Speaker
Description
The XAFS-DET package of the European LEAPS-INNOV project has undertaken an exciting initiative to develop a multi-element monolithic germanium detector for applications requiring spectroscopy-grade detectors like X-ray Fluorescence or X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. These detectors incorporate 1) a new germanium sensors with an optimized design to reject charge sharing events and two different pixel sizes (5 and 20 mm2); 2) an optimized mechanical design based on thermal simulation; and 3) a complete new electronic chain, featuring a low-noise four-channel TETRA preamplifier, a front-end and a back-end board, to handle high X-ray count rates (20 to 250 kcps/mm2) across a broad X-ray energy range (5-100 keV). We have also developed and validated a complete simulation chain based on the Geant4 library and SolidStateDetectors.jl package to study the detector performance. This presentation will make an overview of the detector development and on the latest progresses, which include the electronics and sensors site acceptance tests, and the current detector integration tests at ESRF facility.
| Primary experiment | Leaps Innov Project |
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