1. Progresses in the pulse shape identification with silicon detectors within the FAZIA Collaboration
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J.A. Dueñas, Maurizio Bini, Giovanni Casini, V. L. Kravchuk, A. Ordine, B. Borderie, R. Bougault, R. Berjillos, Giacomo Poggi, Tomasz Kozik, A. Chbihi, P. Edelbruck, Ismael Martel, G. Tobia, E. Scarlini, N. Le Neindre, Gabriele Pasquali, Sandro Barlini, A.J. Kordyasz, M. Bruno, G. Spadaccini, E. Wanlin, S. Carboni, O. Lopez, C. Huss, E. Rosato, L. Bardelli, M. D'Agostino, Luca Morelli, M. F. Rivet, F. Gramegna, Julien Gautier, Mariano Vigilante, Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), FAZIA, L., Bardelli, M., Bini, G., Casini, P., Edelbruck, G., Pasquali, G., Poggi, S., Barlini, R., Berjillo, B., Borderie, R., Bougault, M., Bruno, S., Carboni, A., Chbihi, M., D’Agostino, J. A., Duena, J. M., Gautier, F., Gramegna, C., Hu, A. J., Kordyasz, T., Kozik, V. L., Kravchuk, N., Le Neindre, O., Lopez, I., Martel, L., Morelli, A., Ordine, M. F., Rivet, Rosato, Elio, E., Scarlini, Spadaccini, Giulio, G., Tobia, Vigilante, Mariano, E., Wanlin, Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), L. Bardelli, M. Bini, G. Casini, P. Edelbruck, G. Pasquali, G. Poggi, S. Barlini, R. Berjillo, B. Borderie, R. Bougault, M. Bruno, S. Carboni, A. Chbihi, M. D'Agostino, J.A. Dueña, J.M. Gautier, F. Gramegna, C. Hu, A.J. Kordyasz, T. Kozik, V.L. Kravchuk, N. Le Neindre, O. Lopez, I. Martel, L. Morelli, A. Ordine, M.F. Rivet, E. Rosato, E. Scarlini, G. Spadaccini, G. Tobia, M. Vigilante, and E. Wanlin
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Silicon ,SILICON DETECTORS ,Phase (waves) ,chemistry.chemical_element ,01 natural sciences ,Particle identification ,Optics ,Crystal orientation effects ,Electrical resistivity and conductivity ,0103 physical sciences ,Pulse shape analysis ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,Solid state detectors ,010306 general physics ,Instrumentation ,Physics ,Digital electronics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,business.industry ,Detector ,Digital sampling ,Digital signal processing ,Pulse (physics) ,chemistry ,business ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
In the last few years the FAZIA [1] collaboration has been investigating the properties of silicon detectors – in particular the crystal orientation and resistivity non-uniformity – in order to better pin down the detector characteristics that influence their performances for particle identification using Δ E − E and Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA) techniques. In this paper we present the first particle identification results obtained with detectors selected for good resistivity uniformity and using a “non-channeled” configuration. A new digital electronics was also designed for the R&D phase of FAZIA and was tested under beam for the first time. A quantitative procedure to measure the observed performances is applied in order to quantify the particle identification thresholds. Particle identification thresholds of ∼ 2.5 AMeV for Z ∼ 3 – 10 have been reached with the studied reaction.
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- 2011
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