Abstract
Silicon drift detectors provide unambiguous two-dimensional position information for charged particle detection with a single detector layer. A large area silicon drift detector was developed for the inner tracking detector of the STAR experiment at RHIC. In this paper, we discuss the lessons learned and the future prospects of this technology.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-142 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 461 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
We are grateful for the partial support given by the US Department of Energy through Grant DE-AC02-98CH10886 and DE-FQ02-92ER40713, RHIC R&D (STAR) funds, the Robert A. Welch Foundation, and the National Science Foundation through Grant PHY-9511850.