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Motivation behind LYCCA at FAIR Diamond detector design Initial tests at Texas A&M University Current work. Polycrystalline Diamond Detectors for Fast Timing Applications at FAIR Lianne Scruton, University of York. Motivation.
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Motivation behind LYCCA at FAIR Diamond detector design Initial tests at Texas A&M University Current work Polycrystalline Diamond Detectors for Fast Timing Applications at FAIR Lianne Scruton, University of York
Motivation • LYCCA : Lund-York-Cologne-Calorimeter shall be placed at the end of Super-FRS at FAIR as part of HISPEC campaign. • Based on CATE calorimeter used for RISING campaign, with the addition of time-of flight (TOF) measurements for better fragment identification. • Simulations by Mike Taylor show that TOF detectors require resolution of at least 100ps, ideally less than 50ps. 53Fe 52Fe 51Fe 50Fe LYCCA Wall Detectors Target Detectors Super-FRS
The Design • Wafers of polycrystalline diamond purchased from Diamond Detectors Ltd measuring 20 x 20 mm, and 300µm thick. • Contacts fabricated at University of Surrey. Front contacts: divided into four strips for lower capacitance Back contacts: full pad for grounding purposes PCB: specially deigned for high frequency signals and impedance matched
Texas A&M University • Detectors positioned in transmission geometry so that 500MeV and 800MeV of energy was deposited into front and back detectors respectively. High Frequency Cables 40 MeV/u Ar40 15mm Leading Edge Discriminator found to produce best results
Results 95ps resolution per detector FWHM = 134ps FWHM = 104 ±
Results Ne20 15mm Flight Path O16
Results O16 30mm Flight Path Ne20
Current Work Data taken at University of Birmingham, using scattered 50MeV 3He beam. 14.6 pF Rise time < 0.5 ns 8.11 pF 1.95 pF (ns)
Thank You for Listening Collaborators: M.A.Bentley, B.S.NaraSingh and S.P.Fox University of York, UK F.Schirruand A.Lohstroh University of Surrey, UK L.Trache, A.Banuand rest of RET Group Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University M.Freer, D.Parkerand Cyclotron staffUniversity of Birmingham, UK Thanks to M.J.Taylor and D.Bloor for figures in slide 2