Development of GaAs Detectors for Physics at the LHC
The aims of the collaboration are to investigate the available material
options, performance and limitations of simple pad and microstrip GaAs
detectors for minimum ionising particles with radiation hardness and
speed which are competitive with silicon detectors. This new technology
was originally developed within our university laboratories but now
benefits from increasing industrial interest and collaboration in detector
fabrication. Initial steps have also been taken towards the fabrication
of GaAs preamplifiers to match the detectors in radiation hardness. The
programme of work aims to construct a demonstration detector module for
an LHC forward tracker based on GaAs.
Collaborators
Aachn TH, I Phys. Inst
Braunschweig W. DiBitonto D. Karpinski W. Kubicki T. Luebelsmeyer K.
Ortmanns J. Pandoulas D. Pierschel G. Rente C. Subhani K. Syben O. Tenbusch F.
Toporowsky M. Wittmer B. Xiao W.J.