Performance of a dual layer silicon charge detector during CREAM balloon flight

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1743-1747

  Nam, S ^a   Ahn, H S ^b   Allison, P ^c   Bagliesi, M G ^d,e   Barbier, L ^f   Beatty, J J ^c   Bigongiari, G ^d,e   Brandt, T J ^c   Jeon, J A ^a   Childers, J T ^g   Conklin, N B ^h   Coutu, S ^h   DuVernois, M A ^g   Ganel, O ^b   Han, J H ^b   Kim, K C ^b   Lee, M H ^b   Lutz, L ^b   Maestro, P ^d,e   Malinine, A ^b   Marrocchesi, P S ^d,e   Minnick, S ⁱ   Zinn, S Y ^b   Mognet, S I ^h   Nutter, S ^j   Park, I H ^a   Park, N H ^a   Seo, E S ^b   Sina, R ^b   Walpole, P ^b   Wu, J ^b   Yang, J ^a   Yoon, Y S ^b   Zei, R ^d   more..

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g University of Minnesota   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Balloon payload; Charge measurement; Cosmic rays; Silicon sensors

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; DIODES; PIXELS; SILICON SENSORS;

BALLOON PAYLOAD; CHARGE MEASUREMENT; DUAL LAYER DEVICES; SILICON CHARGE DETECTORS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

EID: 35349000217     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.906407     Document Type: Article

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