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Radiation hardness of cryogenic silicon detectors

  • T. O. Niinikoski
  • , M. Abreu
  • , W. Bell
  • , P. Berglund
  • , W. De Boer
  • , E. Borchi
  • , K. Borer
  • , M. Bruzzi
  • , S. Buontempo
  • , L. Casagrande
  • , S. Chapuy
  • , V. Cindro
  • , P. Collins
  • , N. D'Ambrosio
  • , C. Da Viá
  • , S. R.H. Devine
  • , B. Dezillie
  • , Z. Dimcovski
  • , V. Eremin
  • , A. Esposito
  • V. Granata, E. Grigoriev, S. Grohmann, F. Hauler, E. Heijne, S. Heising, S. Janos, L. Jungermann, I. Konorov, Z. Li, C. Lourenço, M. Mikuz, V. O'Shea, S. Pagano, V. G. Palmieri, S. Paul, S. Pirollo, K. Pretzl, P. Rato Mendes, G. Ruggiero, K. Smith, P. Sonderegger, P. Sousa, E. Verbitskaya, S. Watts, M. Zavrtanik
  • CERN
  • Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
  • University of Glasgow
  • Aalto University
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • University of Florence
  • University of Bern
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • University of Geneva
  • Jožef Stefan Institute
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Ioffe Physical Technical Institute
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Brunel University London

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Abstract

We shall review test results which show that silicon detectors can withstand at 130K temperature a fluence of 2 × 1015cm-2 of 1 MeV neutrons, which is about 10 times higher than the fluence tolerated by the best detectors operated close to room temperature. The tests were carried out on simple pad devices and on microstrip detectors of different types. The devices were irradiated at room temperature using reactor neutrons, and in situ at low temperatures using high-energy protons and lead ions. No substantial difference was observed between samples irradiated at low temperature and those irradiated at room temperature, after beneficial annealing. The design of low-mass modules for low-temperature trackers is discussed briefly, together with the cooling circuits for small and large systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)569-582
Number of pages14
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume476
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 11 2002
EventProceedings of the 3rd. International Conference on Radiation Effects on Semiconductor (RESMDD-2000-F2K) - Firenze, Italy
Duration: Jun 28 2000Jun 30 2000

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