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The Assembly of the Silicon Tracker of the Beam Test Engineering Model of the GLAST Large Area Telescope

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/763796· OSTI ID:763796
The silicon tracker for the engineering model of the GLAST Large Area Telescope(LAT) to date represents the largest surface of silicon microstrip detectors assembled in a tracker (2.7 m{sup 2}). It demonstrates the feasibility of employing this technology for satellite based experiments, in which large effective areas and high reliability are required. This note gives an overview of the assembly of this silicon tracker and discusses in detail studies performed to track quality assurance: leakage current, mechanical alignment and production yields.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
763796
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-8471
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English