TY - GEN
T1 - Overview of silicon detectors in STAR
T2 - 11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques
AU - Kabana, Sonia
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The STAR experiment at RHIC aims to study the QCD phase transition and the origin of the spin of the proton. Its main detector for charged particle track reconstruction is a Time Projection Chamber, which has been supplemented with a silicon detector involving two different technologies, in particular double-sided silicon strip and silicon drift technology. STAR is preparing now for a new Silicon Vertex Detector, using double-sided silicon strip, single-sided silicon strip-pads, and CMOS monolithic active pixel sensors technology, planned to take data in 2014. We give an overview of the design, calibration and performances of the silicon detectors used by the STAR experiment in the past and the expected performances of the future silicon detector upgrade.
AB - The STAR experiment at RHIC aims to study the QCD phase transition and the origin of the spin of the proton. Its main detector for charged particle track reconstruction is a Time Projection Chamber, which has been supplemented with a silicon detector involving two different technologies, in particular double-sided silicon strip and silicon drift technology. STAR is preparing now for a new Silicon Vertex Detector, using double-sided silicon strip, single-sided silicon strip-pads, and CMOS monolithic active pixel sensors technology, planned to take data in 2014. We give an overview of the design, calibration and performances of the silicon detectors used by the STAR experiment in the past and the expected performances of the future silicon detector upgrade.
KW - charm and beauty reconstruction
KW - high energy nuclear and particle physics
KW - RHIC
KW - Silicon detectors for secondary vertex reconstruction
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84255196188
U2 - 10.1063/1.3665315
DO - 10.1063/1.3665315
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84255196188
SN - 9780735409866
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 200
EP - 207
BT - Applications of Nuclear Techniques - Eleventh International Conference
Y2 - 12 June 2011 through 18 June 2011
ER -