PIN Photodiodes for Radiation Monitoring and Protection in the BaBar Silicon Vertex Tracker

Preprint

23 October 2000

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ex/0010058

Abstract

We discuss the design, implementation and performance of the radiation monitoring and protection system used by the Silicon Vertex Tracker (SVT) in the BaBar detector. Using 12 reverse-biased PIN photodiodes mounted around the beampipe near the IP, we are able to provide instantaneous radiation dose rates, absorbed dose integrals, and active protection that aborts the circulating beams in the PEP-II storage ring when radiation levels exceed user-defined thresholds. The system has reliably protected the SVT from excessive radiation damage and has also served as a key diagnostic tool in understanding radiation backgrounds at PEP-II.

Keywords

RADIATION MONITORING
PIN PHOTODIODES
VERTEX TRACKER
SILICON VERTEX
ABSORBED DOSE
ABORTS
BABAR

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