The STAR MAPS-based PiXeL detector



Contin, Giacomo, Greiner, Leo, Schambach, Joachim, Szelezniak, Michal, Anderssen, Eric, Bell, Jacque, Cepeda, Mario, Johnson, Thomas, Qiu, Hao, Ritter, Hans-Georg
et al (show 10 more authors) (2018) The STAR MAPS-based PiXeL detector. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 907. pp. 60-80.

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Abstract

The PiXeL detector (PXL) for the Heavy Flavor Tracker (HFT) of the STAR experiment at RHIC is the first application of the state-of-the-art thin Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) technology in a collider environment. Custom built pixel sensors, their readout electronics and the detector mechanical structure are described in detail. Selected detector design aspects and production steps are presented. The detector operations during the three years of data taking (2014-2016) and the overall performance exceeding the design specifications are discussed in the conclusive sections of this paper.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: MAPS, Pixel, Vertex detector, HFT, STAR, RHIC
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2020 08:40
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 01:13
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.03.003
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3028098