The RADNEXT irradiation network and its related system level test activities

ABSTRACT

The RADNEXT irradiation network offers various testing opportunities for radiation effects research applications and users, from academia to industry. As a complement to the transnational facility access, several Joint Research Activities are also part of the project, including a work package dedicated to board and system-level testing methodologies and their related harmonization.

Speaker: Rubén García Alía (CERN) / Andrea Coronetti (CERN, University of Montpellier)

Rubén García Alía is part of the “Radiation to Electronics” (R2E) project at CERN, which he has led since 2018. After studying nuclear and high-energy physics at the Complutense University in Madrid (Spain), he started his career in radiation effects as a Young Graduate Trainee at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. From there, he completed his Ph.D. with CERN and the University of Montpellier, focusing on the effect of highly energetic particles on Single Event Effects in the Large Hardron Collider (LHC) accelerator. During this period, he was awarded the “Best Student Paper” award at RADECS 2012 and the IEEE NPSS Paul Phelps Continuing Education Grant in 2015. Since then, he has kept a strong involvement in radiation effects research, focusing on high-energy accelerator applications, and has co-authored more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has co-authored a RADECS Short Course, has been session chair at NSREC and RADECS, and is currently the technical chair for RADECS 2021. Recently he was elected Junior Member-at-Large of the IEEE NPSS Radiation Effects Steering Group (RESG).

At CERN, Rubén’s main task is managing the R2E project, which is responsible for all radiation effects in the LHC accelerator and its injector chair, with the mandate of ensuring successful operation about stochastic failures and lifetime degradation induced by radiation. The project, composed of more than 50 members, embeds various activities and expertise, from monitoring and calculating radiation levels to operating CERN radiation facilities and testing for radiation effects at both components and system levels.

Rubén has coordinated the RADSAGA (RADiation and reliability challenges for electronics used in Space, Aviation, Ground, and Accelerators), an innovative training Marie Curie Ph.D. network since 2017, and led the RADNEXT proposal for creating a radiation test infrastructure network in Europe, which was accepted for funding and is currently in its execution phase.

Andrea Coronetti received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2021 while working on the Radiation to Electronics (R2E) project at CERN. He is currently a post-doc at the University of Montpellier, France, under RADNEXT while working at CERN. He has a transversal role throughout RADNEXT that involves his participation in the joint research activities of WP6 “System-level testing standardization” and stretches all over the various RADNEXT WPs dedicated to Transnational Access (TA).