LHCb VELO Timepix3 telescope

The LHCb VELO Timepix3 telescope is a silicon pixel tracking system constructed initially to evaluate the performance of LHCb VELO Upgrade prototypes. The telescope consists of eight hybrid pixel silicon sensor planes equipped with the Timepix3 ASIC . The planes provide excellent charge measurement,...

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Autores: Akiba, K., Van Beuzekom, M., Boterenbrood, H., Buchanan, E., Buytaert, J., Byczynski, W., Collins, P., Dall'Occo, E., Dosil Suarez, A., Dumps, R., Evans, T., Franco Lima, V., Garcia Pardiñas, J., Van der Heijden, B., Hombachm, C., John, M., Kulls, S., Llopart Cudie, X., Marinho, F., Price, E., Richard, S., Rodriguez Perez, P., Saunders, D., Schiager Folkestad, A., Schindler, H., Schreuder, F., Snoek, H., Tsopelas, P., Velthuis, J., Williams, M.R.J., Cid Vidal, Xabier, Gallas Torreira, Abraham, Vieites Díaz, María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/44783
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44783
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Particle tracking detectors (Solid-state detectors)
Front-end electronics for detector readout
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors
Solid state detectors
2290 Física altas energías
220307 Circuitos integrados
221113 Interacción de la radiación con los sólidos
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Sumario:The LHCb VELO Timepix3 telescope is a silicon pixel tracking system constructed initially to evaluate the performance of LHCb VELO Upgrade prototypes. The telescope consists of eight hybrid pixel silicon sensor planes equipped with the Timepix3 ASIC . The planes provide excellent charge measurement, timestamping and spatial resolution and the system can function at high track rates. This paper describes the construction of the telescope and its data acquisition system and offline reconstruction software. A timing resolution of 350 ps was obtained for reconstructed tracks. A pointing resolution of better than 2\mum was determined for the 180 GeV/c mixed hadron beam at the CERN SPS . The telescope has been shown to operate at a rate of 5 million particles s−1⋅ cm−2 without a loss in efficiency.