• Title of article

    Studies of dynamics of electron clouds in STAR silicon drift detectors

  • Author/Authors

    Bellwied، نويسنده , , R. and Beuttenmuller، نويسنده , , R. and Brandon، نويسنده , , N. and Caines، نويسنده , , H. and Chen، نويسنده , , W. and Dimassimo، نويسنده , , D. Van Dyke، نويسنده , , H. and Hall، نويسنده , , J.R. and Hardtke، نويسنده , , D. and Hoffmann، نويسنده , , G.W. and Humanic، نويسنده , , T.J. and Kotova، نويسنده , , A.I. and Kotov، نويسنده , , I.V and Kraner، نويسنده , , H.W. and Li، نويسنده , , Z. and Lynn، نويسنده , , D. and، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    507
  • To page
    512
  • Abstract
    The dynamics of electrons generated in silicon drift detectors was studied using an IR LED. Electrons were generated at different drift distances. In this way, the evolution of the cloud as a function of drift time was measured. Two methods were used to measure the cloud size. The method of cumulative functions was used to extract the electron cloud profiles. Another method obtains the cloud width from measurements of the charge collected on a single anode as a function of coordinate of the light spot. The evolution of the electron cloud width with drift time is compared with theoretical calculations. Experimental results agreed with theoretical expectations.
  • Keywords
    Drift detectors , Ionizing particles
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2010576