Abstract

RD39 collaboration develops new detector techniques for particle trackers, which have to withstand fluences up to 10 16 cm -2 of high-energy particles. The work focuses on the optimization of silicon detectors and their readout electronics while keeping the temperature as a free parameter. Our results so far suggest that the best operating temperature is around 130 K. We shall also describe in this paper how the current-injected mode of operation reduces the polarization of the bulk silicon at low temperatures, and how the engineering and materials problems related with vacuum and low temperature can be solved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)87-92
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume520
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Mar 2004
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Current-injected detectors
  • Forward bias
  • Low temperature
  • p -i-p detectors
  • Silicon microstrip detectors
  • Thermoelasticity

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