Curriculum Vitae
Name:
Born:
Rui Miguel Curado da Silva
May 1st, 1971, Coimbra, Portugal.
Address:
(personal)
Rua de Cabo Verde n°1, 3° dto.
P-3080 Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
Address:
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de
(professional) Partículas, Departamento de Física, Universidade de
Coimbra,
P-3000 Coimbra, Portugal.
Telephone:
E-mail:
++ 351 239 410663
[email protected]
Academic degrees
2002:
PhD in Physics with the grade “Très Honorable avec les Félicitations du Jury”,
Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, October 1st, 2002.
Thesis title: X-ray and gamma-ray CdTe Polarimeters for Astrophysics.
1997:
Master in Technological Physics, University” of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, with the
grade of 17 on 20 on the Master courses (first year) and “Very Good” on the Master
thesis (second year).
Thesis title: Development of a Xe gas filled detector and of the electronic system for
solar astrophysics.
1994:
Graduation in Engineering Physics at the University of Coimbra with the grade of 15
on 20.
Professional, Scientific and Academic Experience
Since August 2010: Auxiliary researcher at Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física
Experimental de Partículas, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Since 2012/2013:
Professor of the course “Instrumentação para o Espaço” of the Masters degree in
Astrofísica e Instrumentação para o Espaço, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
2002-2010:
Research international postdoctoral position at the Atomic and Nuclear
Instrumentation Group, Instrumentation Centre, University of Coimbra, Portugal and
at the Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna, CNR, Italy
developing Laue lens CdZnTe focal planes for the Gamma-Ray Imager mission
(http://gri.cesr.fr/team.html) and for the DUAL misson (http://dual.cesr.fr/),
respectively proposed to the 2007 and to the 2010 ESA Cosmic Vision calls.
Second semester of 2008:
Invited professor by the Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Porto,
Portugal, to lecture the module “Detectors and Telescopes” of the course
“Instrumentation and Observational Techniques” of the Masters degree in Astronomy.
2006:
Organization of the Gamma-Ray Imager consortium meeting in the Physics
Department of the University of Coimbra, 3 and 4 May 2006.
2003-2005:
Directive board of the Portuguese Astronomical Society.
1996 - 1998:
Demonstrator (Monitor) at the Astronomical Observatory, Mathematics Department,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.
1994 -1998:
Research fellowship position of the Portuguese Ministry of Science for the
development of Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter and associated electronic
system for solar astrophysics on the framework of a cooperation project with the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the Atomic and Nuclear Instrumentation Group,
Instrumentation Centre, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
1993:
“Erasmus” fellowship at the Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
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Experiments performed in international research facilities
May 2011: Research team member in the POLCaliste experiment (POLarisation
performance of the shottcky CdTe Caliste detector modules). Proposal (MI-1074)
approved by the ERSF, Grenoble, France.
September 2009: Research team member in the POLCA III experiment (POLarimetry
with Cadmium telluride Array), a systematic effects on polarisation performance study
with a CdZnTe pixelised matrix. Proposal (MI-967) approved by the ERSF, Grenoble,
France.
February 2008: Research team member in the LAPOLCA experiment (LAue lens
POLarimetry with Cadmium telluride Array), a gamma-ray 360º Cu Laue crystal
diffraction, polarisation and focusing study performed with a CdTe pixelised matrix.
Proposal (MI-905) approved by the ERSF, Grenoble, France.
January 2007: Principal Investigator of the POLCA II experiment, the first
verification performed of unchanged gamma-rays polarisation after crystal Laue
diffraction. Proposal (MI-854) approved by the ERSF, Grenoble, France.
June 2002: Principal Investigator of the POLCA experiment, the first gamma-ray
polarimetric measurements performed in a synchrotron accelerator. Proposal (MI-592)
approved by ERSF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility), Grenoble, France.
International scientific software development contribution
Contribution to the development of the GEANT4 simulation toolkit released by
CERN, in particular the classes that simulate the Compton effect for polarised
radiation after versions 3.×, 2001.
Supervising Experience
Since January 2015: supervision of the PhD degree research work performed by
Miguel Moita in the framework of the Doctoral Program in Applied and Engineering
Physics (DAEPHYS) at the Physics Department of the University of Coimbra.
Since October 2014: supervision of the master degree research work performed by
Nelson Simões at the Physics Department of the University of Coimbra.
October 2013 to September 2014: supervision of the master degree research work
performed by Marco Gui Alves Pinto that presented its master thesis “CdTe matrix
Polarimetric analysis with a crystal polarizer” in the Physics Department of the
University of Coimbra, in the September 29th 2014 with 18/20.
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Since January 2013: co-supervisor of the Post-doctoral research work performed by
José Manuel Dias Escada at the Physics Department of the University of Coimbra.
Since October 2011: supervision of the PhD research work performed by the
researcher José Alfredo Dinis Ribeiro Marques.
2008-2011: supervision of the research work performed by the researcher Colin Paul
Gloster since in the framework of the project PTDC/CTE-SPA/65803/2006.
2007 - 2010: Supervisor of João Bernardo Campos master thesis, “Optimization of the
focal plane for the Gamma-Ray Imager mission”, presented at the University of
Coimbra the September 13th, 2010.
2008-2009: supervision of the research work performed by the researcher Alexandre
Manuel Fonseca Trindade since in the framework of the project PTDC/CTESPA/65803/2006.
August to September 2007: supervision of the research training performed by Inês
Rebelo Mendes da Costa in the framework of the design definition of the CZT focal
plane of Gamma-Ray Imager prototype, in collaboration with the industrial partner
Active Space, Coimbra, Portugal.
January to December 2005: supervision of the research work performed by the
researcher Matilde Teixeira Dias Castanheira in the framework of the development of
solar X-ray detectors with the Centre for Space Science and Applied Resources,
Chinese Academy of Sciences and in the framework of the project
POCTI/FP/FNU/50228/2003.
September 2003 to December 2004: supervision of the research work performed by
Engineer Nuno Camarneiro Mendes in the framework of the development of solar Xray detectors in collaboration with the Centre for Space Science and Applied
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences and in the framework of the project
POCTI/FP/FNU/50228/2003.
Master Thesis Jury
January 8th, 2007: “A method to find new X-Ray sources in space” Michail Lazos,
Departamento de Matematica Aplicada, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do
Porto.
PhD Thesis Jury
September 30th, 2009: “Étude et optimisation du plan de détection de haute énergie
en Cd(Zn)Te de la mission spatiale d’astronomie X et gamma Simbol-X”, Aline
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Meuris, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique - Centre de Saclay, Institut de recherche
sur les lois fondamentales de l’univers, Service d’astrophysique, Saclay, France.
October 20th, 2014: “Study of Strip Spectro-Imaging Detectors for a Future Space
MeV Telescope”, Mohamad Khalil, International Doctorate on Astroparticle Physics,
Université Paris Diderot, France.
Research Projects
As coordinator
September 2015 to August 2017: National coordinator of the H2020 project AHEAD
(Integrated Activities for the High Energy Astrophysics Domain), ref: H2020INFRAIA-2014-2015, proposal number 654215. Budget: 4982477€
October 2007 to September 2010: Principal Investigator of the project “CdTe focal
plane for a Laue lens gamma-ray space telescope” (ref. PTDC/CTESPA/65803/2006). Budget: 175 000 €.
July 2004 to June 2005: Principal Investigator of the project “CdTe detectors for Xray and gamma-ray polarimetry” (ref. POCTI/FP/FNU/50228/2003). Budget: 10 000€.
As team member
Since Juin 2015: Instrumentation Working Group researcher of the XIPE (X-ray
Imaging Polarimetry Explorer) mission – M4 1st phase ESA selected mission.
Former projects:
- “Absorption of Polarized X-Rays in Noble Gases” (POCI/FP/81929/2007);
-“ Techniques for Soft Gama-Ray Spectrometry at Room Temperature”
(POCTI/FP/FNU/50222/2003);
-“ Physics of Microstructured Gas Detectors - III” (POCTI/FNU/49561/2002);
-“ Physics of Microstructured Gas Detectors – II” (CERN/FIS/43787/2001).
Research Collaboration with Industrial Partners
2007-2010: Technical and scientific consulting of the Multifunction Particle Surveyor
engineering model instrument on the frame of a ESA BepiColombo mission study
headed by the industrial partner EFACEC, Porto, Portugal.
August to October 2007: design definition of the CZT focal plane of Gamma-Ray
Imager prototype, in collaboration with the industrial partner Active Space, Coimbra,
Portugal
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Scientific meetings’ organization
Directive board of the XXI Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica,
Observatório Astronómico da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, 7-10 September,
2011. http://www.uc.pt/congressos/xxienaa
Language skills
English:
French:
Italian:
Reading
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Writing
Very good
Excellent
Good
Conversation
Very good
Excellent
Very good
Comprehension
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Seminars
February 18th, 2014
“X- and gamma-ray polarimetry in future space missions”, National Space Science
Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
November 14th, 2012
“Gamma-ray Universe Polarization Analysis with Fermi Space Telescope”, Centre for
Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Belgium.
Juin 28th, 2012
“X- and gamma-ray polarimetry in future space missions”, Laboratório de
Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Lisboa, Portugal.
Febraury 23rd, 2011.
“The POLCA Experiments”, Institut de Ciències de l’Espai, Barcelona, Spain.
January, 18th, 2011
“A Missão Espacial Dual”, Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra,
Portugal.
May 28th, 2008
“The Gamma-Ray Imager Mission Proposal”, Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade
do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
May 11th, 2007
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"The Gamma-Ray Imager Mission for ESA Cosmic Vision", Center for Space
Radiations, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
November 24th, 2005
“X- and Gamma-ray Polarimetry with CdTe Focal Plane Telescope for a Wide Band
Laue Lens Telescope”, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna,
Italy
April 21st, 2004
“Montecarlo Simulation and Experimental Polarimetric Study of the CIPHER
Telescope”, Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
January 4th, 2002
“Polarimetric performance of the CIPHER (Coded Imager and Polarimeter for High
Energy Radiation) telescope for X-ray and gamma ray astronomy” Astronomical
Observatory of the Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal.
December 15th, 2000
“Simulations de Polarimetrie X et Gamma pour le Telescope CIPHER (Coded Imager
and Polarimeter for High Energy Radiation)”, Laboratoire PHASE, CNRS,
Strasbourg, France.
January 27th, 1998
“Gas Proportional Scintillation Counters for Solar X-rays Detection”, Max Plank
Institut Semiconductor Laboratory, Munich, Germany.
August 26th, 1997
“High Voltage and Optically Coupled Analogue Circuits for Gas Proportional
Scintillation Counters Constructed for Solar X-rays detection”, Centre for Space
Science and Applied Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Publications
Books
João Fernandes, Sonia Antón, Rui Curado da Silva, "Astronomia e Astrofísica em
Portugal, uma análise do presente para reflexões futuras", 2005, Sociedade Portuguesa
de Astronomia.
Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees
“The Optical Coupling of Analog Signals”, J. Basílio Simões, Rui M. C. Silva,
António Miguel L. S. Morgado, Carlos M. Correia, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Vol. 43
nº3, June 1996, pag. 1672-1674.
“An Ellipsoidal Grid Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter” Rui M. C. Silva, J. M. F.
Dos Santos and C. A. N. Conde, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Physics Research’, Vol A,
n°422 1999, pag. 305-308.
“Compact High Voltage and Optocoupled Electronics for Gas Proportional
Scintillation Counters”, Rui M. C. Silva and C. A. N. Conde, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci..
Vol 47 n°6, 2000, pag. 2075-2077.
“A Large Area Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter for Ballon Born Solar X-ray
Spectrometry”, H. Natal da Luz, J. F. C. A. Veloso, J. M. F. dos Santos, C. A. N.
Conde, Rui M. C. Silva, H.-R. Pan, Z.-Y. Li and H.-A. Lin, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci..
Vol 49 n°5, pag. 2488-2491 (2002).
“A CdTe position sensitive spectrometer for hard X- and soft -ray polarimetry”, E.
Caroli, J.B. Stephen, W. Dusi, G. Bertuccio, M. Sampietro, A.J. Bird, A.J. Dean, R.M.
Curado da Silva, P. Siffert, V. Reglero, W. Yu and C. Zhang, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in
Physics Research, Vol. A, 477, pag. 567-573, (2002).
“A study of prototype CdTe hard X and gamma-ray detectors”, E. Caroli, N.
Auricchio, A. Donati, F. Schiavone, J. B. Stephen, G. Ventura, R. M. Curado da Silva,
P. Siffert, M. Hage-Ali and Gianfranco Taiocchi, Nucl. Instr. Meth., Vol A, 513, pag.
350-356 (2003).
“Experimental polarimetric study of a hard X-ray energy telescope prototype”, R. M.
Curado da Silva, Ezio Caroli, M. Hage-Ali, J. B. Stephen, M. Ayoub, A. Donati, F.
Schiavone, G. Ventura and P. Siffert, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 50, nº 4, pag. 11981203 (2003).
“CIPHER, polarimeter telescope concept for Hard X-ray Astronomy”, R. M. Curado
da Silva, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen and P. Siffert, Experimental Astronomy, Vol. 15,
nº1, pag. 45-65, (2003).
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“Hard-X and Soft Gamma-ray Polarimetry With CdTe Array Prototypes”, R. M.
Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, N. Auricchio, A. Donati, M. Hage-Ali, F. Schiavone, P.
Siffert, J. B. Stephen, G. Ventura, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 51, n° 5, pp. 24782484 (2004).
“A focal plane detector design for a wide-band Laue-lens telescope”, E. Caroli, L.
Amati, N. Auricchio, Yuriy Bezsmolnyy, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, R. M. Curado da Silva,
F. Frontera, J. B. Stephen, G. Ventura, Experimental Astronomy, vol. 20, p. 341-351,
2005.
“Polarisation measurements with a CdTe pixel array detector for Laue hard X-ray
focusing telescopes”, E. Caroli, R. M. Curado da Silva, A. Pisa, J.B. Stephen, F.
Frontera, Matilde T. D. Castanheira, S. Del Sordo, Experimental Astronomy vol 20,
p353-364, 2005.
“ Polarimetric Performance Study of a CZT Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Concept”, R.
M. Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen, N. F. C. Mendes, F. Frontera, L. Amati,
N. Auricchio, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 53, nº1, pag. 383-388 (2006).
“Performance of a room temperature gas proportional scintillation counter in X-ray
analysis of metallic alloys excited with alpha particles” F.I.G.M. Borges, S.J.C. do
Carmo, T.H.V.T. Dias, F. P. Santos, F.P.S.C. Gil, A.M.F. Trindade, R.M. Curado da
Silva, C.A.N. Conde, Advances in X-Ray Analysis, vol. 51, p. 249-254, 2008.
“Dual-Cathode CsI Covered Microstrip Plate as VUV High Efficiency Photosensor”,
C.A.N. Conde, D. S. A. P. Freitas, N. F. C. Mendes, R.M. Curado da Silva, IEEE
Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 55, nº5 (2008) pp. 2662-2665.
“Polarimetric performance of a Laue lens gamma-ray CdZnTe focal plane prototype”,
R M Curado da Silva, E Caroli, J B Stephen, A Pisa, N Auricchio, S Del Sordo, F
Frontera, V Honkimaki, F Schiavone, G Ventura and A. Trindade, J. Appl. Phys., Vol.
104, 084903 (2008).
“The Polca experiments”, Curado da Silva, R.; Caroli, E.; Stephen, J. B.; Frontera, F.
Proceedings of "Polarimetry days in Rome: Crab status, theory and prospects".
October 16-17, 2008. Rome, Italy. Published online at http://pos.sissa.it/cgibin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=78., p.20.
“A Polarimetric Experiment With a Laue Lens and CZT Pixel Detector”, Caroli, E.;
da Silva, R.M.C.; Stephen, J.B.; Pisa, A.; Auricchio, N.; del Sordo, S.; Donati, A.;
Schiavone, F.; Landini, G.; Honkimaki, V.; Frontera, F., IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol.
56, n° 4, 2009, pp.1848 – 1854.
“Polarimetry Study with a CdZnTe Focal Plane Detector”, R. M. Curado da Silva, N.
Auricchio, E. Caroli, A. Donati, J. M. Maia, F. Schiavone, J. B. Stephen, A. Trindade,
S. del Sordo, V. Honkimäki, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 58, n° 4, 2011, pp. 2118 2123.
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“A DUAL mission for nuclear astrophysics”, P. von Ballmoos, J. Alvarez, N. Barrière,
S. Boggs, A. Bykov, J. M. D. Velayos, F. Frontera, L. Hanlon, M. Hernanz, E.
Hinglais, J. Isern, P. Jean, J. Knödlseder, L. Kuiper, M. Leising, B. Pirard, J. P. Prost,
R. M. Curado da Silva, T. Takahashi, J. Tomsick, R. Walter, A. Zoglauer,
Experimental Astronomy vol 33, 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9286-6.
"Polarization degree and direction angle effects on a CdZnTe focal plane
performance" R. M. Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen, N. Auricchio, J. M.
Maia, S. Del Sordo, A. Basili, F. Schiavone, J. B. Campos, C. P. Gloster, A. M. F.
Trindade, V. Honkimaki, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 59, n° 4, 2012, pp. 1628 1635.
“CdZnTe Focal Plane Polarimetric Performances for a Laue Lens Point Spread
Function”, J. B. de Campos, R. M. Curado da Silva, C. P. Gloster, Alessandro Pisa, E.
Caroli, J. B. Stephen, F. Frontera, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 59, n° 4, 2012, pp.
1582 - 1590.
“XIPE: the X-ray Imaging Polarimetry Explorer”, Paolo Soffitta et al., Experimental
Astronomy 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s10686-013-9344-3.
“Hard X-ray polarimetry with Caliste, a high performance CdTe based imaging
spectrometer” S. Antier, P. Ferrando, O. Limousin, E. Caroli, R. M. Curado da Silva,
C. Blondel, R. Chipaux, V. Honkimaki, B. Horeau, P. Laurent, J.M. Maia, A. Meuris,
S. Del Sordo, J.B. Stephen, Experimental Astronomy, 2015, DOI 10.1007/s10686015-9442-5.
“Prospects on Low-Z elements K fluorescence and actinide-radionuclides L
fluorescence X-ray detection with cooled CZT”, J. M. Maia, R. M. Curado da Silva,
Yoon-Seong Kim, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 62 (2), April 2015, DOI
10.1109/TNS.2015.2401427.
Papers in conference proceedings
“The Optical Coupling of Analog Signals”, J. Basílio Simões, Rui M. C. Silva,
António Miguel L. S. Morgado, Carlos M. Correia, Conference Record of Nuclear
Science Symposium, San Francisco, USA, October 1995, Vol. 1, pag. 315-317.
“High Voltage and Optically Coupled Analogue Interface Circuits for Gas
Proporcional Scintillation Counters”, Rui M. C. Silva and C. A. N. Conde,
Conference Record of Nuclear Science Symposium, Anaheim (Los Angeles), USA,
November 1996, Vol. 2, pag. 751-753.
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“An Ellipsoidal Grid Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter”, Rui M. C. Silva, J. M.
F. Dos Santos and C. A. N. Conde, published on the Conference Record of
Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
USA, May 1998.
“Compact High Voltage and Optocoupled Electronics for Gas Proportional
Scintillation Counters”, Rui M. C. Silva and C. A. N. Conde, published on the
Conference Record of 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (N21-6), Toronto,
November 1998.
“The CIPHER telescope for hard X and soft gamma-ray polarimetry”, E. Caroli, J.B.
Stephen, W. Dusi, A.J. Bird, A.J. Dean, G. Bertuccio, M. Sampietro, W. Yu, C.
Zhang, R.M. Curado da Silva, P. Siffert and V. Reglero, Proceeding Series of
American Institute of Physics on The Fift Compton Symposium, AIP Conference
Proceeding, Vol. 510, 2000, pag. 809-813.
“Gamma-ray polarisation measurements with INTEGRAL/IBIS”, J. B. Stephen, E.
Caroli, R. M. Curado da Silva and L. Foschini, to be published on the AIP Conference
Proceedings series, presented on the Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001, Baltimore,
Maryland, USA, 2001.
“Monte Carlo Polarimetric Efficiency Simulations for a Single Monolithic CdTe
Thick Matrix”, R. M. Curado da Silva, M. Hage-Ali, E. Caroli, P. Siffert and J. B.
Stephen, Proceedings of the Monte Carlo 2000 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26
October, 2000, pag. 87-92.
“Hard X-ray polarimetry with a thick CdTe position sensitive spectrometer”, E.
Caroli, G. Bertuccio, A. Cola, R.M. Curado da Silva, A. Donati, W. Dusi, G. Landini,
P. Siffert, M. Sampietro, J.B. Stephen, SPIE Proceedings on X-ray and Gamma-ray
instrumentation for Astronomy XI, Vol. 4140, pages 573-583 (2000).
“Monte Carlo polarimetric simulations of a hard X-ray energy telescope”, R. M.
Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, J.B. Stephen and P. Siffert, SPIE Proceedings on X-ray
and Gamma-ray instrumentation for Astronomy XII, San Diego, USA, 29 July to 3
August 2001, Vol. 4497, pages 70-78 (2001).
"Monte Carlo Simulations of the Design of a Hard X-ray Telescope Optimised for
Polarimetry", R. M. Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, J.B. Stephen and P. Siffert, accepted
to be presented at the Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference,
SPIE, 22-28 August 2002, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.
“Polarimetric performances of an hard X-ray energy telescope prototype”, R. M.
Curado da Silva, Ezio Caroli, M. Hage-Ali, J. B. Stephen, M. Ayoub, W. Dusi, G.
Ventura and P. Siffert, Conference Record Nuclear Science Symposium (N9-17), 1016 November 2002, Norfolk, USA.
“Hard-X and Soft gamma ray polarimetry with CdTe array prototypes”, R. M. Curado
da Silva, E. Caroli, N. Auricchio, A. Donati, M. Hage-Ali, F. Schiavone, P. Siffert, J.
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B. Stephen, G. Ventura, a publicar no Conference Record 13th International Workshop
on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors (R17-3), 19-25
October 2003, Portland, Oregon, USA.
“Polarimetric Performances of a Wide Field CdTe Monitor for X- and γ-ray
Astrophysics”, R. M. Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen, N. F. C. Mendes e F.
Frontera, 14th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and
Gamma-Ray Detectors (R11-64), 16-22 October 2004, Rome, Italy
“Monte Carlo Evaluation of Polarimetric Capabilities of a Hard X-ray CdTe Focal
Plane”, R. M. Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen, N. F. C. Mendes, F. Frontera,
G. Pareschi, S. del Sordo, 14th International Workshop on Room-Temperature
Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors (R11-60), 16-22 October 2004, Rome,
Italy.
“Large area and high-pressure GPSC/MSGC for space solar X-ray spectrometry”, N.
F. C. Mendes, R.M. Curado da Silva, Matilde T. D. Castanheira, J. F. C. A. Veloso,
D. S. A. P. Freitas, C.A.N. Conde, Fei Wei and Huaan Lin, Conference Record IEEE
Nuclear Science Symposium (N14-61), 23-29 October 2005, Porto Rico, USA.
“Dual-Cathode CsI Covered Microstrip Plate as VUV High Efficiency Photosensor”,
C.A.N. Conde, D. S. A. P. Freitas, N. F. C. Mendes, R.M. Curado da Silva,
Conference Record IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (N35-16), 23-29 October 2005,
Porto Rico, USA.
“A focal plane detector design for a wide-band Laue-lens telescope”, E. Caroli, L.
Amati, N. Auricchio, Yuriy Bezsmolnyy, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, R. M. Curado da Silva,
F. Frontera, J. B. Stephen, G. Ventura, Workshop on Focusing Telescopes in Nuclear
Astrophysics Proceedings, 12-15 September 2005, Bonifacio, Corsica, France.
“Polarisation performances of CdTe pixel detector for Laue hard X-ray focusing
telescopes”, E. Caroli, R. M. Curado da Silva, J.B. Stephen, F. Frontera, A. Pisa, S.
Del Sordo, Workshop on Focusing Telescopes in Nuclear Astrophysics Proceedings,
12-15 September 2005, Bonifacio, Corsica, France.
“A focal plane detector design for a wide band Laue-lens telescope”, E. Caroli, N.
Auricchio, G. Bertuccio, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, R. M. Curado da Silva, S. Del Sordo, F.
Frontera, E. Quadrini, P. Ubertini, G. Ventura, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume
6266, pp. 62662A (2006).
“Simulated Performance of CZT-Based Focal Plane Detectors for Gamma-Ray
Lenses”, Andreas Zoglauer, Cornelia B. Wunderer, Member, IEEE, Georg
Weidenspointner, Ezio Caroli, Rui M. Curado da Silva, Steven E. Boggs, Peter von
Ballmoos, and Jürgen Knödlseder, Conference Record 14th International Workshop
on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors (R12-1), 30
Outubro a 3 Novembro 2006, San Diego, EUA.
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“A Monte Carlo Study of the Electron Clouds Produced by Polarized X-Rays in
Xenon” G.S. Botte, P.J.B.M. Rachinhas, T.H.V.T. Dias, F.P. Santos, L.M.N. Távora,
R.M. Curado da Silva, C.A.N. Conde and A. D. Stauffer, Workshop on Medical
Instrumentation Signal and Imaging, 11-12 April 2007, Aveiro, Portugal. Confe
rence Proceedings: Electrónica e Telecomunicações, Revista do DETUA vol. 4, p.
857-859, 2007.
“Experimental polarimetric study of a gamma-ray CZT focal plane prototype”, R M
Curado da Silva, E Caroli, J B Stephen, A Pisa, N Auricchio, S Del Sordo, F Frontera,
V Honkimaki, F Schiavone, G Ventura, aceite para apresentação oral no IEEE Nuclear
Science Symposium (N59-5), 27 de Outubro a 3 de Novembro de 2007, Havai, EUA.
“A three-dimensional CZT detector as a focal plane prototype for Laue lens
Telescope” E.Caroli, N. Auricchio, C. Budtz-Jorgensen, S. del Sordo, R. M. Curado
da Silva, I. Kuvvetli, L. Natalucci, E. Quadrini, G. Ventura, A. Zappettini, SPIE
Astronomical Instrumentation Proceedings , 23 to 28 June, 2008, Marseille, France.
“X-ray Polarimetric Measurements in Xenon Gas Filled Detectors”, G.S. Botte,
P.J.B.M. Rachinhas, T.H.V.T. Dias, R.M.Curado da Silva, J.F.C.A. Veloso, A.L.
Gouvêa, L.P.M.M. Carita, F.P. Santos, L.M.N. Távora, C.A.N. Conde and A.D.
Stauffer, Conference Record of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (N02-171), 19-25
October 2008, Dresden, Germany.
“Polarimetry with Laue Lens and CZT Pixel Detector”, E. Caroli, R. M. Curado da
Silva, J. B. Stephen, A. Pisa, N. Auricchio, S. del Sordo, A. Donati, F. Schiavone, G.
Landini, V. Honkimaki, F. Frontera, accepted for oral presentation in 16th
International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray
Detectors (R03-4), 19-25 October 2008, Dresden, Germany.
“X-ray polarimetry in Xenon gas filled detectors”, G S Botte1, L P M M Carita, A L
Gouvêa, T H V T Dias, J F C A Veloso, P J B M Rachinhas, R M Curado da Silva, F
P Santos, L M N Távora, C A N Conde and A D Stauffer, MPGD2009 1st
International Conference on Micropattern Gaseous Detectors, Crete, Greece, 12-15
June 2009.
“Polarimetry Study with a CdZnTe Focal Plane Detector”, R. M. Curado da Silva, N.
Auricchio, E. Caroli, A. Donati, J. M. Maia, F. Schiavone, J. B. Stephen, A. Trindade,
S. del Sordo, V. Honkimäki, Conference Record of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium
(N13-65), October 25 to 31, 2009, Orlando Florida, USA.
“Polarization degree and vector angle effects on a CdZnTe focal plane prototype”, R.
M. Curado da Silva, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen, N. Auricchio, J. M. Maia, S. Del Sordo,
A. Donati, F. Schiavone, J. B. Campos, C. P. Gloster, A. Trindade, V. Honkimaki,
submited to the Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors, 30
October - 6 November 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
“A CZT high efficiency detector with three dimensional spatial resolution for Laue
lens”, E. Caroli, N. Auricchio, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, R. M. Curado da Silva, S. Del
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Sordo, I. Kuvvetli, J.B. Stephen, L. Natalucci, E.M. Quadrini, M. Zanichelli, M
Zappettini, proceedings of the Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor
Detectors, 30 October - 6 November 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
“CdZnTe Focal Plane Polarimetric Performances for a Laue Lens Point Spread
Function”, J. B. de Campos, R. M. Curado da Silva, C. P. Gloster, Alessandro Pisa, E.
Caroli, J. B. Stephen, Filippo Frontera, Nuclear Science Symposium Conference
Record, 2011, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference,
Oct. 23-29, Valencia, Spain, 2011.
“A balloon-borne 3D CZT scattering polarimeter for hard X-ray astrophysics”, E.
Caroli, J. M. Alvarez, N. Auricchio, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, R. M. Curado da Silva, S.
Del Sordo, P. Ferrando, P. Laurent, O. Limousin, J. L. Galvèz, C. P. Gloster, M.
Hernanz, J. Isern, I. Kuvvetli, J. M. Maia, J. B. Stephen, A. Zappettini, Nuclear
Science Symposium Conference Record, 2011, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium
and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 23-29, Valencia, Spain, 2011.
“LaPolCaliste - Polarisation Performance of the CdTe/CZT Caliste Detector
Modules”, P. Ferrando, O. Limousin, E. Caroli, R. Silva, V. Honkimaki, C. Blondel,
R. Chipaux, S. Del Sordo, B. Horeau, P. Laurent, J.M. Maia, A. Meuris, J.B. Stephen
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 23-29,
Valencia, Spain, 2011.
“CdTe/CZT Pixel Detector for Gamma-Ray Spectrometry with Imaging and
Polarimetry Capability in Astrophysics”, José-Manuel Álvarez, José -Luis Gálvez,
Margarita Hernanz, Jordi Isern, Manuel Lozano, Giulio Pellegrini, Mokhtar
Chmeissani, Ezio Caroli and Rui M. Curado da Silva, IEEE Nuclear Science
Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 23-29, Valencia, Spain, 2011.
“Development status of a CZT spectrometer prototype with 3D spatial resolution for
hard X ray astronomy”, N. Auricchio, E. Caroli, A. Basili, G. Benassi, C. Budtz
Jørgensen, R. M. Curado da Silva et al., Proc. SPIE 8453, High Energy, Optical, and
Infrared Detectors for Astronomy V, 84530S (September 25, 2012);
doi:10.1117/12.928327.
“A 3D CZT hard X ray polarimeter for a balloon borne payload”, E. Caroli, J. M.
Alvarez, N. Auricchio, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, R. M. Curado da Silva et al., Proc. SPIE
8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray,
84434O (September 7, 2012); doi:10.1117/12.928326.
“Development of a CZT spectroscopic 3D imager prototype for hard X ray
astronomy”, Auricchio N., Caroli, E. ; Basili, A. ; Schiavone, F. ; Stephen, J.B. ;
Milano, L. ; Benassi, G. ; Zambelli, N. ; Zappettini, A. ; Del Sordo, S. ; Moscatelli, F.
; Budtz-Jorgensen, C. ; Kuvvetli, I. ; da Silva, R.M.C., IEEE Nuclear Science
Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct. 27-Nov. 2, Seoul, South Korea,
2013, doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829832
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“A Compact Solar Hard X-ray Polarimeter”, E. Caroli, Wei Fei, R. M. Curado da
Silva, O. Limousin, J. M. Maia, Zhang Pin, J. B. Stephen, João Fernandes, Nicolas
Produit, Ricardo Patrício, J. Marques, M. Pinto, N. Auricchio, Adriana Garcia, Paulo
Ribeiro, 1st Workshop Planning for a joint scientific space mission Chinese Academy
of Sciences (CAS) - European Space Agency (ESA), Chengdu (China), 25-26
February 2014.
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