INSTRUMENTATION FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE
Research and development projects funded by INFN:
- APiX2 - Position sensitive CMOS Avalanche Pixels
- CALOCUBE - large acceptance cosmic-ray 3D calorimeter
- SPIDER2 - SiPM based FDIRC detector
- SPIDER - custom ASIC and FE electronics for SiPM readout
- MATRIX - silicon pixel charged detector and FE electronics
- CREAM - multi-TeV cosmic-ray calorimeter
Joint research projects by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Ministero della Ricerca Scientifica and the University of Siena:
- PRIN (2000-2002) - front-end ASIC with very large dynamic range
- PRIN
(2002-2004) - development of cosmic-ray silicon pixel arrays
- PRIN
(2005-2007) - SiPM based acrylic Cherenkov detector
Balloon and space missions:
- CREAM - balloon flights from Antarctica (NASA, INFN, PNRA)
- CALET - space mission on the ISS funded by JAXA, ASI, NASA
- contact : marrocchesi@pi.infn.it, marrocchesi@unisi.it