THE SILICON TRACKER OF THE PAMELA EXPERIMENT

Authors
ADRIANI O CASTELLINI G DALESSANDRO R PAPINI P PEREGO A PICCARDI S SEVERONI S SPILLANTINI P TACCETTI F
Citation
O. Adriani et al., THE SILICON TRACKER OF THE PAMELA EXPERIMENT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 409(1-3), 1998, pp. 447-450
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
409
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
447 - 450
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)409:1-3<447:TSTOTP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We describe the silicon tracker that is actually under construction fo r the PAMELA spectrometer. The readout electronics has been optimized in order to greatly reduce power consumption while providing the very good reliability needed for spatial applications. The silicon sensors used have been fabricated using double-sided, double-metal, AC-coupled technology. A description of the design steps and of the technologica l choices made, will be given. Finally, we present the results obtaine d during a beam test using both minimum and non minimum ionizing parti cles to study the behaviour of the whole system. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.