Characterising mixed field and dosimetry using Medipix3RX camera

Srinidhi BHEESETTE

University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Objectives
Use

of the MARS Mixed Field Imaging

Camera to:

Characterising mixed radiation fields.

Personalised dosimetry in:
medical applications,
MARS scanners,
space travel,
commercial flights and
particle accelerators.

Involvement

and input into the design and

development of Medipix4 detector.

Medipix3RX

Application to Mixed Field

Implementation of Si based Medipix3RX detectors for

determining
luminosity and
beam background radiation in the CMS cavern.
Conversion layers on the Medipix3RX Detector for

Application

to dosimetry of MARS Mixed-Field

Detectors.

a detector to detect and characterise

multiple radiation in a mixed field which includes
particles like

Compare

detectors using various semiconductor

sensors (e.g. Si, GaAs, CdTe, CZT).
Produce suitable conversion layers for the
Medipix3RX in detecting different flavours of
neutrons.
Assess damage to the CMS electronics from the
current background radiation levels.

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References
Figure 2: a) Neutron conversation layers on base Silicon (Si)
base sensor; b) Pattern recognition to distinguish between different particles based on the tracks generated.

for:
protecting the detectors at the CMS cavern,
nuclear reactors and space and
research areas featuring mixed field radiation.

Medipix3RX Application to
Mixed Field Radiation
Extend

the use to characterise mixed radiation

fields.
Studying the dangerous limits of radiation levels
for protecting the detectors in the CMS cavern
Sub project 1: Implementation of Si based
Medipix3RX detectors for determining
luminosity and beam background radiation in
the CMS cavern.
Figure 1: MARS Mixed Field Imaging Camera

Medipix3RX as a mixed field

radiation detector by incorporating additional
conversion layers
To detect neutrons (thermal, intermediate and
fast) which are otherwise undetected.
Goals:

Create

the dangerous limits of radiation levels

Implement

detecting neutrons.

Introduction

Studying

Sub project 2: Conversion layers on the

Medipix3RX Detector for detecting neutrons

Radiation.

Mixed field environmental dosimetry.

neutrons (thermal intermediate, and fast),

alphas,
betas,
photons and
muons.

Conclusion

Sub projects

Goals:
Ensure

basic detector functions by detecting

sub-atomic particles before installation in the
CMS cavern and
Install and operation of the detectors in the CMS
experimental cavern

Figure 3: a) The radiation environment of CMS and b) The

output power of laser diode B before and after irradiation

Sub project 3: Mixed field environmental dosimetry

Use

Medipix3RX detector for personalised

dosimetry in medical applications and
non-medical applications.

[1] R. et al Ballabriga.
The Medipix3RX: A high resolution, zero dead-time pixel
detector readout chip allowing spectroscopic imaging.
JINST, 8:C02016, 2013.
[2] Dorothea et al Pfeiffera.
Design, Implementation and First Measurements with the
Medipix Neutron Camera in CMS.
Technical Report CMS-NOTE-2011-002, CERN, Geneva,
Jan 2011.
[3] S.P. George et al.
Measurement of an accelerator based mixed field with a
timepix detector.
Journal of Instrumentation, 10(03):P03005, 2015.

Acknowledgements

Goals:
Test

the dosimeter at CERF facility to learn its

behavior in field similar to cosmic radiation field
at commercial flight altitudes.
Compare response of Medipix3RX to Timepix
and Dosepix.
Collaboration with University of Houston to test
them in International Space station (ISS).

All this work will be carried in collaboration with Jerome

Damet (Radiation Protection, CERN), Pierre Carbonez
(Dosimetry Services, CERN), Dorothea Pfeiffer (ESS/CERN),
Anne Dabrowski (CMS BRIL, CERN) and Arkady Lokhovitskiy (CMS-BRIL, CERN)

Contact Information
Email:

srinidi.bheesette@cern.ch
Phone: +640220203671