1. Short ( and incomplete) characteristics of CVD diamond detectors Diamond as a detector material low dielectric constant low capacity low noise good heat conductivity ( 5 x higher than Cu ) large band gap of 5.5 eV small signal (< half of a Si of similar size) high charge carrier velocity saturation fast pulse response time Diamond Crystal production chemical vapour deposition (CVD) commercial production polycrystaline diamonds (PCD) thickness 0.5-500  m max size ~ 5x5cm 2 price ? (100 euro/det.) single crystal diamond (SCD) smaller ( 4x4 mm 2 ) better performance (energy resolution) more expensive (5xPCD) Diamond detectors performance very fast timing pulse risetime: 200 ps width: 2ns (PCD) 5ns (SCD) operating voltage 1 V/  m radiation hardness -Tests with 2x10 15 p/cm 2 did not show any significant deterioration of a sig./noise -pumping effect (PCD) : improvement with increasing dose position resolution below 10  m can be achieved with strip detectors X and Y efficiency 70%PCD-100% PCD Diamonds as TOF detectors tests with 1GeV/u U beam resulted in TOF of  =20 ps Cr-Au foil ~0.1  m

2. http://rd42.web.cern.ch/RD42/ http://www-norhdia.gsi.de INFN-MI, Milano, Italy Electronics, ToF-detectors CEA-Saclay, France diamond growth, sensor modelling DESY-Zeuthen, Germany E-, ToF-detectors, modelling, electronics GSI, Darmstadt, Germany E-, ToF-dectors, irradiations, detector characterisation, micro-beam mapping IFIN-HH, Bucharest, Romania Electronics, ToF-detectors, modelling CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Detector characterisation Karlsruhe University, Germany Detector characterization, irradiations IJS, Ljubljana, Slovenia Irradiations VERA Laboratory, Vienna, Austria E-detectors Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa Diamond substrates Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia ESRF Grenoble, France sample characterisation AIST, Tsukuba, Japan Industrial partners: Element six, Ascot, Berkshire, UK ideas Coordinator: E. Berdermann (GSI)

3. News from I3HP & NoRHDia - Eleni BerdermannNews from I3HP & NoRHDia

4. News from I3HP & NoRHDia - Eleni BerdermannNews from I3HP & NoRHDia But for PCD much worst !

5. SC-Diamond for ToF measurements with relativistic particles: First beam test with 27Al ions of 2 GeV/amu First beam test with 27Al ions of 2 GeV/amu - Mladen Kis

6. SC-Diamond for ToF measurements with relativistic particles: First beam test with 27Al ions of 2 GeV/amu First beam test with 27Al ions of 2 GeV/amu - Mladen Kis

7. But at 5 MeV/u a middle-light (A ~20) HI beam stops in ~ 50  m of a diamond layer