An Introduction to Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors
暫譯: 超快速矽探測器入門

本書描述了用於電荷粒子時空追蹤的創新矽感測器的開發，這些感測器被稱為超快速矽探測器。這是該主題的第一本綜合性資料集，之前相關資訊散見於現有文獻中。本書全面介紹了超快速矽探測器的開發，涵蓋最新技術和應用，將成為研究高能物理和粒子物理及工程的研究生和博士後研究人員的理想參考資料。

主要特點：
- 由一組專業領域的專家撰寫，他們的研究小組首次發明了超快速矽探測器。
- 本書是該主題的第一本，詳細解釋了用於四維追蹤的矽感測器設計的細節。
- 提供最先進的研究成果及未來性能演進的前景。

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Nicolò Cartiglia is Senior Research Scientist at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy, and a Visiting Research Scientist, University of California, USA. He has been working at the forefront of experimental high-energy physics since his PhD degree; specifically, focused on detector design, construction and commissioning. He has been member of several large collaborations, based both in Europe and US. He is the principal investigator of several prestigious grants such as a joint US-Italy bilateral grant, an ERC-advanced, and an Italian PRIN.

Marco Mandurrino is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) in Turin, Italy. He joined INFN after his PhD in Electronic Devices as a specialist in silicon particle detector design and modeling. Member of national and international collaborations involved in the R&D of radiation detectors for high-energy physics experiments, from 2018 to 2020 he headed the RSD project, which focused on the development of silicon trackers. He is also lecturer of courses and seminars on numerical simulation of silicon detectors at the Turin University.

Marco Ferrero is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Università del Piemonte Orientale in Novara, Italy. Member of national and international collaborations involved in the radiation hard semiconductor devices design for high energy physics experiments since 2014. He has been working on ultra-fast silicon detector technology since 2014, which has been the topic of his PhD degree; He is also lecturer of seminars on ultra-fast silicon detectors.

Valentina Sola is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy. She is an experimental physicist working in the field of high-energy particle physics. She has worked at the HERA ep collider at DESY, and she is a member of the CMS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider. She is involved in the R&D of innovative silicon sensors and the design and construction of the MIP Timing Detector for the CMS Experiment. She is the principal investigator of an INFN project for young researchers to design and develop silicon sensors for extreme fluences.

Roberta Arcidiacono is Professor at the Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy, working as an experimental physicist in the field of high-energy particle physics. Member of international collaborations such as NA48, NA62 and CMS (CERN), her work focuses on the design and commissioning of detectors for high energy physics experiments. From 2014 she works on novel silicon sensors development, supported by an ERC-advanced and an Italian grant.

Nicolò Cartiglia 是義大利國家核物理研究所（Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare）的高級研究科學家，並且是美國加州大學的訪問研究科學家。他自博士學位以來一直在實驗高能物理的前沿工作，專注於探測器的設計、建造和調試。他曾是多個大型合作項目的成員，這些項目分別位於歐洲和美國。他是幾個著名獎助金的主要研究者，包括美國與義大利的聯合雙邊獎助金、一項歐洲研究委員會（ERC）高級獎助金，以及一項義大利的PRIN獎助金。

Marco Mandurrino 是義大利都靈的國家核物理研究所（INFN）的博士後研究員。他在電子設備領域獲得博士學位後加入INFN，專注於矽粒子探測器的設計和建模。他是參與高能物理實驗輻射探測器研發的國內和國際合作項目的成員，並於2018年至2020年期間負責RSD項目，該項目專注於矽追蹤器的開發。他也是都靈大學矽探測器數值模擬課程和研討會的講師。

Marco Ferrero 是義大利諾瓦拉的皮埃蒙特東部大學（Università del Piemonte Orientale）的博士後研究員。自2014年以來，他是參與高能物理實驗輻射耐受半導體設備設計的國內和國際合作項目的成員。他自2014年以來一直在超快矽探測器技術方面工作，這也是他的博士學位主題；他還是有關超快矽探測器的研討會講師。

Valentina Sola 是義大利國家核物理研究所的博士後研究員。她是一名實驗物理學家，專注於高能粒子物理領域。她曾在DESY的HERA電子質子對撞機工作，並且是大型強子對撞機（Large Hadron Collider）CMS合作組織的成員。她參與創新矽感測器的研發以及CMS實驗的MIP定時探測器的設計和建造。她是INFN一個針對年輕研究者的項目的主要研究者，該項目旨在設計和開發用於極高輻射通量的矽感測器。

Roberta Arcidiacono 是義大利皮埃蒙特東部大學的教授，作為一名實驗物理學家專注於高能粒子物理領域。她是國際合作項目NA48、NA62和CMS（CERN）的成員，她的工作重點是高能物理實驗探測器的設計和調試。自2014年以來，她一直致力於新型矽感測器的開發，並獲得ERC高級獎助金和義大利獎助金的支持。