Seminare de DPNC
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Mercredi, 28. mai 1997

17.00 - Auditoire Stuckelberg

Universite de Geneve
Departement de physique
nucleaire et corpusculaire
24, quai Ernest-Ansermet
1211 Geneva 4

Tel. 022 702 6273
Fax. 022 781 2192

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Sujet:		Silicon microstrip detectors for high energy physics experiments: a review

Par:		Dr. Davide Vite DPNC/ Universite de Geneve

Resume:

Since a few decades silicon detectors have been made use of in
particle physics experiments, with systems of a complexity never
imagined before now under construction or design, such as the
tracker system for the AMS experiment or the silicon central detectors
for the approved LHC experiments. 

A review of microstrip detectors will be presented starting from
the basic principles and functioning, summarising topical properties
such as possible single and double-sided geometries, and bulk and surface
characteristics such as interstrip isolation, resistance, 
capacitance. Material budget concerns are not minor in sensitive
experimental configurations. The microstrip systems used at LEP collider
experiments will be briefly presented, among other.

Recent developments for LHC detectors, where the radiation
hardness is a major issue, will be discussed, along with the
proposed configurations and geometries. Vaste programmes of
radiation hardness studies and test irradations have been and are being
carried out since a few years to this purpose, with important results
and consequences to microstrip manufacturing.