The high granularity and large solid angle detection array EXPADES

Strano, E.; Anastasio, A.; Bettini, M.; Boiano, A.; Boiano, C.; Cassese, C.; Castellani, L.; Corti, D.; Di Meo, P.; Galet, G.; Glodariu, T.; Grebosz, J.; Guglielmetti, A.; La Commara, M.; Manea, C.; Mazzocco, M.; Molini, P.; Nicoletto, M.; Parascandolo, C.; Parascandolo, L.; Pierroutsakou, D.; Pontoriere, G.; Roscilli, L.; Signorini, C.; Soramel, F.; Stroe, L.; Tessaro, M.; Toniolo, N.; Torresi, D.; Zatti, P. G.

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.035

The EXPADES (EXotic PArticle DEtection System) detector array consists of 16 Double Side Silicon Strip Detectors (DSSSD) with active areas of 64 x 64 mm(2), arranged in 8 Delta E (40/50 mu m)-E (300 mu m) telescopes. All detector faces are segmented into 32 x 2-mm wide strips, ensuring a 2 x 2 mm(2) pixel configuration. Eight ionization chambers can be alternatively used as Delta E stages or, if needed, as an additional third layer for more complex triple telescopes. The signals from silicon Delta E layers and from ionization chambers are read by standard electronics, while innovative 32-channel ASIC chips are employed for the readout of the E stages. The results of off-line tests with alpha sources and from the first in-beam experiment with a O-17 beam are presented. (

The high granularity and large solid angle detection array EXPADES / Strano, E., Anastasio, A., Bettini, M., Boiano, A., Boiano, C., Cassese, C., Castellani, L., Corti, D., Di Meo, P., Galet, G., Glodariu, T., Grebosz, J., Guglielmetti, A., La Commara, M., Manea, C., Mazzocco, M., Molini, P., Nicoletto, M., Parascandolo, C., Parascandolo, L., et al.. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION B, BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS. - ISSN 0168-583X. - 317:PART B(2013), pp. 657-660. [10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.035]