Simulated and experimental results from a room temperature silicon X-ray pixel detector

Mathieson, K. et al. (2001) Simulated and experimental results from a room temperature silicon X-ray pixel detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 460(1), 191 -196. (doi: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01113-X)

Abstract

Simulated and experimental results are presented from a silicon X-ray pixel detector which is bump bonded to a PACS pixel array of read-out electronics. When coupled to a matching, fully depleted silicon detector the pre-amplifier is observed to have a linear response up to 80 keV, and a pulse height resolution of around 1 keV FWHM over the range 13-60 keV. The Monte-Carlo N-Particle code has been used to simulate the detector response under illumination from a variety of energies. The excellent agreement observed between simulation and experiment illustrates the predictive abilities of such packages.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: O'Shea, Professor Val and Mathieson, Dr Keith and Watt, Dr John and Smith, Professor Kenway and Bates, Dr Richard
• Authors: Mathieson, K., Bates, R., Iles, G.M., Manolopoulos, S., O'Shea, V., Passmore, S., Prydderch, M.L., Rahman, M., Seller, P., Smith, K.M., Thomas, S.L., Watt, J., and Whitehill, C.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy; University Services > IT Services > E-Science
• Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• ISSN (Online): 1872-9576
• Published Online: 09 March 2001