The characteristics of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detector are presented here for monitoring in space solar flares and the evolution of large energetic proton events up to hundreds of MeV. The a-Si:H presents an excellent radiation hardness and finds application in harsh radiation environments for medical purposes, for particle beam characterization and in space weather science and applications. The critical flux detection threshold for solar X rays, soft gamma rays, electrons and protons is discussed in detail.
@article{arxiv.2302.00339,
title = {A Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather Applications},
author = {Catia Grimani and Michele Fabi and Federico Sabbatini and Mattia Villani and Lucio Calcagnile and Anna Paola Caricato and Roberto Catalano and Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone and Tommaso Croci and Giacomo Cuttone and Sylvain Dunand and Luca Frontini and Maria Ionica and Keida Kanxheri and Matthew Large and Valentino Liberali and Maurizio Martino and Giuseppe Maruccio and Giovanni Mazza and Mauro Menichelli and Anna Grazia Monteduro and Arianna Morozzi and Francesco Moscatelli and Stefania Pallotta and Daniele Passeri and Maddalena Pedio and Marco Petasecca and Giada Petringa and Francesca Peverini and Lorenzo Piccolo and Pisana Placidi and Gianluca Quarta and Silvia Rizzato and Alberto Stabile and Cinzia Talamonti and Richard James Wheadon and Nicolas Wyrsch and Leonello Servoli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.00339},
year = {2023}
}
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32 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Experimental Astronomy