Table Of ContentAstroparticle, Particle and
Space Physics, Detectors
and Medical Physics Applications
Proceedings of the 11 th Conference
Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Radiation Interaction,
Detectors and Medical Physics Applications
Series Editors: Claude Leroy (Universite de Montreal, Canada)
Pier-Giorgio Rancoita (Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
(INFN), Italy)
The book series is dedicated to an up-do-date coverage of investigations, physics
requirements, survey of technologies and performance of detectors employed - or to
be employed - in fundamental and particle physics experiments at accelerators,
underground laboratories, submarine facilities, and in space environment, including Earth
magnetosphere and heliosphere, for astroparticle and cosmic-ray physics experiments and
astrophysics research, special applications like medical imaging, radiotherapy, simulation
codes for dose estimates in radiotherapy, biological effects, radiation effects on devices,
synchrotron radiation and new advanced detectors.
Vol. 1 Advanced Technology and Particle Physics
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on ICA TPP-7
edited by M. Barone, E. Borchi, J. Huston, C. Leroy, P. G. Rancoita
P. Riboni & R. Ruchti
Vol. 2 Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical
Physics Applications
Proceedings of the 8th Conference
edited by M. Barone, E. Borchi, C. Leroy, P. -G. Rancoita, P. -L. Riboni
& R. Ruchti
Vol. 3 Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical
Physics Applications
Proceedings of the 9th Conference
edited by M. Barone, E. Borchi, A. Gaddi, C. Leroy, L. Price,
P.-G. Rancoita & R. Ruchti
Vol. 4 Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical
Physics Applications
Proceedings of the 10th Conference
edited by M. Barone, A. Gaddi, C. Leroy, L. Price, P.-G. Rancoita & R. Ruchti
Vol. 5 Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical
Physics Applications
Proceedings of the 11 th Conference
edited by C. Leroy, P.-G. Rancoita, M. Barone, A. Gaddi, L. Price, & R. Ruchti
Astroparticle, Particle and
Space Physics, Detectors
and Medical Physics Applications
Proceedings of the 11 th Conference
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy 5 - 9 October 2009
Editors
Claude leroy
Universite de Montreal, Canada
Pier-Giorgio Rancoita
INFN Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Michele Barone
NCSR Demokritos, Greece
Andrea Gaddi
CERN, Switzerland
larry Price
Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Randal Ruchti
University of Notre Dame, USA
't»
World Scientific
NEW JERSEY· LONDON· SINGAPORE· BEIJING· SHANGHAI· HONG KONG· TAIPEI· CHENNAI
Published by
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224
USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601
UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE
British Library Cataloguing-in. Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Astroparticie, Particie, Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Vol. 5
ASTROPARTICLE, PARTICLE AND SPACE PHYSICS, DETECTORS AND
MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATIONS
Proceedings of the 11th Conference on ICATPP·11
Copyright © 2010 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval
system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher.
For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright
Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to
photocopy is not required from the publisher.
ISBN-13978-981-4307-51-2
ISBN-IO 981-4307-51-3
Printed in Singapore by Mainland Press Pte Ltd
v
Organizing Committee:
E. Borchi INFN and University of Florence
C. Leroy University of Montreal
L. Price ANL
P.G. Rancoita INFN Milano-Bicocca (chairman)
R. Ruchti University of Notre Dame
Industry Organizing Committee:
M. Barone Democritos Athens
A. Gaddi CERN
Session Oraganizers and International Advisory Committee:
D. Abbaneo CERN
S. Baccaro ENEA-Rome
P. Binko ISDC and University of Geneva
A. Capone INFN and University "La Sapienza", Rome
F. Favata ESA HQ, Paris
S. Giani CERN
V. Hagopian Florida State University
K. Kudela Slovak Academy of Science, Kosice
E. Nappi INFN-Bari
S. Pospisil CTU Prague
T.J. Ruth TRIUMF
J. Seguinot College de France, Paris
V. Sossi University of British Columbia, Vancouver
S. Volonte ESA HQ, Paris
Scientific Organization Assistence:
P. Bobik Slovak Academy of Science, Kosice
D. Grandi INFN Milano-Bicocca
vi
Plenary Session Organizers:
A. Capone Astroparticle and Underground Experiments
F. Favata Space Experiments
S. Giani Software Applications
E. Nappi and J. Seguinot Advanced Detectors and Particle Identification
L. Price and R. Ruchti High Energy Physics Experiments
R. Ruchti Accelerator and Computer Data/Networking
Developments
V. Sossi Radiotherapy and Medical Imaging
Parallel Session Organizers:
D. Abbaneo Tracker and Silicon Tracker
S. Baccaro Radiation Damage
P. Binko and S. Giani Software Applications
A. Capone Astroparticle and Underground Experiments
F. Favata Space Experiments
V. Hagopian Poster Session
K. Kudela Energetic Particles in Heliosphere and Earth
Magnetosphere
C. Leroy Calorimetry
E. Nappi and J. Seguinot Advanced Detectors and Particle Identification
S. Pospisil Medical Application Instrumentation
L. Price and R. Ruchti High Energy Physics Experiments
V. Sossi Radiotherapy and Medical Imaging
Conference Secretariat:
A. Cazzaniga Centro di Cultura Scientifica A. Volta, Como
M. Falasconi Centro di Cultura Scientifica A. Volta, Como
N. Tansini Centro di Cultura Scientifica A. Volta, Como
vii
PREFACE OF THE BOOK SERIES EDITORS
The Proceedings of the 11th International Conferences on Advanced Technology
and Particle Physics (ICATTP) on " Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Detec
tors and Medical Physics Applications" is part - as the 5th volume - of the new
book series on "Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Radiation Interaction, De
tectors and Medical Physics Applications". These proceedings are also available as
ebooks and eproceedings. The inclusion of the Conference Proceedings is aimed at
allowing participants that present articles at ICATTP conferences - particularly,
PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows - to increase their number of citations once
their manuscripts are accepted for publication in the Conference Proceedings. Being
published and available electronically, the articles have a DOl registration-number,
a long-term retention and accessibility which increase the chances of these works
being cited. Furthermore, these articles are (or in the process to be) accounted for
in databases, like that of ISIWEB of knowledge. The Proceedings of the 7th, 8th,
9th and 10th Conferences are the first four volumes of the book series.
The ICATTP conferences are dedicated to physics requirements, survey of tech
nologies and performance of detectors employed (or to be employed) in fundamental
and particle physics experiments at accelerators, underground laboratories, subma
rine facilities, and in space environments for astroparticle physics experiments and
astrophysics research, special applications like medical imaging, radiotherapy, soft
ware for dose estimate in radiotherapy, radiation effects on devices, synchrotron
radiation and new detectors. Presentations usually include the following subjects:
colliding beam machines, non accelerator facilities, space facilities, specialized detec
tors, calorimetry, tracking devices, particle identification, data transmission, data
acquisition, semiconductors, medical applications, radiotherapy, radiation damage
effects and software developments, including GEANT4 applications. These confer
ences are also aimed at promoting contacts among scientists involved in particle
and fundamental physics, experimental physicists in other fields and representatives
from industry.
The present book series is dedicated to an up-to-date coverage of investigations,
physics requirements, survey of technologies and performance of detectors employed
-or to be employed -in fundamental and particle physics experiments at accelerators,
underground laboratories, submarine facilities, and in space environment - including
Earth magnetosphere and heliosphere - for astroparticle and cosmic-ray physics
experiments and astrophysics research, special applications like medical imaging,
radiotherapy, simulation codes for dose estimates in radiotherapy, biological effects,
radiation effects on devices, synchrotron radiation and new advanced detectors. The
book series is, therefore, well suited for inclusion of these Proceedings.
Previously, the conference Proceedings were published as:
1st Conference: E. Borchi, T. Ferbel, A. Penzo and P.G. Rancoita (Editors), Pro
ceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advanced Technology and
Particle Physics, Como 13-17 June 1988, North Holland, Nucl. Instr and
Meth. A 279, Nos 1,2 (1989);
2nd Conference: E. Borchi, T. Ferbel, D. Nygren, A. Penzo and P.G. Rancoita (Ed-
viii
itors), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technol
ogy and Particle Physics, Como 11-15 June 1990, North-Holland, Nucl. Phys.
B (Proc. Supp.) 23A (1991);
3rd Conference: E. Borchi, T. Ferbel, D. Nygren, A. Penzo and P.G.R ancoita
(Editors), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Tech
nology and Particle Physics, Como 22-26 June 1992, North-Holland, Nucl.
Phys. B (Proc. Supp.) 32 (1993);
4th Conference: E. Borchi, J. Huston, S. Majewki, A. Penzo and P.G. Rancoita
(Editors), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Tech
nology and Particle Physics, Como 3-7 October 1994, North-Holland, Nucl.
Phys. B (Proc. Supp.) 44 (1995);
5th Conference: E. Borchi, J. Huston, S. Majewki, A. Penzo and P.G. Rancoita
(Editors), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Tech
nology and Particle Physics, Como 7-11 October 1996, North-Holland, Nucl.
Phys. B (Proc. Supp.) 61 (1998);
6th Conference: E. Borchi, J. Huston, S. Majewki, A.Penzo and P.G. Rancoita
(Editors), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advanced Tech
nology and Particle Physics, Como 5-9 October 1998, North-Holland, Nucl.
Phys. B (Proc. Supp.) 78 (1999).
Articles published in the Proceedings listed above are already accounted for in
databases, like that of ISIWEB of knowledge.
The Book Series Editors
Claude Leroy and Pier-Giorgio Rancoita
December 2009
ix
PREFACE TO PRESENT VOLUME
The exploration of the subnuclear world is done through increasingly complex ex
periments covering a wide range of energy and performed in a large variety of en
vironments going from particle accelerators, underground detectors up to satellites
and space laboratory. The achievement of these research programs calls for novel
techniques, new materials and new instrumentation to be used in detectors, often
of large scale. Therefore, particle physics is at the forefront of technological advance
and also leads to many applications. Among these, medical applications have a par
ticular importance due to health and social benefits they bring to the public. The
International Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics is held every
two years. The Conference held during the week 5-9 October 2009 at the" Centro
di Cultura Scientifica A. Volta" was the 11th Edition and again welcomed a large
participation. There were more than 230 participants representing more than 150
institutions from 29 countries. The Participants were experienced researchers but
also graduate students and recent postdoctoral fellows, students receiving financial
support from the Conference organization.
The conference allows a regular review of the advances made in all technological
aspects of the experiments at various stages, data taking, upgrade or in prepara
tion. The open and flexible format of the Conference is conducive to fruitful ex
changes of points of view among participants, permits the measure of the progresses
made and indicate research directions. This year many contributions were reporting
commissioning and cosmics data taken by the various experiments at LHC, showing
their readiness for the coming physics phase.
The medical sessions gave an interesting example of merging advanced technol
ogy, particle physics and numerical t€~hniques.
Plenary and parallel sessions covered:
1 Advanced Detectors and Particle Identification (organized by E. Nappi and
J. Seguinot),
2 Astroparticle Physics and Underground Experiments (organized by A. Capone),
3 Space Experiments (organized by F. Favata),
4 Heliosphere and Earth Magnetosphere (organized by K. Kudela),
5 Calorimetry (organized by C. Leroy),
6 Software Applications (organized by P. Binko and S. Giani),
7 High Energy Physics Experiments (organized by L. Price and R. Ruchti),
8 Accelerator and Computer Data/Networking Developments (organized by R. Ruchti),
9 Medical Application Instrumentation (organized by S.Pospisil),
10 Radiotherapy and Medical Imaging (organized by V. Sossi),
11 Radiation Damage (organized by S. Baccaro) and
