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Silicon Vertex Detectors

• A new Monte Carlo code for full simulation of silicon strip detectors Local Copy
  • Detailed description of simulation design for ionization and signal readout in SSD

• Silicon tracking detectors - historical overview

• Overview: silicon vertex detectors and trackers

• Characterization and quality control of silicon microstrip detectors with an infrared diode laser system
  • Useful for studying angle of incidence of laser in tests

• The OPAL milicon microvertex detector | Local Copy
  • Heavy in readout electronics and algorithms

• Infrared light charge injector as a tool for the study of silicon detectors

Micromegas Detectors

• Micromegas: a high-granularity position-sensitive gaseous detector for high particle-flux environments
  • Initial paper on Micromegas

• Development and prospects of the new gaseous detector "Miromegas"

• Development of a fast gaseous detector: 'Micromegas'

• Spatial resolution and rate capabilities of Micromegas detector

• Tracking with 40x40 cm square Micromegas detectors in tyhe high energy, high luminosity COMPASS experiment

• Electron drift velocity measurements at high electric fields

• Micromegas in a bulk

• Performance of the Micromegas detector in the CAST experiment

• On the geometrical design of integrated Micromegas detectors

Outside Contacts

• Professor Jim Connell

• Marionicolla Mazziotti

• Jacques Ball

Relevant Parameters

	CN 2006-014	CN 2006-016	NIM 533		NIM 541			NIM 453	NIM 352	NIM 324	NIM 270		NIM 560				NIM 501	NIM 485					NIM 581	NIM in press
Thickness (_m)	300-320	300	400	325	400	280		300	300	300		200					300	320±15/320±15	290±15/295±15				300		300		300		300
Implant Strip Pitch (_m)	75	75	228	25	100/200	20	25,29,33	25	25	25	10 to 50	500	75	50	73	65	88	60	80	120	240		120		75	50	73	65	76	25.5
Readout Strip Pitch (_m)	150	150						50	50																150	50	146	65	152	51
Strip Width (_m)	9		60	12									50	10	55	12		10	15	25	35	up to 86	14		50	10	55	12	24	10
Implant Depth (_m)	1.2		5	5														1	2
# Readout Strips	256	256					512			629		56	1024	512	1024	512							512		1024	512	1024	512	1024	512
Strip Angle (degrees)	±1.5
Cut Size (mm x mm)	42.0 x 111.62	42.0 x 111.62			24 x 30	24 x 36				33 x 60		30 x 30	79.2 x 28.4				59 x 34						64.2 x 64.2
Active Area (mm x mm)	40.0 x 109.62
Depletion Voltage (V)	40<V<200		100	100						35		~40											40<V<100
Readout Chip	SVX4								Tektronix DSA602A	FoxFET
Spatial Resolution (_m)		~40 _ ~20				4.5 to 7		1.4 (best)		6			~20 to 50	~20 to 50	~20 to 50	~20 to 50	22						20
Time Resolution (ns)
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