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Radiation hardness and monitoring of the BABAR vertex tracker

  • V. Re
  • , M. Bruinsma
  • , D. Kirkby
  • , J. Berryhill
  • , S. Burke
  • , D. Callahan
  • , C. Campagnari
  • , B. Dahmes
  • , D. Hale
  • , P. Hart
  • , S. Kyre
  • , S. Levy
  • , O. Long
  • , M. Mazur
  • , J. Richman
  • , J. Stoner
  • , W. Verkerke
  • , J. Beringer
  • , A. M. Eisner
  • , M. Grothe
  • W. S. Lockman, T. Pulliam, A. Seiden, W. Walkowiak, M. Wilson, C. Borean, C. Bozzi, L. Piemontese, A. B. Breon, D. Brown, E. Charles, A. R. Clark, S. Dardin, F. Goozen, L. T. Kerth, A. Gritsan, G. Lynch, A. Perazzo, N. A. Roe, G. Zizka, V. Lillard, D. Roberts, E. Brenna, M. Citterio, F. Lanni, F. Palombo, B. Brau, K. Honscheiď, H. Kagan, R. Kass, M. Zoeller, L. Ratti, P. F. Manfredi, E. Mandelli, C. Angelini, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, M. Bondioli, F. Bosi, F. Bucci, G. Calderini, M. Carpinelli, M. Ceccanti, F. Forti, D. Gagliardi, M. A. Giorgi, A. Lusiani, P. Mammini, G. Marchiori, M. Morganti, F. Morsani, N. Neri, E. Paoloni, A. Profeti, M. Rama, G. Rizzo, F. Sandrelli, J. Walsh, P. Elmer, G. Simi, P. Burchat, C. Cheng, A. Edwards, T. I. Meyer, B. A. Petersen, C. Roat, M. Bona, F. Bianchi, D. Gamba, P. Trapani, L. Bosisio, G. Della Ricca, S. Dittongo, L. Lanceri, I. Rashevskaia, L. Vitale, G. Vuagnin, M. Datta, R. Liu

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Abstract

The Silicon Vertex Tracker (SVT) is an essential component of the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric B factory. The SVT has performed very well and several radiation studies have been carried out to determine that it will continue do so up to integrated radiation doses of 5 Mrad. The SVT radiation monitoring and protection system consists of silicon PIN-diodes, which are suffering from radiation damage, reducing their precision. Diamond sensors are highly resistant to radiation damage and the possibility of replacing the PIN-diodes with diamonds is currently under investigation. Two polycrystalline diamonds have been installed near the BABAR interaction region and show promising results when compared to the PIN-diodes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)290-294
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume518
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2004
EventFrontier Detectors for Frontier Physics, Proceedings - La Biodola, Italy
Duration: May 25 2003May 31 2003

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

Keywords

  • Diamond detector
  • Radiation sensor
  • Silicon microstrip detector

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