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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 87-92 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume | 520 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Mar 2004 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Current-injected detectors
- Forward bias
- Low temperature
- p -i-p detectors
- Silicon microstrip detectors
- Thermoelasticity