Scheda IDEA FINAL

Informazioni generali

Integrated Detector-Electronics system for hard X-/gamma-ray Astronomy

IDEA

Progetto

R & D

Laboratorio

RSN5

Attività: Nuova; Data inizio: 2022; Data fine: 2026

enrico.virgilli enrico.virgilli@inaf.it

L'obiettivo di IDEA è quello di migliorare le prestazioni della tecnologia di rivelazione proposta e/o adottata in diverse missioni spaziali per raggi gamma che si basano sull'uso di Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) accoppiate a scintillatori. XGIS proposto per THESEUS, ed i modelli di volo di HERMES sono presi come riferimento. In IDEA verrà adottata una tecnologia per saldare il preamplificatore direttamente alla SDD, sostituendo le connessioni a filo con una tecnica detta di bump-bonding, rendendo superflua la PCB di supporto. L'ASIC viene posizionato capovolto con la piazzola di input sopra l'anodo della SDD. I vantaggi del processo consistono nella diminuzione del rumore del rivelatore, nella riduzione della sua area inattiva e nella semplificazione del processo ingegneristico.

Goal of IDEA is to enhance the performance of the detection technology proposed and/or adopted in several high energy space missions which are based on the use of SDD. The XGIS instrument as proposed for THESEUS and the Hermes payloads are taken as a reference. IDEA will focus on developing a technology to bond the preamplifier chip directly on the SDD, fully replacing the wire-bonding connections with the bump-bonding technique, thus avoiding the use of a PCB as an intermediate layer. Differently from the actual technique the ASIC chip will be placed upside down and located with its input pad above the SDD anode. The advantages of the process will consist in decreasing the detector noise, reducing the inactive area of the detector, and simplifying the engineering process.

Tecnologie per Astronomia delle Alte Energie

Tecnologie per osservazioni da spazio

Trasferimento Tecnologico

Team Summary

15. Personale INAF coinvolto

Numero di partecipanti INAF al progetto: 15

Struttura	TI 2022	TI 2023	TI 2024	TD 2022	TD 2023	TD 2024	Nex	Extra
OAS BOLOGNA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0.15
IAPS ROMA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00
IASF MILANO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00
O.A. TRIESTE	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totali	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0.15

16. Personale Associato INAF coinvolto

Numero di partecipanti Associati INAF: 1

#	Struttura	TI 2022	TI 2023	TI 2024	TD 2022	TD 2023	TD 2024	Extra
1	OAS	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Totali	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Fondi a sostegno

21. Totale fondi a disposizione (dato aggregato, k€)

Certi 2022	Certi 2023	Certi 2024	Presunti 2022	Presunti 2023	Presunti 2024
0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

Produzione scientifica e tecnologica

22. Produzione scientifica e tecnologica - Highlights

#	DOI	Descrizione	Azione
1		Labanti C. et al. "The X/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS) on-board THESEUS: design, main characteristics, and concept of operation" Proceedings of the SPIE 2020, paper 11444-303
2		Campana R. et al. "The XGIS instrument on-board THESEUS: Monte Carlo simulations for response, background, and sensitivity" Proceedings of the SPIE 2020, paper 11444-275
3		Fuschino F. et al. "The XGIS instrument on-board THESEUS: the detection plane and on-board electronics" Proceedings of the SPIE 2020, paper 11444-277
4		Evangelista Y. et al. "The scientific payload on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat missions" Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11444, id. 114441T 16 pp. (2020)
5		Sammartini M. et al "Pixel Drift Detector (PixDD) - SIRIO: an X-ray spectroscopic system with high energy resolution at room temperature" Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, Volume 953, article id. 163114. (2020)
6		Fuschino F. "An innovative architecture for wide band transient monitor on board the HERMES nano-satellite constellation" Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11444, id. 114441S 12 pp. (2020)
7		Mele F. et al. "ORION, a Multichip Readout Electronics for Satellite Wide Energy Range X-/γ-Ray Imaging Spectroscopy: Design and Characterization of the Analog Section" IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 68, issue 12, pp. 2801-2809 (2021)
8		Guidorzi C. et al. "A deep study of the high–energy transient sky" Experimental Astronomy volume 51, pages1203–1223 (2021)
9		Frontera F. et al. "Understanding the origin of the positron annihilation line and the physics of supernova explosions" Experimental Astronomy volume 51, pages 1175–1202 (2021)
10		Fiore F. et al. "The HERMES-technologic and scientific pathfinder" Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11444, id. 114441R 15 pp. (2020).

Informazioni Pubbliche

<a id="li-1145-799" href="https://uat.wolba.ch/uat/799?view=hierarchy&path=1145" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(180, 8, 58); text-decoration-line: none;">Astronomical instrumentation</a>: <a href="https://uat.wolba.ch/uat/630?view=hierarchy&path=1145" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(180, 8, 58);">Gamma-ray detectors</a> / <a href="https://uat.wolba.ch/uat/1815?view=hierarchy&path=1145" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(180, 8, 58);">X-ray detectors</a>; <a id="li-739" href="https://uat.wolba.ch/uat/739?view=hierarchy" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(180, 8, 58); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">High energy astrophysics</a>: <a href="https://uat.wolba.ch/uat/1852?view=hierarchy" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(180, 8, 58);">X-ray transient sources</a> / <a id="li-739-1851-1853" href="https://uat.wolba.ch/uat/1853?view=hierarchy&path=739-1851" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem; color: rgb(180, 8, 58); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji";">Gamma-ray transient sources</a>;

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The transient high energy sky has proven to be a remarkable source of discoveries in astrophysics. Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) represent transient events par excellence. INAF and particularly OAS, IAPS and IASF have a long heritage on both data interpretation and theoretical explanation of such events. In recent years the interest of the community has been even more strongly triggered by the discovery of the gravitational waves, related to the short GRBs. Dedicated instruments must have high sensitivity which in turns means a high effective area. Future missions require a large pass-band and high throughput from a fraction of keV to a few tens of MeV. INAF has also a long history in the proposal, design, and realization of x-ray and gamma-ray experiments. In recent years, SDDs have been proposed both for direct detection of x-ray photons and for indirect detection of gamma-rays thanks to the  SDD + scintillator crystal system (siswich configuration).

OAS laboratories; Thermal chamber for environmental tests; IAPS calibration facility and clean room class 10^5; low energy X-ray tubes; radioactive calibration sources.

15. Team members, Informazioni generali

15. Personale INAF coinvolto

#	Nome	E-mail	Struttura	TI	Qualifica	Ruolo nel Progetto	FTE Impegnate (2022/2023/2024)	FTE Presunte (2022/2023/2024)	Extra
1	enrico.virgilli	enrico.virgilli@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	RICERCATORE	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
2	lorenzo.amati	lorenzo.amati@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	DIRIGENTE DI RICERCA	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
3	ruben.farinelli	ruben.farinelli@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	RICERCATORE	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
4	yuri.evangelista	yuri.evangelista@inaf.it	IAPS ROMA	Y	RICERCATORE	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
5	riccardo.campana	riccardo.campana@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	TECNOLOGO	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
6	luca.terenzi	luca.terenzi@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	RICERCATORE	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
7	natalia.auricchio	natalia.auricchio@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	TECNOLOGO	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
8	mauro.fiorini	mauro.fiorini@inaf.it	IASF MILANO	Y	RICERCATORE	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
9	andrea.bulgarelli	andrea.bulgarelli@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	PRIMO TECNOLOGO	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
10	sandro.mereghetti	sandro.mereghetti@inaf.it	IASF MILANO	Y	DIRIGENTE DI RICERCA	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
11	giuseppe.baldazzi	giuseppe.baldazzi@unibo.it	OAS BOLOGNA	N	ASSOCIATO	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
12	marco.feroci	marco.feroci@inaf.it	IAPS ROMA	Y	DIRIGENTE DI RICERCA	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
13	fabrizio.fiore	fabrizio.fiore@inaf.it	O.A. TRIESTE	Y	DIRIGENTE DI RICERCA	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
14	ezequiel.marchesini	ezequiel.marchesini@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	N	ASSEGNISTA	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X
15	fabio.fuschino	fabio.fuschino@inaf.it	OAS BOLOGNA	Y	RICERCATORE	membro del team	X X X	X X X	X

16. Personale Associato INAF coinvolto

#	Nome	E-mail	Struttura	TI	Qualifica	Ruolo nel Progetto	FTE Impegnate (2022/2023/2024)	FTE Presunte (2022/2023/2024)	Extra
1	claudio.labanti	claudio.labanti@inaf.it	OAS	N	Ricercatore	membro del team	[0, 0, 0]	[0.0, 0.0, 0.0]	0.0

21. Fondi a Sostegno Iniziativa

This Scheda is supporting the request of Large Grant INAF named IDEA: Integrated Detector-Electronics system for hard X-/gamma-ray Astronomy, "An innovative design for a large effective area, broad energy range, very low noise detection system for X-/gamma-ray astrophysics through a full integration of Silicon sensors and read-out electronics". For its generality, this activity has been connected with three "Schede-Madre: 1)THESEUS-XGIS ; 2) eXTP; 3) HERMES. The three experiments have a strong link concerning the detection principle and this proposal would provide a strong improvement of their performances. Even if, independently, the three missions have been partially or fully financed, the IDEA project is completely independent and not supported by the above mentioned Mother-projects.

Tabella fondi:

#	Provenienza	Certi 2022 (k€)	Certi 2023 (k€)	Certi 2024 (k€)	Presun. 2022 (k€)	Presun. 2023 (k€)	Presun. 2024 (k€)	Totale Certi (k€)	Totale Presunti (k€)
1	INAF Large Grant	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	200

Tabella fondi Astrofisica Fondamentale e PNRR:

#	Provenienza	Fondi 2022 (€)	Fondi 2023 (€)	Fondi 2024 (€)