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Evaporative CO2 cooling using microchannels etched in silicon for the future LHCb vertex detector
The extreme radiation dose received by vertex detectors at the Large Hadron
Collider dictates stringent requirements on their cooling systems. To be robust
against radiation damage, sensors should be maintained below -20 degree C and
at the same time, the considerable heat load generated in the readout chips and
the sensors must be removed. Evaporative CO2 cooling using microchannels etched
in a silicon plane in thermal contact with the readout chips is an attractive
option. In this paper, we present the first results of microchannel prototypes
with circulating, two-phase CO2 and compare them to simulations. We also
discuss a practical design of upgraded VELO detector for the LHCb experiment
employing this approach.Comment: 12 page
Charm production nearby threshold in pA-interactions at 70 GeV
The results of the SERP-E-184 experiment at the U-70 accelerator (IHEP,
Protvino) are presented. Interactions of the 70 GeV proton beam with C, Si and
Pb targets were studied to detect decays of charmed , ,
, mesons and baryon near their production threshold.
Measurements of lifetimes and masses are shown a good agreement with PDG data.
The inclusive cross sections of charm production and their A-dependencies were
obtained. The yields of these particles are compared with the theoretical
predictions and the data of other experiments. The measured cross section of
the total open charm production ( = 7.1
2.3(stat) 1.4(syst) b/nucleon) at the collision c.m. energy
= 11.8 GeV is well above the QCD model predictions. The
contributions of different species of charmed particles to the total cross
section of the open charm production in proton-nucleus interactions vary with
energy.Comment: 4 pages, 6 pages, 38th International Conference on High Energy
Physics 3-10 August 2016, Chicago, US
Characterisation of Medipix3 Silicon Detectors in a Charged-Particle Beam
While designed primarily for X-ray imaging applications, the Medipix3 ASIC
can also be used for charged-particle tracking. In this work, results from a
beam test at the CERN SPS with irradiated and non-irradiated sensors are
presented and shown to be in agreement with simulation, demonstrating the
suitability of the Medipix3 ASIC as a tool for characterising pixel sensors.Comment: 16 pages, 13 figure
Observation of narrow baryon resonance decaying into in pA-interactions at with SVD-2 setup
SVD-2 experiment data have been analyzed to search for an exotic baryon
state, the -baryon, in a decay mode at on IHEP
accelerator. The reaction with a limited multiplicity was
used in the analysis. The invariant mass spectrum shows a resonant
structure with and . The statistical significance of this peak was estimated to be of . The mass and width of the resonance is compatible with the recently
reported - baryon with positive strangeness which was predicted as an
exotic pentaquark () baryon state. The total cross section for
production in pN-interactions for was estimated to be
and no essential deviation from A-dependence for inelastic
events was found.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, To be submitted to Yadernaya Fizika. v3-v5 - Some
references added, minor typos correcte
Properties of Neutral Charmed Mesons in Proton--Nucleus Interactions at 70 GeV
The results of treatment of data obtained in the SERP-E-184experiment
"Investigation of mechanisms of the production of charmed particles in
proton-nucleus interactions at 70 GeV and their decays" by irradiating the
active target of the SVD-2 facility consisting of carbon, silicon, and lead
plates, are presented. After separating a signal from the two-particle decay of
neutral charmed mesons and estimating the cross section for charm production at
a threshold energy {\sigma}(c\v{c})=7.1 \pm 2.4(stat.) \pm 1.4(syst.)
\mub/nucleon, some properties of D mesons are investigated. These include the
dependence of the cross section on the target mass number (its A dependence);
the behavior of the differential cross sections d{\sigma}/dpt2 and
d{\sigma}/dxF; and the dependence of the parameter {\alpha} on the kinematical
variables xF, pt2, and plab. The experimental results in question are compared
with predictions obtained on the basis of the FRITIOF7.02 code.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures,3 table
Radiation damage in the LHCb vertex locator
The LHCb Vertex Locator (VELO) is a silicon strip detector designed to reconstruct charged particle trajectories and vertices produced at the LHCb interaction region. During the first two years of data collection, the 84 VELO sensors have been exposed to a range of fluences up to a maximum value of approximately 45 × 1012 1 MeV neutron equivalent (1 MeV neq). At the operational sensor temperature of approximately −7 °C, the average rate of sensor current increase is 18 μA per fb−1, in excellent agreement with predictions. The silicon effective bandgap has been determined using current versus temperature scan data after irradiation, with an average value of Eg = 1.16±0.03±0.04 eV obtained. The first observation of n+-on-n sensor type inversion at the LHC has been made, occurring at a fluence of around 15 × 1012 of 1 MeV neq. The only n+-on-p sensors in use at the LHC have also been studied. With an initial fluence of approximately 3 × 1012 1 MeV neq, a decrease in the Effective Depletion Voltage (EDV) of around 25 V is observed. Following this initial decrease, the EDV increases at a comparable rate to the type inverted n+-on-n type sensors, with rates of (1.43±0.16) × 10−12 V/ 1 MeV neq and (1.35±0.25) × 10−12 V/ 1 MeV neq measured for n+-on-p and n+-on-n type sensors, respectively. A reduction in the charge collection efficiency due to an unexpected effect involving the second metal layer readout lines is observed
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