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Silicon Photomultiplier-Based Systems for Particle and Radiation Detection

A special issue of Instruments (ISSN 2410-390X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 891

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Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: silicon detectors; silicon photomultipliers; radiation detection; experimental particle physics

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Guest Editor
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Interests: avalanche photodiodes; solid-state photomultipliers; CMS; experimental particle physics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Special Issue devoted to instruments based on silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for particle and radiation detection. The focus will be on original research and state-of-the-art instruments that take advantage of SiPMs' capabilities. Reviews of the requirements and solutions for specific application fields are also welcome.

We especially invite you to contribute papers on the following subjects:

  • SiPMs in particle physics detectors;
  • SiPMs in astronomy and astrophysics;
  • SiPMs in medical imaging detectors or biomedical applications;
  • SiPMs in space detectors;
  • SiPMs in radiation protection and homeland security;
  • SiPMs in LiDAR systems;
  • Other instruments based on SiPMs;
  • Mass production of instruments and mass characterization procedures;
  • SiPM-dedicated electronics (readout, control systems, etc.);
  • Calibration methods and results;
  • Simulation packages for SiPM systems

This is an excellent opportunity to get your new ideas on the map (and establish intellectual property at the same time), for selected contributed papers. Material from white papers can of course be used, if at peer-reviewable level.

Prof. Dr. Erika Garutti
Dr. Yuri Musienko
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • silicon photomultipliers (SiPM)
  • particle physics detectors
  • space detectors
  • radiation detection

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Design and Characterization of the POKERINO Prototype for the POKER/NA64 Experiment at CERN
by Andrei Antonov, Pietro Bisio, Mariangela Bondì, Andrea Celentano, Anna Marini and Luca Marsicano
Instruments 2026, 10(2), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments10020019 - 27 Mar 2026
Abstract
The NA64 experiment at the CERN H4 beamline recently started a high-energy positron-beam program to search for light dark matter particles through a thick-target, missing-energy measurement. To fulfill the energy resolution requirement of the physics measurement [...] Read more.
The NA64 experiment at the CERN H4 beamline recently started a high-energy positron-beam program to search for light dark matter particles through a thick-target, missing-energy measurement. To fulfill the energy resolution requirement of the physics measurement σE/E2.5%/E[GeV]0.5% and cope with the constraints and performance requests of the NA64 setup, a new high-resolution homogeneous electromagnetic calorimeter PKR-CAL has been designed. The detector is based on PbWO4 crystals, each read by multiple SiPM sensors to maximize the light collection. The PKR-CAL design has been optimized to mitigate and control unavoidable SiPM saturation effects at high light levels, as well as to minimize the gain fluctuations induced by instantaneous variations of the H4 beam intensity. The R&D program culminated in the construction of a small-scale prototype, POKERINO. In this work, we present the results from the experimental characterization campaign of the POKERINO, aiming at demonstrating that the obtained performances are compatible with the application requirements. Full article
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