The ladder and readout cables of intermediate silicon strip detector for sPHENIX

Journal Article · Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.171020· OSTI ID:3010267

Akiba, Y. ^[1]; Aso, H.; Bertaux, J.T.; Cacace, D.; Chen, K.Y.; Cheng, K.Y.; Enokizono, A.; Enyo, H.; Fujiki, K.; Fujino, Y.; Fujiwara, M.; Hachiya, T.; Harada, T.; Hasegawa, S.; Hata, M.; Hong, B.; Hwang, J.; Ichino, T.; Ikemoto, M.; Imagawa, D. ; Imai, H.; Ishigaki, Y.; Isshiki, M.; Iwatsuki, K.; Kan, R.; Kano, M.; Kato, T.; Kawashima, R.; Kikuchi, T.; Kondo, T.; Kuo, C.M.; Kureha, H.; Kumaoka, T.; Li, H.S.; Lu, R.S.; Mannel, E.; Masuda, H.; Mitsuka, G.; Morimoto, N.; Morita, M.; Nakagawa, I.; Nakamura, Y.; Nakano, G.; Namimoto, Y.; Nemoto, D.; Nishimori, S.; Nouicer, R.; Nukazuka, G.; Omae, I.; Pisani, R.; Sekiguchi, Y.; Shibata, M.; Shih, C.W.; Shiina, K.; Shimomura, M.; Shishikura, R.; Stojanovic, M.; Sugino, K.; Sugiyama, Y.; Suzuki, A.; Takahama, R.; Tsai, L.S.; Tang, W.C.; Terasaka, Y.; Todoroki, T.; Tsujibata, H.; Tsuruta, M.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Yanagawa, H.; Watanabe, M.; Xiao, R.; Xie, W.

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1. RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center; sPHENIX collaboration; et al.

A new silicon-strip-type detector was developed for precise charged-particle tracking in the central rapidity region of heavy ion collisions. A new detector and collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory is sPHENIX, which is a major upgrade of the PHENIX detector. The intermediate tracker (INTT) is part of the advanced tracking system of the sPHENIX detector complex together with a CMOS monolithic-active-pixel-sensor based silicon-pixel vertex detector, a time-projection chamber, and a micromegas-based detector. The INTT detector is barrel shaped and comprises 56 silicon ladders. Two different types of strip sensors of 78 micron pitch and 320 micron thick are mounted on each half of a silicon ladder. Each strip sensor is segmented into 8 × 2 and 5 × 2 blocks with lengths of 16 and 20 mm. Strips are read out with a silicon strip-readout (FPHX) chip. In order to transmit massive data from the FPHX to the down stream readout electronics card (ROC), a series of long and high speed readout cables were developed. This document focuses on the silicon ladder, the readout cables, and the ROC of the INTT. The radiation hardness is studied for some parts of the INTT devices in the last part of this document, since the INTT employed some materials from the technology frontier of the industry whose radiation hardness is not necessarily well known.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Brookhaven National Lab; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; National Research Foundation of Korea; National Science Foundation; National Science and Technology Council; Nuclear Physics; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0012704; SC0012910
• OSTI ID: 3010267
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 3013683
• Report Number(s): BNL--229344-2026-JAAM
• Journal Information: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Vol. 1082; ISSN 0168-9002
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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