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Beam test studies of 3D pixel sensors irradiated non-uniformly for the ATLAS forward physics detector

  • S. Grinstein
  • , M. Baselga
  • , M. Boscardin
  • , M. Christophersen
  • , C. Da Via
  • , G. F. Dalla Betta
  • , G. Darbo
  • , V. Fadeyev
  • , C. Fleta
  • , C. Gemme
  • , P. Grenier
  • , A. Jimenez
  • , I. Lopez
  • , A. Micelli
  • , C. Nelist
  • , S. Parker
  • , G. Pellegrini
  • , B. Phlips
  • , D. L. Pohl
  • , H. F.W. Sadrozinski
  • P. Sicho, S. Tsiskaridze
  • ICREA
  • Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CNM-CSIC)
  • Fondazione Bruno Kessler
  • Naval Research Laboratory
  • University of Trento
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of California at Santa Cruz
  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • University of Bonn
  • Czech Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Pixel detectors with cylindrical electrodes that penetrate the silicon substrate (so called 3D detectors) offer advantages over standard planar sensors in terms of radiation hardness, since the electrode distance is decoupled from the bulk thickness. In recent years significant progress has been made in the development of 3D sensors, which culminated in the sensor production for the ATLAS Insertable B-Layer (IBL) upgrade carried out at CNM (Barcelona, Spain) and FBK (Trento, Italy). Based on this success, the ATLAS Forward Physics (AFP) experiment has selected the 3D pixel sensor technology for the tracking detector. The AFP project presents a new challenge due to the need for a reduced dead area with respect to IBL, and the in-homogeneous nature of the radiation dose distribution in the sensor. Electrical characterization of the first AFP prototypes and beam test studies of 3D pixel devices irradiated non-uniformly are presented in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)28-32
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume730
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • 3D pixels
  • ATLAS upgrade
  • High energy physics
  • Pixel detectors
  • Radiation hardness

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