Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1831818 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The detection of low-energy protons is a well-known problem in various neutron decay studies. We report first measurements with a silicon drift diode (SDD) using protons with impact energies in the range from 10 to 16 keV. Compared to a standard PIN diode the SDD shows a much improved separation of the proton signal from noise. This detector type initially developed for X-ray spectroscopy will therefore become very useful for proton detection in forthcoming neutron decay experiments. It might also be applied in other projects involving low-energy charged particle detection.
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Authors
M. Simson, P. Holl, A.R. Müller, A. Niculae, G. Petzoldt, K. Schreckenbach, H. Soltau, L. Strüder, H.-F. Wirth, O. Zimmer,