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João António da Silva Barata is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Beira Interior and Researcher at the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP). He has a PhD degree in Physics (2006) and a Degree in Physics (1993), both from the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. He has published 13 articles in specialized international journals (IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Journal of Instrumentation, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A and Radiation Physics and Chemistry) and 13 articles in conference proceedings, all indexed in Scopus or in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoScc). He co-supervised 1 master's thesis. He participates and/or participated as an Investigator in 7 project(s) and Principal Investigator in 1 project(s). He has accumulated more than 30 years of teaching in Physics and Instrumentation. His scientific domains and main interests are Applied Physics and Instrumentation with an emphasis on the physics of radiation detectors and development of new techniques in gaseous detectors for particle and nuclear physics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João António da Silva Barata

Citation names

  • Barata, J. A. S.
  • Barata, JAS

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BA1F-AD79-B145
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7415-4705
Scopus Author Id
36679808900

Email addresses

  • jabarata@ubi.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 275241515 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Física, Universidade da Beira Interior, Rua Marquês de Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Atomic Physics
Education
Degree Classification
2006/07/14
Concluded
 Física (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Estudo do Transporte de Iões Positivos em Gases Raros" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
1998/01/29
Concluded
 Provas de Aptidão Pedagógica e Capacidade Científica (Outros)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 Muito Bom
1993/07/26
Concluded
 Física (Ensino de) (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/07/14 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
1998/01/28 - 2006/07/13 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
1993/10/04 - 1998/01/27 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/08 - Current Presidente do Departamento de Física Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010 - Current Investigador Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
1997 - 2010 Investigador no Centro de Instrumentação do Dep. Física da FCTUC Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/11/01 - 2024/10/31 Participation in RD51 Collaboration at CERN
CERN/FIS-INS/0013/2021
Researcher
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/11 - 2022/10 Participação na Colaboração RD51 no CERN para desenvolvimento de detetores de partículas com microestruturas/ Participation in RD51 Collaboration at CERN on development of micropattern particle detectors
CERN/FIS-INS/0026/2019
Researcher
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2020 Participação na colaboração RD51 no CERN/ Participation in the RD51 Colaboration
CERN/FIS-INS/0025/2017
Researcher
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2013 Processos de Transporte de Iões em Detectores Gasosos para Física das Partículas/ Ion Transport Processes in Gaseous Detectors for Particle Physics
CERN/FP/123613/2011
Principal investigator
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011 - 2013 Misturas com Xenon Dopado a Alta Pressão para a Colaboração NEXT/ High Pressure Xenon Doped Mixtures for the NEXT Collaboration
PTDC/FIS/112272/2009
Researcher
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (ADDFUC/FCT/UC), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2011 Estudos sobre o Transporte de Iões em Gases: Teoria, Experiência e Aplicações/ Studies on the Transport of Ions in Gases: Theory, Experiments and Applications
PTDC/FIS/65569/2006
Researcher
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (ADDFUC/FCT/UC), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005 - 2007 Iões Positivos e Processos Físicos em Detectores Gasosos II/ Positive Ions and Gaseous Detector Physics II
POCTI/FP/63430/2005
Researcher
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (ADDFUC/FCT/UC), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003 - 2005 Ioes Positivos e Processos Físicos em Detectores Gasosos/ Positive Ions and Gaseous Detector Physics
POCTI/FP/50240/2003
Researcher
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (ADDFUC/FCT/UC), Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Lopes, A.L.; Simões, H.; Crespo, P.; Barata, J.A.S.; Lencart, J.; Santos, J.A.M.. "Impact of tumor contrast in orthogonal ray imaging: A prostate irradiation study". 2017.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069392
  2. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Mobilities and diffusion parameters of Xe+ ions in Xe-Ne mixtures". 2011.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154685
  3. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Elastic cross-sections for low energy collision of Ar+ with Ne and Monte Carlo simulation of the transport of Ar+ ions in gaseous Ar/Ne mixtures". 2010.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874019
  4. Garcia, A.N.C.; Trindade, A.M.F.; Oliveira, T.D.P.; Neves, P.N.B.; Barata, J.A.S.; Tavora, L.M.N.; Dias, T.H.V.T.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Experimental measurement of the mobilities of atomic, Ne+, and dimer, Ne2+, ions in Ne". 2010.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874018
  5. Neves, P.N.B.; Barata, J.A.S.; Tavora, L.M.N.; Dias, T.H.V.T.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Photopeak shift effects due to the drift electric field in high pressure xenon detectors". 2010.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874017
  6. Lux, T.; Granena, F.; Nova, F.; Rico, J.; Nygren, D.R.; Barata, J.A.S.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; et al. "NEXT: A neutrinoless double beta decay experiment with a Gaseous xenon TPC". 2009.
  7. Díaz, J.; Yahlali, N.; Ball, M.; Barata, J.A.S.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Calvo, E.; Crcel, S.; et al. "The NEXT experiment". 2009.
    10.1088/1742-6596/179/1/012005
  8. Neves, P.N.B.; Trindade, A.M.F.; Barata, J.A.S.; Távora, L.M.N.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Measuring the mobilities of the ions formed in P-10 mixtures". 2009.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402121
  9. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Low energy elastic collision cross sections and monte carlo simulation of the transport of Ne+ ions in gaseous neon under weak electric fields". 2008.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774551
  10. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Elastic collision cross sections and Monte Carlo calculations of Kr + ions drifting in gaseous krypton". 2007.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436408
  11. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Monte Carlo calculation of drift velocities and diffusion coefficients for Ar+ ions in gaseous argon". 2006.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356027
  12. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Drift velocity of Xe+ Ions in Gaseous Xe/3He mixtures". 2005.
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596548
  13. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Calculation of drift velocities and diffusion coefficients of Xe/ups +/ ions in gaseous xenon". Paper presented in 2004 Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, Symposium on Nuclear Power Systems and the 14th International Workshop on Room Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma- Ray Detectors, Rome, 2004.
    10.1109/nssmic.2004.1462242
Journal article
  1. Encarnação, P.M.C.C.; Cortez, A.F.V.; Pinto, M.G.A.; Neves, P.N.B.; Trindade, A.M.F.; Escada, J.; Santos, F.P.; et al. "Experimental ion mobility measurements in Ar-CO2 mixtures". Journal of Instrumentation 10 1 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937849518&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1748-0221/10/01/P01010
  2. Trindade, A.M.F.; Cortez, A.F.V.; Neves, P.N.B.; Garcia, A.N.C.; Escada, J.; Santos, F.P.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Experimental study on ion mobility in Ar-CH4 mixtures". Journal of Instrumentation 9 6 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903639516&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1748-0221/9/06/P06003
  3. Cortez, A.F.V.; Garcia, A.N.C.; Neves, P.N.B.; Santos, F.P.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Experimental ion mobility measurements in Ar-C2H6 mixtures". Journal of Instrumentation 8 12 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892883868&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/P12012
  4. Cortez, A.F.V.; Garcia, A.N.C.; Neves, P.N.B.; Santos, F.P.; Borges, F.I.G.M.; Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Experimental measurement of the mobility of ions originated in ethane in their parent gas". Journal of Instrumentation 8 7 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881147973&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1748-0221/8/07/P07013
  5. Trindade, A.M.F.; Escada, J.; Neves, P.N.B.; Dias, T.H.V.T.; Barata, J.A.S.; Santos, F.P.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Experimental measurements of the mobility of methane ions in methane". Journal of Instrumentation 7 6 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862860611&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1748-0221/7/06/P06010
  6. Neves, P.N.B.; Garcia, A.N.C.; Trindade, A.M.F.; Barata, J.A.S.; Távora, L.M.N.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Experimental measurement of the Ne + and Ne 2+ mobilities in Ne and the reaction rate coefficient for Ne + + 2Ne ¿ Ne 2+ + Ne". IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 58 4 PART 2 (2011): 2060-2063. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860390425&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TNS.2011.2158849
  7. Barataab, J.A.S.; Condeb, C.A.N.. "Elastic He+ on He collision cross-sections and Monte Carlo calculation of the transport coefficients of He+ ions in gaseous helium". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 619 1-3 (2010): 21-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650256740&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.070
  8. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Calculation of drift velocities and diffusion coefficients for Xe + ions in Gaseous Xe/3 He Mixtures". IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 54 3 (2007): 643-647. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250738271&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TNS.2007.897821
  9. Barata, J.A.S.. "Integral and differential elastic collision cross-sections for low-energy Ar+ ions with neutral Ar atoms". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 580 1 SPEC. IS (2007): 14-17. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548235552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.012
  10. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Monte Carlo calculations of drift velocities and diffusion coefficients of Ar+ ions in helium". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 580 1 SPEC. IS (2007): 18-21. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548249273&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.097
  11. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Calculation of drift velocities and diffusion coefficients of Xe + ions in gaseous xenon". IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 52 6 (2005): 2889-2894. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33144485604&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TNS.2005.860197
  12. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Monte Carlo calculations of drift velocities of Ne+ ions in helium". Radiation Physics and Chemistry 71 3-4 (2004): 721-722. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4344666169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.04.079
  13. Barata, J.A.S.; Conde, C.A.N.. "Calculation of elastic integral and differential collision cross-sections for low energy Ne+, Ar+, Kr+ and Xe+ ions with neutral He atoms". Radiation Physics and Chemistry 71 3-4 (2004): 647-648. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4344618657&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.04.038
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2015/09/14 - 2016/10/25 Impacto do Contraste Tumoral em Imagiologia por Raios Ortogonais
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/11/12 Avaliação do potencial de exposição ao Radão em edifícios no município do Lubango
Thesis Member
 Yoenls Prata Alicerces Bahu (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2021/05/18 O potencial da concentração radão na água do município da Bibala: implicações no consumo público
Thesis Member
 Joaquim Pedro Kessongo (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2009/07/13 Studies on the Mobility of Monoatomic and Dimer Noble Gás Ions in Their Parent Gases
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pedro Nuno Basso Neves (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017/11/20 - Current Membro da Comissão Científica de Curso do 1.º Ciclo em Engenharia Eletromecânica
Member
 Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal