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The STAR MAPS-based PiXeL detector
Abstract
International audienceThe 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- info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- Journal articles
- MAPS
- Pixel
- Vertex detector
- HFT
- STAR
- RHIC
- semiconductor detector: pixel
- semiconductor detector: design
- semiconductor detector: technology
- electronics: readout
- FPGA
- performance
- mechanical engineering
- noise
- data acquisition
- heat engineering
- temperature: spatial distribution
- fabrication
- signal processing
- trigger
- spatial resolution
- [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
- [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]
- [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]