12th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors

Held at

Robinson College, Cambridge, UK 11th July – 15th July 2010

Sponsors

FEITM

PANalytical

Science and Technology Facilities Council

MRC

Laboratory of Molecular Biology

DECTRIS Next Generation X-Ray Detectors

Photonic Science

SCIENTIFIC DETECTOR SYSTEMS

mars MEDIPIX ALL RESOLUTION SYSTEMS

Applied Scintillation Technologies

Heffers Bookshop Cambridge

http://iworid2010.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

Scientific Committee

Wasi Faruqi MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K.

Christer Fröjdh (Chair) Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Heinz Graafsma DESY, Hamburg, Germany

Diana Hannikainen Metsähovi Radio Observatory/TKK, Finland

Jens Ludwig Universität Freiburg, Germany

Thilo Michel Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Seppo Nenonen Oxford Instruments Analytical Oy, Finland

Sture Petersson KTH/Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Stanislav Pospisil Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Valeria Rosso University of Pisa and INFN Pisa, Italy

Ken Smith University of Glasgow, Scotland

Jan Visschers Nikhef, The Netherlands

Local Organizing Committee

Andrew Blue

Sarah Bohndiek Wasi Faruqi (Chair)

Karin Faruqi (Administrator) Nicola Guerrini

Richard Henderson (Deputy Chair) Terry Horsnell (Webmaster)

Greg McMullan Harry Powell

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The 12th Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors (IWORID12) was held in Robinson College, Cambridge from the 11th to the 15th July, 2010. Details of previous meetings in this series can be found on the IWORID12 web site. We were extremely fortunate in attracting a very distinguished gathering of scientists and technologists with a common interest in imaging detectors. The range of interests covered a very broad spectrum with chip designers, detector specialists, materials experts and users from several disciplines brought together for a very interesting few days. Contributions to the Workshop could be grouped in several different ways. One obvious method is by the type of radiation used. The three major sources of radiation used in imaging applications: X-rays, electrons and neutrons were well represented with many contributions in the form of talks or posters. The choice of invited speakers reflected this diversity. The guest speaker, Professor Keith Moffat, University of Chicago, gave a fascinating account of the technical developments which have allowed his group to apply X-ray crystallography to study molecular transitions at ever smaller time scales. Professor Eberhard Lehmann, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland delivered a very comprehensive talk on the design and recent applications of neutron detectors. Professor Lina Sarro, Delft University of Technology, described the huge progress being made in microelectronics technology, specially the extension of planar silicon technology to the third dimension, including for MEMS devices. Professor Val O’Shea gave an overview of the pixel detector development over the past decade or so with numerous examples, enjoyed also by the non-specialists. Professor Kai Zuber took the audience into the realms of nuclear physics giving an overview of the study of rare nuclear decays using cadmium telluride based detectors – something of great interest. Dramatic results emerging from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, along with some of the technology background to detectors used there, were presented by Professor Geoff Hall, Imperial College, London. Professor Ron Heeren from the FOM-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, described the application of imaging mass spectrometry in determining biomolecular mass distributions. Professor Francesco Fidecaro, University of Pisa & INFN gave an account of the current status, including the many difficulties, in detecting the rather elusive gravitational waves. A comprehensive overview of the whole Workshop, covering talks and posters presented over four days, was given by Professor Stanislav Pospisil from IEAP, Charles University in Prague. We would like to thank a number of industrial companies and academic institutions, listed on the first page, whose sponsorship helped enormously towards the success of the Workshop. The specialized task of reviewing the submitted posters fell mainly (with help also from external experts) on the Scientific Committee, listed above. Due to the limited time available for the Workshop it was unfortunately possible to have only about 50 talks and just over 70 posters. The social program was organized around a visit to a few of the numerous local attractions and we are indebted to Dr. Sarah Bohndiek (LOC) for her enthusiastic and excellent organization for most of these activities. She was ably assisted by Dr. Nicola Guerrini and Dr. Andrew Blue also from the LOC. The social program kicked off on Sunday afternoon (11th July) with an organized walk to Grantchester, a nearby village, with a welcome stop for refreshments in the well-known Orchard Tea Gardens. Cambridge has a wealth of historic and picturesque pubs, which were appreciated by most of the delegates on the Monday night – again under the wings of Sarah and other members of the Local Committee.

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The gardens of the Cambridge colleges are popular and atmospheric settings for the staging of Shakespeare plays by professional companies during the summer months. By a stroke of good fortune Robinson College Garden was the venue for ’Hamlet’ during the week of the conference. We were therefore able to offer our delegates the unique experience of watching this iconic Shakespeare play in the small amphitheatre located in the beautiful Robinson Garden. The play was very well attended and despite the cold and relatively damp weather, everyone seemed to enjoy the experience. A welcome break in the rather intensive lectures gave people a chance to enjoy a tour round Cambridge and punting on the River Cam (under the expert guidance of Sarah and her crew) on Wednesday afternoon. The Conference Dinner was held on Wednesday evening in the Robinson College Dining Hall. The Workshop came to an official end after lunch on Thursday, the 15th of July. We were fortunate that Dr. Terry Horsnell, who had recently retired as Head of Scientific Computing at the LMB, was able to design and maintain the excellent web pages for the Workshop, which covered all aspects of scientific and administrative functions. The workshop is also greatly indebted to Karin Faruqi who came on board in February to act as Administrator, Secretary and Finance Officer. She worked tirelessly throughout the whole period and did an exceptional job. Karin and Terry also worked together to produce the Abstract book. Our requirements for the accommodation, auditorium facilities and meals were handled in an extremely efficient and friendly manner by the Conference staff (Kara Sheehan in particular) from Robinson College. We would also like to acknowledge the help provided by the Visual Aids Group (Jo Westmoreland and Graham Lingley) at the MRC-LMB in the design of the web pages and the Abstract Book and the Mechanical Workshop (Steve Scotcher and Philip Heard) for help with the transport of and setup of Posters in Robinson College. We have included a few photographs from the meeting in the following pages. Wasi Faruqi (Editor) Cambridge, 3rd January, 2011

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