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Novel ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors

Recent papers

  • Gregor G. Taylor, Rok Dolenec, Won-Yong Ha, Francesco Gramuglia, Dania Consuegra Rodríguez, Prabhleen Singh, Utku Karaca, Ming-Lo Wu, Rok Pestotnik, Edoardo Charbon, Claudio Bruschini, Developing photodetectors for future RICH particle detector applications, Proceedings Volume 13373, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering XII; 133730B (2025) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3041096
  • M. Bartolini, R. Bolzonella, F. Borgato, R. Cardinale, L.N. Cojocariu, A. Cotta Ramusino, V. Duk, L. Fantini, D. Foulds-Holt, F. Keizer, R. Malaguti, L. Malentacca, G. Martelli, S. Minutoli, S. Okamura, F. Oliva, R. Pestotnik, D. Piedigrossi, V.M. Placinta, A. Seljak and S.A. Wotton, LHCb RICH Fast-timing photon detection at the SPS charged particle beam, March 2025 , Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 20, DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/20/03/P03034
  • A. Lozar et al., Study of new aerogel radiators for the LHCb RICH upgrade, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1056 (2023) 168577 DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168577
  • L. Šantelj et al., Recent developments in data reconstruction for aerogel RICH at Belle II, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1055 (2023) 168502, e-Print: 2305.18347 [physics.ins-det]
  • S. Korpar, P. Križan. Solid state single photon sensors for the RICH application Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 970 (2020), 163804. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2020.163804
  • Y.T. Lai, I. Adachi, L. Burmistrov, K. Furui, T. Iijima et al. Performance of the Belle II aerogel-based ring-imaging Cherenkov counter system in SuperKEKB 2019 phase 3 operation. JINST 15 (2020) 07, C07039 DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/07/C07039
  • L. Burmistrov, I. Adachi, F. Le Diberder, R. Dolenec, K. Hataya et al. Belle II aerogel RICH detector. Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 958 (2020), 162232 DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.05.073
  • S. Tamechika, I. Adachi, L. Burmistrov, F. Le Diberder, K. Hataya et al. Development of alignment algorithm for Belle II Aerogel RICH counter. Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 952 (2020), 162337 DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.162337

All our papers in the field [INSPIRE-HEP]

Recent talks and seminars

Peter Križan, Blue-sky research for particle physics, review talk, HEP workshop/conference, Hong Kong, January 2022 [pdf]

Novel photosensors with associated electronics

Recent papers

  • Rok Pestotnik, Dania Consuegra, Rok Dolenec, Samo Korpar, Peter Križan, Andrej Seljak, Silicon photomultipliers for future HEP experiments, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 1068, 2024, 169776, ISSN 0168-9002, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169776.
  • Dania Consuegra Rodríguez, Rok Dolenec, Peter Križan, Samo Korpar, Andrej Seljak, Dejan Žontar, Tinka Drozdek and Rok Pestotnik, Radiation hardness and annealing study of neutron-irradiated silicon photomultipliers, June 2025, Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 20,  6th International Workshop on New Photon-Detector, JINST 20 C06033 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/06/C06033
  • Consuegra Rodríguez, D., Dolenec, R., Križan, P. et al. Characterisation of neutron-irradiated SiPMs down to liquid nitrogen temperature. Eur. Phys. J. C 84, 970 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13302-7
  • R. Dolenec et al., Experimental results using large area picosecond photo-detectors, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1069 (2024) 169864; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169864 (open access)
  • D. Consuegra Rodríguez et al., Characterization of neutron-irradiated SiPMs down to liquid nitrogen temperature, Eur. Phys. J. C 84, 970 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13302-7 (open access)
  • P. Križan. Novel photon detectors. Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1065 (2024) 169482. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169482 (open access)
  • A. Seljak et al., LAPPD operation using ToFPETv2 PETSYS ASIC, JINST 18 (2023) 02, C02007. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/18/02/C02007
  • S. Korpar, P. Križan. Solid state single photon sensors for the RICH application. Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 970 (2020), 163804. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2020.163804
  • R. Pestotnik, I. Adachi, L. Burmistrov (Orsay, LAL), F. Le Diberder, R. Dolenec et al. Front-end electronics of the Belle II aerogel ring imaging detector. Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 952 (2020), 161711. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.12.026
  • Y. Yusa, I. Adachi, R. Dolenec, K. Hayata, S. Iori et al. Test of the HAPD light sensor for the Belle II Aerogel RICH. Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 876 (2017), 149-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.046

All our papers in the field [INSPIRE-HEP]

Recent talks and seminars

Dania Consuegra Rodríguez, SiPMs for Belle II ARICH, Phose2023 – Workshop on “Photodetectors and sensors for particle identification and new physics searches”, CERN, November 2022 [pdf]

Novel detection methods for positron emission tomography, PET and TOF PET

Recent papers

  • Gašper Razdevšek, Georges El Fakhri, Thibault Marin, Rok Dolenec, Matic Orehar, Yanis Chemli, Alberto Giacomo Gola, David Gascon, Stan Majewski, Rok Pestotnik, Flexible and modular PET: Evaluating the potential of TOF‐DOI panel detectors,(2025) Medical Physics 52(5):2845-2860, DOI: 10.1002/mp.17741
  • M. Orehar et al., “Flat Panel TOF-PET Detectors: a Simulation Study,” 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD), Tampa, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-2, https://dpo.org/10.1109/NSS/MIC/RTSD57108.2024.10658250.
  • M. Orehar, R. Dolenec, G. El Fakhri, S. Korpar, P. Križan , G. Razdevšek, T. Marin, D. Žontar and R. Pestotnik. Design Optimisation of a Flat-Panel, Limited-Angle TOF-PET Scanner: A Simulation Study. 2022. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 1976. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14171976
  • T. Marin et al., “Long-Axial Field-Of-View Limited-Angle PET System with Ultra-High Time-Of-Flight and Depth-Of-Interaction,” 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD), Tampa, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/NSS/MIC/RTSD57108.2024.10658297.
  • Y. Chemli et al., “Integration of a continuously varying image-space PSF for a dual-panel ultra-high TOF-PET scanner,” 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD), Tampa, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-1, doi: 10.1109/NSS/MIC/RTSD57108.2024.10656225.
  • G. Razdevšek, R. Pestotnik, P. Križan, S. Korpar, D. Consuegra, A. Seljak, A. Studen, R. Dolenec. Exploring the potential of a Cherenkov TOF PET scanner: a simulation study. IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TRPMS.2022.320213
  • G. Razdevšek, R. Pestotnik, P. Križan, S. Korpar, D. Consuegra, A. Seljak, A. Studen, R. Dolenec. Exploring the potential of a Cherenkov TOF PET scanner: a simulation study. IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TRPMS.2022.3202138
  • G. Razdevšek, R. Dolenec, P. Križan, S. Majewski, A. Studen, S. Korpar, G. El Fakhri, R. Pestotnik. Multi-panel limited angle PET system with 50 ps FWHM coincidence time resolution : a simulation study. IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TRPMS.2021.3115704
  • D. Consuegra, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik, G. Razdevšek, R. Dolenec. Simulation study to improve the performance of a whole-body PbF2 Cherenkov TOF-PET scanner. Physics in Medicine & Biology. 2020, vol. 65, p. 055013-1-055013-12. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab6f97
  • R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik. Ultrafast detection in particle physics and positron emission tomography using SiPMs. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment. 2017, vol. 876, p. 257-259, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.04.036
  • R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik, N. Verdel. The performance of silicon photomultipliers in Cherenkov TOF PET. IEEE transactions on nuclear science. 2016, vol. 63, p. 2478-2481. DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2015.2512564
  • R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik. Cherenkov TOF PET with silicon photomultipliers. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol. 804, p. 127-131, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.059
  • S. Korpar, R. Dolenec, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik. Study of a Cherenkov TOF-PET module. Vol. 732,. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research, A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol. 732, p. 595-598 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.137
  • S. Korpar, R. Dolenec, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik. Study of TOF PET using Cherenkov light. Physics procedia, vol. 37, p. 1531-1536, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2012.03.750
  • S. Korpar, R. Dolenec, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik. Study of TOF PET using Cherenkov light. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment. 2011, vol. 654, no. 1, p. 532-538. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.035
  • R. Verheyden, H. Chagani, R. Dolenec, R. Pestotnik, P. Križan, S. Korpar, A. Stanovnik. Performance study of silicon photomultipliers as photon detectors for PET. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research, vol. 628, no. 1, p. 381-384, 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.006

Recent conference proceedings

  • R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik. Efficiency of a Cherenkov based PET module with an array of SiPMs. Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research, A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol. 952, p. 162327-1-162327-3, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.06.068
  • D. Consuegra, R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik. Improving the Cherenkov based PET performance using multi-layer detectors. 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) : 26 Oct. 2 Nov. 2019, Manchester, United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9059871
  • R. Verheyden, S. Korpar, P. Križan, A. Stanovnik, R. Pestotnik, R. Dolenec. Performance study of Silicon Photomultipliers as photon detectors for PET. 2010 IEEE nuclear science symposium. Medical Imaging Conference, and 7th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-ray and Gamma-ray Detectors, October 30 – November 6, 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee. DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874025
  • R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik, R. Verheyden. Time-of-flight measurements with Cherenkov photons produced by 511 keV photons in lead crystals. 2010 IEEE nuclear science symposium. Medical Imaging Conference, and 7th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X-ray and Gamma-ray Detectors, October 30 – November 6, 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee. DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873765

Recent talks and seminars

  • Panel TOF PET imager, MEDAMI2022 Workshop, September 2022 [link]
  • Particle Detectors, 2nd JENNIFER2 Summer School, July 2021 [pdf: part 1, part 2]

Detectors for life sciences

Recent conference proceedings

  • R. Pestotnik, R. Dolenec, A. Seljak, M. Mrak. Real-time fluorescence lifetime acquisition system. 13th International Technology Transfer Conference – 13 ITTC. 8. oktober 2020, 8 October 2020, Ljubljana, Slovenia. [pdf]
  • R. Dolenec, A. Seljak. Real-time Fluorescence Lifetime Acquisition System (RfLAS). ATTRACT online conference report : igniting the deep tech revolution : 22-23 Sep. 2020. [pdf]

Recent talks and seminars

  • Overlapping technologies, ECFA Detector R+D Roadmap Symposium TF4, May 2021 [pdf]