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Title: A beam-driven proton irradiation setup for precision radiation damage tests of silicon detectors
(Submitted on 17 Apr 2024 (v1), last revised 5 May 2024 (this version, v3))
Abstract: A proton irradiation site for silicon detectors has been developed and commissioned at the Bonn Isochronous Cyclotron. The accelerator provides 14 MeV proton beams of up to 1 $\mu$A at beam widths of a few mm to the setup. Devices Under Test (DUTs) are irradiated inside a cooled, thermally-insulated box at $\le$-20{\deg}C, while being moved through the beam in a row-based scan pattern to achieve uniform fluence distributions. Custom-made diagnostics allow for beam-based, on- and offline dosimetry, enabling a beam-driven irradiation routine which produces uniform fluence distributions with standard deviations $ \ll 1 \% $. Dedicated irradiations of thin titanium foils are performed to compare the commonly-used dosimetry via metallic foil activation to the beam-based approach. Within the error margins, both methods are in agreement, whereas the beam-based technique yields lower uncertainties of typically $ \le 2 \% $. Simulations indicate a reduction of the initial proton energy to 12.28(6) MeV on the DUT. Characterization of six, 150 $\mu$m-thin, passive LFoundry sensors before and after irradiation yield a proton hardness factor of $\kappa_\text{p}=3.71(11)$, which is in agreement with expectations, allowing to irradiate up to $10^{16} \text{n}_{eq} / \text{cm}^2$ within a few hours.
Submission history
From: Pascal Wolf [view email][v1] Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:15:40 GMT (8215kb,D)
[v2] Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:52:03 GMT (8215kb,D)
[v3] Sun, 5 May 2024 11:40:27 GMT (8222kb,D)
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