Large diameter lithium compensated silicon detectors for the NASA Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) mission

Author

Allbritton, G.L. ; Andersen, H. ; Barnes, A. ; Christian, E.R. ; Cummings, A.C. ; Dougherty, B.L. ; Jensen, L. ; Lee, J. ; Leske, R.A. ; Madden, M.P. ; Mewaldt, R. ; Milliken, B. ; Nahory, B.W. ; O´Donnell, R. ; Schmidt, P. ; Sears, B.R. ; von Rosenvinge,

Author_Institution

California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1505

Lastpage

1509

Abstract

Fabrication of the 100 mm diameter, 3 mm thick lithium-compensated silicon, Si(Li), detectors for the Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer (CRIS) instrument on board the ACE satellite required development of new float-zone silicon growing techniques, new Si(Li) fabrication procedures, and new particle beam testing sequences. These developments are discussed and results are presented that illustrate the advances made in realizing these CRIS Si(Li) detectors, which, when operational in the CRIS detector telescopes, will usher in a new generation of cosmic-ray isotope spectrometers

Keywords

cosmic ray apparatus; elemental semiconductors; lithium; particle spectrometers; silicon radiation detectors; zone melting; 100 mm; 3 mm; Advanced Composition Explorer; CRIS detector; Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer; Si(Li) detectors; Si:Li; float-zone Si growth; particle beam testing; Detectors; Fabrication; Instruments; Isotopes; Lithium; NASA; Particle beams; Satellites; Silicon; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.507093

Filename

507093