Characterizing hole trap production due to proton irradiation in germanium cross-strip detectors

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Main Authors: Pike, Sean N., Boggs, Steven E., Brewster, Gabriel, Haight, Sophia E., Roberts, Jarred M., Shih, Albert Y., Szornel, Joanna, Tomsick, John A., Zoglauer, Andreas
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author Pike, Sean N.
Boggs, Steven E.
Brewster, Gabriel
Haight, Sophia E.
Roberts, Jarred M.
Shih, Albert Y.
Szornel, Joanna
Tomsick, John A.
Zoglauer, Andreas
author_facet Pike, Sean N.
Boggs, Steven E.
Brewster, Gabriel
Haight, Sophia E.
Roberts, Jarred M.
Shih, Albert Y.
Szornel, Joanna
Tomsick, John A.
Zoglauer, Andreas
contents We present an investigation into the effects of high-energy proton damage on charge trapping in germanium cross-strip detectors, with the goal of accomplishing three important measurements. First, we calibrated and characterized the spectral resolution of a spare COSI-balloon detector in order to determine the effects of intrinsic trapping, finding that electron trapping due to impurities dominates over hole trapping in the undamaged detector. Second, we performed two rounds of proton irradiation of the detector in order to quantify, for the first time, the rate at which charge traps are produced by proton irradiation. We find that the product of the hole trap density and cross-sectional area, $[nσ]_\mathrm{h}$ follows a linear relationship with the proton fluence, $F_\mathrm{p}$, with a slope of $(5.4\pm0.4)\times10^{-11}\,\mathrm{cm/p^{+}}$. Third, by utilizing our measurements of physical trapping parameters, we performed calibrations which corrected for the effects of trapping and mitigated degradation to the spectral resolution of the detector.
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spellingShingle Characterizing hole trap production due to proton irradiation in germanium cross-strip detectors
Pike, Sean N.
Boggs, Steven E.
Brewster, Gabriel
Haight, Sophia E.
Roberts, Jarred M.
Shih, Albert Y.
Szornel, Joanna
Tomsick, John A.
Zoglauer, Andreas
Instrumentation and Detectors
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
We present an investigation into the effects of high-energy proton damage on charge trapping in germanium cross-strip detectors, with the goal of accomplishing three important measurements. First, we calibrated and characterized the spectral resolution of a spare COSI-balloon detector in order to determine the effects of intrinsic trapping, finding that electron trapping due to impurities dominates over hole trapping in the undamaged detector. Second, we performed two rounds of proton irradiation of the detector in order to quantify, for the first time, the rate at which charge traps are produced by proton irradiation. We find that the product of the hole trap density and cross-sectional area, $[nσ]_\mathrm{h}$ follows a linear relationship with the proton fluence, $F_\mathrm{p}$, with a slope of $(5.4\pm0.4)\times10^{-11}\,\mathrm{cm/p^{+}}$. Third, by utilizing our measurements of physical trapping parameters, we performed calibrations which corrected for the effects of trapping and mitigated degradation to the spectral resolution of the detector.
title Characterizing hole trap production due to proton irradiation in germanium cross-strip detectors
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.08836