Performance study of new pixel hybrid photon detector prototypes for the LHCb rich counters

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 III, 2004, Pages 1060-1066

  Moritz, M ^a   Rinella, G Aglieri ^a,b   Allebone, L ^c   Campbell, M ^a   Gys, T ^a   Newby, C ^d   Pickford, A ^e   Piedigrossi, D ^a   Wyllie, K ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bump bonding; Cherenkov detectors; Hybrid photon detectors; Microelectronics; Particle physics

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HOLE MOBILITY; MICROELECTRONICS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BUMP-BONDING; CHERENKOV DETECTORS; HYBRID PHOTON DETECTORS (HPD);

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 3343016792     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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