Imaging and detection of charged particles using the Medipix and Timepix chips

by Michael Campbell (CERN)

Tuesday 11 Jun 2019, 16:15 → 18:15 Europe/Berlin

Main Auditorium (Max Planck Institute for Physics)

Hybrid pixel detectors, first developed as tracking detectors for the LHC experiments, have found numerous applications both inside and outside the domain of High Energy Physics. The Medipix and Timepix readout chips when combined with different sensor materials are used in classrooms, at synchrotron light sources, as mixed field radiation monitors on the International Space Station and in many other applications. Most recently clinical trials have started in the domain of medical spectroscopic X-ray radiology, an imaging modality made possible by the detection of X-rays one by one. This seminar will provide an overview of the Medipix and Timepix devices and describe some applications.