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

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

21-28 Oct 1995

Firstpage

33

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, 1995., 1995 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3180-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1995.504171

Filename

504171