A new waveform analysis technique to extract good energy and position resolution from a dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive detector

Aslin, M. W.; Hannaman, A.; Youngs, M. D.; McIntosh, A. B.; Abbott, A.; Adamson, P.; Gauthier, J.; Hagel, K.; Jedele, A.; Lui, Y. -W.; McIntosh, L. A.; Sorensen, M. Q.; Tobin, Z. N.; Wada, R.; Wakhle, A.; Yennello, S. J.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.164674

Title: A new waveform analysis technique to extract good energy and position resolution from a dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive detector

Abstract

The dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive silicon detector was developed to detect charged particles with high quality position and energy resolution. When these detectors were used with conventional signal processing electronics, an empirically determined correction was used to improve energy resolution. In this work, the waveforms from the detector after preamplification are studied in detail to investigate position information contained in the waveforms. A 7.22 MeV/nucleon alpha particle beam was impinged directly on a masked dual-axis duo-lateral detector. Data obtained using a ²²⁸Th alpha particle source was also used. Here, by studying the waveform characteristics that give rise to the position-dependent distortions, a new summed trigger analysis method has been developed to significantly improve linearity in position reconstruction without sacrificing energy resolution.

Authors:

Aslin, M. W. ^[1];

^[2];

^[2]; McIntosh, A. B. ^[2]; Abbott, A. ^[2];

^[3]; Gauthier, J. ^[2]; Hagel, K. ^[2]; Jedele, A. ^[2]; Lui, Y. -W. ^[2]; McIntosh, L. A. ^[2]; Sorensen, M. Q. ^[2]; Tobin, Z. N. ^[2];

^[2]; Wakhle, A. ^[2]; Yennello, S. J. ^[2]

Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Angelo State Univ., San Angelo, TX (United States)

Publication Date:: Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2020

Research Org.:: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Welch Foundation

OSTI Identifier:: 1761887

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1668445

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-93ER40773; PHY-1659847; A-1266; NA0003841

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 985; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Radiation detection; Detector development; Signal processing; Silicon; Position-sensitive; Charged particle

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                    Aslin, M. W., Hannaman, A., Youngs, M. D., McIntosh, A. B., Abbott, A., Adamson, P., Gauthier, J., Hagel, K., Jedele, A., Lui, Y. -W., McIntosh, L. A., Sorensen, M. Q., Tobin, Z. N., Wada, R., Wakhle, A., and Yennello, S. J. A new waveform analysis technique to extract good energy and position resolution from a dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive detector.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Aslin, M. W., Hannaman, A., Youngs, M. D., McIntosh, A. B., Abbott, A., Adamson, P., Gauthier, J., Hagel, K., Jedele, A., Lui, Y. -W., McIntosh, L. A., Sorensen, M. Q., Tobin, Z. N., Wada, R., Wakhle, A., & Yennello, S. J. A new waveform analysis technique to extract good energy and position resolution from a dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive detector.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164674

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                    Aslin, M. W., Hannaman, A., Youngs, M. D., McIntosh, A. B., Abbott, A., Adamson, P., Gauthier, J., Hagel, K., Jedele, A., Lui, Y. -W., McIntosh, L. A., Sorensen, M. Q., Tobin, Z. N., Wada, R., Wakhle, A., and Yennello, S. J. Sat .  
"A new waveform analysis technique to extract good energy and position resolution from a dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive detector".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164674.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1761887.

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  title        = {A new waveform analysis technique to extract good energy and position resolution from a dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive detector},

  author       = {Aslin, M. W. and Hannaman, A. and Youngs, M. D. and McIntosh, A. B. and Abbott, A. and Adamson, P. and Gauthier, J. and Hagel, K. and Jedele, A. and Lui, Y. -W. and McIntosh, L. A. and Sorensen, M. Q. and Tobin, Z. N. and Wada, R. and Wakhle, A. and Yennello, S. J.},

  abstractNote = {The dual-axis duo-lateral position-sensitive silicon detector was developed to detect charged particles with high quality position and energy resolution. When these detectors were used with conventional signal processing electronics, an empirically determined correction was used to improve energy resolution. In this work, the waveforms from the detector after preamplification are studied in detail to investigate position information contained in the waveforms. A 7.22 MeV/nucleon alpha particle beam was impinged directly on a masked dual-axis duo-lateral detector. Data obtained using a 228Th alpha particle source was also used. Here, by studying the waveform characteristics that give rise to the position-dependent distortions, a new summed trigger analysis method has been developed to significantly improve linearity in position reconstruction without sacrificing energy resolution.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2020.164674},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 985,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2020},

  month        = {Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2020}

}

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