An Introduction to Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors

這本書描述了創新的矽感測器——超快速矽探測器的發展，用於追蹤電荷粒子的時空軌跡。這是目前關於這個主題的首部綜合性資料集，將現有文獻中分散的資訊集中在一起，全面介紹了超快速矽探測器的發展、最新技術和應用。對於攻讀高能量和粒子物理學以及工程學的研究生和博士生，以及該領域的研究人員，這本書將是一本理想的參考書。

主要特點：
- 由一個專業團隊撰寫，該團隊首次發明了超快速矽探測器。
- 這是關於矽感測器設計細節的首本書籍，用於4維追蹤。
- 提供最新的研究成果和未來性能發展的前景。

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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是意大利國家核物理研究所的高級研究科學家，也是美國加利福尼亞大學的訪問研究科學家。自從他獲得博士學位以來，他一直在實驗高能物理的前沿工作中，專注於探測器的設計、建造和投入使用。他是幾個大型合作項目的成員，這些項目分別位於歐洲和美國。他是幾個著名研究項目的首席調查員，包括一個美國-意大利雙邊項目、一個ERC高級項目和一個意大利PRIN項目。

Marco Mandurrino是意大利都靈的意大利國家核物理研究所（INFN）的博士後研究員。他在電子器件方面獲得博士學位後加入了INFN，成為硅粒子探測器設計和建模的專家。他是國內外合作項目的成員，參與了高能物理實驗中輻射探測器的研發工作。從2018年到2020年，他負責了RSD項目，該項目專注於硅追蹤器的開發。他還在都靈大學講授有關硅探測器數值模擬的課程和研討會。

Marco Ferrero是意大利諾瓦拉的東皮埃蒙特大學的博士後研究員。自2014年以來，他一直是國內外合作項目的成員，參與了高能物理實驗中的輻射硬半導體器件設計工作。他從2014年開始研究超快速硅探測器技術，並以此為博士學位的研究主題。他還在超快速硅探測器方面講授研討會。

Valentina Sola是意大利國家核物理研究所的博士後研究員。她是一位實驗物理學家，從事高能粒子物理領域的研究。她曾在DESY的HERA ep對撞機工作，並且是大型強子對撞機的CMS合作項目的成員。她參與了創新硅傳感器的研發工作，並參與了CMS實驗的MIP Timing探測器的設計和建造。她是一個INFN的項目的首席調查員，該項目旨在為年輕研究人員設計和開發極高輻照度的硅傳感器。

Roberta Arcidiacono是意大利東皮埃蒙特大學的教授，從事高能粒子物理領域的實驗物理研究。作為NA48、NA62和CMS（CERN）等國際合作項目的成員，她的工作重點是設計和投入使用高能物理實驗的探測器。從2014年開始，她致力於新型硅傳感器的開發工作，並獲得了ERC高級項目和意大利項目的支持。