High energy physics and instrumentation with the LHC-CERN

• Grant number: 20/04867-2
• Support Opportunities: Special Projects
• Start date: July 01, 2022
• End date: June 30, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Gameiro Munhoz
• Grantee: Marcelo Gameiro Munhoz
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Alexandre Alarcon do Passo Suaide ; Fernando Silveira Navarra ; Marco Aurelio Lisboa Leite ; Marco Bregant ; Ronaldo Domingues Mansano
• Associated researchers: Adriana Pugliese Netto Lamas ; Alberto Martinez Torres ; Alessandra Tomal ; ANTONIO CARLOS SANTOS DE ARRUDA ; Antonio Carlos Seabra ; Antonio Cesar Germano Martins ; Bruno Cavalcante de Souza Sanches ; Cristiane Jahnke ; Cristiano Krug ; David Dobrigkeit Chinellato ; Edmilson José Tonelli Manganote ; Francisco de Assis Souza ; Graciella Watanabe ; Gustavo Pamplona Rehder ; Hugo Daniel Hernandez Herrera ; Ivã Gurgel ; João Antonio Martino ; Jun Takahashi ; Lucas Compassi Severo ; Luciano Melo Abreu ; Luís da Silva Zambom ; luis gustavo pereira ; Marcelo Antonio Pavanello ; Márcia Begalli ; Márcia de Almeida Rizzutto ; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli ; Marco Antonio Assis de Melo ; Marco Bregant ; Maria Beatriz de Leone Gay Ducati ; Marisilvia Donadelli ; Maurício Moralles ; Mauro Rogerio Cosentino ; Nelson Carlin Filho ; Nemitala Added ; Nilberto Heder Medina ; Nilton Itiro Morimoto ; Patrícia Camargo Magalhães ; Paula Ghedini Der Agopian ; Paulo Roberto Costa ; Pedro Hugo Ferreira Natal da Luz ; Rafael Peretti Pezzi ; Renato Camargo Giacomini ; Renato Higa ; Ricardo Cardoso Rangel ; Roberto Baginski Batista Santos ; Rudolf Theoderich Bühler ; Sebastiao Gomes dos Santos Filho ; Sérgio Henrique Bezerra de Sousa Leal ; Thiago Hartz Maia ; Tiago Fiorini da Silva ; Tiago Oliveira Weber ; Wilhelmus Adrianus Maria van Noije ; Yara do Amaral Coutinho ; Zwinglio de Oliveira Guimarães Filho
• Associated research grant(s): 25/12578-4 - The 39th Microelectronics Technology Symposium - SBMicro 2025, AR.BR; 25/03411-9 - Ultra fast semiconductor sensors for precision timing and tracking applications, AP.R SPRINT; 25/05598-9 - 11th Joint EuroSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EuroSOI-ULIS 2025), AR.EXT; 24/02605-1 - Quark-Gluon Plasma Tomography with Hard Probes in ALICE, AP.R SPRINT; 22/14150-3 - Multi User Equipment approved in grant 2020/04867-2: Semi-automatic Probe Station and accessories, AP.EMU
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/23286-1 - Study of Gaseous Detectors for Neutron Detection Using THGEMs with Deposited Boron-10, BP.IC; 25/01122-0 - Search for Lambda hyperon polarization around jets at the LHC, BP.DD; 25/04451-4 - Scientific Journalism with the LHC-CERN: Dissemination and Formation, BP.JC; + associated scholarships 24/19988-0 - Longevity studies of micro-patterned gaseous detectors used in high-energy physics experiments, BP.DR; 24/19103-9 - Production of exotic states in photon-induced processes at LHC and EIC., BP.DR; 24/15576-0 - Amplitude Analysis of the D+ -> K+ K- pi+ decay, BP.DD; 24/23149-4 - Open Heavy Flavor and Jets Correlations in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, BP.DD; 24/14337-1 - Study of Multiplicity Distribution in Hadronic Collisions, BP.MS; 24/20568-6 - Evaluating the performance of Low Gain Avalanche Detectors under high radiation doses, BP.IC; 24/17836-9 - Heavy Flavor Jet Observables in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, BP.PD; 24/00944-3 - Science Teaching in Brazil and Denmark: social factors and cultural integration, BE.PQ; 24/10327-1 - Portable Two-Dimensional Multipurpose X-ray System, BP.DD; 24/16520-8 - CP violation and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe: A case study in the process D0->pi+pi-, BP.IC; 24/04470-6 - How does Knowledge become Scientific? A Historical Study on the Consolidation of Quantum Theories as Reference Knowledge in Physics., BE.PQ; 24/09438-3 - Epistemological unfoldings of modern physics: Analyzing preservice teachers' conceptions of nature of science, BP.MS; 24/17225-0 - Scientific journalism with LHC-CERN: dissemination and training, BP.JC; 24/06703-8 - UVM based verification applied to readout ASIC for micropattern gaseous detectors, BP.IC; 24/06652-4 - Proton structure in high energy collisions, BP.DR; 24/02346-6 - Jet Modification in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, BP.MS; 24/00574-1 - Scientific-technological Development from the Partnership between Brazilian Physicists and CERN, BP.JC; 24/05102-0 - Application of Micro Pattern Gas Detectors to Image Generation, BP.IC; 24/00573-5 - A Scientific and Technological Development through the Partnership between Brazilian Physicists and CERN, BP.JC; 23/18484-6 - Deep learning and signal processing applied to 4 dimension track reconstruction for the HL-LHC, BP.DD; 23/18486-9 - Ultra-fast semiconductor sensors and associated instrumentation for radiation detection, BP.DD; 23/16276-7 - Searching for double Higgs pair production in the HH to bbtautau channel at the ATLAS experiment, BP.PD; 23/13993-0 - Development of a computed tomography equipment using a thick-GEM detector, BP.DD; 23/14456-8 - Study of Energy Loss Models of Heavy Flavor Quarks in the Quark-Gluon Plasma, BP.PD; 23/11934-6 - Characterization of Micropattern Gas Detectors and their Imaging Application, BP.IC; 23/07790-9 - Study of heavy quark jets structure in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, BP.DR; 23/11374-0 - Science Journalism with the LHC-CERN: Outreach and Education, BP.JC; 23/09780-0 - Acquisition software for a SAMPA standalone DAQ system, BP.TT; 23/07515-8 - Detector Simulation for High Energy Physics, BP.IC; 23/07428-8 - Thermal Production of Particles in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, BP.IC; 23/01970-5 - Study of the Production of Exotic Hadrons with the ALICE Experiment from the LHC-CERN, BP.DR; 22/13944-6 - Study and production of portable and low-cost GEM-based detectors., BP.IC; 22/02989-9 - Study of the granular properties of the quark gluon plasma generated at LHC, BP.DD; 23/00251-5 - Framework for performance evaluation of the ATLAS Liquid Argon digitization system - Digital systems for High Energy Physics Trigger, BP.TT; 22/15731-0 - Study of the analytic structure of the S-matrix in coupled-channels applied to the X(3872) meson, BP.IC; 22/10779-4 - Studying the transport of positive ions in micro-patterned gaseous detectors of radiation by computer simulations, BP.IC - associated scholarships

Abstract

The involvement of São Paulo research institutions in large collaborations of high energy Physics over the past few years, largely financed by FAPESP, has brought important results for Brazilian science, as the development of the SAMPA chip, a product of high technology already used by several similar experiments around the world, and the investigation of fundamental Physics processes, such as the origin of mass. This proposal aims to support the participation of São Paulo groups over the next five years in the ALICE and ATLAS experiments of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the collaboration for research and development in nuclear instrumentation, RD51, all located in the European laboratory CERN. By consolidating in a single project São Paulo groups participation in three collaborations, the aim is to optimize both financial and human resources, taking advantage of common and complementary knowledge present in these three collaborations. Built upon the vast experience in Physics and engineering acquired by these groups over the last several years in LHC related projects, this proposal will focus on upmost questions in the electroweak and strong sectors of the Standard Model as well as Physics searches beyond it. The research and development of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGD) and Ultra-Fast Semiconductor Detectors (UFSD) represent a significant part of the effort in this project. It aims a relevant participation in the design, construction and operation of new detector systems in the aforementioned collaborations while contributing to strategically reduce the dependency of the nation on state-of-the-art technology for radiation detection and signal processing. This goal will be accomplished through interdisciplinary partnerships, adapting these novel instrumentation developments for local applications. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

AGAPOPOULOU, C.; BERESFORD, L. A.; BOUMEDIENE, D. E.; GARCIA, L. CASTILLO; CONFORTI, S.; DE LA TAILLE, C.; CORPE, L. D.; DE SOUSA, M. J. DA CUNHA SARGEDAS; DINAUCOURT, P.; FALOU, A.; et al. Performance of a front-end prototype ASIC for the ATLAS High Granularity timing detector. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 18, n. 8, p. 23-pg., 2023-08-01. (20/04867-2)

GAJDOS, MATEJ; DA LUZ, HUGO NATAL; SOUZA, GEOVANE G. A.; BREGANT, MARCO. TPC track denoising and recognition using convolutional neural networks. COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, v. 312, p. 9-pg., 2025-07-01. (20/04867-2)

RAMOS, DANIEL A.; SASAKI, KATIA R. A.; RANGEL, RICARDO C.; DUARTE, PEDRO H.; MARTINO, JOAO A.. Influence of the source/drain doping region on the reconfigurability of ^BESOI MOSFET. 2023 37TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2023-01-01. (20/04867-2)

SAITO, G. T.; LEITE, M.; MAZZA, S. M.; ZHAO, Y.; KIRKES, T.; YOHO, N.; YERDEA, D.; NAGEL, N.; OTT, J.; NIZAM, M.; et al. Time-resolved synchrotron light source X-ray detection with Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SP, v. 1064, p. 4-pg., 2024-05-28. (20/04867-2)

VILAS BOAS, ALEXIS CRISTIANO; ALBERTON, SAULO GABRIEL; GARCIA, PAULO ROBERTO; MEDINA, NILBERTO H.; AGUIAR, VITOR ANGELO P.; MELO, MARCO ANTONIO A.; SANTOS, ROBERTO BAGINSKI B.; GIACOMINI, RENATO C.; CAVALCANTE, TASSIO, V; SEIXAS JR, LUIS EDUARDO; et al. Neutron-induced effects on a commercial GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor. 2024 38TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (22/09131-0, 23/16053-8, 20/04867-2, 18/25225-9)

DUARTE, PEDRO H.; RANGEL, RICARDO C.; SASAKI, KATIA R. A.; MARTINO, JOAO A.. Study of ISFET for KCl sensing. Solid-State Electronics, v. 219, p. 5-pg., 2024-06-24. (20/04867-2)

PERINA, WELDER F.; MARTINO, JOAO A.; AGOPIAN, PAULA G. D.. Effect of interface traps on the different conduction mechanisms of MISHEMT from 200 K to 450 K. 2024 38TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (20/04867-2)

PENNONE, JULIANA; AGUERO, NATASHA FIORETTO; MARTINI, DANIEL MARCZUK; MOCHIZUKI, LUIS; SUAIDE, ALEXANDRE ALARCON DO PASSO. Fall prediction in a quiet standing balance test via machine learning: Is it possible? (vol 19, e0296355, 2024). PLoS One, v. 20, n. 4, p. 1-pg., 2025-04-22. (20/04867-2)

SARAMELA, THIAGO B.; SILVA, TIAGO F.; BREGANT, MARCO; MUNHOZ, MARCELO G.; QUACH, TIEN T.; HAGUE, RICHARD; GILMORE, IAN S.; ROBERTS, CLIVE J.; TRINDADE, GUSTAVO F.. Evidence for polyimide redeposition and possible correlation with sparks in Gas Electron Multipliers working in CF4 mixtures. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SP, v. 1066, p. 7-pg., 2024-07-16. (19/07426-0, 20/04867-2, 22/03043-1)

RIBEIRO, ARLLEN D. R.; SILVA, VANESSA C. P.; MARTINO, JOAO A.; VELOSO, ANABELA; HORIGUCHI, NAOTO; AGOPIAN, PAULA G. D.. Two-Stage Transconductance Operational Amplifier designed with VFET experimental data. 2024 38TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (20/04867-2)

SILVA, V. C. P.; RIBEIRO, A. R.; MARTINO, J. A.; VELOSO, A.; HORIGUCHI, N.; AGOPIAN, P. G. D.. Analog behavior of V-FET operating in forward and reverse mode. Solid-State Electronics, v. 225, p. 4-pg., 2025-01-24. (20/04867-2)

PERINA, WELDER F.; MARTINO, JOAO A.; SIMOEN, EDDY; PERALAGU, UTHAYASANKARAN; COLLAERT, NADINE; AGOPIAN, PAULA G. D.. Study of the effect of multiple conductions on threshold voltage in a MIS-HEMT from 450 K down to 200 K. 2023 37TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO, v. N/A, p. 3-pg., 2023-01-01. (20/04867-2)

DE BARROS SOUTO, RAYANA CARVALHO; MARTINO, JOAO ANTONIO; AGOPIAN, PAULA GHEDINI DER. Analysis of Low-Dropout Voltage Regulator designed with Gate-All-Around nanosheet transistors. 2023 37TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2023-01-01. (20/04867-2)

MATIAS, F.; GRANDE, P. L.; KOVAL, N. E.; SHORTO, J. M. B.; SILVA, T. F.; ARISTA, N. R.. Deeper-band electron contributions to stopping power of silicon for low-energy ions. Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 161, n. 6, p. 10-pg., 2024-08-14. (12/04583-8, 20/04867-2)

MARTINO, JOAO ANTONIO; AGOPIAN, PAULA GHEDINI DER; DE PAULA, JULIUS ANDRETTI PEIXOTO PIRES; RITZENTHALER, ROMAIN; MERTENS, HANS; VELOSO, ANABELA; HORIGUCHI, NAOTO. Analog behavior of forksheet FET at high temperatures☆. Solid-State Electronics, v. 227, p. 4-pg., 2025-04-24. (20/04867-2)

HILKNER, HENRIQUE; DER AGOPIAN, PAULA GHEDINI; MARTINO, JOAO ANTONIO. Influence of the Temperature on the Operational Transconductance Amplifier designed with triple gate SOI FinFETs. 2024 38TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (20/04867-2)

MATIAS, F.; SILVA, T. F.; KOVAL, N. E.; PEREIRA, J. J. N.; ANTUNES, P. C. G.; SIQUEIRA, P. T. D.; TABACNIKS, M. H.; YORIYAZ, H.; SHORTO, J. M. B.; GRANDE, P. L.. Efficient computational modeling of electronic stopping power of organic polymers for proton therapy optimization. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 14, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2024-04-29. (12/04583-8, 20/04867-2)

BERESFORD, L. A.; BOUMEDIENE, D. E.; GARCIA, L. CASTILLO; CORPE, L. D.; DE SOUSA, M. J. DA CUNHA SARGEDAS; EL JARRARI, H.; ESHKEVARVAKILI, A.; GRIECO, C.; GRINSTEIN, S.; GUINDON, S.; et al. Destructive breakdown studies of irradiated LGADs at beam tests for the ATLAS HGTD. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 18, n. 7, p. 15-pg., 2023-07-01. (20/04867-2)

GRANDESI, GUILHERME INACIO; GARCIA, PAULO R., JR.; BOAS, ALEXIS, V; GIACOMINI, RENATO; SEIXAS, L. E.; GUAZZELLI, MARCILEI A.. Impact of Ionizing Radiation and Temperature on the Performance of pMOSFETs with Different Layouts. 2024 38TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (22/09131-0, 18/25225-9, 20/04867-2)

WU, FENG; FREDERICO, T.; HIGA, R.; VAN KOLCK, U.. Four-boson first excited state near two-body unitarity. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 109, n. 4, p. 13-pg., 2024-04-01. (19/07767-1, 17/05660-0, 20/04867-2)

PENNA DA SILVAL, PEDRO H.; MARTINO, JOAO A.; AGOPIAN, PAULA G. D.. Analysis of a low-dropout voltage regulator designed using omega-gate nanowire transistors experimental data.. 2024 38TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (20/04867-2)

BOISET, GISELL R.; MORATTA, RAPHAEL; YOSHIMURA, ELISABETH M.; COSTA, PAULO R.. TEMPy: a toolkit for the modeling of weighted tissue equivalent material in diagnostic imaging. Physics in Medicine and Biology, v. 69, n. 15, p. 10-pg., 2024-08-07. (21/14688-0, 22/11457-0, 18/05982-0, 20/04867-2)

DUARTE, PEDRO H.; RANGE, RICARDO C.; MARTINO, JOAO A.. Proposal of ^BESOI MOSFET source sensing region for pH monitoring applications.. 2024 38TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (20/04867-2)

CANALES, BRUNO G.; MARTINO, JOAO A.; AGOPIAN, PAULA G. D.. Influence of gate insulator and AlGaN barrier layer on MISHEMT conduction mechanisms. 2023 37TH SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES, SBMICRO, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2023-01-01. (20/04867-2)

MAZZA, S. M.; SAITO, G.; ZHAO, Y.; KIRKES, T.; YOHO, N.; YERDEA, D.; NAGEL, N.; OTT, J.; NIZAM, M.; LEITE, M.; et al. Synchrotron light source X-ray detection with Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 18, n. 10, p. 20-pg., 2023-10-01. (20/04867-2)

GAJDOS, MATEJ; DA LUZ, HUGO NATAL; SOUZA, GEOVANE G. A.; BREGANT, MARCO. Denoising 3D Time Projection Chamber data using convolutional neural networks. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 20, n. 5, p. 4-pg., 2025-05-01. (20/04867-2)