A Heavy Ion Monitor on a Chip Based on a Non-Volatile Memory Architecture

Dale Julson; Will Flanagan; Mike Youngs; Aidan Medcalf; Benedict Anderson; Sharanya Palit; Tim Hossain

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2025.170221

A Heavy Ion Monitor on a Chip Based on a Non-Volatile Memory Architecture

Instrumentation and Detectors 2025-01-17 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Authors: Dale Julson , Will Flanagan , Mike Youngs , Aidan Medcalf , Benedict Anderson , Sharanya Palit , Tim Hossain

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Abstract

The performance of a particle detector derived from nitride read-only memory (NROM) technology is evaluated, with immediate applications in space-based heavy ion radiation monitoring and detection. Irradiation exposures are performed using 40 MeV/u $^{78}$ Kr and 10 MeV/u $^4$ He particle beams at the Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute. The results show a strong sensitivity to high-Z heavy ions, and medium sensitivity to low-Z heavy ions.

Keywords

heavy ion monitor NROM technology particle detector space radiation ion beam irradiation

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@article{arxiv.2408.11245,
  title  = {A Heavy Ion Monitor on a Chip Based on a Non-Volatile Memory Architecture},
  author = {Dale Julson and Will Flanagan and Mike Youngs and Aidan Medcalf and Benedict Anderson and Sharanya Palit and Tim Hossain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.11245},
  year   = {2025}
}

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