The AMS silicon tracker readout: performance results with minimum ionizing particles

First results for the AMS silicon tracker readout performance are presented. Small 20.0×20.0×0.300 mm 3 silicon microstrip detectors were installed in a 50 GeV electron beam at CERN. The detector readout consisted of prototypes of the tracker data reduction card equipped with a 12-bit ADC and the tr...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2000, Vol.439 (1), p.53-64
Main Authors: Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Battiston, R., Bourquin, M., Burger, W.J., Extermann, P., Chang, Y.H., Hou, S.R., Pauluzzi, M., Produit, N., Qiu, S., Rapin, D., Ribordy, M., Toker, O., Wu, S.X.
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Language:English
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Summary:First results for the AMS silicon tracker readout performance are presented. Small 20.0×20.0×0.300 mm 3 silicon microstrip detectors were installed in a 50 GeV electron beam at CERN. The detector readout consisted of prototypes of the tracker data reduction card equipped with a 12-bit ADC and the tracker frontend hybrid with VA_hdr readout chips. The system performance is assessed in terms of signal-to-noise, position resolution, and efficiency.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00864-5