Paper

Design and Characterization of a Real Time, Large Area, High Spatial Resolution Particle Tracker Based on Scintillating Fibers


Authors:
E. Leonora; N. Randazzo; F. Romano; G. V. Russo; M. Russo; V. Sipala; C. Stancampiano; V. Giordano; G. A. P. Cirrone; S. Aiello; C. Pugliatti; D. Lo Presti; D. L. Bonanno; F. Longhitano
Abstract
This paper presents the design flow of a detector for tracking charged particles together with the characterization techniques developed to extract the main design specifications. The goals for the final detector are to achieve real-time imaging, a large detection area and a high spatial resolution particularly suitable for medical imaging applications. The main concepts have been patented by the INFN. This paper describes the prototype tracker, which has a 20x20 cm2 sensitive area consisting of two crossed ribbons of 500 µm square scintillating fibers. The track position information is real-time extracted in an innovative way, using a reduced number of read-out channels to obtain a very large detection area but with moderate costs and complexity. The performance of the tracker has been investigated using ß sources, cosmic rays, and a 62 MeV proton beam.
Keywords
Scintillating Fiber; Tracking Detector; Real-time
StartPage
159
EndPage
174
Doi
10.5963/BER0204002
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