# VCI2019 - The 15th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation

18-22 February 2019
Vienna University of Technology
Europe/Vienna timezone

## Investigations on the radiation damage of the LHCb VELO: a full review

Not scheduled
15m
Vienna University of Technology

#### Vienna University of Technology

Gusshausstraße 27-29, 1040 Wien
Board: 88
Poster Semiconductor Detectors

### Speaker

Pawel Kopciewicz (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))

### Description

The LHCb Vertex Locator (VELO) is a silicon micro-strip detector operating
extremely close to the LHC proton beams. During nominal data-taking the
innermost active strips are as close as ~8 mm to the beams.
This proximity makes the LHCb VELO
an ideal laboratory to study radiation damage effects in silicon detectors.

The analysis of charge collection efficiency (CCE) data showed that there is a
correlation of cluster finding efficiency (CFE) with the distance of strip to a
second metal layer routing line. The detectors are constructed with two metal layers to cover the R/$\phi$ strips and route the signal to the front-end chips.
A loss of signal amplitude is observed with a dependency on the distance to the routing lines. Using the Perugia n-type bulk model and the
Peltola surface damage model it is shown that up to 60\% of the charge is
collected by routing lines. This is caused by trapping of the otherwise mobile
electron accumulation layer at the oxide-silicon interface, causing the
shielding effect on the routing lines to be reduced. The observed drop in CFE
can be explained by the angular dependence of charge loss to the second metal
layer. The efficiency drop as function of track radius and angle is reproduced
combining 2D and 3D TCAD simulations.

A complete review of the whole history of the LHCb VELO radiation damage studies will be presented with results of run 1 and 2, as well as comparisons to TCAD simulations.

### Primary authors

Kazuyoshi Carvalho Akiba (Federal University of of Rio de Janeiro (BR)) Paula Collins (CERN) Pawel Kopciewicz (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL))