PROJECT TITLE: Diamond Detectors for Particle Spectrometry Experiments in Space — DIADEMS

Coordinator: National Inst. for Lasers Plasma and Radiation Physics – Institute for Space Sciences (NILPRS – ISS) 

Partners: –

Period: November 2013 – November 2016

Project director: Mircea Iuliu Ciobanu

Project team:

• 5 PhD: Adrian Blagau, Mircea Ciobanu, Horia Comisel, Dragos Constantinescu, Octav Marghitu 
• 2 young scientists: Costel Bunescu, Vlad Constantinescu
• 1 technician: Gavril Tordai

Description: DIADEMS will address the development of a large area continuous position sensitive diamond detector (LAcpsDD) , based on the cheap poly-crystalline (pc) diamond substrate. The detector will be suitable to space and ground applications, with emphasis on particle spectrometry.

Project objectives:

• Definition of the proper geometry and parameters of the DD and front-end electronics (FEE).
• Realization of two prototypes, PT1 and PT2, consisting of DD–FEE ensembles, with two detector configurations, DD1 and DD2.
• Tests of the two prototypes. PT1 and PT2.

Activities:

• WP1 – Optimizing DD configurations and FEE 
• WP2 – Realization of PT1 and PT2 prototypes
• WP3 – Testing of PT1 and PT2
• WP4 – Management and reporting

Contributions to the STAR programme objectives:

• Strengthening of a research niche at national and international level.
• Development and promotion of the national space research capacity.
• Support to the development of a highly professional research team and its international visibility
• Enables high quality scientific production by results at international level.

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