Study of the spatial resolution achievable with the BTeV pixel sensors

Marina Artuso; Jianchun Wang

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00367-9

Study of the spatial resolution achievable with the BTeV pixel sensors

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2009-10-31 v1

Authors: Marina Artuso , Jianchun Wang

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Abstract

A Monte Carlo simulation has been developed to predict the spatial resolution of silicon pixel detectors. The results discussed in this paper focus on the unit cell geometry of 50 $\mu$ m x 400 $\mu$ m, as chosen for BTeV. Effects taken into account include energy deposition fluctuations along the charged particle path, diffusion, magnetic field and response of the front end electronics. We compare our predictions with measurements from a recent test beam study performed at Fermilab.

Keywords

Silicon pixel detectors Spatial resolution Monte Carlo simulation BTeV Unit cell geometry

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0007054,
  title  = {Study of the spatial resolution achievable with the BTeV pixel sensors},
  author = {Marina Artuso and Jianchun Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0007054},
  year   = {2009}
}