PIXEL2020: The 10th International Workshop on Semiconductor Pixel Detectors for Particles and Imaging

该奖项支持将于2020年12月14日至18日在新墨西哥州圣达菲举行的第十届粒子与成像半导体像素探测器国际研讨会（PIXEL2020）。本次研讨会将推进能够在天体物理和空间应用中以最高能量发现最罕见过程的技术；在核、重离子和宇宙学背景下；同步加速器光和轻子光束；在各种需要抗辐射材料的健康、通信和国防应用中。本次研讨会将回顾粒子物理和x射线成像中现有的和拟议的像素探测器。讨论的问题包括新的设计和架构，辐射效应，模拟，对准和校准，机械稳定性和冷却，电子读出和前端asic以及触发。该奖项最多支持25名研究生和初级研究人员参加。由于所有会议都是全体会议，这次会议将为这些初级科学家提供极好的机会。会议记录将提供给全球仪器界使用。本次研讨会将为西南地区带来仪器仪表方面的国际专家。这些进展将在医学、天体物理学、生物学、核物理和粒子物理学等领域有潜在的应用。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports the 10th International Workshop on Semiconductor Pixel Detectors for Particles and Imaging (PIXEL2020), to be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 14-18, 2020. This workshop will advance technologies that enable discoveries at the highest energies, of the rarest processes, in astrophysical and space applications; in nuclear, heavy ion, and cosmology contexts; in synchrotron light and lepton beams; and in a variety of health, communications, and defense applications requiring radiation hardened materials.This workshop will review existing and proposed pixel detectors for particle physics and for x-ray imaging. Issues to be discussed include new designs and architectures, radiation effects, simulation, alignment and calibration, mechanical stability and cooling, electronic readout and front-end ASICs, and triggering. This award supports the attendance of up to 25 participating graduate students and junior investigators. As all sessions will be plenary, this meeting will provide excellent exposure for these junior scientists. Proceedings will be made available for the use of the worldwide instrumentation community. This workshop will bring to the Southwest international experts on instrumentation. Developments will have potential applications to medicine, astrophysics, biology, and nuclear and particle physics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.