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Esther FERRER RIBASInstitut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers (Irfu) Département d'Electronique des Détecteurs et d'Informatique pour la Physique (DEDIP) Déctecteurs Physique et Simulation (DEPHYS)
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Physicist at IRFU/DEDIP since 2002
Research
At present:
- Rare event detection: axions (BabyIAXO, IAXO)
- Medica-Plus and Optimed-β : a novel Micromegas detector for high-resolution β-imaging for pharmacological applications
- R&D Micromegas
In the past:
- Upgrade of the muon chambers for the ATLAS experiment for HL-LHC (ATLAS-NSW)
- CAST
- MIMAC
- NEXT
- ATLAS calorimeter: level 1 trigger electronics
- Search of the Higgs Boson at the DELPHI experiment
"Contribution to solar axion search with Micromegas detectors", Thèse d'Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Paris-Sud 11 (2014).
Scientific responsibilities
2021 PI of Optimed-β.
2021- Head of DEDIP/DEPHYS Laboratory.
2020 PI of the DALPS ANR project.
2019- Elected member Comité Scientifique et technique(CSTD) du DEDIP/IRFU.
2018- Elected member IAXO Steering committee.
2018- Expert CEA on Gaseous detectors and detection of rare events.
2017- Scientific responsible for R&D MPGD at IRFU/DEDIP.
2015- Appointed member Comité de sélection R&D de P2IO (CSRD).
2015-2020 Deputy Head of DEDIP/DEPHYS Laboratory.
2015 and 2008 Elected member Comité Scientifique et technique(CSTS) du SEDI/IRFU.
2011-2013 Elected member Comité de sélection R&D de P2IO (CSRD).
2011-2016 Organiser summer school for L3 students, Rencontres de physique de l’infiniment grand à l’infiniment petit.
2005-2015 Chairperson of CAST publications committee.
2004 Organiser Journées Jeunes Chercheurs, l’Ile de Berder, France.
Teaching
2018 MOOC "Voyages de l'infiniment grand à l'infiniment petit", for high schools students, three sequences : "Détecter les particules", "Les méthodes expérimentales", "Les métiers de la recherche".
2015 MOOC "Des particules aux etoiles" M2 students, on Micro Pattern Gaseous detectors.
Sep 2008 et 2009 Implementing and supervision of Laboratory work for M2 "NPAC" on Micromegas Detectors. 2eme semestre 99
1999 "Travaux Dirigés" (problem class) at Université Paris-Diderot : Physics in DEUG SSM 1st year, 52 h.
Avril-Mai 98 "Travaux Dirigés" at Université Paris-Sud : Nuclear Physics, Physics "maîtrise" (M1), 10 h.
Outreach
Declics, Lycée Diderot, Paris 75019, 06/12/2022
Scientifique, toi aussi !, Speed-dating, CEA-Fontenay au Roses, 6 February 2015.
Science en Marche, CEA-Saclay, Sessions 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
Master Day de l’IRFU, Sessions 2014, 2015.
Speed-dating, "Conduite accompagnée vers les métiers de la science" at lycée Jean-Pierre Timbaud (Brétigny sur Orge).
Presentation on "Chercheur en Physique" at Collège Jules Verne (Villebon), 5th March 2009 and 19th February 2008.
Publications
The complete list of my publications can be found at:
A representative list is given below:
- A. Cools et al. , Spatial resolution studies using point spread function extraction in optically read out Micromegas and GEM detectorsNucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1069 (2024) 169933e-Print: 2407.15491 [physics.ins-det]
- CAST Collaboration, A new upper limit on the axion-photon coupling with an extended CAST run with a Xe-based Micromegas detector e-Print: 2406.16840 [hep-ex]
- K. Altenmüller et al., Background discrimination with a Micromegas detector prototype and veto system for BabyIAXO, Front.in Phys. 12 (2024) 1384415 •e-Print: 2403.06316 [physics.ins-det]
- B. Biasuzzi et al., Characterization of Microbulk Micromegas detectors through digital imaging processing, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1052 (2023) 168290.
- C.A.J. O'Hare et al., Recoil imaging for dark matter, neutrinos, and physics beyond the Standard Model, contribution to 2022 Snowmass Summer Study, e-Print: 2203.05914 [physics.ins-det].
- F. Jambon et al., Medica-Plus: A Micromegas-based proof-of-concept detector for sub-becquerel tritium activity assessment at the service of oncological research, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1027 (2022) 166332.
- J. Allard et al., The large inner Micromegas modules for the Atlas Muon Spectrometer upgrade: Construction, quality control and characterization, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 1026 (2022) 166143.
- D. Attié et al., Current Status and Future Developments of Micromegas Detectors for Physics and Applications, Appl.Sciences 11 (2021) 12, 5362
- BabyIAXO Collaboration, Conceptual Design of BabyIAXO, the intermediate stage towards the International Axion Observatory, Journal of High Energy Physics, volume 2021, Article number: 137 (2021).
- F. Jambon, E. Ferrer Ribas, F.J. Iguaz Gutierrez et al., Medica-Plus: a novel Micromegas detector for high-resolution β imaging for improved pharmacological applications, J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 1498 (2020) 1, 012046.
- IAXO Collaboration, Physics potential of the Interantional Axion Observatory (IAXO), JCAP 1906 (2019) no.06, 047.
- M. Diakaki et al., Development of a novel segmented mesh Micromegas detector for neutron beam profiling, Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A903 (2018) 46-55.
- P. Serrano et al., Caliste-MM: Polarimetric measurements at the Soleil facility, NIM A 603 22 (2017) DOI information: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.11.079
- CAST Collaboration et al., New CAST Limit on the Axion-Photon Interaction, Nature Phys. 13 (2017) 584-590.
- J.B.R Battat et al., Readout technologies for directional WIMP Dark Matter detection, Phys.Rept. C662 (2016) 1-46, DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2016.10.001.
- P. Serrano et al., Caliste-MM: a spectro-polarimeter based on the micromegas concept for soft X-ray astrophysics, JINST 11 (2016) no.04, P04016, DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/11/04/P04016.
- F. Aznar et al., "A Micromegas-based low-background x-ray detector coupled to a slumped-glass telescope for axion research" JCAP 1512 (2015) 008 DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/12/008.
- E. Ferrer Ribas, "The IAXO Helioscope", J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 650 (2015) 1, 012009, DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/650/1/012009.
- D. Attié et al., "R&D; on a novel spectro-imaging polarimeter with Micromegas detectors and a Caliste readout system ", Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A787 (2015) 312-314.
- T. Geralis et al., "A real x-y microbulk Micromegas with segmented mesh", PoS TIPP2014 (2014) 055.
- D. Attié et al., "Towards smaller microbulks", JINST 9 (2014)C04013.
- E. Armengaud et al., "Conceptual Design of the International Axion Observatory", JINST 9 (2014) T05002.
- S. Aune et al., "X-ray detection with Micromegas with background levels below 10-6 keV-1cm-2s-1", JINST 8(2013) C12042.
- I. G. Irastorza, E. Ferrer Ribas, T. Dafni, "Micromegas in the rare event searches", Mod. Phys. Lett. A28 (2013) 1340026.
- D. Attié et al., " Piggyback resistive Micromegas", JINST 1305 (2013) P05019.
- J. Galan et al. , "An ageing study of resistive micromegas for the HL-LHC environment", JINST 8(2013) P04028, e-Print: arXiv:1301.7648 [physics.ins-det].
- F.J. Iguaz et al., "Characterization of microbulk detectors in argon- and neon-based mixtures", JINST:7P04007, 2012.e-Print: arXiv:1201.3012 [physics.ins-det]
- S. Aune et al., CAST Collaboration, "CAST search for sub-eV mass solar axions with He buffer gas". e-Print: arXiv:1106.3919 [hep-ex] Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011) 261302.
- F.J. Iguaz et al., "Micromegas detector developments for Dark Matter directional detection with MIMAC", JINST 6:P07002,2011.e-Print: arXiv:1105.2056 [physics.ins-det]
- I.G. Irastorza et al, "Towards a new generation axion helioscope", JCAP 1106:013,2011., e-Print: arXiv:1103.5334 [hep-ex]
- T. Alexopoulos et al., “Micromegas study for the sLHC environment”, JINST 5:P02003, 2010.
- T. Dafni et al., “Energy resolution of alpha particles in a microbulk Micromegas detector at high pressure Argon and Xenon mixtures”, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A608:259-266,2009, arXiv:0906.0534 [physics.ins-det]
- E. Arik et al. (CAST Coll), “Probing eV-scale axions with CAST”, JCAP 0902:008,2009 arXiv:0810.4482 [hep-ex].
- P. Abbon et al., “The Micromegas detector of the CAST experiment”, New J.Phys.9:170,2007, physics/0702190.
- S Andriamonje et al. (CAST Collaboration) “An Improved limit on the axion-photon coupling from the CAST experiment”, J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phy JCAP04(2007)010.
- S. Andriamonje et al. (CAST Collaboration), ‘’First results from the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST)’’, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 121301 (2005) e-Print Archive: hep-ex/0411033, DAPNIA 04-151.
- P. Borgeaud, X. De la Broise, E. Ferrer Ribas, A. Le Coguie, B. Mansoulié, J. Pascual "The LArg Tower Builder board : calculation, simulation, measurements" ATL-LARG-2002-001, DAPNIA 02-534.
- E. Ferrer Ribas, “Overview of Liquid Argon Front End Electronics'' proceedings CALOR2002, World Scientific Publishing, p.613-620 ; DAPNIA-02-113
- (DELPHI Coll.) "Searches for Neutral Higgs Bosons in e+e- Collisions around √s = 189 GeV" CERN-EP-2000-038, Février 2000. Eur. Phys J. C17:187-205, 2000.
- (DELPHI Coll.) "A Search for Invisible Higgs bosons produced e+e- interactions at LEP2 energies", CERN-EP-99-062. Phys. Lett B459:367-381, 1999.
