Test of Ultra Fast Silicon Detectors for the TOTEM upgrade project
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Berretti , M , Arcidiacono , R , Bossini , E , Bozzo , M , Cartiglia , N , Ferrero , M , Georgiev , V , Isidori , T , Linhart , R , Minafra , N , Obertino , M M , Sola , V & Turini , N 2017 , ' Test of Ultra Fast Silicon Detectors for the TOTEM upgrade project ' , Journal of Instrumentation , vol. 12 , P03024 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03024
| Title: | Test of Ultra Fast Silicon Detectors for the TOTEM upgrade project |
| Author: | Berretti, M.; Arcidiacono, R.; Bossini, E.; Bozzo, M.; Cartiglia, N.; Ferrero, M.; Georgiev, V.; Isidori, T.; Linhart, R.; Minafra, N.; Obertino, M. M.; Sola, V.; Turini, N. |
| Contributor organization: | Helsinki Institute of Physics |
| Date: | 2017-03 |
| Language: | eng |
| Number of pages: | 9 |
| Belongs to series: | Journal of Instrumentation |
| ISSN: | 1748-0221 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03024 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/224274 |
| Abstract: | This paper describes the performance of a prototype timing detector, based on 50 mu m thick Ultra Fast Silicon Detector, as measured in a beam test using a 180 GeV/c momentum pion beam. The dependence of the time precision on the pixel capacitance and bias voltage is investigated in this paper. A timing precision from 30 ps to 100 ps (RMS), depending on the pixel capacitance, has been measured at a bias voltage of 180 V. |
| Subject: |
Analogue electronic circuits
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors Solid state detectors Timing detectors GAIN AVALANCHE DETECTORS DESIGN 114 Physical sciences |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Rights: | cc_by |
| Usage restriction: | openAccess |
| Self-archived version: | publishedVersion |
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