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most citedCombined Bulk and Surface Radiation Damage Effects at Very High Fluences in Silicon Detectors: Measurements and TCAD Simulations

53 citations · 123 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Measurements and simulations of X-ray radiation damage effects on CNM n-type 4H-SiC MOS capacitors

Khaoula Aouadj, Alessandro Fondacci, Arianna Morozzi +7

Silicon carbide is a promising material for radiation-hard detectors due to its wide bandgap, low leakage current, high critical electric field, and high saturation velocity. A key…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Timing resolution from beam tests on thin LGADs down to 16.6 ps

Robert Stephen White, Marco Ferrero, Valentina Sola +14

The paper reports on the timing resolution achieved with Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGADs), optimised for extreme-fluence conditions, at the DESY Test Beam Facility using 4~GeV/c e…

hep-ex2025

A two-prong Approach to the Simulation of DC-RSD: TCAD and Spice

T. Croci, L. Menzio, R. Arcidiacono +12

The DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors (DCRSD) are the evolution of the AC-coupled RSD (RSD) design, both based on the Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) technology. The DC-RSD de…

physics.ins-det2025

Measurements and TCAD simulations of innovative RSD and DC-RSD LGAD devices for future 4D tracking

F. Moscatelli, A. Fondacci, R. Arcidiacono +15

This paper summarizes the beam test results obtained with a Resistive Silicon Detector (RSD) (also called AC-Low Gain Avalanche Diode, AC-LGAD) pixel array tested at the DESY beam…

physics.ins-det2025

Compensated LGAD optimisation through van der Pauw test structures

Alessandro Fondacci, Tommaso Croci, Daniele Passeri +11

A new gain implant design has recently been introduced to enhance the radiation resistance of low-gain avalanche diodes (LGADs) to the extreme fluences anticipated in future hadron…

physics.ins-det2025

Innovative DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detector for 4D tracking

R. Arcidiacono, G. Bardelli, M. Bartolini +18

In the past 10 years, two design innovations, the introduction of low internal gain (LGAD) and of resistive read-out (RSD), have radically changed the performance of silicon detect…

physics.ins-det2025

Irradiation Studies of the Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detector (RSD/AC-LGAD)

Umut Elicabuk, Brendan Regnery, Luca Menzio +9

Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detectors (RSDs) are silicon sensors which provide high temporal and spatial resolution. The RSD is a candidate sensor to be used in future tracking de…

physics.ins-det2024★ 1 cited

Measurement of the fractional radiation length of a pixel module for the CMS Phase-2 upgrade via the multiple scattering of positrons

The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

High-luminosity particle collider experiments such as the ones planned at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider require ever-greater vertexing precision of the tracking detecto…

physics.ins-det2024

Beam Test Performance Studies of CMS Phase-2 Outer Tracker Module Prototypes

The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

A new tracking detector will be installed as part of the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS detector for the high-luminosity LHC era. This tracking detector includes the Inner Tracker, equ…

physics.ins-det2023

Characterization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon sensors on polyimide flexible substrate

M. Menichelli, L. Antognini, S. Aziz +50

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is a material having an intrinsically high radiation hardness that can be deposited on flexible substrates like Polyimide. For these propert…

physics.ins-det2023

Evaluation of Planar Silicon Pixel Sensors with the RD53A Readout Chip for the Phase-2 Upgrade of the CMS Inner Tracker

The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will undergo an upgrade in order to increase its luminosity to cms. The increased luminosity during this…

physics.ins-det2023

A Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detector for Space Weather Applications

Catia Grimani, Michele Fabi, Federico Sabbatini +35

The characteristics of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detector are presented here for monitoring in space solar flares and the evolution of large energetic proton events…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Resistive Read-out in Thin Silicon Sensors with Internal Gain

N. Cartiglia, F. Moscatelli, R. Arcidiacono +13

Two design innovations, low-gain avalanche (Low-Gain Avalance Diode, LGAD) and resistive read-out (Resistive Silicon Detector, RSD), have brought strong performance improvements to…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

Development of thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon detectors on a flexible substrate

M. Menichelli, M. Bizzarri, L. Calcagnile +40

The HASPIDE (Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon PIxels DEtectors) project aims at the development of thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) detectors on flexible substrates (most…

physics.ins-det2022

Solid State Detectors and Tracking for Snowmass

A. Affolder, A. Apresyan, S. Worm +132

Tracking detectors are of vital importance for collider-based high energy physics (HEP) experiments. The primary purpose of tracking detectors is the precise reconstruction of char…

physics.ins-det2022

Test beam performance of a CBC3-based mini-module for the Phase-2 CMS Outer Tracker before and after neutron irradiation

The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will undergo major upgrades to increase the instantaneous luminosity up to 5-7.5 cms. This High Luminosity upgr…

physics.ins-det2022

Simulations of Silicon Radiation Detectors for High Energy Physics Experiments

B. Nachman, T. Peltola, P. Asenov +9

Silicon radiation detectors are an integral component of current and planned collider experiments in high energy physics. Simulations of these detectors are essential for deciding…

physics.ins-det2021★ 13 cited

Testing of planar hydrogenated amorphous silicon sensors with charge selective contacts for the construction of 3D- detectors

M. Menichelli, M. Bizzarri, M. Boscardin +29

Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon (a-Si:H) is a material well known for its intrinsic radiation hardness and is primarily utilized in solar cells as well as for particle detection and…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

Study of p-type silicon MOS capacitors at HL-LHC radiation levels through cobalt-60 gamma source and TCAD simulation

Patrick Asenov, Panagiotis Assiouras, Argiro Boziari +7

During the era of the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) the devices in its experiments will be subjected to increased radiation levels with high fluxes of neutrons and charged hadrons,…

physics.ins-det2020★ 8 cited

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detectors for particle detection, beam flux monitoring and dosimetry in high-dose radiation environment

Mauro Menichelli, Maurizio Boscardin, Michele Crivellari +14

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) has remarkable radiation resistance properties and can be deposited on a lot of different substrates. A-Si:H based particle detectors have b…

physics.ins-det2017★ 8 cited

Test Beam Performance Measurements for the Phase I Upgrade of the CMS Pixel Detector

M. Dragicevic, M. Friedl, J. Hrubec +481

A new pixel detector for the CMS experiment was built in order to cope with the instantaneous luminosities anticipated for the Phase~I Upgrade of the LHC. The new CMS pixel detecto…

physics.ins-det2016★ 22 cited

Modeling of Radiation Damage Effects in Silicon Detectors at High Fluences HL-LHC with Sentaurus TCAD

Daniele Passeri, Francesco Moscatelli, Arianna Morozzi +1

In this work we propose the application of an enhanced radiation damage model based on the introduction of deep level traps / recombination centers suitable for device level numeri…

physics.ins-det2016★ 53 cited

Combined Bulk and Surface Radiation Damage Effects at Very High Fluences in Silicon Detectors: Measurements and TCAD Simulations

F. Moscatelli, D. Passeri, A. Morozzi +3

In this work we propose a new combined TCAD radiation damage modelling scheme, featuring both bulk and surface radiation damage effects, for the analysis of silicon detectors aimed…

physics.ins-det2016★ 7 cited

Measurements and TCAD Simulations of Bulk and Surface Radiation Damage Effects in Silicon Detectors

F. Moscatelli, P. Maccagnani, D. Passeri +7

In this work we propose the application of a radiation damage model based on the introduction of deep level traps/recombination centers suitable for device level numerical simulati…