Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs

Information is available for the following experimental runs:

2020

Measurements of 2 and 3 mm scintillator sheets: Thickness measurements of 2 mm and 3 mm thick scintillator sheets from Nuvia.

12th–15th April 2019: Experimental measurements at Heidelberg using range calorimeter and proton, Helium, Carbon, Oxigen beam.; Data for PTCOPG talk.

16th–18th November 2018: Experimental measurements at Heidelberg using range calorimeter and Helium beam.; Single PMT module tests to provide data for HIT pCT reconstruction.

25th-26th October 2018: Experimental measurements at Birmingham using fast treatment plan verification test setup.; Improved setup from 21st February 2018 with PRaVDA module trigger output.

16th August 2018: Experimental measurements with range calorimeter using Carbon beam at MedAustron.; Range measurements from 120 to 184.5 MeV/u.

23rd March 2018: Single module calorimeter measurements to support TUWien proton CT tracker.

22nd March 2018: Experimental measurements with range calorimeter from 62 to 252 MeV.; Precision range measurements from 62 to 100 MeV.

8th-9th March 2018: First experimental measurements of the plastic scintillator range calorimeter.; Measurements at 28 and 36 MeV using ISDI sensor and Nikon DSLR.

21st February 2018: Experimental measurements at Birmingham using fast treatment plan verification test setup.

Measurements of 2 and 3 mm scintillator sheets: Thickness measurements of 2 mm and 3 mm thick scintillator sheets from Nuvia.

Plan of Action for January–March 2018: Plan of action for range calorimeter assembly and experimental tests from January to March 2018.

7th September 2017: Tests of Nuvia scintillator stacks with PRaVDA CMOS pixel sensors (PRIAPUS) at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 28 MeV beam.
10th August 2017: Tests of Nuvia scintillator stacks with PRaVDA CMOS pixel sensors (PRIAPUS).
1st-3rd March 2017: Measurements at MedAustron with longer scintillator and 252MeV beam.; Give short explanation of the purpose and results.

24th-25th November 2016: Give short explanation of the purpose and results.
2nd-3rd August 2016: Energy-to-range calibration measurements with a calibration wheel used by physicists at Clatterbridge with detector module comprising a 2" PMT and new PS-based scintillator.; Data cross-checking measurements taken with the wheel to that taken with PMMA blocks of equivalent thickness at the same location, and further upstream at the modulator box.; Measured total dose delivered to the new PS-based scintillator for radiation damage and hardness considerations.; Recorded waveform data with new LeCroy HDO6104 oscilloscope.; Made neutron measurements with the large 8" PMT hexagonal block module.