1. The high granularity and large solid angle detection array EXPADES
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G. Pontoriere, L. Roscilli, D. Pierroutsakou, P. Molini, F. Soramel, L. Stroe, M. Nicoletto, C. Boiano, A. Boiano, P.G. Zatti, A. Guglielmetti, J. Grebosz, G. Galet, C. Signorini, P. Di Meo, M. Mazzocco, L. Parascandolo, C. Cassese, M. Bettini, E. Strano, C. Parascandolo, C. Manea, N. Toniolo, M. La Commara, M. Tessaro, D. Torresi, L. Castellani, T. Glodariu, D. Corti, and A. Anastasio
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Silicon Strip Detectors ,Silicon ,Alpha sources ,High granularity ,chemistry.chemical_element ,E region ,STRIPS ,law.invention ,Optics ,Application-specific integrated circuit ,law ,Ionization ,Offline test ,ASIC electronics ,Radioactive ion beams ,Instrumentation ,Exotic particles ,Physics ,Pixel ,Ionization chambers ,business.industry ,Detector ,Solid angle ,Detector arrays ,Alpha sources, ASIC electronics, Detector arrays, Exotic particles, High granularity, Offline test, Radioactive ion beams, Silicon Strip Detectors ,E region, Telescopes ,chemistry ,business ,Beam (structure) ,Telescopes - Abstract
The EXPADES (EXotic PArticle DEtection System) detector array consists of 16 Double Side Silicon Strip Detectors (DSSSD) with active areas of 64 × 64 mm 2 , arranged in 8 ΔE (40/50 μm)–E (300 μm) telescopes. All detector faces are segmented into 32 × 2-mm wide strips, ensuring a 2 × 2 mm 2 pixel configuration. Eight ionization chambers can be alternatively used as ΔE stages or, if needed, as an additional third layer for more complex triple telescopes. The signals from silicon ΔE layers and from ionization chambers are read by standard electronics, while innovative 32-channel ASIC chips are employed for the readout of the E stages. The results of off-line tests with alpha sources and from the first in-beam experiment with a 17 O beam are presented.
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- 2013
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