LARGE-DIAMETER LITHIUM COMPENSATED SILICON DETECTORS FOR THE NASA ADVANCED COMPOSITION EXPLORER (ACE) MISSION

Authors
ALLBRITTON GL ANDERSEN H BARNES A CHRISTIAN ER CUMMINGS AC DOUGHERTY BL JENSEN L LEE J LESKE RA MADDEN MP MEWALDT R MILLIKEN B NAHORY BW ODONNELL R SCHMIDT P SEARS BR VONROSENVINGE TT WALTON JT WIEDENBECK ME WONG YK
Citation
Gl. Allbritton et al., LARGE-DIAMETER LITHIUM COMPENSATED SILICON DETECTORS FOR THE NASA ADVANCED COMPOSITION EXPLORER (ACE) MISSION, IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 43(3), 1996, pp. 1505-1509
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on nuclear science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189499
Volume
43
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
1505 - 1509
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9499(1996)43:3<1505:LLCSDF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Fabrication of the 100 mm diameter, 3 mm thick Lithium-compensated sil icon, Si(Li), detectors for the Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer (CRIS) instrument on board the ACE satellite required development of: new fl oat-zone silicon growing techniques, new Si(Li) fabrication procedures , and new particle beam testing sequences. These developments are disc ussed and results are presented that illustrate the advances made in r ealizing these CRIS Si(Li) detectors, which, when operational in the C RlS detector telescopes, will usher in a new generation of cosmic-ray isotope spectrometers.