Proton Radiation Damage and Annealing of COSI p-type Cross-strip HPGe Detectors

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Main Authors: Haight, Sophia E., Boggs, Steven E., Brewster, Gabriel, Pike, Sean N., Roberts, Jarred M., Shih, Albert Y., Szornel, Joanna M., Tomsick, John A., Valluvan, Aravind B., Zoglauer, Andreas
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author Haight, Sophia E.
Boggs, Steven E.
Brewster, Gabriel
Pike, Sean N.
Roberts, Jarred M.
Shih, Albert Y.
Szornel, Joanna M.
Tomsick, John A.
Valluvan, Aravind B.
Zoglauer, Andreas
author_facet Haight, Sophia E.
Boggs, Steven E.
Brewster, Gabriel
Pike, Sean N.
Roberts, Jarred M.
Shih, Albert Y.
Szornel, Joanna M.
Tomsick, John A.
Valluvan, Aravind B.
Zoglauer, Andreas
contents In order to understand the effects of a space radiation environment on cross-strip germanium detectors, we investigated the effects of high-energy proton damage on a COSI detector and the capabilities of high-temperature annealing in repairing detector spectral resolution. We irradiated a COSI-balloon cross-strip high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector with 150 MeV protons resulting in a net fluence of $4.95\times10^8$ p$^+$/cm$^2$ and corresponding to ~10 years in COSI's space radiation environment. We repaired the resulting degradation in spectral resolution through a series of high-temperature anneals to obtain a final FWHM of 4.08 keV, within 37% of its preradiation value (2.98 keV FWHM). We characterized the repair of charge traps with time spent under high-temperature anneal to inform an annealing procedure for long-term maintenance of COSI's spectral resolution.
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spellingShingle Proton Radiation Damage and Annealing of COSI p-type Cross-strip HPGe Detectors
Haight, Sophia E.
Boggs, Steven E.
Brewster, Gabriel
Pike, Sean N.
Roberts, Jarred M.
Shih, Albert Y.
Szornel, Joanna M.
Tomsick, John A.
Valluvan, Aravind B.
Zoglauer, Andreas
Instrumentation and Detectors
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Nuclear Experiment
In order to understand the effects of a space radiation environment on cross-strip germanium detectors, we investigated the effects of high-energy proton damage on a COSI detector and the capabilities of high-temperature annealing in repairing detector spectral resolution. We irradiated a COSI-balloon cross-strip high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector with 150 MeV protons resulting in a net fluence of $4.95\times10^8$ p$^+$/cm$^2$ and corresponding to ~10 years in COSI's space radiation environment. We repaired the resulting degradation in spectral resolution through a series of high-temperature anneals to obtain a final FWHM of 4.08 keV, within 37% of its preradiation value (2.98 keV FWHM). We characterized the repair of charge traps with time spent under high-temperature anneal to inform an annealing procedure for long-term maintenance of COSI's spectral resolution.
title Proton Radiation Damage and Annealing of COSI p-type Cross-strip HPGe Detectors
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Nuclear Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02412