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Cathode electrodes of the Si(Li) detector elements of the SIXA X-ray spectrometer array are formed by gold-palladium alloy contact layers. The equivalent thickness of gold in one element was measured by observing the characteristic L-shell…
The first lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors to satisfy the unique geometric, performance, and cost requirements of the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment have been produced by Shimadzu Corporation. The GAPS Si(Li)…
This study presents a fabrication process for lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors that, compared to previous methods, allows for mass production at a higher yield, while providing a large sensitive area and low leakage currents at…
A precise model of a Si(Li) detector ORTEC model SLP-06165P-OPT-0.5 was created for beta spectra calculations using the Monte Carlo (MC) code MCNPX. Detector parameters were determined from X-ray radiograms obtained with a film and a…
A Si(Li) detector fabrication procedure has been developed with the aim of satisfying the unique requirements of the GAPS (General Antiparticle Spectrometer) experiment. Si(Li) detectors are particularly well-suited to the GAPS detection…
We present a description of the originally developed $\beta$-spectrometer consisting of two Si(Li)-detectors with sensitive area thickness above 8~mm and $4\pi$-geometry. The full absorption spectrometer allows for direct measurements of…
This work evaluates the viability of polyimide and parylene-C for passivation of lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors. The passivated Si(Li) detectors will form the particle tracker and X-ray detector of the General Antiparticle…
Large-area lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors, operable 150{\deg}C above liquid nitrogen temperature, have been developed for the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) balloon mission and will form the first such system to…
We fabricated a superconducting single X-ray photon detector based on W0.8Si0.2, and we characterized its basic detection performance for keV-photons at different temperatures. The detector has a critical temperature of 4.97 K, and it is…
This study evaluates the radiation tolerance of a 4H-SiC PIN detector under X-ray irradiation up to \SI{2}{MGy} (Si) at \SI{160}{keV}. The detector features a fully epitaxial vertical PIN structure with mesa terminations and field plates.…
Lithium-drifted silicon [Si(Li)] has been used for decades as an ionizing radiation detector in nuclear, particle, and astrophysical experiments, though such detectors have frequently been limited to small sizes (few cm$^2$) and cryogenic…
To cope with environments with high levels of radiation, non-silicon semiconductors such as silicon carbide detectors are being proposed for instrumentation. 4H-SiC diodes for radiation detection have been fabricated in the IMB-CNM Clean…
We characterised a TES-based X-ray microcalorimeter in an adiabatic demagnetisation refrigerator (ADR) using synchrotron radiation. The detector response and energy resolution was measured at the beam-line in the PTB radiometry laboratory…
At high luminosity areas, beam loss monitor with fast response and high radiation resistance is crucial for accelerator operation. In this article, we report the design and test results of a fast response and radiation-resistant…
The stopping cross sections S (E) of silicon for protons and alpha particles have been measured over the velocity range 0.3-1.2 MeV/u from a SIMOX target using the Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) with special emphasis put on…
The lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detector developed for the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment features a thick (~2.2 mm) sensitive layer, large (10 cm) diameter, and excellent energy resolution (~4 keV for 20-100 keV…
For high-bias operation devices such as silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, early detection of failure mechanisms is essential to ensure reliability. This requires a method to map high electric fields with high spatial resolution, which…
As one of the three payloads of the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), the pre-launch characterization of HXI includes the characterization of the collimator and the spectrometer. This article focuses on the pre-launch…
The results of the study of the multiwire porous dielectric detector and microstrip porous dielectric detector filled with porous CsI are presented. Detectors were exposed to $\alpha $-particles with energy of 5.46 MeV and X-rays with…
Influence of the prolonged irradiation by fission products of 252Cf radionuclide on the operational parameters of silicon-lithium Si(Li) p-i-n detectors, Si surface barrier detectors and Si planar p+n detector was investigated. The obtained…