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Curriculum VitaeThomas Ypsilantis

Birth: 24 June 1928 at Salt Lake City, Utah, USAFather: John A. YpsilantisMother: Eugenia Jerefos YpsilantisAddress: 309 Route de Meyrin 1217 Geneva, Switzerland

Tel.-Home (004122) 7854401Tel.-CERN (004122) 7677577Fax-CERN (004122) 7850207E-mail address: [email protected]

Degrees: 1949–Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.1952–Master of Science (M.S.), University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.1955–Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.

Distinctions: 1955–Discovery of the Antiproton for which the Nobel prize was awarded to E. Segr!eand O. Chamberlain, the two senior members of the four man team which included C.Wiegand and T. Ypsilantis.1986–Doctorate Honoris Causa Uppsala University, Sweden.

Employment: 1955–1960, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California,USA.1959–1960, Guggenheim Fellowship, Institute di Fisica Guglielmo Marconi, Universityof Rome, Rome, Italy.1960–1965, Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley,California, USA.1962–1963, Group leader, Brookhaven National Labs, Upton, N.Y.1965–1966, Member Greek Atomic Energy Commission.1967–1969, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.1970–1975, Research Physicist, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),Geneva, Switzerland.1976–1978, Research Physicist, Comissariat a 1’energie atomique (CEA), Saclay, France.1978–1979, Research Physicist, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California,USA.1979–1980, Research Physicist, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),Geneva, Switzerland.1980–1985, Directeur de Recherche, Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique(CNRS), Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.1985–1988, Visiting Professor of Physics (3 months/year), University of California at LosAngeles (UCLA), California, USA.1985–1996, Directeur de Recherche, Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique(CNRS), Coll"ege de France, Paris, France.1995 Editor, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Elsevier Press1997 Research Director, Institute Nazionale Fisica Nudeari (INFN), University ofBologna, Italy

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Publications of Thomas Ypsilantis

1. Perlman + T. Ypsilantis, Consistency ofnuclear radii of even–even nuclei from alphadecay theory, Phys. Rev. 79 (1950) 30–34,

2. O. Chamberlain + three authors + T.Ypsilantis, Experiments with high energypolarized protons, Phys. Rev. 93 (1954)1430–1431.

3. O. Chamberlain + four authors + T.Ypsilantis, Experiments on nucleon-nucleonscattering with 312MeV polarized protons,Phys. Rev. 95 (1954) 850–851.

4. O. Chamberlain + three authors + T.Ypsilantis, Mechanism of proton polarizationin high energy collisions, Phys. Rev. 95 (1954)1105–1106.

40. O. Chamberlain + three authors + T.Ypsilantis, Polarization of high energy deuter-ons, Phys, Rev. 95 (1954) 1104–1105.

5. O. Chamberlain + three authors + T.Ypsilantis, Polarization of high energy protonsin elastic scattering on helium and carbon,Phys. Rev. 96 (1954) 807–809.

6. T. Ypsilantis + four authors, Rotation ofpolarization vector and depolarization in p-pscattering, Phys. Rev. 98 (1955) 840–842.

7. O. Chamberlain + E. Segr!e + C. Wiegand +T. Ypsilantis. Observation of antiprotons,Phys. Rev. 100 (1955) 947–950.

8. O. Chamberlain + E. Segr!e + C. Wiegand +T. Ypsilantis, Antiprotons, Nature 177 (1956)11–12.

9. O. Chamberlain + four authors + T.Ypsilantis, Antiproton interaction cross-sec-tions, Phys. Rev, 102 (1956) 1637–1640.

90. O. Chamberlain + three authors + T.Ypsilantis, Experiments with 315MeV polar-ized protons — I: elastic scattering by complexnuclei, Phys. Rev. 102 (1956) 1659.

10. J. Baldwin + four authors + T. Ypsilantis,Polarization in elastic scattering of deuteronsfrom complex nuclei in the energy region from94 to 157MeV, Phys. Rev. 103 (1956) 1502–1511.

11. O. Chamberlain + three authors + T.Ypsilantis, Experiments with 315MeV polar-ized protons: proton–proton and proton–

neutron scattering, Phys. Rev. 105 (1957) 288–301.

12. H.P. Stapp + T. Ypsilantis + N. Metropolis,Phase shift analysis of 310MeV proton–pro-ton scattering experiments, Phys. Rev. 105(1957) 302–310.

120. L. Agnew + five authors 4- T. Ypsilantis,Experiments on antiprotons; cross-sections ofcomplex nuclei, Phys. Rev. 108 (1957) 1545–1553.

13. O. Chamberlain + four authors + T.Ypsilantis, Experiments on antiprotons: anti-proton–nucleon cross sections, Phys. Rev. 108(1957) 1553–1556.

14. J. Button + five authors + T. Ypsilantis,Antineutron production by charge exchange,Phys. Rev. 108 (1957) 1557–1561.

15. L. Agnew + 10 authors + T. Ypsilantis,p-p elastic and charge exchange scattering atabout 120MeV, Phys. Rev. 110 (1958)994–995.

16. L. Agnew + 12 authors + T. Ypsilantis,Elastic scattering of antiprotons on carbon at30 to 200MeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 1 (1958)50L–2.

160. T. Elioff + four authors + T. Ypsilantis, p-pcross-sections from 534 to 1068MeV, Phys.Rev. Lett. 3 (1959) 285–288.

17. L. Agnew + eight authors + T. Ypsilantis,Antiproton interactions in hydrogen andcarbon below 200MeV, Phys. Rev. 118(1960) 1371–1391.

18. J. Foote+four authors + T. Ypsilantis, p+–pelastic scattering at 310MeV: recoil nucleonpolarization, Phys. Rev. 122 (1961) 948–958.

19. E. Rogers + four authors + T. Ypsilantis,310MeV p–p polarization and cross sectionexperiments. Phase shift analysis. Rev, Mod.Phys. 33 (1961) 356–361.

20. P. Baillon + six authors + T. Ypsilantis,Measurement of the real part of the forwardscattering amplitude in K7 p elastic scatteringbetween 0.9 and 2.6GeV/c, Phys. Lett. 50B(1974) 377–382.

21. P. Baillon + seven authors + T. Ypsilantis,The NLK coupling constant, Phys. Lett. 50B(1974) 383–386.

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22. P. Baillon + seven authors + T. Ypsilantis,The real part of the forward scatteringamplitude in p+ p elastic scattering below2GeV/c, Phys.. Lett. 50B (1974) 387–390.

23. P.B. Eberhard + seven authors + T. Ypsilantis,A test of the optical theorem, Phys. Lett. 53B(1974) 121–124.

24. P. Jenni + seven authors + T. Ypsilantis,Measurement of the real part of the forwardamplitude in pp elastic scattering, Nucl. Phys.B 94 (1975) 1–20.

25. P. Baillon + seven authors + T. Ypsilantis,Measurements of the real part of the forwardscattering amplitude by means of Coulombnuclear interference in p7 p and K7 p elasticscattering at incident momenta below 3GeV/c,CERN 75–10 (9/9/75).

26. P. Jenni + seven authors+T. Ypsilantis,Measurement of the real part of the K� nforward scattering amplitude between 1.2 and2.6GeV/c, Nucl. Phys. B 105 (1976) 1–22.

27. P. Baillon + seven authors+T. Ypsilantis,Coulomb nuclear interference in p7 p and K7

p elastic scattering below 3GeV/c: measure-ments of the real parts and K7 p dispersionrelations, Nucl. Phys. B 105 (1976) 365–430.

28. P. Baillon + five authors + T. Ypsilantis,Real part of the K7 p forward scatteringamplitude at 4.2, 7 and 10GeV/c, Nucl. Phys.B 107 (1976) 189–210.

29. P. Baillon + seven authors + T. Ypsilantis,K7 n forward dispersion relations and theKLN coupling constant, Phys. Lett. 61B(1976) 171–174.

30. P. Jenni + five authors 4- T. Ypsilantis,p-p and pp forward scattering between 4and 10GeV/c. Nucl. Phys. B 129 (1977) 232–252.

31. Y. Declais + eight authors + T. Ypsilantis,K� n and Kp elastic scattering in K � Dcollisions from 1.2 to 2.2GeV/c, CERN 77–16(22/8/77).

32. P. Baillon + five authors + T. Ypsilantis,Measurement of the real part of the forwardamplitude in K�n and K+n elastic scatteringat 10GeV/c and a new K7n dispersionrelation, Nucl. Phys. B 134 (l978) 31–48.

33. P. Baillon + six authors + T. Ypsilantis,Ultraviolet light detector, Nucl. lustr. Meth.126 (1975) 13–23.

34. J. Seguinot + T. Ypsilantis. Photo-ionizationand Cherenkov ring imaging, Nucl. lnstr.Meth. 142 (1977) 377–391.

35. G. Charpak + three authors + T. Ypsilantis,Detection of far ultraviolet photons with themulti step avalanche chamber. Application toCherenkov light imaging and to some pro-blems in high energy physics, Nucl. Instr. andMeth. 164 (1979) 419–433.

36. J. Seguinot + J. Tocqueville + T. Ypsilantis,Imaging Cherenkov detector: photoionizationof tri-ethyl–amine, Nucl. Instr. Meth. 173(1980) 283–298.

37. T. Ypsilantis, Cherenkov ring imaging, Phys.Scr. 23 (1981) 371–376.

38. T. Ekelof + J. Seguinot + J. Tocqueville +T. Ypsilantis, The Cherenkov ring-imagingdetector: progress and future development,Phys. Scr. 23 (1981) 718–726.

39. E. Bareller + five authors + T. Ypsilantis, Atwo dimensional, single photoelectron driftdetector for Cherenkov ring imaging, Nucl.Instr. and Meth. 200 (1981) 219–236.

40. L. Eek + eight authors + T. Ypsilantis, Atime-projection ring imaging Cherenkov(RICH) counter—New experimental results,IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-31 (1984) 949–954.

41. R. Arnold + eleven authors + T. Ypsilantis,Photosensitive gas detectors for the ring-imaging Cherenkov (RICH) technique andthe DELPHI barrel RICH prototype, Nucl.Instr. and Meth. A 252 (1986) 188–207.

410. V. Peskov+six authors + T. Ypsilantis,Liquid and solid organic photocathodes, Nucl.Instr. and Meth. A 269 (1988) 149–160.

42. R. Arnold + 12 authors + T. Ypsilantis, Aring imaging Cherenkov detector. The DEL-PHI barrel RICH prototype. Part A: experi-mental study of the detection efficiency andthe spatial resolution, Nucl. Instr. and Meth.A 270 (1988) 255–288.

43. R. Arnold + ten authors + T. Ypsilantis, Aring imaging Cherenkov detector, the DELPHIbarrel RICH prototype. Part B: experimentalstudies of the detector performance for particle

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identification, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 270(1988) 289–318.

44. R. Arnold + five authors + T. Ypsilantis, ARICH detector with a sodium fluoride radia-tor; p/K identification up to 3GeV/c, Nucl.Instr. and Meth. A 273 (1988) 466–470.

Publications 1989–1997

Ring imaging Cherenkov counters and particle

identification

J. Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, ‘‘Particle Identifica-tion’’, LAA Status Report 6/3/89.

J. Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, ‘‘Particle Identifica-tion’’, 27/6/89,

CERN LAA/89-1, p. 326.T. Ypsilantis and J. Seguinot, ‘‘Particle Identifica-tion at Hadron Colliders’’, 14/11/89, CERN-EP/89–150.

J. Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, ‘‘Particle Identifica-tion at Hadron Colliders’’, 24/11/89, CERN/89-10, p. 661.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘Reflective UV Photocathodes’’,20/6/90,

CERN-EP/90-88; Proceeding of the 9th EloisatronWorkshop p. 89;Nucl. Instr. & Meth. A 297 (1990) 133.

M. Hempstead et al., ‘‘A Measurement of theRefractive Index of Sodium Fluoride in the farUV’’, 4/3/91, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 306 (1991)207.

J. Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, ‘‘Ring ImagingCherenkov Counters’’,3/3/91, CERN-LAA/PI/91–004.

R. Arnold et. al. ‘‘A Fast Cathode Pad PhotonDetector for Cherenkov Ring Imaging’’,

24/7/91, CERN-LAA/PI/90-014; Nucl. Instr. andMeth. A 314 (1992) 465.

M. French et al. ‘‘A Fast Integrated ReadoutSystem for a Cathode Pad Photon Detector’’,

18/5/92,CERN-LAA/PI/91-24; CERN-ECP/92–2;Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 324 (1993)511.J. L. Guyonnet et al. ‘‘Operation of a Fast-RICHPrototype with VLSI Readout Electronics’’, 2/9/93, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 343 (1994) 178.

M. French et al, ‘‘A Fast Integrated ReadoutSystem for a Cathode Pad Photon Detector II, 3/9/93, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 343 (1994) 222.

J. Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, ‘‘A Historical Surveyof Ring Imaging Cherenkov Counters’’, 7/12/93,College de France LPC/93–44, Nucl. Instr. andMeth. A 343 (1994) 1.

T. Ypsilantis and J. Seguinot, ‘‘Theory of RingImaging Cherenkov Counters’’, 12/12/93, Collegede France LPC/93–45, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A343 (1994) 30.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘Beam Tests of a Fast-RICHPrototype with VLSI Readout Electronics’’, 15/6/94, CERN-PPE/94–94, College de France LPC/94–30, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 350 (1994) 430.

D. Hatzifotiadou et al., ‘‘A Large Area RICH forLong Baseline Neutrinos’’, 24/6/94,

CERN-LAA/PI/94–17; College de France LPC/94–29.

T. Ypsilantis and J. Seguinot ‘‘Particle Identifica-tion for a Forward Collider B Experiment’’, 18/9/94, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 351 (1994) 188.

T. Ypsilantis and J. Seguinot, ‘‘Development ofRing Imaging Cherenkov Counters for ParticleIdentification’’, 28/11/94, College de France LPC/94–48.

T. Ypsilantis et al. ‘‘A long baseline RICH with a 27kton water target and radiator for detection ofneutrino oscillations’’, Nucl, Instr. and Meth. A371 (1996) 330.

Also published at College de France LPC/96–01and CERN-LAA/96–02,8/1/96.

T. Ypsilantis et al., Letter of Intent submitted 1/1/96 to the Laboratorio Nazionale di Gran Sassofor ‘‘A 27 kton Liquid Water Target andRadiator with a RICH Photon Counter toOscillations in the CERN-Gran Sasso NeutrinoBeam’’.

Publication CERN-LAA /96–01,1 /1 /96.P. Weilhammer et al., ‘‘Performance of Si PadSensors for a RICH Detector’’,

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 384 (1996) 159.E. Chesi et al., ‘‘Performance of a 256 Pad HybridPhoton Detector for Ring Imaging’’,

Nucl. Instr. and Meth, A 387 (1997) 122.R. De Leo et al., ‘‘Electronic detection of focusedCherenkov rings from aerogel’’,

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 401 (1997) 187.

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Solar neutrino detection

T. Ypsilantis and A. Zichichi, Discussions at Ericeon the basic interest of a real time, high rate solarneutrino experiment capable of observing the ppand 7Be components (20/5/90).

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘AZEX: A Third GenerationSolar Neutrino Experiment’’, 6/7/91, CERN-LAA/91–010.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘A High Rate Solar NeutrinoDetector with Energy Determination’’, 12/8/92,College de France LPC/92–31; Proceedings of thefourth Neutrino Telescopes, Venice 3/92.

G. Laurenti et al, ‘‘A Study of a High Rate SolarNeutrino Detector with Neutrino Energy Deter-mination’’, 24/2/93, CERN-LAA/93–10;

Proceedings of the 2nd NESTORWorkshop, Pylos,Greece, 10/92.

G. Laurenti et al., ‘‘HELLAZ: A Solar NeutrinoDetector with Neutrino Energy Resolution’’, 3/3/93, Proceedingss of the 5th Neutrino Telescopes,Venice 3/93.

F. Arzarello et al., ‘‘HELLAZ: A High Rate SolarNeutrino Detector with Neutrino Energy Determi-nation’’, 28/2/94, Proceedings of the Particles andthe Universe, Budapest 30/7/93, World Scientific.

F. Arzarello et al., ‘‘HELLAZ: A High Rate SolarNeutrino Detector with Neutrino Energy Deter-mination’’, 4/7/94, CERN-LAA/94–19; Collegede France LPC/94–28; Dark Matter and Cosmol-ogy School, Valencia, 10/93, World Scientific.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘Flavor and Flux Determinationof the pp Solar Neutrinos via !ı-e Elastic Scatter-ing. College de France LPC/95–08, CERN-LAA/95–11, 20/3/95.

J. Seguinot et al, ‘‘Tests of a TPC for Solar NeutrinoDetection (Hellaz-0)’’, 3/3/93, Proceedings of the 7thInternational Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes,Venice 2/96; Also published by College de FranceLPC/96–31 and CERN-LAA/96–05,31/5/96.

T. Ypsilantis, Europhysics news Vol. 27, #3 (1996)97, ‘‘The Hellaz Neutrino Detector’’

Long baseline neutrino detection

T. Ypsilantis et al., ‘‘A long baseline RICH with a27 kton water target and radiator for detection of

neutrino oscillations’’, Nucl. Instr. & Meth. A371 (1996) 330.

Liquid xenon calorimeter

J. Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, LAA Status Report,6/3/89,

J. Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, ‘‘PerfectCalorimetry’’, 27/6/89, CERN-LAA/89–1, p. 187.

J, Seguinot and T. Ypsilantis, Progress in LXecalorimetry, LAA Status Report, 15/4/90,

T. Ypsilantis and J. Seguinot, ‘‘Liquid XenonCalorimetry’’11, 21/11/90, LHC Workshop Vol.3, CERN/90–10.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘DRDC Proposal-P17 ‘‘LiquidXe (Kr) Calorimetry’’, 11/12/90, CERN-DRDC/90–70; CERN-LAA/PC/90–17.

J, Seguinot et al., ‘‘A Totally Active Xe (Kr)Electromagnetic Calorimeter for HighLuminosity Hadron Colliders’’, 31/12/90, CERN-LAA/PC/90–24; ‘‘New Technologies forSupercolliders’’, Ed. L. Cifarelli & T. Ypsilantis,Plenum Press, 1991.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘A Cryogenic Apparatus withOn-Line Purification System for Scintillation andIonization Studies in Noble Liquids’’, CERN/AT-CR/91–08, 6/6/91.

J. Seguinot et al, ‘‘Liquid Xenon Ionization andScintillation: Studies for a Totally Active Vector EMCalorimeter’’, 3/12/91, CERN-LAA/PC/92–004;

Nucl, Instr. and Meth. A 323 (1992) 583.J. Seguinot et al., DRDC92–25, RD14 StatusReport, 13/4/92.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘Liquid Xenon Scintillation:Photon Yield and Fano Factor Measurements’’,10/8/94, CERN-LAA/94–29; Nucl. Instr. andMeth. A 354 (1995) 280.

J. Seguinot et al., ‘‘Liquid Xenon and KryptonTransmission versus Photon Energy and itsStability for High Resolution ElectromagneticCalorimetry.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth. In press. (1997)

This CV was written by Tom Ypsilantis ca. 1997

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