Advances in X-ray and Gamma RAy DEtectors and applications (XGRADE 2026)

Session

Detectors 3

25 Mar 2026, 14:30

Aula Capitò ( Università degli Studi di Palermo)

Conveners

Detectors 3

• Giuseppe Bertuccio

31. Identification and reconstruction of charge sharing events containing detector fluorescence using a 2mm HF-CZT HEXITEC detector

Dr Andrew Farnworth (Loughborough University)

25/03/2026, 14:30

Detector systems utilising the small pixel effect, such as HEXITEC, display high rates of charge sharing due to the similar scales of the charge carrier clouds generated by hard X-ray interactions and the pixel pitch of the detector.

Charge sharing distributes the complete interaction energy of event across multiple readout channels – with losses occurring due to truncation of fractional...

3. Nano-Patterned GEM Detectors: From Ionic-Cluster Dynamics to Enhanced X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detection Performance

Dr Yalcin Kalkan (Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University (TR))

25/03/2026, 15:00

Micro-pattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs) have demonstrated outstanding performance in X-ray and gamma-ray detection; however, further improvements in gain stability, signal formation, and spatial resolution are still strongly connected to the microscopic transport properties of charge carriers in the gas. In this contribution, we present recent developments on nano-patterned GEM (nano-GEM)...

8. Utilization of cosmic-ray muon induced secondaries for imaging

Kristina Bikit (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Serbia)

25/03/2026, 15:30

Abstract: Cosmic-ray muography has emerged as a valuable technique for the non-invasive inspection of geological and industrial structures, such as the assessment of nuclear reactor fuel. Despite its successes, conventional muon imaging methods have faced significant challenges in resolving small-scale structures composed of low atomic number and low-density materials. To address this...