Production and characterization of large-size diamond detectors for particle tracking and medical applications
At a Glance
Section titled āAt a Glanceā| Metadata | Details |
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| Publication Date | 2018-01-09 |
| Journal | Proceedings of The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics ā PoS(EPS-HEP2017) |
| Authors | J. Collot, A. BĆØs, G. Bosson, S. Curtoni, D. Dauvergne |
| Institutions | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UniversitƩ de Strasbourg |
Abstract
Section titled āAbstractāLarge-size diamond detectors have been produced and tested with the aim of achieving reliable & efficient sensors for particle tracking or medical applications. Poly- and single-crystal CVD diamond samples were submitted to various ionizing particles. Their metallization was performed by using Distributed MicroWave Plasmas, a process developed by LPSC. Their detection performance was investigated using Ī± and Ī² radioactive sources, 95 MeV/u carbon beams from GANIL (Caen France) and short-bunched 8.5 keV photons from ESRF. This study is part of the ANR project MONODIAM-HE and of the CLaRyS collaboration for the on-line dose monitoring of hadrontherapy. The goal here is to provide large-area detectors with a high detection efficiency for carbon or proton beams, yielding time and position measurement at count rates greater than 100 MHz. A time resolution ranging from 20 ps up to 40 ps and an energy resolution varying from 7 % up to 10% were measured. It allowed us to conclude that poly-crystal CVD diamond detectors are good candidates for this application.