The 2nd project summer school on 'Advanced scintillating materials' was organised in Chamonix (France) between the 14th and 17th of September 2017 as a satellite event of the SCINT 2017 conference.
The aim was to offer the attendees an educational oriented overview of the various topics of the scintillating materials field which would then be covered in the following days by the SCINT conference. The summer school targeted master and PhD students, but it also welcomed Post-docs and senior scientists.
During 3 full days, the school gathered experienced lecturers and attendees for talks, open discussions and practicals which included:
In total, 34 young researchers and students attended the summer school from the consortium partners as well as from over ten other institutions.
Participants were also encouraged to present their current research and findings to a panel of experts and received supportive feedback. . The event featured the following presentations (available for downloading shortly):
The end of the summer school marked the beginning of the 14th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications which was held in Chamonix between the 18th and 22nd of Septermber.
For the past 25 years, SCINT has brought together more than 300 experts in inorganic scintillators and their applications, from both industry and academia. Beginning in 1992, the SCINT conferences have been held every two years in Chamonix (France), San Francisco (USA), Delft (The Netherlands), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia), Chamonix (France),Valencia (Spain), Alushta (Ukraine), Wake Forest (USA), Jeju (Korea), Giessen (Germany), Shanghai (China) and Berkeley (USA).
For its 14th edition, the SCINT conference covered the following research topics:
The complete scientific programme can be found here.
If you want to learn more about the SCINT conference series, please visit their main webpage, and for more details regarding SCINT 2017, please visit the event webpage.
The aim was to offer the attendees an educational oriented overview of the various topics of the scintillating materials field which would then be covered in the following days by the SCINT conference. The summer school targeted master and PhD students, but it also welcomed Post-docs and senior scientists.
During 3 full days, the school gathered experienced lecturers and attendees for talks, open discussions and practicals which included:
- a general introduction to the mechanisms of scintillation with practical aspects
- an introduction to Photon-Tracking Simulations and some tutorials on Geant4
- an overview of photodetectors and an address of the challenges in fast timing and medical applications
In total, 34 young researchers and students attended the summer school from the consortium partners as well as from over ten other institutions.
Participants were also encouraged to present their current research and findings to a panel of experts and received supportive feedback. . The event featured the following presentations (available for downloading shortly):
- Kristof Pauwels, Measuring Scintillation Light / Practical Aspects
- Federico Moretti, Defects in Crystals / Tutorial on TSL analysis
- Daniele Rinaldi, Quality-oriented invasive and non-invasive analysis on scintillating crystals
- Benoit Mahler, Nanosystem scintillation processes
- Mathieu Dupont, Introduction to simulations with Geant4
- Albertine Dubois et al, Simulation of optical photons in Geant4 & GATE
- Martin Nikl, Scintillators in Fast Timing
- Stefan Gundacker, Photodetectors for Fast Timing
- Marco Lucchini, Fast Timing in High Energy Physics
- Karl Ziemons, Scintillators for PET and Medical Applications
The end of the summer school marked the beginning of the 14th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications which was held in Chamonix between the 18th and 22nd of Septermber.
For the past 25 years, SCINT has brought together more than 300 experts in inorganic scintillators and their applications, from both industry and academia. Beginning in 1992, the SCINT conferences have been held every two years in Chamonix (France), San Francisco (USA), Delft (The Netherlands), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia), Chamonix (France),Valencia (Spain), Alushta (Ukraine), Wake Forest (USA), Jeju (Korea), Giessen (Germany), Shanghai (China) and Berkeley (USA).
For its 14th edition, the SCINT conference covered the following research topics:
- Novel scintillators, including new possibilities offered by the development of nanotechnologies;
- Scintillator characterization, with a special consideration for ultra-fast transient phenomena;
- Scintillation mechanisms, including non- proportionality and new phenomena leading to fast luminescence;
- Defect and radiation damage, in connection with the recent upgrade of particle accelerators;
- Scintillator growth and production. It also includes new structured materials such as eutectic as well as hybride materials;
- Applications of scintillators: all perspective ones are welcome;
- Scintillation detectors and read out systems, including new technologies.
The complete scientific programme can be found here.
If you want to learn more about the SCINT conference series, please visit their main webpage, and for more details regarding SCINT 2017, please visit the event webpage.
