Date:  Wednesday 03 July 2019
Speaker:  Tim Durkin, Giulio Villani and John Matheson (PPD/RAL)
Title:  "New initiatives on silicon sensors, health technology and astronomical cameras"


Silicon Sensors - Giulio Villani: PPD at RAL has been involved for long time in a number of HEP detectors development 
and plays internationally an important role. I will describe our current and future activities in the field of HEP 
detectors with particular emphasis on new developments and radiation hardness investigation of CMOS sensors.

Health technology - John Matheson: Molecular radiotherapy (MRT) is a rapidly expanding field of cancer therapy that 
uses radioactive elements to selectively destroy cancer cells. Recent advances have led to increased use of?alpha-emitting 
radiopharmaceuticals in MRT. Many alpha-emitting radiopharmaceuticals also emit secondary X-rays or gammas, making it 
possible to image the distribution of the radiopharmaceutical in the patient's body. There is a need to develop new 
technology capable of accurately imaging alpha-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. STFC (PPD and TD), Leicester University, the 
Royal Surrey County Hospital and NPL are working to develop a novel gamma camera for this application, based on STFC’s 
Hexitec technology. I will summarise the work, for which we have applied for funding.

Parts Bin Engineering - Tim Durkin: Camera CCD Cooling on a very low Budget to aid the discovery of supermassive black holes.