Cryogenic operation of silicon detectors

Collins, P. et al. (2000) Cryogenic operation of silicon detectors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 447(1-2), 151 -159. (doi: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00183-2)

Abstract

This paper reports on measurements at cryogenic temperatures of a silicon microstrip detector irradiated with 24 GeV protons to a fluence of 3.5 x 10(14) p/cm(2) and of a p-n junction diode detector irradiated to a similar fluence. At temperatures below 130 K a recovery of charge collection efficiency and resolution is observed. Under reverse bias conditions this recovery degrades in time towards some saturated value. The recovery is interpreted qualitatively as changes in the effective space charge of the detector causing alterations in the depletion voltage.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: O'Shea, Professor Val and Smith, Professor Kenway and Bell, Dr William and Parkes, Dr Christopher
• Authors: Collins, P., Barnett, I.B.M., Bartalini, P., Bell, W., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., Buontempo, S., Borer, K., Bowcock, T., Buytaert, J., Casagrande, L., Chabaud, V., Chochula, P., Cindro, V., Da Via, C., Devine, S., Dijkstra, H., Dezillie, B., Dimcovski, Z., Dormond, O., Eremin, V., Esposito, A., Frei, R., Granata, V., Grigoriev, E., Hauler, F., Heising, S., Janos, S., Jungermann, L., Li, Z., Lourenco, C., Mikuz, M., Niinikoski, T.O., O'Shea, V., Palmieri, V.G., Paul, S., Parkes, C., Ruggiero, G., Ruf, T., Saladino, S., Schmitt, L., Smith, K., Stavitski, I., Verbitskaya, E., Vitobello, F., and Zavrtanik, M.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• ISSN (Online): 1872-9576