List of Publications

This is a non-exhaustive list of publications directly related to experiments at HiRadMat. If your publication is missing and want to have it added to this page please contact the HiRadMat Coordination Team.

HiRadMat Facility

  • F. Harden et al. (2021) “Targetry Challenges & HiRadMat” Proceedings of the 3rd J-PARC Symposium (J-PARC2019). 10.7566/jpscp.33.011149
  • F. Harden et al. (2019) “HiRadmat: A facility beyond the realms of materials testing” J. Phys. Conf. Series 1350 012162. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPRB085
  • S. Burger et al. (2016) “Scintillation and OTR Screen Characterization with a 440 GeV/c Proton Beam in Air at the CERN HiRadMat Facility” Proc. 5th Int. Beam Instrumentation Conf., IBIC2016, Spain. 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2016-MOPG78
  • N. Charitonidis et al. (2015) “HiRadMat: A high-energy, pulsed beam, material irradiation facility” IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Rec. 7465596. 10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465596
  • N. Charitonidis et al. (2015) “Status and Planned Experiments of the Hiradmat Pulsed Beam Material Test Facility at CERN SPS” 6th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’15). WEPMN072
  • A. Fabich et al. (2013) “First Year of Operations in the HiRadMat Irradiation Facility at CERN” Proc. 4th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’13). THPFI055
  • I. Efthymiopoulos et al. (2011) “HiRadMat: A new Irradiation Facility for Material Testing at CERN” Proc. 2nd Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’11). TUPS058
  • C. Hessler et al. (2010) “The Final Beam Line Design for the HiRadMat Test Facility” 1st International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’10). THPEB029
  • C. Hessler et al. (2009) “Beam Line Design for the CERN HiRadMat Test Facility” Proc. 23rd Particle Accelerator Conf. (PAC’09). TH6PFP041

On-line instrumentation for HiRadMat Experiments

  • F. Carra et al. (2021) “Design and Construction of an Instrumentation System to Capture the Response of Advanced Materials Impacted by Intense Proton Pulses” Shock and Vibration. 10.1155/2021/8855582

Service improvements

  • V. Stergiou et al. (2025) “Machine Learning – Driven Calibration of the Beam Position Monitors in the SPS” HiRadMat – CERN. 2929813

HRMT70

  • D. Gancarcik et al. (2025) “Beam impact experiment to qualify the damage limits of Nb3Sn sample coils pre-irradiated to 30 MGy” 16th International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’25). 2953792
  • D. Gancarcik et al. (2025) “Damage Limits of Nb-Ti and Nb3Sn Superconductors Due to High-Intensity Beam Impact” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 35 (7). 10.1109/TASC.2025.3596324
  • F. Abusaif et al. (2023) “Energy deposition simulations for a damage experiment with superconducting sample coils” 14th International Particle Accelator Conf. (IPAC’23). WEPM058
  • D. Gancarcik et al. (2023) “Damage experiment with superconducting sample coils – experimental setup and observations during beam impact” 14th International Particle Accelator Conf. (IPAC’23). WEPM059

HRMT68

  • H. Ramm et al. (2026) “An Online Data Analysis Framework for Accelerator-Based Physics Experiments” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 171269

HRMT67

  • Q. R. Peterson et al. (2025) “RaDIATE II Material Studies” EURO-LABS Fourth Annual Meeting. 2943217

HRMT64

  • J. W. D. Halliday et al. (2026) “Laboratory observation of collective beam–plasma instabilities in a relativistic pair jet” arXiv: Plasma Physics. 2957041
  • C. D. Arrowsmith et al. (2025) “Suppression of pair beam instabilities in a laboratory analogue of blazar pair cascades” PNAS. 2945499
  • M. Bochmann er al. (2025) “Dynamical development of strength and stability of asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation” Nature Communications 16. 11710
  • C. D. Arrowsmith et al. (2024) “Pair plasmas found in deep space can now be generated in the lab” News Centern: University of Rochester. 610432
  • C. D. Arrowsmith et al. (2024) “Suppression of pair beam instabilities in a laboratory analogue of blazar jets” INFN-LNF. 43718
  • V. Stergiou et al. (2024) “Laboratory realization of relativistic pair-plasma beams: an experimental platform at HiRadMat – CERN” CERN document server. 2912145

HRMT62

HRMT60

  • K. Ammigan et al. (2024) “RaDIATE Material Studies” EURO-LABS Third Annual Meeting. Cern-Document-Server 2937215
  • P. Hurh (2017) “The Radiation Damage In Accelerator Target Environments (RaDIATE) Collaboration R&D Program – Status and Future Activities”
    8th International Particle Accelerator Conference. WEOCB3

HRMT57

  • A. Mariet et al. (2022) “Simulated Behavior of CNT Wires Irradiated in the HiRadMat Experimental Line at CERN” 11th International Beam Instrumentation Conf. (IBIC 2022). WE3C4

HRMT56

  • P. Andreu-Muñoz et al. (2022) “Irradiation of Low-Z Carbon-Based Materials with 440 GeV/c Proton Beam for High Energy & Intensity Beam Absorbers: The CERN HiRadMat-56-HED Experiment” Proc. 13th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC2022). JACOW-IPAC2022-THPOTK049​
  • ​​​​​A. M. Krainer et al. (2022) “Conceptual Design of the FCC-ee Beam Dumping System” 13th International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC2022). JaCoW-IPAC2022-WEPOST026

HRMT55

  • V. Grishin et al. (2023) “Detector Response Studies of the Ess Ionization Chamber” Proc. 12th Int. Beam Instrumentation Conf. (IBIC2023) JACoW-IBIC2023-TUP004

HRMT54

  • A. Arteche et al. (2025) “First difference mode interferometer demonstration for a high-bandwidth Electro-Optic Beam Position Monitor” Scientific Reports, 15. 43410
  • A. Arteche et al. (2022) “Electro-Optical BPM Development for High Luminosity LHC” 11th International Beam Instrumentation Conf. (IBIC 2022). TU1I1

HRMT48

  • J. Busom Descarrega et al. (2020) “Development and Beam Irradiation of Ir/W/Ta/Ta-Alloys Refractory Metals and Cladding Via Hot Isostatic Pressing at CERN for Beam Intercepting Devices Applications”, Proc. 14th Int. Workshop Spallation Materials Technology, JPS Conf. Proc. 28. 10.7566/JPSCP.28.041002

HRMT46

  • R. Esposito et al. (2021) “Third-Generation CERN n_TOF Spallation Target: Final Design and Examinations of Irradiated Prototype” 12th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’21). WEPAB364
  • R. Esposito et al. (2018) “Design, prototyping activities and beam irradiation test for the new n_TOF neutron spallation target” Proc. 9th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’18) WEPMF084 2582-85. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-WEPMF084

HRMT45

  • D. Carbajo Perez et al. (2021) “New Generation CERN LHC Injection Dump – Assembly and Installation (TDIS)” 12th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’21). WEPAB361

HRMT43

  • J. Heredia et al. (2021) “Sigraflex® Studies for LHC CERN Beam Dump: Summary and Perspective” Proc. 12th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’21) WEPAB368 3571-3574. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB368
  • S. Bidhar et al. (2021) “Production and qualification of an electrospun ceramic nanofiber material as a candidate future high power target” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 123001 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.123001

HRMT41 / HRMT47

  • J. Fernandez-Tejero et al. (2019) “Beam-loss damage experiment on ATLAS-like silicon strip modules using an intense proton beam” Nuclear Inst. And Methods in Physics Research A 958 162838. 10.1016/j.nima.2019.162838
  • C. Bertella et al. (2019) “Damages induced on ATLAS IBL modules by fast extracted and intense proton beam irradiation” J. Inst. 14 C05024. 10.1088/1748-0221/14/05/C05024
  • C. Bertella et al. (2019) “Test with high-energy and high-intensity proton beam on ATLAS silicon detectors towards HL-LHC” Nuovo Cim. C42 205. 10.1393/ncc/i2019-19205-8
  • C. Bertella et al. (2019) “Study of damages induced on ATLAS silicon by fast extracted and intense proton beam irradiation” Nucl Instrum Meth A 924 236-40. 10.1016/j.nima.2018.06.043

HRMT38

  • P. Simon et al. (2021) “Dynamic Response of Graphitic Targets with Tantalum Cores Impacted by Pulsed 440-GeV Proton Beams” Shock and Vibration. 10.1155/2021/8884447
  • A. Will et al. (2020) “Impact of 440 GeV Proton beams on Superconductors in a Cryogenic Environment” 14th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity.
    10.1088/1742-6596/1559/1/012060

HRMT37

  • A. Will et al. (2019) “Beam impact experiment of 440 GeV/p protons on superconducting wires and tapes in a cryogenic environment” Proc. 10th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’19) THPTS066 4264-67. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPTS066

HRMT36

  • F. Carra et al. (2023) “Beam-Impact Validation of HL-LHC Collimator Materials: the “MultiMat-2″ Experiment” 14th International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’23). WEPM109
  • M Portelli et al. (2021) “Thermomechanical Characterisation of Copper Diamond and Benchmarking with the MultiMat Experiment” Shock and Vibration. 10.1155/2021/8879400
  • F. Carra et al. (2019) “Mechanical robustness of HL-LHC collimator designs” IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1350 012083. 10.1088/1742-6596/1350/1/012083 [also linked to HRMT-23]
  • M. Portelli et al. (2019) “Numerical and experimental benchmarking of the dynamic response of SiC and TZM specimens in the MultiMat experiment” Mechanics of materials 138 103169. 10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.103169
  • M. Pasquali et al. (2019) “Dynamic Response of Advanced Materials Impacted by Particle Beams: The MultiMat Experiment” Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials 5 266–95. 10.1007/s40870-019-00210-1
  • A. Bertarelli et al. (2018) “Dynamic testing and characterization of advanced materials in a new experiment at CERN HiRadMat facility” IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1067 082021. 10.1088/1742-6596/1067/8/082021
  • M. Portelli et al. (2018) “Numerical simulation of long rods impacted by particle beams” Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 21. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.21.063501
  • F. Carra et al. (2017) “The “Multimat” experiment at CERN HiRadMat facility: advanced testing of novel materials and instrumentation for HL‑LHC collimators” IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 874 012001. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-MOPAB005

HRMT35

  • S. Makimura et al. (2020) “Feasibility Study for NITE SiC/SiC as the Target Material for Pions/Muons Production at High-Power Proton Accelerator Facilities”
    14th International Workshop on Spallation Materials Technology. 10.7566/JPSCP.28.031005

HRMT31

  • D. Kleiven et al. (2016) “Experimental Setup to Measure the Damage Limits of Superconducting Magnets due to Beam Impact at CERN’s HiRadMat Facility” 7th International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’16). THPOY044

HRMT28

  • J. Maestre et al. (2022) “High intensity proton beam impact at 440 GeV/c on Mo and Cu coated CfC/graphite and SiC/SiC absorbers for beam intercepting devices” Journal of Instrumentation, 17. 10.1088/1748-0221/17/01/P01019
  • F-X. Nuiry et al. (2019) “3D Carbon/Carbon composites for beam intercepting devices at CERN” Mat Design Process Comm. 2019;1:e33. 10.1002/mdp2.33
  • F. Maciariello et al. (2016) “High Intensity beam Test of Low Z Materials for the Upgrade of SPS-to-LHC Transfer Line Collimators and LHC Injection Absorbers” Proc. 7th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’16) 1218-21. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPMB052

HRMT27 / HRMT42

  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2021) “First observation of spalling in tantalum at high temperatures induced by high energy proton beam impacts” European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids, 85, 104149. 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2020.104149
  • J. Busom Descarrega et al. (2020) “Development and Beam Irradiation of Ir/W/Ta/Ta-Alloys Refractory Metals and Cladding Via Hot Isostatic Pressing at CERN for Beam Intercepting Devices Applications” 14th International Workshop on Spallation Materials Technology. 10.7566/JPSCP.28.041002
  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2019) “First prototypes of the new design of the CERN’s antiproton production target” Mat. Design Process Comm. 2019;1:e38. 10.1002/mdp2.38
  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2019) “Experiment exposing refractory metals to impacts of 440 GeV/c proton beams for the future design of the CERN antiproton production target: Experiment design and online results” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22 013401. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.013401
  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2018) “Scaled prototype of a tantalum target embedded in expanded graphite for antiproton production: Design, manufacturing, and testing under proton beam impacts” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 21 073001. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.21.073001
  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2018) “Prototyping Activities for a New Design of CERN’s Antiproton Production Target” Proc. 9th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’18) TUPAF038 772-75. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-TUPAF038
  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2017) “Renovation of CERN antiproton production target area and associated design, testing and R&D activities” Proc. 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’17) WEPVA103 3506-09. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-WEPVA103
  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2016) “The HiRadMat27 Experiment: Exploring High Density Materials Response at Extreme Conditions for Antiproton Production” Proc. 7th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’16) THPMY023 3705-08. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-THPMY023
  • C. Torregrosa et al. (2016) “The HRMT27 (Rodtarg) Experiment: Design, Operation and First Results” CERN. CERN-EN-2016-004

HRMT25

  • C. Cassel et al. (2015) “A novel technique for compensation of space charge effects in the LUPIN-II detector” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.062

HRMT24

  • K. Ammigan et al. (2019) “Thermal shock experiment of beryllium exposed to intense high energy proton beam pulses” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22 044501. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.044501
  • N. A. Tahir et al. (2018) “Review of hydrodynamic tunneling issues in high power particle accelerators” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 10.1016/j.nimb.2018.04.009
  • K. Ammigan et al. (2017) “Experimental results of beryllium exposed to intense high energy proton beam pulses” 2016 North American Particle Accelerator Conf. MOPOB14
  • K. Ammigan et al. (2017) “Examination of Beryllium Under Intense High Energy Proton Beam at CERN’s HiRadMat Facility” 6th International Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’15). CERN-ACC-2017-0023
  • N. A. Tahir et al. (2016) “High energy density physics effects predicted in simulations of the CERN HiRadMat beam–target interaction experiments” High Energy Density Physics, 21. 10.1016/j.hedp.2016.09.002
  • N. A. Tahir et al. (2014) “Simulations of beam-matter interaction experiments at the CERN HiRadMat facility and prospects of high-energy-density physics research” Physical Review E, 90. 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.063112
  • A. Bertarelli et al. (2013) “First Results of an Experiment on Advanced Collimator Materials at CERN HiRadMat Facility” 4th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’13). CERN-ACC-2013-0268

HRMT23

  • G. Gobbi et al. (2019) “Novel LHC collimator materials: High-energy Hadron beam impact tests and non-destructive post-irradiation examination” Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. 10.1080/15376494.2018.1518501
  • F. Carra et al. (2014) “Mechanical engineering and design of novel collimators for HL-LHC” Proc. 5th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’14). MOPRO116
  • E. Quaranta et al. (2016) “Towards Optimum Material Choices for HL-LHC Collimator Upgrade” 7th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’16). WEPMW031

HRMT21

  • T. Markiewicz et al. (2019) “Design, construction, and beam tests of a rotatable collimator prototype for high-intensity and high-energy hadron accelerators” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22 123002. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.123002

HRMT19

  • V. Grishin et al. (2018) “A Family of Gas Ionization Chambers and SEM for Beam Loss Monitoring of LHC and Other Accelerators” Proc. 26th Russian Particle Accelerator Conf. (RuPAC’18) 44-48. 10.18429/JACoW-RuPAC2018-TUZMH03
  • V. Grishin et al. (2017) “Ionization Chambers as Beam Loss Monitors for ESS Linear Accelerator” Proc. 6th Int. Beam. Instrumentation Conf. (IBIC’17) 454-57. 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2017-WEPWC03

HRMT18

  • W. Scandale et al. (2019) “Beam steering performance of bent silicon crystals irradiated with high-intensity and high-energy protons” Eur. Phys. J. C 79 933. 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7448-2

HRMT17

  • B. Lindström (2015) “A novel diamond-based beam position monitoring system for the high radiation to materials facility at CERN SPS” CERN-THESIS-2015-228, LITH-IFM-A-EX—15/3128—SE Master Thesis Linköping University.

HRMT14

  • F. Carra et al. (2021) “Design and Construction of an Instrumentation System to Capture the Response of Advanced Materials Impacted by Intense Proton Pulses” Shock and Vibration. 10.1155/2021/8855582
  • C. Charrondiere et al. (2014) “High-Speed Data Acquisition of Sensor Signals for Physical Model Verification at CERN HiRadMat (SHC-DAQ)” 14th International Conference on Accelerator & Large Experimental Physics Control Systems. TUPPC062
  • A. Bertarelli (2013) “An experiment to test advanced materials impacted by intense proton pulses at CERN HiRadMat facility” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 308 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.05.007
  • A. Bertarelli (2013) “An Experiment to Test Advanced Materials Impacted by Intense Proton Pulses at CERN HiRadMat Facility” CERN-ATS-Note-2013-005 TECH

HRMT12

  • Y. Nie et al. (2019) “Simulation of hydrodynamic tunneling induced by high-energy proton beam in copper by coupling computer codes” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22 014501. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.014501
  • F. Burkart et al. (2015) “Experimental and Simulation Studies of Hydrodynamic Tunneling of Ultra-Relativistic Protons” Proc. 6th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2015, USA. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-MOPTY052
  • R. Schmidt et al. (2014) “First experimental evidence of hydrodynamic tunneling of ultra-relativistic protons in extended solid copper target at the CERN HiRadMat facility” Phys. Plasmas 21 080701. 10.1063/1.4892960
  • F. Burkart et al. (2014) “Comparison of the Results of a Hydrodynamic Tunneling Experiment with Iterative FLUKA and BIG2 Simulations” Proc. 5th Int. Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2014, Germany. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-MOPME047
  • J. Blanco Sancho et al. (2013) “Results of an Experiment on Hydrodynamic Tunnelling at the SPS HiRadMat High Intensity Proton Facility” Proc. IPAC2013, Shanghai, China MOODB103.

HRMT11

  • E. Aza et al. (2014) “Instrument intercomparison in the pulsed neutron fields at the CERN HiRadMat facility” Radiation Measurements, 61. 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.12.009

HRMT10 / HRMT22

  • O. Caretta et al. (2018) “Proton beam induced dynamics of tungsten granules” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 21 033401. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.21.033401
  • T. Davenne et al. (2018) “Observed proton beam induced disruption of a tungsten powder sample at CERN” Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 21 073002. 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.21.073002
  • O. Caretta et al. (2014) “Response of a tungsten powder target to an incident high energy proton beam” Phys. Rev. Spec. Top. – AB 17 101005. 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.17.101005
  • N. Charitonidis et al. (2013) “A Feasibility Experiment of a W-powder Target in the HiRadMat Facility of CERN” 4th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’13). THPFI053

HRMT09

  • M. Cauchi et al. (2014) “High energy beam impact tests on a LHC tertiary collimator at the CERN high-radiation to materials facility” Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 17. 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.17.021004

HRMT06

  • J. Borburgh et al. (2015) “Upgrade of the CERN SPS extraction protection elements TPS” Proc. 6th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC’15) 3083-86. 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-WEPMN068