Thursday 1 July 2010   This seminar is organised through the STFC Detector Network

Location:   To be held in Pickavance lecture Theatre, R22, RAL

Speaker:   Valery Pugatch   (Head of the HEP Department, Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research)

Title:   Metal Foil Detectors: Physics, Techniques & Applications

Abstract:

In this talk we will present the physics principle of operation of thin Metal Foil Detectors (MFD), and
the technology production as well as the technical realisation of measuring systems (from 1 m^2 to 10 ?m^2)
used for detecting charged particle fluxes. MFD systems built for the HERA-B (DESY, Hamburg),  LHCb (CERN)
as well as other experiments will be described briefly. Novel Metal Microstrip as well as Micropixel
Detectors (MMD) will be described  in a more detailed way as promising devices for measuring and imaging
ion and synchrotron radiation beams. The studies of the sensor response  as function of ion mass, charge,
energy and detection position  will be summarised. The advantages and applications of the MDD will be
discussed.

Advantages of the MMD:
.          High Radiation tolerance (~100 MGy)
.          Nearly transparent sensor  ~1 ?m thick
.          Low operation voltage (20 V)
.          Perfect spatial resolution (up to few ?m)
.          Unique, well advanced production technology
.          Commercially available readout hardware and software. 
Applications of the MMD:
.          Micro-beam Profile Monitoring for Particles and Synchrotron Radiation
.          Detectors at the focal plane of mass-spectrometers and electron microscopes
.          Imaging sensors for X-ray and charged particle applications
.          Precise dose distribution measurements for micro-biology, medicine (mammography, dental treatment,
           hadron-therapy) etc