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The exploration of the subnuclear world is done through increasingly complex experiments covering a wide range of energies and in a large variety of environments - from particle accelerators, underground detectors to satellites and space laboratories. For these research programs to succeed, novel techniques, new materials and new instrumentation need to be used in detectors, often on a large scale. Hence, particle physics is at the forefront of technological advancement and leads to numerous applications. Among these, medical applications have a particular importance due to the health and social benefits they bring. This volume reviews the advances made in all technological aspects of current experiments in the field.
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Michele Barone Emilio Borchi Andrea Gaddi Claude Leroy Larry Price Pier-Giorgio Rancoita Randal Ruchti
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Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications Proceedings of the 9th Conference
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Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications Proceedings of the 9th Conference
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy
1 7 - 2 1 October 2005
Editors
Michele Barone Demokritos Athens, Greece
Emilio Borchi IN FN & University of Florence, Italy
Andrea Gaddi CERN, Switzerland
Claude Leroy Universite de Montreal, Canada
Larry Price ANL, USA
Pier-Giorgio Rancoita INFN-Milano, Italy
Randal Ruchti University of Notre Dame & US National Science Foundation, USA
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Organizing Committee: E. Borchi C. Leroy L. Price P.G. Rancoita R. Ruchti
INFN and University of Florence University of Montreal ANL INFN-Milano (chairman) University of Notre Dame/US National Science Foundation
Industrial Organizing Committee: M. Barone A. Gaddi
Demokritos Athens CERN Geneva
International Advisory Committee: D. Abbaneo S. Baccaro P. Binko A. Breskin A. Capone C. Fabjan K. Freudenreich S. Giani V. Hagopian E. Longo E. Nappi S. Pospisil P.L. Riboni T.J. Ruth D. Saltzberg J. Seguinot V. Sossi S. Volonte C. Waltham
CERN Geneva ENEA-Rome Observatoire de Geneve & SynSpace SA Weizmann Institute INFN and University of Romel CERN Geneva ETH-Zurich CERN Geneva Florida State University INFN and University of Romel INFN-Bari CTU Prague ETHZ-Zurich TRIUMF UCLA Coll