The AMS silicon tracker readout: performance results with minimum ionizingparticles

Authors
Alpat, B Ambrosi, G Battiston, R Bourquin, M Burger, WJ Extermann, P Chang, YH Hou, SR Pauluzzi, M Produit, N Qiu, S Rapin, D Ribordy, M Toker, O Wu, SX
Citation
B. Alpat et al., The AMS silicon tracker readout: performance results with minimum ionizingparticles, NUCL INST A, 439(1), 2000, pp. 53-64
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
439
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
53 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000101)439:1<53:TASTRP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
First results for the AMS silicon tracker readout performance are presented . Small 20.0 x 20.0 x 0.300 mm(3) silicon microstrip detectors were install ed in a 50 GeV electron beam at CERN. The detector readout consisted of pro totypes of the tracker data reduction card equipped with a 12-bit ADC and t he tracker frontend hybrid with VA_hdr readout chips. The system performanc e is assessed in terms of signal-to-noise, position resolution, and efficie ncy. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.