Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2014
Capstone Major
Physics
Capstone College
Arts and Science
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Sciences and Engineering
Subject Categories
Other Physics | Physics
Abstract
Silicon micropattern devices are crucial components of detector systems designed to study decays of exotic subatomic particles containing beauty and charm quarks. Among the technologies under consideration for use in future particle physics experiments are edgeless silicon pixel detectors. In these devices a state-of-the-art fabrication process is used to create sensors with a nearly full active area, as compared to conventional sensors which have a “guard ring” which is a dead region at the sensor periphery. Prototypes used for the study described in this paper were designed and fabricated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. In a test beam study, we find that these devices perform in accordance with expectations and fulfill the technical needs of their intended implementation. This active edge technology is indeed efficient in maximizing the useful area of the sensor. More broadly, these devices meet the needs of a detector for particle physics, and may also find a role in medical imaging or X-ray spectroscopy.
Recommended Citation
Hsu, Dylan G., "STUDY OF EDGELESS TIMEPIX PIXEL DEVICES" (2014). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 759.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/759
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