Maria Ionica

1993 Graduate of the Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest1999 Ph.D in Physics - Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, with thesis “Looking for antimatter in cosmic rays with Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer”1993-2000 Research Scientist at the Institute of Microtechnology, Bucharest2000-present Post-doc fellowship and "Assegno di Ricerca" at INFN-Sezione di Perugia and Department of Physics, Perugia (Italy)

INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica di Perugia, Perugia, .

E-mail: trimite un mesaj.

Pagina web a instituţiei: http://www.pg.infn.it

Nascut(a) in: 1970

Interese: detectori, fizica particulelor elementare, experimente spatiale si medicale,

Detalii:
Detectori din siliciu pentru experimente spatiale, medicina si fizica nucleara.

Details:
1993 Graduate of the Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest
1999 Ph.D in Physics - Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, with thesis “Looking for antimatter in cosmic rays with Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer”
1993-2000 Research Scientist at the Institute of Microtechnology, Bucharest
2000-2006 Post-doc fellowship and FAI fellowships from INFN-Sezione di Perugia
May 2006- April 2014 "Assegno di Ricerca" at Department of Physics, University of Perugia (Italy)
May 2014 - Research Scientist at INFN-Sezione di Perugia

Publicații selectate:

* M. Morrocchi, M. G. Bisogni, G. Ambrosi, M. Ionica, R. Wheadon, C. Marzocca, G. Pirrone, M. A. Piliero, A. Del Guerra , A detector module composed of pixellated crystals coupled to SiPM strips, Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Journal of Instrumentations, DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/08/P08007, 9(08), 2014.

* M. Aguilar ...M. Ionica...et al. (AMS Collaboration), First Result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station: Precision Measurement of the Positron Fraction in Primary Cosmic Rays of 0.5–350 GeV, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 110, Iss. 14 , 141102, 2013.

* K. Lubelsmeyer, A.Schultz von Dratzig, M. Wlochal, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello, R. Battiston, R. Becker, U. Becker, B.Bertucci, K.Bollweg, J.D.Burger, F. Cadoux, X.D.Cai, M. Capell, V. Choutko, M. Duranti, C. Gargiulo, C. Guandalini, S. Haino, M. Ionica, A., Upgrade of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) for long term operation on the International Space Station (ISS), Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 654, 2011.

* N. Auricchio, G.D. Domenico, L. Milano, R. Malaguti, G. Ambrosi, M. Ionica, E.Fiandrini, G. Zavattini, Characterization of Silicon Detectors for the SiliPET Project: A Small Animal PET Scanner Based on Stacks of Silicon Detectors, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57, Iss.5, 2010.

* M. Aguilar ... M.Ionica et all, Relative composition and energy spectra of light nuclei in cosmic rays: results from AMS-01, The Astrophysical Journal, 724, 2010.

* G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello, R. Battiston, G. Di Lorenzo, M. Ionica, G.U. Pignatel, C. Piemonte, G.-F. Dalla Betta, A. Del Guerra, Time resolving characteristics of HPK and FBK silicon photomultipliers for TOF and PET applications, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 617, 2010.

* Auricchio, N. Di Domenico, G. Zavattini, G. Gola, A. Fiorini, C. Frigerio, M. Ambrosi, G. Ionica, M. Fiandrini, E. Zorzi, N. Boscardin, M. , First measurements for the SiliPET project: A small animal PET scanner based on stacks of silicon detectors, Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE, Volume: 4, 2007.

* B. Alpat, G. Ambrosi, Ph. Azzarello, R. Battiston, B. Bertucci, M. Bourquin, W.J. Burger , F. Cadoux, C.F. da Silva Costa, V. Choutko, M. Duranti, E. Fiandrini, D. Haas, S. Haino, M. Ionica, R. Ionica, C. Lechanoine-Leluc, M. Menichelli, S. Natale, A. Ol, The internal alignment and position resolution of the AMS-02 silicon tracker determined with cosmic-ray muons, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 613, 2010.

* A. Del Guerra, G. Collazuol, G. Llosa, S. Marcatili, C.Piemonte,G-F. Dalla Betta, G. Ambrosi, R. Battiston, M. Ionica, G. Levi, F. Corsi, C. Marzocca, G. Matarrese, M. Foresta, Results and applications of SiPM photodetectors from FBK-irst by the DASIPM Collaboration, SOC ITALIANA FISICA, VIA SARAGOZZA, 12, I-40123 BOLOGNA, ITALY, NUOVO CIMENTO C-GEOPHYSICS AND SPACE PHYSICS, vol.30, issue.5, 2007.

* M. Petasecca, B. Alpat, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello, R. Battiston, M. Ionica, A. Papi, G. U. Pignatel, S. Haino, Thermal and Electrical Characterization of Silicon Photomultiplier, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, VOL. 55, NO. 3, 2008.

* Maria Ionica, Experience in the assembly of the large area silicon tracker for the AMS experiment, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 513, Issue 1-2, 2003.

* N. Dinu, R. Battiston, M. Boscardin, G. Collazuol, F. Corsi, GF. Dalla Betta, A. Del Guerra, G. Llosa-Llacer, M. Ionica, G. Levi, S. Marcatili, C. Marzocca, C. Piemonte, G. Pignatel, A. Pozza, L. Quadrani, C. Sbarra, N. Zorzi, Development of the first prototypes of Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) at ITC-irst, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A 572, 2007.

* Maria Ionica, B. Alpat, G. Ambrosi, R. Battiston, B. Bertucci, W. Burger, D. Caraffini, N.Dinu, G.Esposito, E.Fiandrini, R. Ionica, M.Pauluzzi, M.Menichelli, P.Zuccon, Absorbed dose rate estimation for protons, leptons and helium observed with AMS01 experiment in Low Earth Orbit during STS-91 mission, Oxford Publ., Radiation Protection Dosimetry Journal, 116, 2005.

* W. Scandale, A. Carnera, G. Della Mea, D. Salvador, R, Milan, A. Vomiero, S. Baricordi, P.Dalpiaz, M. Fiorini, V. Guidi, G. Martinelli, A. Mazzolari, E. Milan, G. Ambrosi, P. Azzarello, R. Battiston, B. Bertucci, W. Burger, M. Ionica, P. Zuccon, Double volume reflection of a proton beam by a sequence of two bent crystals, Physics Letters, B 658 Issue: 4, 2008.

* J. Alcaraz, B. Alpat, G. Ambrosi, Ph. Azzarello, R. Battiston, B. Bertucci, J. Bolmont, M. Bourquin, W.J. Burger , M. Capell, F. Cardano, Y.H. Chang, V. Choutko, E. Cortina, N. Dinu, G. Esposito, E. Fiandrini, D. Haas, S. Haino, H. Hakobyan, M. Ionica, R, The alpha magnetic spectrometer silicon tracker: Performance results with protons and helium nuclei, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A 593, 2008.