Large-area Si(Li) Detectors for X-ray Spectrometry and Particle Tracking for the GAPS Experiment
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Author(s)
Rogers, Field Rose
Xiao, Mengjiao
Perez, Kerstin M.
Boggs, Steven
Erjavec, Tyler J
Fabris, Lorenzo
Fuke, Hideyuki
Hailey, Charles J
Kozai, Masayoshi
Lowell, Alex
Date Issued
2019
Journal
2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2019
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
© 2019 IEEE. Large-area lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors, operable 150°C above liquid nitrogen temperature, have been developed for the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) balloon mission and will form the first such system to operate in space. These 10 cm-diameter, 2.5 mm-thick multi-strip detectors have been verified in the lab to provide < 4 keV FWHM energy resolution for X-rays as well as tracking capability for charged particles, while operating in conditions (~-40C and ~1 Pa) achievable on a long-duration balloon mission with a large detector payload. These characteristics enable the GAPS silicon tracker system to identify cosmic antinuclei via a novel technique based on exotic atom formation, de-excitation, and annihilation. Production and large-scale calibration of ~1000 detectors has begun for the first GAPS flight, scheduled for late 2021. The detectors developed for GAPS may also have other applications, for example in heavy nuclei identification.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9060023
