In 2017, many staff exchanges took place between FZU and its partner CERN with a main focus on the following topics:
Members of the Prague group have been systematically trained in CERN in experiments critical for evaluation of fast timing capability of materials and brought for these measurements several new materials prepared in the Prague laboratories. More specifically, Vladimir Babin spent one week in May, 2017 in the CERN facilities where he received training on experiments of timing coincidence resolution and ps scintillation decay focused on fast timing applications. Next, during his 13 day tour in CERN, Robert Kral received training in light yield measurement at samples of new halides brought from his home lab and spent time learning R&D trends of scintillation materials for calorimetric detectors for future accelerators. Furthermore, Jiří Martincik received training in scintillation characteristics measurements in the field of fast timing while Lenka Prochazkova conducted measurements of ps scintillation decay at nanocomposite samples prepared in the home lab.
Members of the CERN group were trained in Prague in crystal growth using the novel micropullling down technology and in nanocrystal preparation. Furthermore, a tailored experiment was set up in Prague regarding the need of the CERN group to measure temperature dependence of light yield of bulk scintillators towards low temperatures. To this end, between 3-6 April, 2017, Rosalinde Pots and Marco Lucchini during their visit to FZU received training in the measurement of temperature dependence of light yield focused on fast timing issues at calorimetric detectors.
- Education in R&D trends of scintillation materials for calorimetric detectors for future accelerators and medical imaging
- Training in radiation damage and fast timing related experiments for perovskite scintillators
Members of the Prague group have been systematically trained in CERN in experiments critical for evaluation of fast timing capability of materials and brought for these measurements several new materials prepared in the Prague laboratories. More specifically, Vladimir Babin spent one week in May, 2017 in the CERN facilities where he received training on experiments of timing coincidence resolution and ps scintillation decay focused on fast timing applications. Next, during his 13 day tour in CERN, Robert Kral received training in light yield measurement at samples of new halides brought from his home lab and spent time learning R&D trends of scintillation materials for calorimetric detectors for future accelerators. Furthermore, Jiří Martincik received training in scintillation characteristics measurements in the field of fast timing while Lenka Prochazkova conducted measurements of ps scintillation decay at nanocomposite samples prepared in the home lab.
Members of the CERN group were trained in Prague in crystal growth using the novel micropullling down technology and in nanocrystal preparation. Furthermore, a tailored experiment was set up in Prague regarding the need of the CERN group to measure temperature dependence of light yield of bulk scintillators towards low temperatures. To this end, between 3-6 April, 2017, Rosalinde Pots and Marco Lucchini during their visit to FZU received training in the measurement of temperature dependence of light yield focused on fast timing issues at calorimetric detectors.
Advanced timing coincidence resolution set up in CERN laboratory.
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New set up for the measurement of temperature dependence of light yield of bulk scintillators in FZU laboratory.
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Due to the continuous collaboration between these two partners, the following joint research papers have been published in international peer-reviewed journals:
- M.T. Lucchini, S. Gundacker, P. Lecoq, A. Benaglia, M. Nikl, K. Kamada, A. Yoshikawa, E.Auffray, Timing capabilities of garnet crystals for detection of high energy charged particles. Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys, Research A 852, 1–9 (2017).
- G. Tamulaitis, A. Vaitkevičius, R. Augulis, P. Bohacek, A. Borisevich, A. Fedorov, V. Gulbinas, M. Korjik, S. Nargelas, M.Nikl, E. Auffray, Subpicosecond luminescence rise time in magnesium codoped GAGG:Ce scintillator. Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Research A 870, 25–29 (2017).
- M.T. Lucchini, O. Buganov, E. Auffray, P. Bohacek, M. Korjik, D. Kozlov, S. Nargelas, M. Nikl, S. Tikhomirov, G. Tamulaitis, A. Vaitkevicius, K. Kamada, A. Yoshikawa, Measurement of non-equilibrium carriers dynamics in Ce-doped YAG, LuAG and GAGG crystals with and without Mg-codoping. J. Lumin. 194, 1–7 (2018).
