Davari, Nazanin, Dell’Aquila, Daniele, De Rosa, Rosario, Carpinelli, Massimo, Di Fiore, Luciano, di Giovanni, Matteo, Errico, Luciano, Fiori, Irene, Tringali, Maria Concetta, Harms, Jan, Koley, Soumen, Longo, Vittorio, Majorana, Ettore, Mangano, Valentina, Olivieri, Marco, Paoletti, Federico, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Razzano, Massimiliano, Ricci, Fulvio, Sipala, Valeria, Tosta e Melo, Iara, and Trozzo, Lucia

Abstract

The area surrounding the dismissed mine of Sos Enattos (Sardinia, Italy) is the Italian candidate site for hosting Einstein Telescope (ET), the third-generation gravitational wave (GW) observatory. One of the goals of ET is to extend the sensitivity down to frequencies well below those currently achieved by GW detectors, i.e. down to 2 Hz. In the bandwidth [1,10] Hz, the seismic noise of anthropogenic origin is expected to represent the major perturbation to the operation of the infrastructure, and the site that will host the future detector must fulfill stringent requirements on seismic disturbances. In this paper we describe the operation of a temporary, 15-element, seismic array deployed in close proximity to the mine. Signals of anthropogenic origin have a transient nature, and their spectra are characterized by a wide spectral lobe spanning the [3,20] Hz frequency interval. Superimposed to this wide lobe are narrow spectral peaks within the [3,8] Hz frequency range. Results from slowness analyses suggest that the origin of these peaks is related to vehicle traffic along the main road running east of the mine. Exploiting the correlation properties of seismic noise, we derive a dispersion curve for Rayleigh waves, which is then inverted for a shallow velocity structure down to depths of ≈ 150 m. This data, which is consistent with that derived from analysis of a quarry blast, provide a first assessment of the elastic properties of the rock materials at the site candidate to hosting ET.

Published
2023

13. Quantum zero point electromagnetic energy difference between the superconducting and the normal phase in a high- Tc superconducting metal bulk sample

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Allocca, Annalisa, primary, Avino, Saverio, additional, Balestrieri, Sergio, additional, Calloni, Enrico, additional, Caprara, Sergio, additional, Carpinelli, Massimo, additional, D'Onofrio, Luca, additional, D'Urso, Domenico, additional, De Rosa, Rosario, additional, Errico, Luciano, additional, Gagliardi, Gianluca, additional, Grilli, Marco, additional, Mangano, Valentina, additional, Marsella, Maria, additional, Naticchioni, Luca, additional, Pasqualetti, Antonio, additional, Pepe, Giovanni Piero, additional, Perciballi, Maurizio, additional, Pesenti, Luca, additional, Puppo, Paola, additional, Rapagnani, Piero, additional, Ricci, Fulvio, additional, Rosa, Luigi, additional, Rovelli, Carlo, additional, Rozza, Davide, additional, Ruggi, Paolo, additional, Saini, Naurang, additional, Sequino, Valeria, additional, Sipala, Valeria, additional, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, additional, Tafuri, Francesco, additional, Tagliacozzo, Arturo, additional, Tosta e Melo, Iara, additional, and Trozzo, Lucia, additional

Published
2022
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15. Quantum zero point electromagnetic energy difference between the superconducting and the normal phase in a high- Tc superconducting metal bulk sample

Author

Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Mangano, V, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Allocca, Annalisa, Avino, Saverio, Balestrieri, Sergio, Calloni, Enrico, Caprara, Sergio, Carpinelli, Massimo, D'Onofrio, Luca, D'Urso, Domenico, De Rosa, Rosario, Errico, Luciano, Gagliardi, Gianluca, Grilli, Marco, Mangano, Valentina, Marsella, Maria, Naticchioni, Luca, Pasqualetti, Antonio, Pepe, Giovanni Piero, Perciballi, Maurizio, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Ricci, Fulvio, Rosa, Luigi, Rovelli, Carlo, Rozza, Davide, Ruggi, Paolo, Saini, Naurang, Sequino, Valeria, Sipala, Valeria, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, Tafuri, Francesco, Tagliacozzo, Arturo, Tosta e Melo, Iara, Trozzo, Lucia, Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Mangano, V, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Allocca, Annalisa, Avino, Saverio, Balestrieri, Sergio, Calloni, Enrico, Caprara, Sergio, Carpinelli, Massimo, D'Onofrio, Luca, D'Urso, Domenico, De Rosa, Rosario, Errico, Luciano, Gagliardi, Gianluca, Grilli, Marco, Mangano, Valentina, Marsella, Maria, Naticchioni, Luca, Pasqualetti, Antonio, Pepe, Giovanni Piero, Perciballi, Maurizio, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Ricci, Fulvio, Rosa, Luigi, Rovelli, Carlo, Rozza, Davide, Ruggi, Paolo, Saini, Naurang, Sequino, Valeria, Sipala, Valeria, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, Tafuri, Francesco, Tagliacozzo, Arturo, Tosta e Melo, Iara, and Trozzo, Lucia

Abstract

We provide a methodological approach to the estimate of the change of the quantum vacuum electromagnetic energy density in a high critical temperature superconducting metal bulk sample, when it undergoes the transition in temperature, from the superconducting to the normal phase. The various contributions to the Casimir energy in the two phases are highlighted and compared. While the transverse magnetic polarization of the vacuum mode allows for a macroscopic description of the superconducting transition, the changes in the transverse electric vacuum mode induced by the superconductive correlations are introduced within a microscopic model, which does not explicitly take into account the anisotropic structure of the material.

Published
2022

16. Picoradiant tiltmeter and direct ground tilt measurements at the Sos Enattos site

Author

Allocca, Annalisa, primary, Avino, Saverio, additional, Calloni, Enrico, additional, Caprara, Sergio, additional, Carpinelli, Massimo, additional, D’Urso, Domenico, additional, De Laurentis, Martina, additional, De Rosa, Rosario, additional, Errico, L., additional, Gagliardi, G., additional, Grilli, Marco, additional, Mangano, Valentina, additional, Marsella, Maria, additional, Naticchioni, Luca, additional, Pasqualetti, Antonio, additional, Pepe, Gianpiero, additional, Perciballi, Maurizio, additional, Pesenti, Luca, additional, Puppo, Paola, additional, Rapagnani, Piero, additional, Ricci, Fulvio, additional, Rosa, Luigi, additional, Rovelli, Carlo, additional, Rozza, Davide, additional, Ruggi, P., additional, Saini, Naurang L., additional, Sequino, Valeria, additional, Sipala, Valeria, additional, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, additional, and Tafuri, Francesco, additional

Published
2021
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17. Characterization of a silicon strip detector and YAG:Ce calorimeters for a proton computed radigraphy apparatus

Author

Menichelli, David, Bruzzi, Mara, Bucciolini, Marta, Candiano, Giuliana, Pablo Cirrone, Giuseppe A., Capineri, Lorenzo, Civinini, Carlo, Cuttone, Giacomo, Lo Presti, Domenico, Marrazzo, Livia, Pallotta, Stefania, Randazzo, Nunzio, Sipala, Valeria, Talamonti, Cinzia, Valentini, Samuela, Pieri, Stefano, Reggioli, Valentina, Brianzi, Mirko, and Tesi, Mauro

Subjects
Radiography -- Equipment and supplies, Radiography -- Design and construction, Radiography -- Technology application, Protons -- Research, Engineering design -- Methods, Engineering design -- Technology application, Semiconductor lasers -- Research, Detectors -- Identification and classification, Detectors -- Materials, Calorimeters -- Composition, Calorimeters -- Identification and classification, Calorimeters -- Technology application, Technology application, Business, Electronics, Electronics and electrical industries
Published
2010

18. Monte Carlo studies of a proton computed tomography system

Author

Cirrone, G.A. Pablo, Cuttone, Giacomo, Candiano, Giuliana, Di Rosa, Francesco, Lo Nigro, Salvatore, Lo Presti, Domenico, Randazzo, Nunzio, Sipala, Valeria, Bruzzi, Mara, Menichelli, David, Scaringella, Monica, Bashkirov, Vladimir, Williams, R. David, Sadrozinski, Hartmut F.W., Heimann, Jason, Feldt, Jason, Blumenkrantz, Nate, Talamonti, C., and Schulte, Reinhard

Subjects
Protons -- Properties, Monte Carlo method -- Usage, Business, Electronics, Electronics and electrical industries
Abstract

Proton therapy is a precise forms of radiation therapy that makes use of high energy proton compared to the conventional, more commonly used and less precise x-ray and electron beams. On the other hand, to fully exploit the proton therapy advantages, very accurate quality controls of the treatments are required. These are mainly related to the dose calculations and treatment planning. Actually dose calculations are routinely performed on the basis of X-Ray computed tomography while a big improvement could be obtained with the direct use of protons as the imaging system. In this work we report the results of Monte Carlo simulations for the study of an imaging system based on the use of high energy protons: the proton Computed Tomography (pCT). The main limitation of the pCT and the current adopted technical solutions, based on the use of the Most Likely Path (MLP) approximation are illustrated. Simulation results are compared with experimental data obtained with a first prototype of pCT system tested with 200 MeV proton beams available at the Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) (CA). Index Terms--Computed tomography, GEANT4, Monte Carlo, proton.

Published
2007

19. Prototype tracking studies for proton CT

Author

Bruzzi, Mara, Blumenkrantz, Nate, Feldt, Jason, Heimann, Jason, Sadrozinski, Hartmut F.-W., Seiden, Abe, Williams, David C., Bashkirov, Vladimir, Schulte, Reinhard, Menichelli, David, Scaringella, Monica, Cirrone, G.A. Pablo, Cuttone, Giacomo, Randazzo, Nunzio, Sipala, Valeria, and Presti, Domenico Lo

Subjects
Proton beams -- Research, Radiation warning systems -- Research, Silicon diodes -- Research, Business, Electronics, Electronics and electrical industries
Abstract

As part of a program to investigate the feasibility of proton computed tomography, the most likely path (MLP) of protons inside an absorber was measured in a beam experiment using a silicon strip detector set-up with high position and angular resolution. The locations of 200 MeV protons were measured at three different absorber depth of PolyMethylMethAcrylate-PMMA (3.75, 6.25 and 12.5 cm) and binned in terms of the displacement and the exit angle measured behind the absorber. The observed position distributions were compared to theoretical predictions showing that the location of the protons can be predicted with an accuracy of better than 0.5 mm. Index Terms--Position Sensitive Particle Detectors, proton beams, silicon radiation detectors, tomography.

Published
2007

20. Detectors and Cultural Heritage: The INFN-CHNet Experience

Author

Giuntini, Lorenzo, primary, Castelli, Lisa, additional, Massi, Mirko, additional, Fedi, Mariaelena, additional, Czelusniak, Caroline, additional, Gelli, Nicla, additional, Liccioli, Lucia, additional, Giambi, Francesca, additional, Ruberto, Chiara, additional, Mazzinghi, Anna, additional, Barone, Serena, additional, Marchegiani, Francesca, additional, Nisi, Stefano, additional, Lubritto, Carmine, additional, Altieri, Simona, additional, Tortora, Luca, additional, Branchini, Paolo, additional, Fabbri, Andrea, additional, Graziani, Valerio, additional, Lins, Sergio Barcellos, additional, Guidorzi, Laura, additional, Lo Giudice, Alessandro, additional, Re, Alessandro, additional, Sottili, Leandro, additional, Balerna, Antonella, additional, Cestelli Guidi, Mariangela, additional, Pronti, Lucilla, additional, Romani, Martina, additional, Albertin, Fauzia, additional, Bettuzzi, Matteo, additional, Brancaccio, Rosa, additional, Morigi, Maria Pia, additional, Alloni, Daniele, additional, Salvini, Andrea, additional, Smilgys, Barbara, additional, Prata, Michele, additional, Altieri, Saverio, additional, Bonesini, Maurizio, additional, Di Martino, Daniela, additional, Clemenza, Massimiliano, additional, Carpinelli, Massimo, additional, Oliva, Piernicola, additional, Sipala, Valeria, additional, Gueli, Anna Maria, additional, Pasquale, Stefania, additional, Stella, Giuseppe, additional, Pepponi, Giancarlo, additional, Grazzi, Francesco, additional, and Taccetti, Francesco, additional

Published
2021
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22. A Seismological Study of the Sos Enattos Area—the Sardinia Candidate Site for the Einstein Telescope

Author

Di Giovanni, Matteo, primary, Giunchi, Carlo, additional, Saccorotti, Gilberto, additional, Berbellini, Andrea, additional, Boschi, Lapo, additional, Olivieri, Marco, additional, De Rosa, Rosario, additional, Naticchioni, Luca, additional, Oggiano, Giacomo, additional, Carpinelli, Massimo, additional, D’Urso, Domenico, additional, Cuccuru, Stefano, additional, Sipala, Valeria, additional, Calloni, Enrico, additional, Di Fiore, Luciano, additional, Grado, Aniello, additional, Migoni, Carlo, additional, Cardini, Alessandro, additional, Paoletti, Federico, additional, Fiori, Irene, additional, Harms, Jan, additional, Majorana, Ettore, additional, Rapagnani, Piero, additional, Ricci, Fulvio, additional, and Punturo, Michele, additional

Published
2020
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24. Proton Computed Tomography: Iterative image reconstruction and dose evaluation

Author

Civinini, C, Bonanno, D, Brianzi, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Presti, D, Maccioni, G, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Scaringella, M, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Bruzzi, M, Bonanno, D., Brianzi, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cuttone, G., Presti, D. Lo, Maccioni, G., Pallotta, S., Randazzo, N., Scaringella, M., Romano, F., SIPALA, Valeria, Talamonti, C., Vanzi, E., Bruzzi, M., Civinini, C, Bonanno, D, Brianzi, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Presti, D, Maccioni, G, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Scaringella, M, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Bruzzi, M, Bonanno, D., Brianzi, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cuttone, G., Presti, D. Lo, Maccioni, G., Pallotta, S., Randazzo, N., Scaringella, M., Romano, F., SIPALA, Valeria, Talamonti, C., Vanzi, E., and Bruzzi, M.

Abstract

Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) is a medical imaging method with a potential for increasing accuracy of treatment planning and patient positioning in hadron therapy. A pCT system based on a Silicon microstrip tracker and a YAG:Ce crystal calorimeter has been developed within the INFN Prima-RDH collaboration. The prototype has been tested with a 175 MeV proton beam at The Svedberg Laboratory (Uppsala, Sweden) with the aim to reconstruct and characterize a tomographic image. Algebraic iterative reconstruction methods (ART), together with the most likely path formalism, have been used to obtain tomographies of an inhomogeneous phantom to eventually extract density and spatial resolutions. These results will be presented and discussed together with an estimation of the average dose delivered to the phantom and the dependence of the image quality on the dose. Due to the heavy computation load required by the algebraic algorithms the reconstruction programs have been implemented to fully exploit the high calculation parallelism of Graphics Processing Units. An extended field of view pCT system is in an advanced construction stage. This apparatus will be able to reconstruct objects of the size of a human head making possible to characterize this pCT approach in a pre-clinical environment.

Published
2017

25. Proof-of-principle results of proton Computed Tomography

Author

Civinini, C, Scaringella, M, Bonanno, D, Brianzi, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Maccioni, G, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rovituso, M, Sipala, V, Talamonti, C, Tommasino, F, Vanzi, E, Bruzzi, M, Civinini, Carlo, Scaringella, Monica, Bonanno, Danilo, Brianzi, Mirko, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. Pablo, Cuttone, Giacomo, Lo Presti, Domenico, Maccioni, Giorgia, Pallotta, Stefania, Randazzo, Nunzio, Romano, Francesco, Rovituso, Marta, Sipala, Valeria, Talamonti, Cinzia, Tommasino, Francesco, Vanzi, Eleonora, Bruzzi, Mara, Civinini, C, Scaringella, M, Bonanno, D, Brianzi, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Maccioni, G, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rovituso, M, Sipala, V, Talamonti, C, Tommasino, F, Vanzi, E, Bruzzi, M, Civinini, Carlo, Scaringella, Monica, Bonanno, Danilo, Brianzi, Mirko, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. Pablo, Cuttone, Giacomo, Lo Presti, Domenico, Maccioni, Giorgia, Pallotta, Stefania, Randazzo, Nunzio, Romano, Francesco, Rovituso, Marta, Sipala, Valeria, Talamonti, Cinzia, Tommasino, Francesco, Vanzi, Eleonora, and Bruzzi, Mara

Abstract

A proof of principle proton Computed Tomography (pCT) apparatus, based on a silicon microstrip tracker and a YAG:Ce calorimeter, has been manufactured. Tests with a 175 MeV proton beam at The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL, Uppsala, Sweden) aiming at collecting data for reconstructing a tomographic image have been carried out. Algebraic iterative reconstruction methods, together with the most likely path formalism, have been used to obtain non-homogeneous phantom images to eventually extract density and spatial resolutions. The heavy computation load required by the algebraic algorithms has been approached fully exploiting the high calculation parallelism of Graphics Processing Units. The dose delivered to the phantom during the tomographic data-taking has been estimated as well as spatial and density resolutions dependence on dose. An upgraded pCT apparatus with an extended field-of-view able to reconstruct objects of the size of a human head, thus suitable to be used in pre-clinical tests, is now at an advanced construction stage. Using this new apparatus radiographies of an anthropomorphic phantom have been taken at the proton experimental beam line of the 'Trento Proton Therapy Center' (Trento, Italy).

Published
2017

26. Proton computed tomography images with algebraic reconstruction

Author

Bruzzi, M, Civinini, C, Scaringella, M, Bonanno, D, Brianzi, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Presti, D, Maccioni, G, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Bruzzi, M., Civinini, C., Scaringella, M., Bonanno, D., Brianzi, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cuttone, G., Presti, D. Lo, Maccioni, G., Pallotta, S., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., SIPALA, Valeria, Talamonti, C., Vanzi, E., Bruzzi, M, Civinini, C, Scaringella, M, Bonanno, D, Brianzi, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Presti, D, Maccioni, G, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Bruzzi, M., Civinini, C., Scaringella, M., Bonanno, D., Brianzi, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cuttone, G., Presti, D. Lo, Maccioni, G., Pallotta, S., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., SIPALA, Valeria, Talamonti, C., and Vanzi, E.

Abstract

A prototype of proton Computed Tomography (pCT) system for hadron-therapy has been manufactured and tested in a 175 MeV proton beam with a non-homogeneous phantom designed to simulate high-contrast material. BI-SART reconstruction algorithms have been implemented with GPU parallelism, taking into account of most likely paths of protons in matter. Reconstructed tomography images with density resolutions r.m.s. down to ~1% and spatial resolutions <1 mm, achieved within processing times of ~15′ for a 512×512 pixels image prove that this technique will be beneficial if used instead of X-CT in hadron-therapy.

Published
2017

27. Proof-of-Principle results of proton computed tomography

Author

Civinini, Carlo, primary, Scaringella, Monica, additional, Bonanno, Danilo, additional, Brianzi, Mirko, additional, Carpinelli, Massimo, additional, Cirrone, G. A. Pablo, additional, Cuttone, Giacomo, additional, Lo Presti, Domenico, additional, Maccioni, Giorgia, additional, Pallotta, Stefania, additional, Randazzo, Nunzio, additional, Romano, Francesco, additional, Rovituso, Marta, additional, Sipala, Valeria, additional, Talamonti, Cinzia, additional, Tommasino, Francesco, additional, Vanzi, Eleonora, additional, and Bruzzi, Mara, additional

Published
2016
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28. Development of a multi-analytical approach for the characterization of ancient Roman lead ingots

Author

Clemenza, Massimiliano, primary, Contini, Alessandro, additional, Baccolo, Giovanni, additional, di Vacri, Maria Laura, additional, Ferrante, Marco, additional, Nisi, Stefano, additional, Carpinelli, Massimo, additional, Cremonesi, Oliviero, additional, Enzo, Stefano, additional, Fiorini, Ettore, additional, Mulas, Gabriele, additional, Prata, Michele, additional, Previtali, Ezio, additional, Salvini, Andrea, additional, and Sipala, Valeria, additional

Published
2016
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29. Development of a real-time, large area, high spatial resolution particle tracker based on scintillating fibers

Author

Lo Presti, Domenico, Bonanno, Danilo Luigi, Longhitano, Fabio, Pugliatti, Cristina, Aiello, Sebastiano, Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo, Giordano, Valentina Maria, Leonora, Emanuele, Randazzo, Nunzio, Reito, Santo, Romano, Francesco, Russo, Giovanni Valerio, Sipala, Valeria, Stancampiano, Concetta, and Ventura, C.

Subjects
FIS/07 Fisica applicata (a beni culturali, ambientali, biologia e medicina), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

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

Published
2014

30. The PRIMA (Proton Imaging) collaboration: Status of the development of a proton Computed Tomography Scanner

Author

Bruzzi M, Brianzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, SIPALA, Valeria, Scaringella M, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, Zani M., Bruzzi, M, Brianzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, and Zani, M

Subjects
Spatial resolution, Silicon detector, Proton computed tomography (pCT), Network security, Proton computed tomography, Computerized tomography, Proton beam, Radiography, Silicon micro-strip detector, Experiment, Nuclear physic, Residual energy, Medical imaging, Proton, Proton imaging, Stringent requirement, Data privacy, Beam test
Abstract

The PRIMA (Proton IMAging) experiment is aimed at developing a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) prototype based on tracking single protons. Approaches to the pCT consist in the use of silicon microstrip detectors to measure the position and direction of individual protons before and after they traverse the phantom, in view to reconstruct the trajectory of each proton, and a calorimeter for measuring particle residual energy. A small prototype was tested, under 62 MeV proton beam at Laboratory Nazionali del Sud, (Catania Italy) and under 180 MeV proton beam at Svedberg Laboratories, Uppsala Universitet, (Uppsala Sweden). Several experiments concerning proton imaging, tomography and radiography, were carried out during these beam tests. Radiographies have been reconstructed with different methods: results show the good performances of the device, with spatial resolution fulfilling the stringent requirements of a pCT device.

Published
2012

31. PRIMA Proton Imaging for Clinical Application

Author

Talamonti C, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Vanzi E, Zani M., Talamonti, C, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Vanzi, E, and Zani, M

Subjects
Spatial resolution, Silicon microstrip tracker, Radiographic image, Proton computed tomography (pCT), Radiography image, Network security, Computerized tomography, Optical microscopy, Clinical application, Proton beam, Radiography, Image resolution, Polymethyl methacrylate, Nuclear physic, Quantitative result, Medical imaging, Proton, Energy resolution, Data privacy
Abstract

PRIMA project is an Italian project funded by INFN and MIUR (PRIN 2006), which developed a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) prototype based on tracking the single proton. PRIMA approaches to the pCT consist in the use of silicon detectors, which measure the energy and position of individual protons before and after they traverse the object. The device consists of a silicon microstrip tracker, used to reconstruct the trajectory of each proton, and a calorimeter that measure the particle residual energy. It is characterized by an active area of 5 × 5 cm2 and by an acquisition rate of 10kHz. PRIMA prototype was tested, under 62 MeV proton beam at Laboratory Nazionali del Sud, (Catania Italy) and under 180 MeV proton beam at Svedberg Laboratories, Uppsala Universitet, (Uppsala Sweden). Several experiments concerning proton imaging, tomography and radiography images, were carried out during these beam tests. In particular in this paper will be reported the PRIMA experience on the data acquired using special phantoms. The performed tests aimed to evaluate the clinical applicability of proton radiography in terms of image quality. In order to test spatial resolution, electron density resolution and energy resolution of the system, PRIMA group has developed suitable phantoms for radiography. The phantoms are custom-made and suitable for high-contrast spatial resolution. They are PolyMetilMetacrilate (PMMA) cylinders with holes of different size and depth. In particular, the phantom diameter was chosen accordingly with the tracker field of view while the phantom length depends on the beam quality: it was 20mm and 150mm for 60MeV and 180MeV proton beam respectively. In this paper the experimental setup will be described, radiographic images will be shown and quantitative results on spatial resolution will be reported.

Published
2012

32. Design and characterisation of a YAG(Ce) calorimeter for proton Computed Tomography application

Author

Sipala, V, Randazzo, N, Aiello, S, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Leonora, E, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, SIPALA, Valeria, Randazzo, N., Aiello, S., Bruzzi, M., Bucciolini, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., Leonora, E., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Pugliatti, C., Scaringella, M., Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., Vanzi, E., Sipala, V, Randazzo, N, Aiello, S, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Leonora, E, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, SIPALA, Valeria, Randazzo, N., Aiello, S., Bruzzi, M., Bucciolini, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., Leonora, E., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Pugliatti, C., Scaringella, M., Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., and Vanzi, E.

Abstract

The design and the characterization of a calorimeter system, aimed at measuring the residual energy in a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) apparatus, is described. The calorimeter has a 6×6cm2 active area to fully cover the tracker area of the pCT system, being 10 cm thick it is able to stop up to 200 MeV protons and sustain 1MHz particle rate (average rate on the whole area). The YAG(Ce) scintillator is promising for charged particle detection applications where high-count rate, good energy resolution and compact photodiode readout, not influenced by magnetic fields, are of importance. The aim of this work is to show data acquired with proton beam energy up to 175 MeV and to discuss the performances of this calorimeter.

Published
2015

33. A proton Computed Tomography based medical imaging system

Author

Scaringella, M, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Scaringella M., Bruzzi M., Bucciolini M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone G. A. P., Civinini C., Cuttone G., Lo Presti D., Pallotta S., Pugliatti C., Randazzo N., Romano F., SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C., Talamonti C., Vanzi E., Zani M., Scaringella, M, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Scaringella M., Bruzzi M., Bucciolini M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone G. A. P., Civinini C., Cuttone G., Lo Presti D., Pallotta S., Pugliatti C., Randazzo N., Romano F., SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C., Talamonti C., Vanzi E., and Zani M.

Abstract

This paper reports on the activity of the INFN PRIMA/RDH collaboration in the development of proton Computed Tomography (pCT) systems based on single proton tracking and residual energy measurement. The systems are made of a silicon microstrip tracker and a YAG:Ce crystal calorimeter to measure single protons trajectory and residual energy, respectively. A first prototype of pCT scanner, with an active area of about 5 × 5 cm2 and a data rate capability of 10 kHz, has been constructed and characterized with 62 MeV protons at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud in Catania (Italy) and with 180 MeV protons at The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL) in Uppsala (Sweden). Results of these measurements, including tomographic reconstructions of test phantoms, will be shown and discussed. An upgraded system with an extended field of view (up to ∼ 5 × 20 cm2) and an increased event rate capability up to one MHz, presently under development, will be also described.

Published
2014

34. Characterization of a YAG:Ce calorimeter with high-energy proton beam

Author

Sipala, V, Randazzo, N, Aiello, S, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Leonora, E, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, SIPALA, Valeria, Randazzo, N., Aiello, S., Bruzzi, M., Bucciolini, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., Leonora, E., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Scaringella, M., Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., Vanzi, E., Sipala, V, Randazzo, N, Aiello, S, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Leonora, E, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, SIPALA, Valeria, Randazzo, N., Aiello, S., Bruzzi, M., Bucciolini, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., Leonora, E., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Scaringella, M., Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., and Vanzi, E.

Abstract

A YAG:Ce calorimeter with a 6×6 cm2 active area, long 10 cm has been manufactured in order to stop up to 200 MeV protons and to sustain 1MHz particle rate. It consists of four optically separated crystals assembled in the same housing. The YAG:Ce scintillator is promising for charged particle detection applications where high-count rate, good energy resolution and compact photodiode readout, not influenced by magnetic fields, are of importance. The YAG:Ce calorimeter has been characterized with proton beams up to 175MeV a The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL), Uppsala Sweden. Results obtained are shown and discussed.

Published
2014

35. Performance of the reconstruction algorithms of the FIRST experiment pixel sensors vertex detector

Author

Rescigno, R, Finck, C, Juliani, D, Spiriti, E, Baudot, J, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Boehlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Gallardo, M, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Tropea, S, Vanstalle, M, Younis, H, Rescigno R, Finck C, Juliani D, Spiriti E, Baudot J, Abou Haidar Z, Agodi C, Alvarez M. A. G, Aumann T, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Boehlen T. T, Boudard A, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone G. A. P, Cortes Giraldo M. A, Cuttone G, De Napoli M, Durante M, Gallardo M. I, Golosio B, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Krimmer J, Kurz N, Labalme M, Leifels Y, Le Fevre A, Leray S, Marchetto F, Monaco V, Morone M. C, OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Pleskac R, Quesada J. M, Randazzo N, Romano F, Rossi D, Rousseau M, Sacchi R, Sala P, Sarti A, Scheidenberger C, Schuy C, Sciubba A, Sfienti C, Simon H, SIPALA, Valeria, Tropea S, Vanstalle M, Younis H., Rescigno, R, Finck, C, Juliani, D, Spiriti, E, Baudot, J, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Boehlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Gallardo, M, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Tropea, S, Vanstalle, M, Younis, H, Rescigno R, Finck C, Juliani D, Spiriti E, Baudot J, Abou Haidar Z, Agodi C, Alvarez M. A. G, Aumann T, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Boehlen T. T, Boudard A, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone G. A. P, Cortes Giraldo M. A, Cuttone G, De Napoli M, Durante M, Gallardo M. I, Golosio B, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Krimmer J, Kurz N, Labalme M, Leifels Y, Le Fevre A, Leray S, Marchetto F, Monaco V, Morone M. C, OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Pleskac R, Quesada J. M, Randazzo N, Romano F, Rossi D, Rousseau M, Sacchi R, Sala P, Sarti A, Scheidenberger C, Schuy C, Sciubba A, Sfienti C, Simon H, SIPALA, Valeria, Tropea S, Vanstalle M, and Younis H.

Abstract

Hadrontherapy treatments use charged particles (e.g. protons and carbon ions) to treat tumors. During a therapeutic treatment with carbon ions, the beam undergoes nuclear fragmentation processes giving rise to significant yields of secondary charged particles. An accurate prediction of these production rates is necessary to estimate precisely the dose deposited into the tumours and the surrounding healthy tissues. Nowadays, a limited set of double differential carbon fragmentation cross-section is available. Experimental data are necessary to benchmark Monte Carlo simulations for their use in hadrontherapy. The purpose of the FIRST experiment is to study nuclear fragmentation processes of ions with kinetic energy in the range from 100 to 1000 MeV/u. Tracks are reconstructed using information from a pixel silicon detector based on the CMOS technology. The performances achieved using this device for hadrontherapy purpose are discussed. For each reconstruction step (clustering, tracking and vertexing), different methods are implemented. The algorithm performances and the accuracy on reconstructed observables are evaluated on the basis of simulated and experimental data.

Published
2014

36. The PRIMA (PRoton IMAging) collaboration: Development of a proton Computed Tomography apparatus

Author

Scaringella, M, Brianzi, M, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Scaringella M, Brianzi M, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, Zani M., Scaringella, M, Brianzi, M, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Scaringella M, Brianzi M, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, and Zani M.

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) apparatus able to reconstruct a map of stopping power useful for accurate proton therapy treatment planning and patient positioning. This system is based on two main components: a silicon microstrip tracker and a YAG:Ce crystal calorimeter. Each proton trajectory is sampled by the tracker in four points: two upstream and two downstream the object under test; the particle residual energy is measured by the calorimeter. The apparatus is described in details together with a discussion on the characterization of the hardware under proton beams with energies up to 175 MeV.

Published
2013

37. A proton Computed Tomography system for medical applications

Author

Sipala, V, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, SIPALA, Valeria, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, Zani M., Sipala, V, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, SIPALA, Valeria, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, and Zani M.

Abstract

Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) can improve the accuracy of both patient positioning and dose calculation in proton therapy, enabling to accurately reconstruct the electron density distribution of irradiated tissues. A pCT prototype, equipped with a silicon tracker and a YAG:Ce calorimeter, has been manufactured by an Italian collaboration. First tests under proton beam allowed obtaining good quality tomographic images of a non-homogeneous phantom. Manufacturing of a new large area system with real-time data acquisition is under way.

Published
2013

38. FIRST experiment: Fragmentation of ions relevant for space and therapy

Author

Agodi, C, Abou Haidar, Z, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Bohlen, T, Bondi, M, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cappuzzello, F, Cavallaro, M, Carbone, D, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernandez Garcia, J, Finck, C, Foti, A, Gallardo, M, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Lavagno, A, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Agodi C, Abou Haidar Z, Alvarez MAG, Aumann T, Balestra F, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Bohlen TT, Bondi M, Boudard A, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cappuzzello F, Cavallaro M, Carbone D, Cirrone GAP, Cortes Giraldo MA, Cuttone G, De Napoli M, Durante M, Fernandez Garcia JP, Finck C, Foti A, Gallardo MI, GOLOSIO, Bruno, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Juliani D, Krimmer J, Kurz N, Labalme M, Lavagno A, Leifels Y, Le Fevre A, Leray S, Marchetto F, Monaco V, Morone MC, Nicolosi D, OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Pleskac R, Quesada JM, Randazzo N, Romano F, Rossi D, Rosso V, Rousseau M, Sacchi R, Sala P, Sarti A, Scheidenberger C, Schuy C, Sciubba A, Sfienti C, Simon H, SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti E, Stuttge L, Tropea S, Younis H., Agodi, C, Abou Haidar, Z, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Bohlen, T, Bondi, M, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cappuzzello, F, Cavallaro, M, Carbone, D, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernandez Garcia, J, Finck, C, Foti, A, Gallardo, M, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Lavagno, A, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Agodi C, Abou Haidar Z, Alvarez MAG, Aumann T, Balestra F, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Bohlen TT, Bondi M, Boudard A, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cappuzzello F, Cavallaro M, Carbone D, Cirrone GAP, Cortes Giraldo MA, Cuttone G, De Napoli M, Durante M, Fernandez Garcia JP, Finck C, Foti A, Gallardo MI, GOLOSIO, Bruno, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Juliani D, Krimmer J, Kurz N, Labalme M, Lavagno A, Leifels Y, Le Fevre A, Leray S, Marchetto F, Monaco V, Morone MC, Nicolosi D, OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Pleskac R, Quesada JM, Randazzo N, Romano F, Rossi D, Rosso V, Rousseau M, Sacchi R, Sala P, Sarti A, Scheidenberger C, Schuy C, Sciubba A, Sfienti C, Simon H, SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti E, Stuttge L, Tropea S, and Younis H.

Abstract

Nuclear fragmentation processes are relevant in different fields of basic research and applied physics and are of particular interest for tumor therapy and for space radiation protection applications. The FIRST (Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy) experiment at SIS accelerator of GSI laboratory in Darmstadt, has been designed for the measurement of different ions fragmentation cross sections at different energies between 100 and 1000 MeV/nucleon. The experiment is performed by an international collaboration made of institutions from Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The experimental apparatus is partly based on an already existing setup made of the ALADIN magnet, the MUSIC IV TPC, the LAND2 neutron detector and the TOFWALL scintillator TOF system, integrated with newly designed detectors in the interaction Region (IR) around the carbon removable target: a scintillator Start Counter, a Beam Monitor drift chamber, a silicon Vertex Detector and a Proton Tagger for detection of light fragments emitted at large angles (KENTROS). The scientific program of the FIRST experiment started on summer 2011 with the study of the 400 MeV/nucleon 12C beam fragmentation on thin (8mm) carbon target.

Published
2013

39. Recent results on the development of a proton computed tomography system

Author

Civinini, C, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Civinini C, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Vanzi E, Zani M., Civinini, C, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Civinini C, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Vanzi E, and Zani M.

Abstract

Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) is a medical imaging technique based on the use of proton beams with energies above 200 MeV to directly measure stopping power distributions inside the tissue volume. Prima (PRoton IMAging) is an Italian collaboration working on the development of a pCT scanner based on a tracker and a calorimeter to measure single protons trajectory and residual energy. The tracker is composed of four planes of silicon microstrip detectors to measure proton entry and exit positions and angles. Residual energy is measured by a calorimeter composed of YAG:Ce scintillating crystals. A first prototype of pCT scanner, with an active area of about 5×5 cm2, has been constructed and characterized with 60 MeV protons at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (Italy) and with 180 MeV protons at Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala (Sweden). A new pre-clinical prototype with an extended active area up to 20×5 cm2, real time data acquisition and a data rate up to 1 MHz is under development. A description of the two prototypes will be presented together with first results concerning tomographic image reconstruction.

Published
2013

40. Towards a large area apparatus for Proton Computed Tomography

Author

Bruzzi, M, Brianzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Bruzzi, M., Brianzi, M., Bucciolini, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Pugliatti, C., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Scaringella, M., SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., Tesi, M., Vanzi, E., Zani, M., Bruzzi, M, Brianzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Bruzzi, M., Brianzi, M., Bucciolini, M., CARPINELLI, Massimo, Civinini, C., Cuttone, G., Lo Presti, D., Pallotta, S., Pugliatti, C., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Scaringella, M., SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano, C., Talamonti, C., Tesi, M., Vanzi, E., and Zani, M.

Abstract

Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) is a new imaging method with a potential for increasing accuracy of treatment planning and patient positioning in hadron therapy. A pCT system with small active area (5cm×5cm) has been already manufactured by authors. Tested under proton beams gave first promising results on radiography and tomographic reconstructions. Recent developments of a second prototype with large area (5×20cm2) in the perspective of a pre-clinical acquisition system is now being designed, details are given in this paper.

Published
2013

41. The FIRST experiment at GSI: Detector performances with a 400 MeV/u 12C beam

Author

Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Böhlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortés Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernández García, J, Finck, C, Gallardo, M, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, ., Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Lavagno, A, Leifels, Y, Le Févre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Abou Haidar Z, Agodi C, Alvarez M. A. G, Aumann T, Balestra F, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Böhlen T. T, Boudard A, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone G. A. P., Cortés Giraldo M. A, Cuttone G, De Napoli M, Durante M, Fernández García J. P, Finck C, Gallardo M. I, GOLOSIO, Bruno, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Juliani ., Krimmer J., Kurz N., Labalme M., Lavagno A., Leifels Y., Le Févre A., Leray S., Marchetto F., Monaco V., Morone M. C., Nicolosi D., OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A., Patera V., Piersanti L., Pleskac R., Quesada J. M., Randazzo N., Romano F., Rossi D., Rosso V., Rousseau M., Sacchi R., Sala P., Sarti A., Scheidenberger C., Schuy C., Sciubba A., Sfienti C., Simon H., SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti E., Stuttge L., Tropea S., Younis H., Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Böhlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortés Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernández García, J, Finck, C, Gallardo, M, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, ., Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Lavagno, A, Leifels, Y, Le Févre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Abou Haidar Z, Agodi C, Alvarez M. A. G, Aumann T, Balestra F, Battistoni G, Bocci A, Böhlen T. T, Boudard A, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone G. A. P., Cortés Giraldo M. A, Cuttone G, De Napoli M, Durante M, Fernández García J. P, Finck C, Gallardo M. I, GOLOSIO, Bruno, Iarocci E, Iazzi F, Ickert G, Introzzi R, Juliani ., Krimmer J., Kurz N., Labalme M., Lavagno A., Leifels Y., Le Févre A., Leray S., Marchetto F., Monaco V., Morone M. C., Nicolosi D., OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A., Patera V., Piersanti L., Pleskac R., Quesada J. M., Randazzo N., Romano F., Rossi D., Rosso V., Rousseau M., Sacchi R., Sala P., Sarti A., Scheidenberger C., Schuy C., Sciubba A., Sfienti C., Simon H., SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti E., Stuttge L., Tropea S., and Younis H.

Abstract

FIRST (Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy) is an experiment aimed at the measurement of double-differential cross sections, with respect to kinetic energy and scattering polar angle, of nuclear fragmentation processes in the energy range between 100 and 1000 MeV/u. The experiment was performed with the SIS accelerator at GSI (Darmstadt, Germany). During August 2011 a first set of data was collected using a 400 MeV/u 12C ion beam on carbon and gold targets. We present a description of the experimental apparatus and some preliminary results from the data acquisition and from the data analysis.

Published
2013

42. Experiment FIRST: Fragmentation of 12C beam at 400 MeV/u

Author

Introzzi, R, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Böhlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortés Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernández Garcia, J, Finck, C, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kummali, A, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Lavagno, A, Leifels, Y, Le Févre, A, Leray, S, Liu, B, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Samuel, S, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Toppi, M, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Introzzi, R., Abou Haidar, Z., Agodi, C., Alvarez, M. A. G., Aumann, T., Balestra, F., Battistoni, G., Bocci, A., Böhlen, T. T., Boudard, A., BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cortés Giraldo, M. A., Cuttone, G., De Napoli, M., Durante, M., Fernández Garcia, J. P., Finck, C., Golosio, B., Iarocci, E., Iazzi, F., Ickert, G., Juliani, D., Krimmer, J., Kummali, A. H., Kurz, N., Labalme, M., Lavagno, A., Leifels, Y., Le Févre, A., Leray, S., Liu, B., Marchetto, F., Monaco, V., Morone, M. C., Nicolosi, D., OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni, A., Patera, V., Piersanti, L., Pleskac, R., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Rossi, D., Rosso, V., Rousseau, M., Sacchi, R., Sala, P., Samuel, S., Sarti, A., Scheidenberger, C., Schuy, C., Sciubba, A., Sfienti, C., Simon, H., SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti, E., Stuttge, L., Toppi, M., Tropea, S., Younis, H., Introzzi, R, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Böhlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortés Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernández Garcia, J, Finck, C, Golosio, B, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kummali, A, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Lavagno, A, Leifels, Y, Le Févre, A, Leray, S, Liu, B, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Samuel, S, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Toppi, M, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Introzzi, R., Abou Haidar, Z., Agodi, C., Alvarez, M. A. G., Aumann, T., Balestra, F., Battistoni, G., Bocci, A., Böhlen, T. T., Boudard, A., BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cortés Giraldo, M. A., Cuttone, G., De Napoli, M., Durante, M., Fernández Garcia, J. P., Finck, C., Golosio, B., Iarocci, E., Iazzi, F., Ickert, G., Juliani, D., Krimmer, J., Kummali, A. H., Kurz, N., Labalme, M., Lavagno, A., Leifels, Y., Le Févre, A., Leray, S., Liu, B., Marchetto, F., Monaco, V., Morone, M. C., Nicolosi, D., OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni, A., Patera, V., Piersanti, L., Pleskac, R., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Rossi, D., Rosso, V., Rousseau, M., Sacchi, R., Sala, P., Samuel, S., Sarti, A., Scheidenberger, C., Schuy, C., Sciubba, A., Sfienti, C., Simon, H., SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti, E., Stuttge, L., Toppi, M., Tropea, S., and Younis, H.

Abstract

The knowledge about fragmentation processes in ion-ion interactions is fundamental in hadrontherapy and radiation protection in space missions. Hadrontherapy, based on 12C, features many advantages with respect to conventional radiation therapy with photons due to the possibility to shape the dose delivery region in tissues but side effects of the projectile fragmentation in healthy tissues are not negligible. NASA recently pointed out that measurements for some light ions and kinetic energies are missing in nuclear fragmentation databases. FIRST experiment aims to measure the fragmentation doubledifferential cross section of 12C in the energy range 100-1000 MeV/u on several elements, constituents of organic tissues and electronic devices, in order to fill some of the mentioned lack of information on light ions. A first set of data has been taken in 2011 at GSI (Darmstadt), using 12C beam at 400 MeV/u on C and Au targets. About 3·107 events with C target and 5 × 106 with Au target were recorded. Together with these data other sets of runs have been collected to calibrate the forward part of the whole experimental setup, the ToF-Wall. The calibration procedure and the detector performances, which fit the experiment requirements for what concerns efficiency, resolution and stability, will be illustrated. Moreover, some preliminary results concerning the 12C-12C elastic scattering, in agreement with the Rutherford model, will be presented.

Published
2013

43. The FIRST experiment at GSI

Author

Pleskac, R, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Bohlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernandez Garcia, J, Finck, C, Golosio, B, Gallardo, M, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Piersanti, L, Quesada, J, Raciti, G, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Patera, V, Alvarez, MAG, Bohlen, TT, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, GAP, Cortes Giraldo, MA, Fernandez Garcia, JP, Gallardo, MI, Morone, MC, OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A, Quesada, JM, SIPALA, Valeria, Patera, V., Pleskac, R, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Bohlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Fernandez Garcia, J, Finck, C, Golosio, B, Gallardo, M, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Piersanti, L, Quesada, J, Raciti, G, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, Patera, V, Alvarez, MAG, Bohlen, TT, BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, GAP, Cortes Giraldo, MA, Fernandez Garcia, JP, Gallardo, MI, Morone, MC, OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni A, Quesada, JM, SIPALA, Valeria, and Patera, V.

Abstract

The FIRST (Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy) experiment at the SIS accelerator of GSI laboratory in Darmstadt has been designed for the measurement of ion fragmentation cross-sections at different angles and energies between 100 and 1000 MeV/nucleon. Nuclear fragmentation processes are relevant in several fields of basic research and applied physics and are of particular interest for tumor therapy and for space radiation protection applications. The start of the scientific program of the FIRST experiment was on summer 2011 and was focused on the measurement of 400 MeV/nucleon 12C beam fragmentation on thin (8 mm) graphite target. The detector is partly based on an already existing setup made of a dipole magnet (ALADiN), a time projection chamber (TP-MUSIC IV), a neutron detector (LAND) and a time of flight scintillator system (TOFWALL). This pre-existing setup has been integrated with newly designed detectors in the Interaction Region, around the carbon target placed in a sample changer. The new detectors are a scintillator Start Counter, a Beam Monitor drift chamber, a silicon Vertex Detector and a Proton Tagger scintillator system optimized for the detection of light fragments emitted at large angles. In this paper we review the experimental setup, then we present the simulation software, the data acquisition system and finally the trigger strategy of the experiment.

Published
2012

44. The PRIMA (Proton Imaging) collaboration: Status of the development of a proton Computed Tomography Scanner

Author

Bruzzi, M, Brianzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Bruzzi M, Brianzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, SIPALA, Valeria, Scaringella M, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, Zani M., Bruzzi, M, Brianzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Sipala, V, Scaringella, M, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Bruzzi M, Brianzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, SIPALA, Valeria, Scaringella M, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, and Zani M.

Abstract

The PRIMA (Proton IMAging) experiment is aimed at developing a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) prototype based on tracking single protons. Approaches to the pCT consist in the use of silicon microstrip detectors to measure the position and direction of individual protons before and after they traverse the phantom, in view to reconstruct the trajectory of each proton, and a calorimeter for measuring particle residual energy. A small prototype was tested, under 62 MeV proton beam at Laboratory Nazionali del Sud, (Catania Italy) and under 180 MeV proton beam at Svedberg Laboratories, Uppsala Universitet, (Uppsala Sweden). Several experiments concerning proton imaging, tomography and radiography, were carried out during these beam tests. Radiographies have been reconstructed with different methods: results show the good performances of the device, with spatial resolution fulfilling the stringent requirements of a pCT device.

Published
2012

45. Development of a Proton Computed Tomography System for Pre-Clinical Tests

Author

Civinini, C, Brianzi, M, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Civinini C, Brianzi M, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, Zani M., Civinini, C, Brianzi, M, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Pugliatti, C, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Talamonti, C, Tesi, M, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Civinini C, Brianzi M, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Pugliatti C, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Talamonti C, Tesi M, Vanzi E, and Zani M.

Abstract

Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) is an imaging method under investigation with the aim to improve the accuracy of treatment planning and patient positioning in hadron therapy. A pCT system should be capable to measure tissue electron density with an accuracy better than 1% and with a spatial resolution better than 1mm. A first apparatus based on a silicon tracker and a YAG:Ce crystal calorimeter, with a 5×5 cm2 active area, has been already developed by the authors in the framework of the PRIMA (Proton Imaging) collaboration and tested with proton beams with promising results. A second prototype with larger area (5×20 cm2) and improved data acquisition system is being designed. The details about this new prototype will be presented in this work.

Published
2012

46. PRIMA Proton Imaging for Clinical Application

Author

Talamonti, C, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Talamonti C, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Vanzi E, Zani M., Talamonti, C, Bruzzi, M, Bucciolini, M, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Civinini, C, Cuttone, G, Lo Presti, D, Pallotta, S, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Scaringella, M, Sipala, V, Stancampiano, C, Vanzi, E, Zani, M, Talamonti C, Bruzzi M, Bucciolini M, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone GAP, Civinini C, Cuttone G, Lo Presti D, Pallotta S, Randazzo N, Romano F, Scaringella M, SIPALA, Valeria, Stancampiano C, Vanzi E, and Zani M.

Abstract

PRIMA project is an Italian project funded by INFN and MIUR (PRIN 2006), which developed a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) prototype based on tracking the single proton. PRIMA approaches to the pCT consist in the use of silicon detectors, which measure the energy and position of individual protons before and after they traverse the object. The device consists of a silicon microstrip tracker, used to reconstruct the trajectory of each proton, and a calorimeter that measure the particle residual energy. It is characterized by an active area of 5 × 5 cm2 and by an acquisition rate of 10kHz. PRIMA prototype was tested, under 62 MeV proton beam at Laboratory Nazionali del Sud, (Catania Italy) and under 180 MeV proton beam at Svedberg Laboratories, Uppsala Universitet, (Uppsala Sweden). Several experiments concerning proton imaging, tomography and radiography images, were carried out during these beam tests. In particular in this paper will be reported the PRIMA experience on the data acquired using special phantoms. The performed tests aimed to evaluate the clinical applicability of proton radiography in terms of image quality. In order to test spatial resolution, electron density resolution and energy resolution of the system, PRIMA group has developed suitable phantoms for radiography. The phantoms are custom-made and suitable for high-contrast spatial resolution. They are PolyMetilMetacrilate (PMMA) cylinders with holes of different size and depth. In particular, the phantom diameter was chosen accordingly with the tracker field of view while the phantom length depends on the beam quality: it was 20mm and 150mm for 60MeV and 180MeV proton beam respectively. In this paper the experimental setup will be described, radiographic images will be shown and quantitative results on spatial resolution will be reported.

Published
2012

47. The KENTROS detector for identification and kinetic energy measurements of nuclear fragments at polar angles between 5 and 90 degrees

Author

De Napoli, M, Agodi, C, Brunetti, A, Golosio, B, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Sipala, V, Abou Haidar, Z, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Bohlen, T, Bondi, M, Boudard, A, Carbone, D, Cappuzzello, F, Carpinelli, M, Cavallaro, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, Durante, M, Fernandez Garcia, J, Finck, C, Gallardo, M, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Introzzi, R, Ickert, G, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurtz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Raciti, G, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, BRUNETTI, Antonio, OLIVA, Piernicola, SIPALA, Valeria, Alvarez, MAG, Bohlen, TT, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, GAP, Cortes Giraldo, MA, Fernandez Garcia, J. P, Gallardo, MI, Morone, MC, Quesada, JM, Younis, H., De Napoli, M, Agodi, C, Brunetti, A, Golosio, B, Nicolosi, D, Oliva, P, Sipala, V, Abou Haidar, Z, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Balestra, F, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Bohlen, T, Bondi, M, Boudard, A, Carbone, D, Cappuzzello, F, Carpinelli, M, Cavallaro, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, Durante, M, Fernandez Garcia, J, Finck, C, Gallardo, M, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Introzzi, R, Ickert, G, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurtz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, Y, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Raciti, G, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rosso, V, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, Younis, H, BRUNETTI, Antonio, OLIVA, Piernicola, SIPALA, Valeria, Alvarez, MAG, Bohlen, TT, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, GAP, Cortes Giraldo, MA, Fernandez Garcia, J. P, Gallardo, MI, Morone, MC, Quesada, JM, and Younis, H.

Abstract

KENTROS (Kinetic ENergy and Time Resolution Optimized on Scintillator) is a relatively compact detector that has been projected and constructed in the framework of the INFN FRAG and TPS experiments. KENTROS has been designed for energy deposition and time of flight measurements of charged particles. The detector ensures an angular coverage from about 5 degrees up to about 90 degrees polar angle in the laboratory frame. Recently KENTROS has been used as part of the FIRST experiment, devoted to measure double differential fragmentation cross sections, with the aim to detect light fragments produced in the nuclear fragmentation process.

Published
2012

48. The FIRST experiment for nuclear fragmentation measurements at GSI

Author

Golosio, B, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Böhlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Finck, C, Hannan, Y, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, I, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Masala, G, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, GOLOSIO, Bruno, Abou Haidar, Z., Agodi, C., Alvarez, M. A. G., Aumann, T., Battistoni, G., Bocci, A., Böhlen, T. T., Boudard, A., BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cortes Giraldo, M. A., Cuttone, G., De Napoli, M., Durante, M., Finck, C., Hannan, Y., Iarocci, E., Iazzi, F., Ickert, G., Introzzi, R., Juliani, D., Krimmer, J., Kurz, N., Labalme, M., Leifels, I., Le Fevre, A., Leray, S., Marchetto, F., Masala, G. L., Monaco, V., Morone, M. C., OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni, A., Patera, V., Piersanti, L., Pleskac, R., Quesada, J. M., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Rossi, D., Rousseau, M., Sacchi, R., Sala, P., Sarti, A., Scheidenberger, C., Schuy, C., Sciubba, A., Sfienti, C., Simon, H., SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti, E., Stuttge, L., Tropea, S., Golosio, B, Abou Haidar, Z, Agodi, C, Alvarez, M, Aumann, T, Battistoni, G, Bocci, A, Böhlen, T, Boudard, A, Brunetti, A, Carpinelli, M, Cirrone, G, Cortes Giraldo, M, Cuttone, G, De Napoli, M, Durante, M, Finck, C, Hannan, Y, Iarocci, E, Iazzi, F, Ickert, G, Introzzi, R, Juliani, D, Krimmer, J, Kurz, N, Labalme, M, Leifels, I, Le Fevre, A, Leray, S, Marchetto, F, Masala, G, Monaco, V, Morone, M, Oliva, P, Paoloni, A, Patera, V, Piersanti, L, Pleskac, R, Quesada, J, Randazzo, N, Romano, F, Rossi, D, Rousseau, M, Sacchi, R, Sala, P, Sarti, A, Scheidenberger, C, Schuy, C, Sciubba, A, Sfienti, C, Simon, H, Sipala, V, Spiriti, E, Stuttge, L, Tropea, S, GOLOSIO, Bruno, Abou Haidar, Z., Agodi, C., Alvarez, M. A. G., Aumann, T., Battistoni, G., Bocci, A., Böhlen, T. T., Boudard, A., BRUNETTI, Antonio, CARPINELLI, Massimo, Cirrone, G. A. P., Cortes Giraldo, M. A., Cuttone, G., De Napoli, M., Durante, M., Finck, C., Hannan, Y., Iarocci, E., Iazzi, F., Ickert, G., Introzzi, R., Juliani, D., Krimmer, J., Kurz, N., Labalme, M., Leifels, I., Le Fevre, A., Leray, S., Marchetto, F., Masala, G. L., Monaco, V., Morone, M. C., OLIVA, Piernicola, Paoloni, A., Patera, V., Piersanti, L., Pleskac, R., Quesada, J. M., Randazzo, N., Romano, F., Rossi, D., Rousseau, M., Sacchi, R., Sala, P., Sarti, A., Scheidenberger, C., Schuy, C., Sciubba, A., Sfienti, C., Simon, H., SIPALA, Valeria, Spiriti, E., Stuttge, L., and Tropea, S.

Abstract

Nuclear fragmentation processes are relevant in different fields of physics concerning both basic research and applications. FIRST (Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy) is an experiment aimed at the measurement of double differential cross sections (DDCS), with respect to kinetic energy and scattering polar angle, of nuclear fragmentation processes relevant for hadron therapy and for space radiation protection applications, in the energy range between 100 and 1000 MeV/u. The experiment was mounted at the GSI laboratories of Darmstadt, in Germany. A first data taking was performed in August 2011, using 400 MeV/u 12C on carbon and gold targets. In this work we present a description of the experimental apparatus and some figures from the data acquisition and from the preliminary work on data analysis.

Published
2012

49. A 3-D large area imaging sistem with very high performances

Author

Lo Presti, Domenico, primary, Russo, Giovanni Valerio, additional, Randazzo, Nunzio, additional, Aiello, Sebastiano, additional, Longhitano, Fabio, additional, Bonanno, Danilo, additional, Sipala, Valeria, additional, Leonora, Emanuele, additional, Russo, Marco, additional, Cirrone, Giuseppe A. P., additional, and Romano, Francesco, additional

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2012
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50. Upgrade of the Proton Computed Tomography System of the PRIMA Project

Author

Sipala, Valeria, primary, Bruzzi, Mara, additional, bucciolini, marta, additional, Brianzi, Mirko, additional, Cirrone, Giuseppe A. P., additional, Civinini, Carlo, additional, CUTTONE, Giacomo, additional, Lo Presti, Domenico, additional, Pallotta, Stefania, additional, Randazzo, Nunzio, additional, Scaringella, Monica, additional, Stancampiano, Concetta, additional, Talamonti, Cinzia, additional, and Tesi, Mauro, additional

Published
2012
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