Abstract
The Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC-Silicon Vertex Tracker (STAR-SVT) is a three-barrel microvertex detector based upon silicon drift detector (SDD) technology. As designed for the STAR-SVT, (SDDs) are capable of providing unambiguous two-dimensional hit position measurements with resolutions on the order of 20 uμ in each coordinate. In addition, a high-resolution energy loss measurement in the three layers of the SVT enables good particle identification. We describe features of the design of the STAR-SVT SDDs and electronics that are motivated by such characteristics. We also detail the mechanical structure, assembly procedures, and performance characteristics of the completed device.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 640-651 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume | 499 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work is supported in part by the US Department of Energy(under contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886) and the Robert A. Welch Foundation.
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