Title :
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. ; Donnell, R.O. ; Schmidt, P. ; Sears, B.R. ; von Rosenvinge,
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
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; particle spectrometers; semiconductor doping; silicon; silicon radiation detectors; 100 mm; 3 mm; ACE satellite; CRIS; CRIS Si(Li) detectors; CRIS detector telescopes; Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer; NASA Advanced Composition Explorer mission; Si(Li) fabrication procedures; Si:Li; float-zone silicon growing techniques; lithium compensated silicon detectors; particle beam testing sequences; Detectors; Fabrication; Instruments; Isotopes; Lithium; NASA; Particle beams; Satellites; Silicon; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1995., 1995 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3180-X
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1995.504171
