Title :
The radiation environment and damage in the CDF tracking volume
Author :
Tesarek, Richard J. ; Chow, Yuek Chun ; D´Auria, Saverio ; Hocker, Andrew ; Kordas, Kostas ; McGimpsey, Susan ; Nicolas, Ludovic ; Wallny, Rainer ; Worm, Steven
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
Abstract :
We present direct measurements of the spatial distribution of ionizing radiation and low energy neutrons (En < 200 keV) inside the tracking volume of the collider detector at Fermilab (CDF). Using data from multiple exposures, the radiation field can be separated into components from beam losses and collisions and can he checked for consistency between the measurements. We compare the radiation measurements with an increase in the leakage currents of the CDF silicon detectors and find reasonable agreement.
Keywords :
drift chambers; gamma-ray detection; neutron detection; silicon radiation detectors; CDF tracking volume; beam losses; damage; ionizing radiation; low energy neutrons; radiation environment; spatial distribution; Current measurement; Energy measurement; Ionizing radiation; Leak detection; Leakage current; Loss measurement; Neutrons; Radiation detectors; Silicon; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8257-9
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1351866