@inproceedings{a29b12b0ec6546deb6bbca3501b4aaf5,
title = "Novel Applications of PIN-Photodiodes in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions1",
abstract = "The new ultrarelativistic heavy ion collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory, RHIC, has recently ended its commissioning run, and will begin colliding gold nuclei together at center of mass energies of up to 40 TeV. One of the key requirements for silicon drift detectors is that there can be no direct interaction between the detector and the beam. At the STAR experiment, PIN-photodiodes will be in place for the first year of beam running in order to detect beam loss before the silicon drift detector is put into place in 2000. The devices trigger on simultaneous interactions of an incoming particle with two PIN-diodes sandwiched together. In this paper we present methods in which to obtain results that are descriptive of the state of the beam, and show data for the latest commissioning run of beam circulation.",
author = "Willson, \{R. M.\} and Pandey, \{S. U.\} and R. Bellwied and R. Beuttenmuller and A. Drees and P. Kuczewski and W. Leonhart and D. Lynn and R. Soja and J. Takahashi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2000 IEEE.; 1999 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 1999 ; Conference date: 24-10-1999 Through 30-10-1999",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1109/NSSMIC.1999.845773",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "738--740",
editor = "Seibert, \{J. Anthony\}",
booktitle = "IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record",
}