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Develop a new ultra fast detector based on silicon and capable of providing a four-dimensional image of the
\nparticles that pass through it, simultaneously “photographing” both the position and time of transit of the
\nparticles: this is the core of the Ultra-Fast Silicon Detector (UFSD) project proposed by Nicolo Cartiglia of the
\nINFN Turin section and winner of an ERC Advanced Grant of 1.8 million euros lasting five years.
\nThe project is based on the development of a new type of silicon detector, similar to those used in many
\nparticle physics experiments, but which is characterised by the ability to determine the time of transit of a
\nparticle in an extremely precise manner, with a resolution of approximately 10 picoseconds. That is: a detector
\ncapable of an accuracy of 10 thousandths of a billionth of a second and equal, in the spatial dimensions, to
\nthat of a very thin hair.
\nThe possibility of adding the time dimension to the tracking process is critical to properly associate
\nthe particles that belong to the same event, discarding instead those that transited in the detector at
\nsubsequent times. This new type of technology can be applied in contexts in which the detector must be
\nvery thin or very resistant to radiation, such as for example in oncological hadrontherapy in which very high
\nprecision technologies are developed to be used in dosimetry.
\nThe activity that led to proposing the Ultra-Fast Silicon Detector project began in 2013 as part of the research
\nof the Fifth National Commission INFN, which deals with technological and interdisciplinary research, and
\nthanks to the collaboration between the Turin INFN division, Trento and Florence INFN groups and the Bruno
\nKessler Foundation (FBK). The Turin INFN division, which coordinate the project, will take care of the design,
\ndrawing and testing of the sensors, and will be also involved in the development of a simulator of silicon
\ndetectors (Weightfield2 project).
\nIn 2014, UFSD was recognised as an “Italy-USA project of great scientific importance” and received a grant
\nfor a period of two years from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2015, it has been included in the European
\nproject AIDA2 (Advanced European Infrastructures for Detector Accelerators).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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