AstroPix: Novel monolithic active pixel silicon sensors for future gamma-ray telescopes

Amanda L. Steinhebel; Henrike Fleischhack; Nicolas Striebig; Manoj Jadhav; Yusuke Suda; Ricardo Luz; Carolyn Kierans; Regina Caputo; Hiroyasu Tajima; Richard Leys; Ivan Peric; Jessica Metcalfe; Jeremy S. Perkins

doi:10.1117/12.2630405

AstroPix: Novel monolithic active pixel silicon sensors for future gamma-ray telescopes

Amanda L. Steinhebel, Henrike Fleischhack, Nicolas Striebig, Manoj Jadhav, Yusuke Suda, Ricardo Luz, Carolyn Kierans, Regina Caputo, Hiroyasu Tajima, Richard Leys, Ivan Peric, Jessica Metcalfe, Jeremy S. Perkins

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Abstract

Space-based γ-ray telescopes such as the Fermi Large Area Telescope have used single sided silicon strip detectors to track secondary charged particles produced by primary γ-rays with high resolution. At the lower energies targeted by keV-MeV telescopes, two dimensional position information within a single detector is required for event reconstruction - especially in the Compton regime. This work describes the development of monolithic CMOS active pixel silicon sensors – AstroPix – as a novel technology for use in future γ-ray telescopes. Based upon sensors (ATLASPix) designed for use in the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, AstroPix has the potential to maintain high performance while reducing noise with low power consumption. This is achieved with the dual detection and readout capabilities in each CMOS pixel. The status of AstroPix development and testing, as well as outlook for future testing and application, will be presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Editors	Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Shouleh Nikzad, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510653436
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630405
State	Published - 2022
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Montreal, United States Duration: Jul 17 2022 → Jul 22 2022

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	12181
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	United States
City	Montreal
Period	07/17/22 → 07/22/22

Funding

This work is funded in part by 18-APRA18-0084. HF and MN acknowledge support by NASA under award number 80GSFC21M0002. AS was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through a contract with ORAU. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Government purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation herein.

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AstroPix
Compton telescopes
high energy astrophysics
MAPS
silicon pixel detectors

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Steinhebel, A. L., Fleischhack, H., Striebig, N., Jadhav, M., Suda, Y., Luz, R., Kierans, C., Caputo, R., Tajima, H., Leys, R., Peric, I., Metcalfe, J., & Perkins, J. S. (2022). AstroPix: Novel monolithic active pixel silicon sensors for future gamma-ray telescopes. In J.-W. A. den Herder, S. Nikzad, & K. Nakazawa (Eds.), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 121816Y (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12181). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630405

Steinhebel, Amanda L. ; Fleischhack, Henrike ; Striebig, Nicolas et al. / AstroPix : Novel monolithic active pixel silicon sensors for future gamma-ray telescopes. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. editor / Jan-Willem A. den Herder ; Shouleh Nikzad ; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2022. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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