Publications

Papers & proceedings

First-author and co-author work on radiation fields, detector performance and electronics impact, plus collaboration-wide papers from HEARTS, FLUKA.CERN and SND.

First author

Peer-review — upcoming
  1. D. Prelipcean, R.M. Amarinei, F. Sanchez.
    Optical Calorimetry for Enhanced Proton and Ion Energy Reconstruction in Hadron Therapy.
    To be submitted, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A (2026)
  2. D. Prelipcean, F. Cerutti, A. Ciccotelli, R. García Alía, S. Ilieva Ilieva, G. Lerner, E. Revani.
    Towards a Timepix3 Radiation Monitor: Measurements of muon fluxes from pp collisions at the LHC.
    To be submitted, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A (2026)
  3. D. Prelipcean, D. Butti, R. García Alía, H. Guerin, B. Kolbinger, G. Lerner, G. Schneider, O. Sedlacek, J. Storey, R. Veness.
    Radiation Levels produced by the Operation of Beam Gas instruments in the LHC tunnel at IR4.
    To be submitted, Physical Reviews Accelerator and Beams (2026)
  4. D. Prelipcean, Y. Q. Aguiar, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, M. Sabate Gilarte, F. Cerutti, K. Bilko, D. Di Francesca, Y. Kadi, D. Ricci, A. Zimmaro, S. Danzeca.
    Radiation Levels from Proton Collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider: Measurements, FLUKA Simulations, and Electronics Performance.
    To be submitted, Physical Reviews Accelerator and Beams (2026)
  5. D. Prelipcean, B. Bergmann, P. Burian, M. Farkas, R. García Alía, G. Lerner, C. Lesmes Ramirez, O. Ruzicka, P. Smolyanskiy, D. Soderstrom.
    Characterisation of the Radiation Field in the LHC IR2 tunnel using Timepix Radiation Monitors.
    Accepted at RADECS (2026)
Peer-review — published
  1. D. Prelipcean, N. Emriskova, M. Sacristan Barbero, I. Slipukhin, D. Lucsanyi, G. Lerner, R. García Alía.
    Timepix3 and silicon diode measurements at the AmBe neutron source at CERN, and their comparison with Monte Carlo simulations.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 3241–3247 (2026)
  2. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, R. García Alía.
    Characterisation of the Radiation Field in LHC IR4 using a Timepix Radiation Monitor and FLUKA simulations.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 73, no. 8, pp. 3004–3015 (2026)
  3. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, I. Slipukhin, D. Lucsanyi, H. Sandberg, J. Storey, P. Martin-Holgado, A. Romero-Maestre, Y. Morilla Garcia, R. García Alía.
    Towards a Timepix3 Radiation Monitor for the Accelerator Mixed Radiation Field: Characterisation with Protons and Alphas from 0.6 MeV to 5.6 MeV.
    Applied Sciences 14(2): 624 (2024)
  4. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, K. Bilko, A. Infantino, D. Di Francesca, J. Trummer, D. Ricci, M. Brucoli, S. Danzeca.
    Benchmark between measured and simulated radiation level data at the mixed-field CHARM facility at CERN.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 1557–1564 (2022)
Conference proceedings
  1. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, A. Ciccotelli, F. Cerutti, A. Zimmaro, R. García Alía, J. Storey.
    Measurement of the transversal Muon Rate at the proposed CODEX-b experiment with the Timepix3 Radiation Monitor.
    JACoW IPAC2025 (2025)
  2. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, G. Scheiner, D. Butti, O. Sedlacek, R. Veness, C. Castro Sequeiro, M. Ady.
    Radiation levels from a Beam Gas Curtain instrument at the LHC at CERN during ion operation.
    JACoW IPAC2025 (2025)
  3. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, G. Scheiner, O. Sedlacek, R. Veness, C. Castro Sequeiro, M. Ady.
    Radiation levels from a Beam Gas Curtain instrument at the LHC at CERN.
    JACoW IPAC2024 (2024)
  4. D. Prelipcean, I. Slipukhin, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, Y. Morilla Garcia, A. Romero-Maestre, P. Martin-Holgado.
    Low beam intensity raster scan measurements with the Timepix3 at CNA.
    25th iWoRID (2024)
  5. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, K. Bilko, B. Kolbinger, H. Guerin, J. Storey, R. Kersevan.
    Radiation levels produced by the operation of the Beam Gas Vertex monitor in the LHC tunnel at IR4.
    JACoW IPAC2023 (2023)
  6. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Cerutti.
    Comparison between Run 2 SEU measurements and FLUKA simulations in the CERN LHC tunnel and shielded alcoves around IP1/5.
    JACoW IPAC2023 (2023)
  7. D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, R. García Alía, K. Bilko, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Cerutti, D. Di Francesca, D. Ricci, A. Ciccotelli, B. Humann.
    Comparison Between Run 2 TID Measurements and FLUKA Simulations in the CERN LHC Tunnel of the Atlas Insertion Region.
    JACoW IPAC2022 (2022)

Co-author

Peer-review — upcoming
  1. G. Lerner, M. Cecchetto, D. Soderstrom, D. Prelipcean, B. Humann, A. Frasca, D. Calzolari, D. Lucsanyi, B. Tissot Ferraz, R. García Alía, A. Lechner, A. Gilardi, W. Farabolini.
    Single Event Effect Measurements in an Electron-Induced Photoneutron Field Representative of the FCC-ee Accelerator Environment.
    Accepted for RADECS (2026)
  2. L. Weninger, S. Acid, Y. Aguiar, R. Garcia Alía, N. Kerboub, S. Fiore, D. Prelipcean, A. Morana, S. Girard.
    Real-time Monitoring of the CHARM Mixed Field Irradiation with Optical Fiber Dosimeters.
    Accepted for NSREC (2026)
  3. I. Slipukhin, R. García Alía, F. Saigne, J. Boch, L. Dilillo, D. Prelipcean, M. Cecchetto, C. Cazzaniga, M. Kastriotou, S. Fiore, J. Lendaro.
    Analysis of In-System Performance of Point-of-Load Power Regulators During System-Level Irradiation.
    Accepted, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2026)
Peer-review — published
  1. M. Sacristan Barbero, I. Slipukhin, D. P. Sodestrom, D. Prelipcean, N. Emriskova, A. Waets, K. Bilko, A. Coronetti, H. Kettunen, R. García Alía.
    Analysis of high-energy heavy-ion SEE results through standard-energy ion SEE data.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. (2026)
  2. D. Soderstrom, Y. Q. Aguiar, K. Biłko, A. Canesse, G. Lerner, D. Prelipcean, R. García Alía.
    Radiation Monitoring and Performance of Electronic Systems in High-Energy Accelerator Radiation Environments.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 2490–2497 (2025)
  3. A. Ciccotelli, R. B. Appleby, F. Cerutti, K. Buffet, F. Butin, G. Corti, L. Salvatore Esposito, R. García Alía, M. Karacson, G. Lerner, M. Wehrle, D. Prelipcean.
    Energy deposition studies for the Upgrade II of LHCb at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
    Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 27, 061003 (2024)
  4. K. Biłko, R. García Alía, M. Sacristán Barbero, S. Girard, Y. Q. Aguiar, M. Cecchetto, C. Belanger-Champagne, S. Danzeca, W. Hajdas, A. Hands, P. M. Holgado, Y. M. Garcia, A. R. Maestre, D. Prelipcean, F. Ravotti, M. Sebban.
    Mixed-field Radiation Monitoring and Beam Characterisation Through Silicon Diode Detectors.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 777–784 (2024)
  5. M. Sacristán Barbero, I. Slipukhin, M. Cecchetto, D. Prelipcean, Y. Q. Aguiar, K. Bilko, N. Emriskova, A. Waets, A. Coronetti, M. Kastriotou, C. Cazzaniga, T. Dodd, F. Saigné, V. Pouget, R. García Alía.
    Characterization of Fragmented Ultra-high Energy Heavy Ion Beam and its Effects on Electronics Single Event Effect Testing.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. (2024)
  6. S. Yang, M. Sabate Gilarte, A. Tate, N. Santiago, R. Longo, S. Mazzoni, F. Cerutti, E. Bravin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, G. Lerner, D. Prelipcean, Z. Citron, B. Cole, S. Jackobsen, M. D. Kaminski, T. Koeth, C. Lantz, D. MacLean, A. Mignerey, M. Murray, M. Palm, M. Phipps, P. Steinberg, A. Tsinganis.
    22Na activation level measurements of fused silica rods in the LHC target absorber for neutrals compared to simulations.
    Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 25, 091001 (2022)
  7. G. Lerner, A. Coronetti, J. Mael Kempf, R. García Alía, F. Cerutti, D. Prelipcean, M. Ceccheto, A. Gilardi, W. Farabolini, R. Corsini.
    Analysis of the Photoneutron Field Near the THz Dump of the CLEAR Accelerator at CERN With SEU Measurements and Simulations.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 1541–1548 (2022)
  8. K. Biłko, R. García Alía, M. Sacristán Barbero, D. Prelipcean, C. Cazzaniga, A. Coronetti, P. Martin-Holgado, Y. Morilla Garcia, G. Lerner, W. Hajdas.
    Silicon solid-state detectors for monitoring high-energy accelerator mixed field radiation environments.
    21st RADECS, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1–5 (2021)
  9. T. Simko, H.P. de Bittencourt, E. Carrera, D. Delgado Lopez, C. Lange, K. Lassila-Perini, A. Lintuluoto, L. Lara Iglesias, T. McCauley, J. Okraska, D. Prelipcean, M. Savaniakas.
    Open data provenance and reproducibility: a case study from publishing CMS open data.
    EPJ Web Conf., 245:08014 (2020)
Conference proceedings
  1. E. Revani, D. Prelipcean, G. Lerner, J. Storey.
    Measurement of the Muon Rate at the SND Experiment with the Timepix3 Radiation Monitor.
    JACoW IPAC 2025 (2025)
  2. A. Canesse, S. Danzeca, R. García Alía, G. Lerner, D. Prelipcean, D. Ricci, A. Zimmaro.
    Overview of the radiation levels in the CERN accelerator complex after LS2.
    JACoW IPAC 2023 (2023)
  3. M. Fraser, P. Arrutia Sota, K. Biko, N. Charitonidis, S. Danzeca, M. Delrieux, M. Duraffourg, N. Emriskova, L. Esposito, R. García Alía, A. Guerrero, O. Hans, G. Imesch, E. Johnson, G. Lerner, I. Ortega Ruiz, G. Pezzullo, D. Prelipcean, F. Ravotti, F. Roncarolo, A. Waets.
    Feasibility of Slow-Extracted High-Energy Ions From the CERN Proton Synchrotron for CHARM.
    JACoW IPAC 2022 (2022)
  4. Y. Q. Aguiar, A. Apollonio, F. Cerutti, S. Danzeca, R. García Alía, G. Lerner, D. Prelipcean, M. Sabaté-Gilarte.
    Radiation to Electronics Impact on CERN LHC Operation: Run 2 Overview and HL-LHC Outlook.
    JACoW IPAC 2021 (2021)

Collaborations & projects

  1. HEARTS Project.
    Very High-Energy Heavy-Ion SEE Testing Results at the HEARTS@CERN Facility During the 2025 Run.
    Accepted for NSREC, to be submitted in IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. (2026)
  2. HEARTS Project.
    Implications of Ion Fragmentation for High-Energy Heavy Ion Single Event Effects Testing.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 72, no. 4 (2025)
  3. HEARTS Project.
    The HEARTS EU project and its initial results on fragmented high-energy heavy-ion Single Event Effects Testing.
    IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. PP(99):1-1 (2025)
  4. HEARTS Project.
    Readiness of the HEARTS@CERN facility for space electronics high-energy heavy-ion testing.
    JACoW IPAC2025 (2025)
  5. HEARTS Project.
    Heavy Ion Beam Characterization for Radiation Effects Testing at CERN using Monte Carlo Simulations and experimental benchmarking.
    JACoW IPAC2023 (2023)
  6. FLUKA.CERN Collaboration.
    Latest FLUKA developments.
    EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. 10 (2024)
  7. FLUKA.CERN Collaboration.
    New capabilities of the FLUKA multi-purpose code.
    Front. Phys., Radiation Detectors and Imaging (2022)
  8. SND Collaboration.
    SND@LHC — Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC. Technical Report.
    CERN-LHCC-2021-003, LHCC-P-016, CERN, Geneva (2021)
  9. High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC): Technical design report.
    CERN Yellow Reports: Monographs, CERN, Geneva (2020)