Measurement of the effect of non ionising energy losses on the leakage current of silicon drift detector prototypes for the LOFT satellite

The silicon drift detectors are at the basis of the instrumentation aboard the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) satellite mission, which underwent a three year assessment phase within the "Cosmic Vision 2015-2025" long-term science plan of the European Space Agency. Silicon detect...

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Published in:Journal of instrumentation 2014-07, Vol.9 (7), p.P07016-P07016, Article P07016
Main Authors: Monte, E Del, Rachevski, A, Zampa, G, Zampa, N, Azzarello, P, Bozzo, E, Campana, R, Diebold, S, Evangelista, Y, Perinati, E, Feroci, M, Pohl, M, Vacchi, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessments
Detectors
Drift
Instrumentation
Irradiation
Leakage current
Lofts
Satellites
Silicon
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Summary:The silicon drift detectors are at the basis of the instrumentation aboard the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) satellite mission, which underwent a three year assessment phase within the "Cosmic Vision 2015-2025" long-term science plan of the European Space Agency. Silicon detectors are especially sensitive to the displacement damage, produced by the non ionising energy losses of charged and neutral particles, leading to an increase of the device leakage current and thus worsening the spectral resolution. During the LOFT assessment phase, we irradiated two silicon drift detectors with a proton beam at the Proton Irradiation Facility in the accelerator of the Paul Scherrer Institute and we measured the increase in leakage current. In this paper we report the results of the irradiation and we discuss the impact of the radiation damage on the LOFT scientific performance.
ISSN:1748-0221
1748-0221
DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/9/07/P07016