On July 11th, CERN and ESA signed a bilateral agreement to address the challenge of operating electronics in harsh radiation environments such as in high energy physics experiments as well as space. Find the link to the news here.

7 specific topics were identified for this joint-effort:

1. High energy electron testing achievable at the CLEAR/VESPER facility at CERN for reproducing the Jovian environment;
2. High penetration heavy ion testing achievable at the SPS/NA H8 beamline at CERN for reproducing Galactic Cosmic Rays like never before;
3. Assessment of EEE commercial components and modules which found vast use for electronic equipment at CERN and are more and more used for LEO-type space missions;
4. In-orbit technology demonstration to assess the performances of electronic parts in a real radiation environment compared to ground level testing;
5. Development of rad-hard and rad-tol components and modules to support the very high TID levels of high altitude orbits and deep space missions as well as for the LHC interaction points;
6. Development of radiation detectors, monitors and dosimeters;
7. Simulation tools for studying radiation effects in electronics.

ESR15 - Andrea Coronetti