Performance of a GridPix detector based on the Timepix3 chip

C. Ligtenberg; K. Heijhoff; Y. Bilevych; K. Desch; H. van der Graaf; F. Hartjes; J. Kaminski; P. M. Kluit; G. Raven; T. Schiffer; J. Timmermans

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Performance of a GridPix detector based on the Timepix3 chip

C. Ligtenberg, K. Heijhoff, Y. Bilevych, K. Desch, H. van der Graaf, F. Hartjes, J. Kaminski, P. M. Kluit, G. Raven, T. Schiffer, J. Timmermans

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A GridPix readout for a TPC based on the Timepix3 chip is developed for future applications at a linear collider. The GridPix detector consists of a gaseous drift volume read out by a single Timepix3 chip with an integrated amplification grid. Its performance is studied in a test beam with 2.5 GeV electrons. The GridPix detector detects single ionization electrons with high efficiency. The Timepix3 chip allowed for high sample rates and time walk corrections. Diffusion is found to be the dominating error on the track position measurement both in the pixel plane and in the drift direction, and systematic distortions in the pixel plane are below 10 μm. Using a truncated sum, an energy loss (dE/dx) resolution of 4.1% is found for an effective track length of 1 m.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-23
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
Volume	908
Early online date	9 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.08.012
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2018

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This research was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO, Netherlands . The authors want to thank the support of the mechanical and electronics departments at Nikhef and the accelerator group at the ELSA facility in Bonn. Their gratitude is extended to the Bonn SiLab group for providing the beam telescope.

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Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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Gaseous pixel detector
GridPix
Micro-pattern gaseous detector
Micromegas
Timepix

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Ligtenberg, C., Heijhoff, K., Bilevych, Y., Desch, K., van der Graaf, H., Hartjes, F., Kaminski, J., Kluit, P. M., Raven, G., Schiffer, T., & Timmermans, J. (2018). Performance of a GridPix detector based on the Timepix3 chip. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 908, 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.08.012

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