Contacts:
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/gherardo-ammirabile-3226b7362
Cycle: 41°
Curriculum: Aerospace Engineering
Title of the PhD Project: Study and development of lightweight mechanics and fluid dynamics for vertex detectors of the future CERN FCC-ee collider
Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Mariotti
Abstract of the PhD project:
The world of particle physics has been questioning for years what the future of accelerators might be: from type to technique, evaluating all possible alternatives that allow for achieving very high energies. Among the various proposals, the CERN project in Geneva stands out, the FCC, acronym of Future Circular Collider, which uses technologies previously developed for circular accelerators, improving, where possible, the detection and track reconstruction resolution. The topic of the study is situated within this project, in the vertex interaction area, and the goal is to create a solution that can follow the guidelines of minimal material and air cooling for the sensors of the new tracker. In particular, the research topic will range from the construction of a system capable of numerically and experimentally evaluating the aerodynamics of the inner vertex region to the integration mechanics within the entire tracker.
In collaboration with:
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pisa
Articles:
- Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report Volume 1: Physics, Experiments, Detector, preprint edition edited by M. Benedikt et al., CERN physics reports, CERN-FCC-PHYS-2025-0002, DOI 10.17181/CERN.9DKX.TDH9, Geneva, 2025, https://cds.cern.ch/record/2928193
- Manuela Boscolo et al., "The FCC-ee interaction region, design and integration of the machine elements and detectors, machine induced backgrounds and key performance indicators", CERN (2025), https://repository.cern/records/p44x1-18z28
Conferences as speaker:
- “Integration of vertex detector services and cooling”, Vienna (AUSTRIA), 19-23 May 2025 FCC week, FCC Week 2025 (19-23 maggio 2025): Integration of vertex detector services and cooling · Indico
- “Design and system test of a cooling system for the FCC-ee vertex detector”, Bristol (UK), 19-20 June 2025, DRD8 collaboration meeting, Forum on Tracking Detector Mechanics 2025 (16-20 giugno 2025): Design and system test of a cooling system for the FCC-ee vertex detector · Indico
- “Design and test of a cooling system for the FCC-ee vertex detector”, CERN, FCC-ee MDI meeting 21 July 2025, FCC-ee MDI meeting #68 (21 luglio 2025) · Indico
- “Status of the vertex studies for the FCC-ee”, 2nd September 2025, CERN, DRD8-WP1 meeting, WP1 general meeting (2 settembre 2025) · Indico
- “Status of the Inner vertex layout for FCC-ee”, CERN, DRD8 Collaboration Meeting 14 October 2025, 2nd DRD8 Collaboration Meeting (14 ottobre 2025) · Indico
- “Experimental verification of the vertex detector Air Cooling System”, Pisa, FCC-ee vertex detector R&D workshop 31 October 2025, FCC-ee vertex detector R&D workshop (30-31 ottobre 2025): Experimental verification of the Vertex detector Air Cooling system · Agenda (Indico)